Gravity Falls season 2
season of television series
The second and final season of the American animated mystery comedy television series Gravity Falls was ordered on July 29, 2013. Consisting of 20 episodes, it premiered on Disney Channel on August 1, 2014 and on Disney XD on August 4, 2014, and concluded on February 15, 2016.
Development
Premise and plot
The second season continues right where the first season stopped. The first 11 episodes mostly focus on Dipper, Mabel, Soos, and Wendy progressing on discovering the identity of the author of the journals, while Stan Pines continues to work on operating the mysterious portal below the Mystery Shack. The last 9 episodes primarily focus on the gang trying to stop Bill Cipher, a dream demon with infinite power who wants to take over the world with weirdness, with J. K. Simmons joining the main cast as Ford Pines.
Production
On July 29, 2013, the show was revived for a second season. On February 16, 2014, it was announced that Gravity Falls would move from Disney Channel to Disney XD in Spring 2014, and that the second season would be shown on that channel. On March 4, 2014, Alex Hirsch announced on his Twitter account that the second season would premiere in Summer 2014. On June 14, 2014, it was confirmed that Season 2 would premiere on August 1, 2014 on Disney Channel and on August 4, 2014 on Disney XD. On the same day, it was announced that Season 2 would air on both Disney XD and Disney Channel. However, most of the new episodes would premiere on Disney XD before Disney Channel.
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