{"id":108832,"date":"2025-12-04T21:57:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T02:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=108832"},"modified":"2025-12-04T21:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T02:57:40","slug":"new-animated-family-comedy-series-hey-a-j-kicks-off-january-13-on-disney-jr-and-next-day-on-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/04\/new-animated-family-comedy-series-hey-a-j-kicks-off-january-13-on-disney-jr-and-next-day-on-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"New Animated Family Comedy Series &#8220;Hey A.J.!&#8221; Kicks Off January 13 on Disney Jr. and Next Day on Disney+"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_108833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108833\" style=\"width: 666px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108833\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hey-A.J-20251204.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hey-A.J-20251204.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hey-A.J-20251204-205x300.webp 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Disney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hey A.J.!,&#8221; a new animated family comedy series, is set to premiere with a marathon of the first seven episodes on Tuesday, January 13, on Disney Jr. (7:00-10:15AM EST\/PST) and later that day on Disney Channel and Disney Jr. On Demand. 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The celebrity guest voice cast includes Meghan Trainor, Cristo Fern\u00e1ndez, Bootsy Collins, Kate Miccuci, Maulik Pancholy, Calum Scott, Lena Waithe and retired NASA astronaut and engineer Leland Melvin, who will guest star as himself.<\/p>\n<p>Theme Song: The series&#8217; theme song will be released Friday, December 5, through Walt Disney Records.<\/p>\n<p>Credits: From Disney Branded Television, the series is inspired by books created by Martellus Bennett and executive produced by Bennett, Jeff &#8220;Swampy&#8221; Marsh and Michael Hodges. 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