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Liv and Maddie (also known as Liv and Maddie: Cali Style for the final season) was an American sitcom on Disney Channel which premiered back in Summer 2013. The show was created by John D. Beck and Ron Hart, produced by It's a Laugh Productions and stars Dove Cameron playing two identical twins, Liv and Maddie Rooney. The series began production in April for a Fall 2013 premiere, although the show premiered on July 19, 2013. The series ended on March 24, 2017, after four successful seasons.
Plot[]
Actress Liv Rooney has just come home to Stevens Point, Wisconsin after a four-year stint in Hollywood filming a popular television program called Sing It Loud!, which has just finished its run, to the open arms of her parents, brothers, and twin sister, Maddie. The pair had hoped to resume their relationship from before Liv left, but instead have grown into opposing personalities with different interests. Liv has become very girly and enjoys any time someone mentions her former career, whereas Maddie has become a tomboy perfecting her basketball skills and is the captain of her basketball team. They have two brothers: the typical awkward teen, and Parker, a confident and clever child. Rounding out the Rooney clan is their mother Karen, the school psychologist (later Vice Principal), and their father Pete , Maddie's basketball coach, both of whom are anxious to now care for all their children under one roof.
Characters[]
Liv Rooney
Maddie Rooney
Joey Rooney
Parker Rooney
Karen Rooney
Pete Rooney
- Lauren Lindsey Donzis as Ruby (season 4)

Diggie
- Willow (Jessica Marie Garcia) is a teammate and best friend of Maddie's. She plays center, and often exclaims that she "doesn't go down!" She and Maddie share a special high-five. Willow's only weakness is her overwhelming crush on Joey, as seen in "Slump-A-Rooney", when she misdirects a love note to be from him.
- Stains (Bridget Shergalis) is a teammate and friend of Maddie's. She is a petite girl with a hearty appetite. She gets her name because her clothing gets inadvertently dirty in each episode she appears in. She has a recurring tendency to rub the side of her nose with her thumb whenever she gets involved in a scheme, as seen in "Team-A-Rooney" when the team rallies against Principal Fickman, in "Sweet 16-A-Rooney", when she helps plan a surprise party for Maddie, and "Shoe-A-Rooney", when she has to take over for Maddie in a game because Maddie was too busy obsessing with her new shoes. She also has a habit of ending each sentence with "man". This habit includes when referring to Maddie and her other teammates.
- Artie (Jimmy Bellinger) is a classmate and proclaimed nemesis of Joey's. Although the pair have worked together before (as seen in "Brain-A-Rooney" and "BFF-a-Rooney"), they are often competitive in proving who is smarter than the other, with Joey usually falling short. In "Moms-A-Rooney", it is revealed that Artie has a crush on Joey's famous sister, Liv. He is also a sci-fi fanatic, showing up at a promotional event for Space Werewolves. In "BFF-a-Rooney", his last name was revealed to be Smalls.
- Ocean (Cozi Zuehlsdorff) is Liv's first friend from school who first appeared in "Steal-A-Rooney". In the episode, Maddie organized for Ocean to befriend Liv since Liv felt that people only liked her because she is famous. Later, Liv realizes that the whole friendship was a set up by Maddie and she gets temporarily upset. But after sometime, she realizes that Ocean likes her genuinely and they become good friends. Ocean is of a bohemian-style family, lives on a sunflower farm, and has limited use of technology, thus not knowing of Liv's former television career before befriending her. Ocean loves the environment, school, and learning. She and Liv take a German language course together.
- Evan (Carter Hastings) is one of Parker's "dojo buddies", and presumably one of his best friend. Evan is an underhandedly polite child, whose mother (an unseen character) is perceived as mildly overprotective. A year younger than Parker, the pair tend to get into difficult situations with Parker often protecting Evan, as seen in "Slump-A-Rooney" when Parker helps Evan stand up to his mother. Evan also helped Karen "reprogram Parker" in "Shoe-A-Rooney" when Parker tried to avoid having to do chores by pretending to be incapable.
- Reggie (Herbie Jackson) is one of Parker's best friends. He takes karate classes with Parker and Evan.
- Principal Fickman (Larry Miller) is the principal of Ridgewood High. He is close to his mother and somewhat stern when it comes to school related matters, as seen in "Team-A-Rooney" when he had cut the girl's basketball team's budget.
- Johnny Nimbus (Kurt Long) is the local television weatherman who is often selected to host various events around town.
Episodes[]
- Main article: List of Liv and Maddie episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 21[19] | July 19, 2013 (preview)[20]
September 15, 2013 (premiere)[21] |
July 27, 2014[22] | |
2 | 24[23] | September 21, 2014[22] | August 23, 2015 | |
3 | 20 | September 13, 2015 | June 19, 2016 | |
4 | 15 | September 23, 2016 | March 24, 2017 |
Songs[]
The series features many songs that usually sung by Dove Cameron, acting as Liv Rooney.
Title | Performer | Premiere episode |
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"Better in Stereo" | Dove Cameron | Twin-A-Rooney |
"On Top of the World" | Dove Cameron | Twin-A-Rooney |
"Up on the Housetop" | Dove Cameron and Ella Anderson | Fa La la La-A-Rooney |
"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" | Dove Cameron | Fa La La La-A-Rooney |
"Froyo Yolo" | Dove Cameron | Song-A-Rooney |
"Count Me In" | Dove Cameron | Song-A-Rooney |
"You, Me and the Beat" | Dove Cameron | New Year's Eve-A-Rooney |
"What a Girl Is" | Dove Cameron | Rate-A-Rooney |
"True Love" | Dove Cameron | Prom-A-Rooney |
"Say Hey" | Dove Cameron | Band-A-Rooney |
"As Long As I Have You" | Dove Cameron | Video-A-Rooney |
"Key of Life" | Dove Cameron | Dream-A-Rooney |
"One Second Chance" | Dove Cameron and Lauren Lindsay Donzis | Sing it Louder!!!-A-Rooney |
"Power of Two" | Dove Cameron and Lauren Lindsay Donzis | Falcon-A-Rooney |
"My Destiny" | Dove Cameron | Sing It Live!!!-A-Rooney |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Dove Cameron plays both Liv & Maddie.
- The series premiere had more views than the Shake It Up premiere.
- Dove (Liv & Maddie) and Ryan (Diggie) were dating in real life.
- Liv and Maddie started airing on July 19, 2013
- This is currently the only show ever on Disney Channel to have the lead portray two characters throughout the whole series
- This is the second series on Disney to be focused on twins. The first was The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and the spin-off, The Suite Life on Deck.
- The cast filmed the final episode of the series on June 27, 2016
- Like Hannah Montana had Hannah Montana Forever as a new tittle for the fourth season, Liv and Maddie changes their title to Liv and Maddie: Cali Style.
- The series ended on March 24, 2017.
- In September 2016, Liv and Maddie rebranded as Liv and Maddie: Volvo has a collaboration with Volvo Cars.
- The orginal title was Bits and Pieces and also had a completely different concept, which had nothing to do with twins.
External links[]
- Liv and Maddie Wiki
- Disney Wiki: Liv and Maddie
- Disney Channel Broadcast Archives Wiki: Liv and Maddie