Cory in the House

**Cory in the House** is an American teen sitcom television series created by Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren. The series aired on Disney Channel from January 12, 2007 to September 12, 2008 and had a total of two seasons.

## 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 D.C. 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 him and Cory end up moving all the way over to Washington D.C. (even living at the White House with the President and his family).

The first people to befriend Cory after he moves to D.C. 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 rival in the form of 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.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

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

### Recurring

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

### Notable Appearances

* Dwayne Johnson as Himself
* Raven-Symoné as Raven Baxter
* Brittany Finamore as Jennifer
* Bobb'e J. Thompson as Stanley
* Michael Steger as Juan Carlos
* Don Stark as Prime Minister Schozoff
* George Takei as Ronald
* Josie Loren as Jessica
* Lupe Ontiveros as Mama Martinez
* Christa B. Allen as Cheyenne
* 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

## Episodes

See Also: List of Cory in the House Episodes

 2 | 13

## 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 on January 12, 2007, was a sneak peek. The show was created by Marc Warren and Dennis Rinsler, who produced Full House and That's So Raven. Cory in the House began filming on July 18, 2006, at Hollywood Center Studios (where The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and That's So Raven were filmed) and uses a studio audience in some 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'".

### Opening Sequence

The theme song to Cory in the House, was written and produced by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil, and performed by Kyle Massey, Maiara Walsh and Jason Dolley (though the closing credits of the show credit the performance of the theme song only to Massey). An alternate theme song, "Rollin' to D.C.", is also sung by Massey and Walsh and was used in the music video to promote the series.

## Broadcast

The series originally aired from January 12, 2007, to September 12, 2008, on Disney Channel. The show returned to Disney Channel on August 14, 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).

## Other Media

### Merchandise

#### Video Games

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

**Video:** Cory in the House Videography
**Seasons:** Season 1 | Season 2
**Episodes:** List of Cory in the House Episodes