The Suite Life on Camp

**The Suite Life on Camp** is an American comedy television series created by Cyrus Uy that premiered on Disney Channel on July 31, 2016. The series stars Dylan and Cole Sprouse as Zack and Cody Martin. Further main cast includes, Brenda Song, Debby Ryan, Matthew Timmons, Courtney Eaton and Phil Lewis.

The filming for the pilot started on January 2016 & the filming for season 1 started on May 2016. Season 1 was later to confirm to have 16 episodes.

This show was on on hiatus until April 2017 due to unknown reasons. The season one finale aired on June 11, 2017.

On June 3, 2017, Disney Channel renewed Suite Life On Camp for a second season. The second season premiere aired on December 23, 2017.

On May 11, 2018, a third season was confirmed exclusively by People Magazine. However, an announcement is still yet to be made. Disney Channel officially confirmed the news on May 15, 2018. Season 3 premiere premiered in September 23, 2018. Season 3 finale aired on September 1, 2019.

On April 22, 2019, Disney Channel renewed Suite Life On Camp for a fourth season. The second season premiere aired on October 13, 2019.

On May 16, 2020, People Magazine has announced that the series had been renewed for a fifth season, but Disney Channel has yet to confirm the news. Disney Channel officially confirmed the news on May 21, 2020. It was also announced that Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse and Debby Ryan would not be returning to the series for the fifth season. Production of the fifth season will begin in September 2020. On July 19, 2020, Brenda Song announced that she won't be returning to the series for the fifth season due to Disney Channel picking up another spin off of The Suite Life series, Yay Me!!!... Starring London Tipton. The fifth season will also introduce a newcomer, Nick Bailey.

The fifth season premiered on December 13, 2020. On an interview on February 6, 2021 with Nick Bailey, he confirmed that there will be 21 episodes in the fifth season.

On March 1, 2021, the series was renewed for a sixth season during Disney Upfront 2021.

This series currently have an averaged ratings of 8.0/10 on IMDB.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Dylan Sprouse as Zack Martin (Season 1-4; Special)
* Cole Sprouse as Cody Martin (Season 1-4; Special)
* Brenda Song as London Tipton (Season 1-4; Special)
* Debby Ryan as Bailey Pickett (Season 1-4; Special)
* Phil Lewis as Marion Moseby (Season 1-Season 4, episode 12; Special)
* Matthew Timmons as Woody Fink (Season 1-present)
* Courtney Eaton as Rachel McDonald (Season 1-present)
* Rachael Kathryn Bell as Addison (Season 1-4; recurring, season 5-present; main)
* Zoey Detuch as Maya Bennett (Season 1-4; recurring, season 5-present; main)
* Erin Cardillo as Emma Tutweiller (Season 1-4; recurring, season 5-present; main)
* Nick Bailey as Jason Wilson (Season 5-present; main)
* Tiffany Wang as Nina Wu (Season 5-present; main)
* Ryan Cook as Ben Williams (Season 5-present; main)
* Anika Ahuja as Keya Agarwal (Season 5-present; main)
* Benjamin Freebes as Nick Stewart (Season 5-present; main)

#### Recurring cast

* Cody Liney as Moses McDonald (Season 1-present)
* Jesse McCartney as Ryan (Season 1-present)

## Episodes

### Season 1

* Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse and Brenda Song is present in all episodes
* Debby Ryan is absent for two episodes
* Matthew Timmons is absent for three episodes
* Courtney Eaton is absent for five episodes
* Phil Lewis is absent for seven episodes

### Season 2

* Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse and Brenda Song appeared in every episode.
* Courtney Eaton was absent for twelfth episodes.
* Phil Lewis was absent for ninth episodes.
* Matthew Timmons was absent for four episodes.
* Debby Ryan was absent for one episode.

### Season 3

A third season of the series was announced on May 15, 2018. Production for Season 3 will begin in July 2018.

* Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse and Brenda Song appeared in all episodes.
* Courtney Eaton is absent for seven episodes.
* Phil Lewis is absent for four episodes.
* Matthew Timmons is absent for two episodes.
* Debby Ryan is absent for one episode.

### Season 4

A fourth season was announced on April 22, 2019 with production began in June 2019.

* Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Brenda Song and Debby Ryan appeared in all episodes.
* Phil Lewis departed the series after Season 4, episode 12.
* Courtney Eaton is absent for seven episodes.
* Matthew Timmons is absent for three episodes.
* Phil Lewis was absent for one episode before his departure in the series.

### Special

* This episode will air between the fourth and fifth season as part of The Suite Life on Camp's special event and is not classified as an episode from either season despite being filmed during season four.

Meanwhile, the camp is also losing business and campers as hardly anyone showed up for camp open day. Emma tried every possible way to bring back campers but nothing is working. So, due to everyone is leaving and camp is losing it's business, Emma had no choice but to sell the camp.
However, everyone thought of the memories they had camp in here and Emma decided to phone Mr. Moseby and Arwin to get help to bring some businesses back. In which, it worked really well. The re-do camp open day went well and they got campers.
At the end, Zack, Cody, London and Bailey all says goodbye to each other, to everyone else and the camp. Emma decided to make Woody the head counsellor of the camp.
*Last appearances of*: Dylan Sprouse as Zack Martin, Cole Sprouse as Cody Martin, Brenda Song as London Tipton and Debby Ryan as Bailey Pickett
*Guest stars*: Erin Cardillo as Emma Tutweiller, Rachael Kathryn Bell as Addison, Zoey Detuch as Maya Bennett, Cody Liney as Moses McDonald and Jesse McCartney as Ryan
*Special guest stars*: Phil Lewis as Marion Moseby and Brain Stephanek as Arwin Houchauser
*Note*: This episode is not considered a part of the fourth or fifth season, but instead a special episode that was a part of The Suite Life on Camp's special event.

