The Jonas Brothers are keepers at Disney Channel. The cable channel has ordered a second season of the pop stars’ comedy series “Jonas” and has tapped new executive producers: showrunner Lester Lewis and director Paul Hoen. Disney Channels Worldwide entertainment president Gary Marsh called Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas, who are in Italy as part of the European leg of their Live Nation-produced world concert tour, to give them the pickup news.Production on Season 2 of “Jonas” is slated to begin in February for a premiere in the middle of next year. Additionally, Disney Channel has renewed the trio’s short-form reality series “Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream” for a second season. Filming already is under way for a premiere early next year.
“These guys are the superstars of their generation,” Marsh said. “We had the opportunity to extend our relationship with them, which we did.” Disney’s collaboration with the brothers extends beyond the TV series to the successful “Camp Rock” TV movie franchise, concert tours and concert movies. “Jonas” premiered in the spring to solid numbers but couldn’t match the heights of Disney Channel hits like “Hannah Montana.” “Jonas” has been winning its Sunday time slot in key kids demographics, averaging 3.4 million viewers.
Disney brass is looking to take the show to the next level with the addition of Lewis, who has worked on “The Office” and “The Larry Sanders Show,” and Hoen, who has directed nine Disney Channel movies. “Jonas” is unusual in being a single-camera comedy on a channel dominated by multicamera sitcoms. “Lester Lewis, who is coming off ‘The Office,’ has a particular sensibility and is an expert in the craft of creating single-camera comedy, while Paul Hoen brings a unique visual style,” Marsh said.
Meanwhile, the executive producers who launched “Jonas” — sitcom veteran Michael Curtis and Roger S.H. Schulman — have departed the series. Hoen has directed the Jonases in an episode of their show and in the upcoming sequel “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.” “The Jonas brothers are a rare combination of hugely talented and tremendously likable,” the WME-repped Lewis said.
The new season of “Jonas” will follow the brothers as they set out on a summer vacation in Los Angeles that leads to them landing gigs in show business. In addition to the brothers, “Jonas” co-stars Chelsea Staub and Nicole Anderson.
Cutie Chelsea Staub has sung praise to her “J.O.N.A.S!” co-star Nick Jonas. Speaking to Girls2Watch, the depicter of Stella Malone on the TV series has called the 17-year-old singer “definitely the brains” behind his famous musical trio, Jonas Brothers. “He’s the little brother, but he’s in charge of it all and he writes pretty much all of the music,” Chelsea reveals. “He definitely has ‘it’, whatever ‘it’ is, Nick’s got it. He plays drums and keyboard and guitar and writes and does all of it well. So he’s definitely the musical one in that family.” Beside talking about Nick, Chelsea also comments on his older brother, 
GUESS what, everyone? Adam Lambert has been busy working with Lady GaGa! The American Idol runner-up took to his Twitter account Monday night to confirm that he and the Poker Face hitmaker had been collaborating on a record. “Yes it’s true: I spent yesterday in the studio w the insanely talented and creative Lady GaGa recording a song that she wrote! I love her,” Lambert wrote. “Gaga wrote the song a while ago and she thought it would be a good fit for me. It’s a solo track. I feel so honored and lucky to be asked.
Taking advantage of a beautiful afternoon, Ashley Tisdale was spotted out and about in Burbank, California yesterday (October 19). Joined by a gal pal, the “High School Musical” babe looked to be in good spirits as she strolled past the paparazzi with a big smile. And of course, Miss Tisdale was looking cool and casual, sporting a black jacket along with a pair of white and black trousers and black UGG boots.For all of you Tizzie fans in Arizona, Ashley recently announced a new tour date on her Twitter page. “Added a new show in Scottsdale, AZ on Oct 22nd.”
New Line’s decided to find out “What Boys Want,” snapping up the comedy pitch by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer and attaching teen star Selena Gomez to topline and Kevin Misher to produce. Story centers on a teenage girl who can hear what men are thinking. Allen Fisher of Principato-Young and Gomez’s mother, Mandy Teefey, will exec produce. New Line’s in final negotiations with the 17-year-old Gomez, who has built a huge fanbase from her role in the Disney Channel series, “The Wizards of Waverly Place.” She formed July Moon Prods. last year and has partnered with XYZ Films to finance development of at least two films in which she would star and produce. Misher’s most recent producing credits are on Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” and Dito Montiel’s “Fighting.” Andelson and Meyer penned “Step Up 3D” for Disney and “Naomi and Eli’s No Kiss List” with Hayden Panettiere starring for Fox.
