Sonny with a Chance is a show.
This is a list of television series originally broadcast on , and produced at least partially by , Disney Channel ( formerly `` The Disney Channel '' ) , a family-oriented American basic cable channel and former premium channel , owned by The Walt Disney Company . A situation comedy , or sitcom , is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode . Sitcoms originated in radio , but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms . Sonny with a Chance . The series is one of the three Disney Channel Original Series to feature a show-within-a-show , along with The Famous Jett Jackson and Shake It Up . premiered on Disney Channel on June 5 , 2011 to an audience of 4.1 million viewers , but ratings soon dropped and the series was cancelled after a 26-episode first season .