### Season 5

A fifth season of the show was announced on May 21, 2020. Production will begin in September 2020 for a December 13, 2020 premiere.

### Season 6

A sixth season of the show was announced on March 1, 2021. Production will begin in June 2021 for a Summer 2021 premiere.

## Ratings

The show debuted on Disney Channel on July 31, 2016, gathering 4.7 million viewers. In October 2020, "Alien Invasion of the Camp", the one-hour special episode became the series' most-watched (non-crossover) episode with 5.5 million viewers. The series' most watched episode, including crossovers, was "Double-Crossed" 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. From 2016-present, the series was the second scripted telecast for teens between the age of 9–14 (1.54 million/6.9 rating) and in kids 6–11 (1.85 million/7.8 rating), which is only slightly behind *To The Beat*.

## Merchandise

### Video game

A Video game based on the show was announced on August 10, 2020.

## Trivia

* The fifth season will consist of 21 episodes. The Suite Life on Camp will officially pass Dance It Up episode count (117) by having the most episodes produced for a Disney Channel Original Series (live-action/animated).
* As of May 21, 2020, The Suite Life on Camp has made Disney Channel history. Season 5 makes The Suite Life on Camp the second Disney Channel Original Series to get renewed for a fifth season and pass the four season limit in Disney History. It also breaks Disney Channel's four season limit. It also makes The Suite Life on Camp the first spinoff to get renewed for a fifth season, breaking the four season limit.
	+ As of March 1, 2021, The Suite Life on Camp has made another Disney Channel history. Season 6 makes The Suite Life on Camp the first Disney Channel Original Series to get renewed for a sixth season and pass the four and fifth season limit in Disney History. It also breaks Disney Channel's five season limit. It also makes The Suite Life on Camp the first spinoff to get renewed for a sixth season, breaking the five season limit.
* This is the fifth Disney Channel spin-off series, preceding after I Do Care, Dance It Up, Trish & Dez and North High.
* This series is the third entry to the 'Suite Life' franchise.
* This is the second show to have the higher number of episodes per season than its predecessors.
* With the sixth season announcement, the series takes the Suite Life franchise to a full 12 seasons. It also makes the first Disney Channel spinoff to make it to 6 seasons and also the first to span the higher amount of seasons as the parent series has. It also makes the first Disney Channel spinoff to have more seasons than the parent series.
	+ This also makes the first show in the 'Suite Life' franchise to be renewed for a fourth, fifth and sixth seasonseason.
* Season 4 & 5 will also see The Suite Life on Camp go past it's 100th episode. Meaning that The Suite Life on Camp is the first show in the Suite Life series to have gone past 100th episode.
* Season 4 marks that The Suite Life on Camp is the 14th Disney Channel Original Series to received a fourth season, preceded by I Want It, Above The Clouds, I Do Care, Dance It Up, Ashley & Kate, Roy and Andy, Miami High, What The?, Spy Kids, Brothers On Break, Sing It Up, North High and Victoria's Life.
* Season 4 makes the first show to have a main cast member leaving the series.
	+ Season 5 also makes the first show to have the lead characters leaving the series.
		- It is confirmed that Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Debby Ryan and Brenda Song will not be returning in the fifth season. This makes The Suite Life on Camp the first Disney Channel Original Series to have one or more main characters leave the series during its' run (First main character was Phil Lewis in the fourth season).
		- Matthew Timmons, Courtney Eaton, Erin Cardillo, Rachael Kathryn Bell and Zoey Detuch will return in the fifth season season with a brand new cast.
		- Brenda Song mentioned that the fifth season cast will be the biggest cast yet.
* Season 4 also makes The Suite Life on Camp the tenth Disney Channel Original Series to alter it's theme song for Season 4, preceded by Dance It Up, I Do Care, Ashley & Kate, Roy and Andy, Miami High, Spy Kids, Sing It Up, North High and Victoria’s Life.
* This will be the 5th non-animated show to reach 30+ episodes for a season followed by Dance It Up, Roy and Andy, Miami High and Spy Kids (Season 4 will have 32 episodes).
* Season 4 is the longest season of The Suite Life on Camp, making The Suite Life on Camp- the first series since Spy Kids to receive at least 30 episodes for a season.
* Season 4 also makes The Suite Life on Camp the tenth Disney Channel Original Series to alter it's theme song for Season 4, preceded by Dance It Up, I Do Care, Ashley & Kate, Roy and Andy, Miami High, Spy Kids, Sing It Up, North High and Victoria's Life.
	+ Season 4 also makes The Suite Life on Camp the fourth Disney Channel Original Series to alter it's theme song twice in the series, preceded by Dance It Up, Ashley & Kate and Roy and Andy.
	+ Season 5 makes The Suite Life on Camp the second Disney Channel Original Series to alter it's theme song three times in the series, preceded by Sing It Up.
* The series won "Fan's Favourite TV Show (Comedy)" at Disney Awards 2020