{"id":22589,"date":"2021-06-17T19:25:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T23:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=22589"},"modified":"2021-06-17T19:25:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T23:25:33","slug":"disney-channel-is-nuts-for-kiff-new-original-animated-buddy-comedy-from-south-african-creators-lucy-heavens-and-nic-smal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/17\/disney-channel-is-nuts-for-kiff-new-original-animated-buddy-comedy-from-south-african-creators-lucy-heavens-and-nic-smal\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Channel Is Nuts for &#8220;Kiff,&#8221; New Original Animated Buddy-Comedy from South African Creators Lucy Heavens and Nic Smal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22591\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kiff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kiff.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kiff-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Disney Channel has ordered &#8220;<strong><em>Kiff<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; a nutty animated buddy-comedy series from South African creators and executive producers Lucy Heavens (&#8220;<em>Space Chickens in Space<\/em>&#8220;) and Nic Smal (&#8220;<em>Caillou<\/em>&#8220;) debuting in 2023. 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