Raven-Symone is REUNITING with Cheetah Girls and That's So Raven co-star Adrienne Bailon on upcoming season of latest sitcom
Raven-Symone is reuniting with her old pal and co-star Adrienne Bailon on the upcoming season of her new sitcom.
Adrienne, 38, played Raven's nemesis Alana on That's So Raven and then acted with her again in the 2003 Disney Channel movie The Cheetah Girls.
Now Raven, 35, has another sitcom called Raven's Home - and TV Line has revealed that the upcoming fifth season will see Adrienne returning to the part of Alana.
Raven's Home: Raven-Symone is reuniting with her old pal and co-star Adrienne Bailon on the upcoming season of her new sitcom
Remember when: Adrienne, 38, played Raven's nemesis Alana on That's So Raven which was a smash hit on Disney Channel during its run from 2003 to 2007
Raven's Home is about the lead character of That's So Raven and what her adult life is like as a divorcee with two children.
Although the show initially takes place in Chicago the upcoming season will see Raven Baxter relocate to her native San Francisco.
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San Francisco, where the character is returning in order to care for her ailing father, just happens to also have been the setting of That's So Raven.
After returning to town Raven sends her children to her own old high school - only to discover that her onetime bully Alana is now the principal.
Groundbreaking: The year the show began Raven and Adrienne co-starred in The Cheetah Girls on the same network - the first Disney Channel movie musical
Together again: The two actresses can be seen sharing an embrace in the publicity shots released to unveil Adrienne's return to her sitcom roots
Adrienne, who has lately made a name for herself as a talk show host on The Real, shared: 'I’ve always been hopeful about [playing Alana again], so to be able to make it happen was a dream come true.
She gushed: 'I always love working with [Raven-Symone]. We did the first Cheetah Girls movie when I was 19, and now I’m 38, so we’ve stayed friends for almost 20 years. We laugh at the fact that we were playing the high school students… and now we’re playing the parents. It’s so bizarre!'
The two actresses can be seen sharing an embrace in the publicity shots released to unveil Adrienne's return to her sitcom roots.
Raven's Home stars the title actress alongside her old That's So Raven co-star Anneliese Van Der Pol whose character Chelsea is still the best friend.
Premise: After returning to San Francisco Raven sends her children to her own old high school - only to discover that her onetime bully Alana is now the principal
That's So Raven ran on the Disney Channel from 2003 to 2007, becoming the top-rated show on the network during its time on the air.
The year the show began The Cheetah Girls ran on the same network - the first Disney Channel movie musical, paving the way for many more to come.
Raven, Adrienne, Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan played the title musical girl group in the movie, which went onto have two sequels.
When Adrienne returned to Disney Channel to shoot Raven's Home she found herself emotional at the sight of a blast from a past.
At it again: When Adrienne returned to Disney Channel to shoot Raven's Home she found herself emotional at the sight of a blast from a past
Gary Marsh, the Disney Branded Television president and chief creative officer, had sent flowers and a note to her dressing room.
Adrienne dished: 'Gary has been one of those beacons of light throughout my career, ever since I was in Cheetah Girls. I would call him my industry father.
Added she: 'To have a letter from him, welcoming me back to Disney Channel, I almost bawled my eyes out. I was so happy to be back.'
She remembered: 'Not only was That's So Raven filmed on that lot, but I also did The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody on that lot. I remember all of our Cheetah Girls photo shoots and promo shoots. Even just being in the dressing room was insane.'
