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''That's So Raven'' is an American Situation Comedy Television Show produced by the Disney Channel . The plot revolves around fashionable teenager Raven Baxter's schemes to get herself, or one of her friends or family members, out of a situation, usually by using her Psychic powers and her skills as a master of disguise. PRODUCTION The show was first aired in the U.S. on January 17 2003 . However, some episodes in the first season had been broadcast earlier in the UK , during 2002 . The show is popular in the United States , but also in many other countries and regions of the world including UK , Canada , Australia , Europe , New Zealand and Asia . It is the highest rated series on Disney Channel, even beating former frontrunner Lizzie McGuire . However, the show is ending in 2006 after becoming Disney's longest running show with 4 seasons, the first series to achieve this feat. {Link without Title} The show is considered one of the funniest sitcoms of Disney Channel. All in all, ''That's So Raven'' is planned to have 100 episodes, which is more than the Usual 65 Episodes of Disney shows. The only other Disney shows to achieve this was '' Dumbo's Circus '' (which aired 120 episodes on Disney Channel between 1985-1995), '' DuckTales '', and recently, '' Kim Possible '' (announced November 2005). STORY STRUCTURE ''That's So Raven'' is the most popular Disney Channel series to date and has been described as a cross between '' Moesha '' and '' Sabrina, The Teenage Witch ''. It also reminds some of the old Nickelodeon show '' Taina ''. Each episode is broken up into different segments as Raven or other characters deal with situations. Raven is mostly the main focus of the story, and the episodes also focus on whatever visions she experiences. The visions usually involve whatever Raven is thinking about at that point in time, and after they happen, one of several things will happen: the vision will come true regardless of anything, Raven tries to stop it only to make it come true (a Paradox ), or the outcome is affected in some way. There is some evidence of " Chuck Cunningham Syndrome ", such as the disappearance of the crazy spitting Mr. Lawler, who provided comic relief in some early episodes but was removed for unknown reasons. There are characters that appeared at least once as an important role, but never returned. Also, as of season four, Raven's mother Tonya is out of the show, due to her quitting (see below). The pre-recorded "vision" scenes are not shown to the studio audience but to the viewer. The first few seasons used a Laugh Track , but later used a studio audience for a better reaction. For the fourth season, Raven became producer of her own show, helping out more for the creative ideas on ''That's So Raven''. In the fourth season, Raven, an aspiring fashion designer, achieves the dream of a lifetime when she begins working for world renowned fashion designer Donna Cabonna (played by Anne-Marie Johnson of '' JAG '' and '' In Living Color '' fame). Also new for season 4, Raven gets a new room, designed by a makeover show. She shot most of the entire season in 2005 and is wrapping up in 2006. That's So Raven had started its 4th season on President's Day ( February 20 ) with the episode ''Raven, Sydney, and the Man''. Also on the fourth season, production was switched to the newly made That's So Productions and the show averaged 4.5 million viewers. CAST Main Cast Recurring Cast Members Star Appearances RAVEN'S HAIRSTYLES
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