A.N.T. Farm (2011– )

Chyna Parks, a musical prodigy, gets into a gifted program called Advanced Natural Talents at the local high school. Along with her fellow 'ANTs' she must navigate the halls of a new school... See full summary »

Creator:

Dan Signer

Stars:

China Anne McClain, Sierra McCormick, Jake Short

3 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
China Anne McClain	...	Chyna Parks (44 episodes, 2011-2013)
Sierra McCormick	...	Olive Doyle (44 episodes, 2011-2013)
Jake Short	...	Fletcher Quimby (43 episodes, 2011-2013)
Stefanie Scott	...	Lexi Reed (43 episodes, 2011-2013)
Carlon Jeffery	...	Cameron Parks (41 episodes, 2011-2013)
Aedin Mincks	...	Angus Chestnut (31 episodes, 2011-2013)
Alexandria Deberry	...	Paisley Houndstooth (28 episodes, 2011-2012)
Finesse Mitchell	...	Darryl Parks (16 episodes, 2011-2012)
Mindy Sterling	...	Susan Skidmore (16 episodes, 2011-2012)
Zach Steel	...	Gibson (15 episodes, 2011-2012)

Storyline

Chyna Parks, a musical prodigy, gets into a gifted program called Advanced Natural Talents at the local high school. Along with her fellow 'ANTs' she must navigate the halls of a new school of older kids who're not particularly fond of grade-skipping newbies.

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Plot Keywords:

san francisco california

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

A.N.T. - Aikaistetut nuoret taiturit

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Disney Channel, It's a Laugh Productions, Walt Disney Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The sneak preview of the series earned 4.4 million viewers on its premiere night.

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Goofs

When Chyna, Olive or Fletcher are checking their ANT pads when they receive or are sending messages, you can easily see that it's just a black screen and there's nothing on it.

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Connections

Featured in Jaycie's Place: Celebrity Interviews (2011)

User Reviews

Characters out of balance

This show really needs to be reworked. It seems to be a Hannah Montana knock-off. The lead character is a singer (without the secret identity). Since the show began I have come to seriously dislike the Chyna Parks character she is constantly bossing her friends around insisting that they do what she wants with little concern for their feelings of ideas. The show would be much better if she went from a lead character to a costar and they elevated the other characters to equal status. The two cheerleaders Lexi and Paisley are good though they should make Paisley a bit smarter (she is in High School after all). And Lexi's schemes always make me laugh. The Angus character just needs to go away he is absolutely useless. Since the show began he was only useful in one episode. Finesse Mitchell is hilarious as the dad (Darryl) but I think that there are some Cops out there that may not care for him. Overall if they tone down Chyna and spotlight the other characters this show will be a really good show.

Update: After watching pretty much every episode I think I have figured out the basic storyline for each episode.

The show opens with one or more of the cast members either wanting to do something not wanting to do something or doing something.

Enter Chyna. She sees what is happening and she either doesn't want the cast member do something, wants them to do something or wants to do it herself.

She comes up with a plan to get her way; regardless of what her "friend(s)" want.

She drafts her "friends" into helping her. Her plan fails. She sings a song.

Chyna's "friends" apologize.

I put "friends" in parenthesis because she doesn't treat them like true friends. Also they are still using the autotuner for Chyna's songs. This is usually used for people that do not sing very well. So its use confuses me since I cannot believe that Disney would have somebody sing if they really can't