EXCLUSIVE: Disney Channel has given a series order to Saturdays, a roller-skating coming of age comedy series, from black-ish star Marsai Martin and her Genius Entertainment and writer-executive producer Norman Vance Jr. (Roll Bounce, Girlfriends).
Production is slated to begin in May 2022 for premiere on Disney Channel.Written by Vance, the single-camera comedy was ordered to pilot at Disney Channel in March.
It centers on Paris Johnson, played by Danielle Jalade (Yes Day), who considers roller skating to be part of her soul – she breathes it in and makes it a lifestyle.
She lives for the weekends because that’s when she gets to go to her sanctuary, the neon-lit Saturdays, a seemingly magical wood floor roller-rink where the impossible
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