Disney Orders Eight More Episodes Of The Wizards Of Waverly Place

The Disney Channel has ordered an additional eight episodes of The Wizards of Waverly Place. Currently in its third season, the show earned the Emmy earlier this month for children’s programming. An original movie based on the show premeiered on the channel to big numbers in August. Created by Todd Greenwald and starring Selena Gomez, skein revolves around a family-owned New York City restaurant where the kids perform real magic behind the kitchen doors. The order brings the number of The Wizards of Waverly Place episodes to 86.