'Hamster & Gretel' Season 2 Premiere Brings First New Episodes All Year In September

You’re hearing about the improbable duo again! They’re finally back! Our long national nightmare is finally over.

So we finally got more specific news on when we’ll be getting the next season of a Dan Povenmire creation, just not the one you were expecting. Yes on the approach of Phineas & Ferb’s 17th anniversary Saturday, and as everyone wonders when the long-awaited revival will finally drop, Povenmire’s solo creation, Hamster & Gretel set a season 2 premiere date Thursday for September. It will be its first new episodes all year after the first season concluded in December. A trailer was also released, ending the long national nightmare.

Season 2 will premiere on Disney Channel on Saturday, September 14, at 10 AM EDT, with two episodes weekly. The first of the two episodes will also be made available on YouTube, presumably after the airing as has been the practice. The first eight episodes will be available on Disney+ the Wednesday after, September 18. This means linear will catch up to Disney+ after three weeks. The latter date is also Povenmire’s birthday, something he gleefully pointed to in his own Instagram post. This season will take a dramatic turn for Gretel, her superpowered hamster, and brother Kevin as they return to protect their city with their alien-granted superpowers. They will face a global extraterrestrial threat in Oblivion while juggling school, crushes, and local villains. They'll also be trying out new super suits and headquarters.

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Hamster & Gretel stars Meli Povenmire as Gretel; Beck Bennett as Hamster; Michael Cimino as Kevin; Matt Jones as Gretel and Kevin’s dad Dave; Carolina Ravassa as their mom Carolina; and Joey King as Fred. The series also features Priah Ferguson as Bailey; Liza Koshy as Veronica Hill; Hiromi Dames as Hiromi; Brock Powell as Lyle aka Fist Puncher; Alyson Stoner as Lauren aka Destructress; Akintoye as Anthony; and Pamela Adlon as Nordle.

This season's guest stars include Phineas and Ferb vets Seth Green as Footkicker and Ming-Na Wen as Dr. Hawthorne; Alfred Molina, who Povenmire met at Annecy in 2022, as Big Bad; Amy Sedaris as Hiromi’s mom, Juni Tanaka; Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez as Luis Demo; and Tim Robinson as Ziggy.

From Disney Branded Television, Hamster & Gretel is produced by Disney Television Animation. The rest of the creative team in addition to Povenmire includes co-executive producer and story editor Joanna Hausmann, co-executive producer and supervising director Bob Bowen and story editor Alex Estrada. Exclusive clips will premiere on the YouTube channel every Tuesday. It’s unclear if this means preview clips of the next linear episodes or something from the many shorts series Disney Television Animation has that Hamster & Gretel is part of, or options unexplored. Phineas and Ferb’s revival still awaits a premiere date, or even a new general window if necessary.

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Source: Animation Magazine