Disney XD's 'Crash and Bernstein' Renewed for a Second Season

Jon Weisman, Awards Editor at Variety, reported in an exclusive article yesterday that Disney XD has renewed their comedy series Crash & Bernstein for a second season.

The popular series will return in the fall with my talented cousin Tim Lagasse providing the voice for the purple faced and appropriately named puppet Crash. Mr. Lagasse and his wife relocated to the west coast in order to work on the series.

The announcement was made today by Adam Bonnett, Senior Vice President, Original Programming, Disney Channels Worldwide. "Crash & Bernstein" ranks among Disney XD's most popular series in Total Viewers and across target kid and boy demographics. Production will resume in Van Nuys, California in July for a fall 2013 premiere.

In making the announcement, Bonnett said, "Disney XD continues to push creative boundaries for a sitcom and 'Crash & Bernstein' delivers on this promise week in, week out. Crash has quickly become an iconic character on the network, and we look forward to a second season of more purple attitude and disruptive fun with this talented cast and creative team.

The show premiered on Oct. 8 of last year to an initial audience of 0.6 million total viewers and the following month had its first-season order extended to 26 episodes. Here is a great PuppetVision blog post on Crash, Bernstein and Tim Lagasse. A great interview with Executive Producer/Creator Eric Friedman and Puppeteer Tim Lagasse appeared on LA411.

The full press release from Disney can be read here.

Crash & Bernstein airs regularly on Monday nights at 8:30 p.m., ET/PT and carries a TV-Y7 parental guideline.

Big congratulations to the cast and crew of the show; I am looking forward to more purple attitude on Crash and Burn (stein.)