Turn Into Cats

**Turn Into Cats** was an American family comedy television series created by Cyrus Uy that ran on Disney Channel between April 24, 2016 and February 17, 2019. The series stars Shawn Simpson, Christian Simpson, Lilly Singh and Sofia Carson.

On August 3, 2016, the series was renewed for a second season by Disney Channel. Production will start in December 2016 for the season to premiere in March 2017. The season premiere aired on March 5, 2017. The season finale aired on February 25, 2018.

On December 19, 2017, the series was renewed for a third season by Disney Channel. Production began in January 2018. It was announced that Camilia Cabello will be joining the main cast in Season 3. The third season premiere aired on March 11, 2018.

On February 7, 2018, Disney Channel announced a movie for Turn Into Cats is in development. It is set to premiere after the third season finale.

On August 2, 2018, Disney Channel announced that the series would end after it’s third season run but a spin-off titled, “Linda” debuted in September 2019.

The series finale aired on February 17, 2019.

This series currently have an averaged ratings of 7.5/10 on IMDB.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Shawn Simpson as Blake
* Christian Simpson as Edwin
* Lilly Singh as Kristal
* Sofia Carson as Linda
* Camila Cabello as Lindsay (recurring, seasons 1-2; main, season 3)

#### Recurring Cast:

* Shane Simpson as Rico
* Colleen Evans as Lindy
* Garret Clayton as Ray
* Ricky Garcia as Bay (season 2-3)
* Maddie Ballio as Grace (season 2-3)
* Meghan Nicole as Miranda (season 2-3)
* David Chimelecki as Andrew (season 3)
* Skai Jackson as Dove (season 3)

## Episodes

### Season 2

* Shawn Simpson was present in all episodes
* Christian Simpson was absent for three episodes
* Lilly Singh was absent for four episodes
* Sofia Carson was absent for six episodes

### Season 3

* Camila Cabello is absent for seven episodes.
* Sofia Carson is absent for two episode.

## Ratings

The show debuted on Disney Channel on April 24, 2016, gathering 4.92 million viewers. In February 2019, "Turn Into Cats" the one-hour series finale episode became the series' most-watched (non-crossover) episode with 4.97 million viewers, surpassing the series premiere of the show with 4.92 million viewers. The series' most watched episode, including crossovers, was "Turn Into A Camp" episode, which was included in the special trilogy of crossover episodes between three Disney Channel original sitcoms, Gunther & Tinka on Camp with Turn Into Cats. The broadcast was watched by 6.2 million viewers.

Ratings table
 **Season 1** | Disney Channel | Sundays, 8:00
 **Season 2** | March 5, 2017
 **Season 3** | March 11, 2018

## Merchandise

### Video game

A Video game based on the show was released on July 22, 2018.

## Trivia

* The Opening Titles (theme song) changed in Season 3, with a different theme of opening and new background music.
* This marks that Turn Into Cats is the 5th Disney Channel Original Series to have 3 seasons, following behind Trish & Dez, Growing Up, Project Molly and Fairytale.
* Turn Into Cats marks the first Disney Channel Original Series to alter the theme song for the third season.
* The series ended with a three-part special series finale that combined ratings of 13.6 million viewers.
* Rico was originally meant to be promoted to a series regular in the third season, but Shane is starring in another Disney Channel series (Peter & Sonny) so he chose to be credited as a guest star instead.
	+ However, the series was later cancelled and never aired. So, Shane is starring in a brand-new series, Step Siblings, which set to premiere in 2021.
* The series ended with Linda at the Airport about to board the flight for California saying the series last words, "California, here I come!". Setting and opening a new storyline for "Linda".
* The series was intended to have a fourth season. However, the writers were working on a spin-off for Turn Into Cats (Linda), so they have just decided to end the series after the third season.
	+ Disney Channel declared the series was ending, not cancelled, which points to the fact that Turn Into Cats was intended to have a fourth season.
* Season 3 was the first and only season to start and end with a one-hour special.
	+ This marks that Turn Into Cats is the first series who have ended with an one hour series finale for a three seasons run.
* The series ended with 71 episodes and 3 crossovers (Victoria’s Life, Gunther & Tinka and Gunther & Tinka on Camp with Turn Into Cats)
* During the entire series run, 71 episodes were aired and 82 episodes were filmed in three seasons.
* A spin off, titled "Linda" is currently airing since September 1, 2019.