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Kyla Pratt Confirms New Episodes Of “The Proud Family” Coming Exclusively To Disney+

<p>&num;Roommates&comma; your prayers have been officially answered&excl; Many fans have been hoping and praying that new streaming service Disney&plus; would revive the hit 2000’s animated series&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;suga-mama-officially-confirms-new-episodes-of-the-proud-family-coming-to-disney&sol;">The Proud Family<&sol;a>”—well&comma; Kyla Pratt&comma; the star of the original&comma; just confirmed the news&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It’s been 18 years since the premiere of the incredibly popular animated Disney series &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Proud Family” and it’s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;live-feed&sol;proud-family-revived-at-disney-1281557">finally coming back<&sol;a>&period; Many Disney fans are very happy with the streaming content on the company’s new service—and we’re sure adding &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Proud Family” will give them another reason to love it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Disney&plus; has greenlit <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Proud Family&colon; Louder and Prouder&comma;”<&sol;em> which is currently in production at Disney Television Animation&period; What’s even better is that all the original voice cast is back for the new episodes&comma; including Kyla Pratt as Penny Proud&comma; Tommy Davidson as Oscar Proud&comma; Paula Jai Parker as Trudy Proud&comma; Jo Marie Payton as Suga Mama&comma; Karen Malina White as Dijonay Jones&comma; Soleil Moon Frye as Zoey Howzer and Alisa Reyes as LaCienega Boulevardez&period; Cedric the Entertainer will also return as Uncle Bobby Proud&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B9FgZWLh2Iu" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The original series aired on the Disney Channel from 2001 to 2005 and was critically praised for its messages about inclusion and cultural diversity&period; The show won several awards&comma; including a BET Comedy Award&comma; two Casting Society of America Awards and an NAACP Image Award for Cedric the Entertainer&period; The series ended with a Disney TV movie in 2005&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a joint statement about the series’ return&comma; creators Ralph Farquhar and Bruce Smith said this&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In our minds&comma; the show never really went away&comma; as we still had tons of stories left to tell&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s the perfect time to bring back this show&comma; and we can&&num;8217&semi;t wait to take fans&comma; old and new alike&comma; on this journey with us&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All previous seasons of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>The Proud Family<&sol;em>” are currently available on Disney&plus;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"57672" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kyla-pratt-confirms-new-episodes-of-the-proud-family-coming-exclusively-to-disney&sol;" data-secure&equals;"6042cd2d6f"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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