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Hannah Montana season 1

season of television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ2581480 ↗
Source-derived summary

The first season of the television series Hannah Montana was aired on Disney Channel from March 24, 2006, to March 30, 2007, and included 26 episodes. It introduces the five main characters of the series and Miley Stewart's situation of living a secret double life as a teen pop star. The season also introduces several significant recurring characters such as Roxy Roker, Jake Ryan, and Rico Suave.

The season's soundtrack was released on October 24, 2006, under the title Hannah Montana. The season itself was released on DVD as a four disc set on November 18, 2008, by Disney DVD. Certain individual episodes had been released earlier on other Hannah Montana DVDs.

Production

Hannah Montana debuted Friday, March 24, 2006, on Disney Channel with "Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?" The first season completed its run on March 30, 2007, with "Bad Moose Rising". In the United Kingdom it first aired in the summer period of 2006, then the first series aired on free-to-view channel Five showing all episodes, the second series then aired in 2009. The first season consists of 26 colored, full-screen, approx. 23-minute episodes (without ads) recorded using a multiple-camera setup. Production began on November 7, 2005, and ended in September 2006.

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Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 2007, 2008, 2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Hannah, Montana and season can be independently traced.
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