Cory in the House

**Cory in the House** is a live-action television series created by Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren. The series premiered on January 12, 2007 and aired for two seasons until September 12, 2008.

It is a spin-off from the television series That's So Raven. It was the first Disney Channel spin-off series, as well as the final Disney Channel series overall, to be both shot and broadcast in standard definition for the entire run of the show.

## Plot

The show focuses on Raven Baxter's younger brother, Cory, and their dad, Victor, and how they end up moving from San Francisco, California from Washington DC, as Cory explains in the theme song, when the President (a Hispanic-American man with the last name "Martinez") came to San Francisco one day and ended up eating at the Chill Grill. Greatly impressed by Victor's cooking skills and his amazing food, President Martinez offered Victor the job of executive chef at the White House. Victor accepted the job and he and Cory end up moving all the way over to Washington DC (even living at the White House with the President and his family).

The first people to befriend Cory after he moves to DC are Newt Livingston, the son of a senator and the Chief Justice of the Supreme, and Meena Paroom, a girl from a country called Bahavia and whose father is the ambassador of that country. Cory also gets a rival in the form of Jason Stickler, whose father is the head of the CIA, and who has a stalker-like crush on Meena and often uses his dad's CIA-gadgets for his own personal use.

Cory soon develops a crush on Meena and she, Cory and Newt end up forming a band called DC3. Cory's often irritated by the President's daughter, Sophie, and he's often disciplined by the president's assistant, Samantha Samuels, but he's best friends with the President, Richard Martinez, while dealing with his new-found everyday challenges.

## Episodes

See Also: List of Cory in the House Episodes

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## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Kyle Massey as Cory Baxter
* Jason Dolley as Newton "Newt" Livingston III
* Maiara Walsh as Meena Paroom
* Madison Pettis as Sophia "Sophie" Martinez
* John D'Aquino as President Richard Martinez
* Rondell Sheridan as Victor Baxter

### Recurring

* Jake Thomas as Jason Stickler
* Lisa Arch as Samantha Samuels
* Jordan Puryear as Candy Smiles
* Lori Alan as Ms. Flowers
* Zolee Griggs as Tanisha
* Brianne Tju as Haley

### Guest Stars

* Raven-Symoné as Raven Baxter
* Dwayne Johnson as Himself
* Don Stark as Prime Minister Schozoff
* George Takei as Ronald
* Josie Loren as Jessica
* Lupe Ontiveros as Mama Martinez
* Christa B. Allen as Cheyenne
* Brittany Finamore as Jennifer Covington
* Bobb'e J. Thompson as Stanley
* Fred Stoller as Norman Trumbles
* Michael Steger as Juan Carlos
* Dan Mott as The Juicer
* Jarron Vosburg as Craig Berkowitz
* Chris Coppola as Carl
* Mary Chris Wall as Professor Bushwick
* Kate Micucci as Becky
* Lee Reherman as Slade
* Tanya Chisholm as Nicole

## Production

After the completion of That's So Raven, propositions were made for a spin-off including That's So Raven Too! which was accompanied by a soundtrack of the same name, and would have been about Raven going off to college. Raven-Symoné was offered the spin-off, but she declined it, therefore Disney Channel decided to give it to Kyle Massey. Raven-Symoné would later return for the Raven's Home spin-off in 2017.

The first episode aired on Disney Channel on January 12, 2007 as a sneak peek. The show was created and produced by Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren, who previously produced That's So Raven and Even Stevens, another Disney Channel show. Filming for Cory in the House began on July 18, 2006, and concluded on November 7, 2007 at Hollywood Center Studios (where The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and That's So Raven were filmed) and used a studio audience in most scenes.

Similar to Hannah Montana, many of the episode titles are parodies of popular songs. For example, "We Built This Kitty on Rock and Roll" comes from "We Built This City", "Mall of Confusion" from "Ball of Confusion", "Smells Like School Spirit" from "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and "Ain't Miss Bahavian" from "Ain't Misbehavin'".

## Release

The series originally aired from January 12, 2007, to September 12, 2008, on Disney Channel. The show returned to Disney Channel on September 24, 2014, as part of Disney Replay. It premiered on the same date on Family Channel and on June 1, 2011, on Disney XD (Canada). In the United Kingdom and Ireland it premiered on January 28, 2007, on Disney Channel and on September 5, 2009, on Disney XD. It premiered on February 2, 2007, on Disney Channel (Australia and New Zealand), on April 27, 2007, on Disney Channel (Southeast Asia), and on June 9, 2007, on Disney Channel (India).

## Merchandise

The Cory in the House franchise has spawned a video game, of which it shares the same name. The game was released in 2008 for the Nintendo DS.