Nick Greenlights Live-Action Series with Recording Artist Cymphonique Miller

SANTA MONICA: Nickelodeon has given the new live-action comedy How to Rock, featuring recording artist Cymphonique Miller, a 20-episode order for a 2012 premiere.

The series centers on Kacey Simon (Miller), a talented teen who takes her pop/hip-hop band to new heights as their lead singer. The show is produced by Nickelodeon in association with Alloy Entertainment. Based on a pilot script by Jim O’Doherty (Grounded for Life, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Tracy Morgan Show) and the proposal for the upcoming Alloy Entertainment book How to Rock Braces and Glasses by Meg Haston, How to Rock will be led by executive producer David M. Israel (Grounded for Life, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Tracy Morgan Show), who is also a contributing writer on the project. Leslie Morgenstein (Pretty Little Liars, Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries) and Gina Girolamo (The Lying Game, Nine Lives of Chloe King) will also executive produce on behalf of Alloy Entertainment.

"Cymphonique is an extraordinarily talented 14-year-old who has already established herself as an actress, singer and dancer, while remaining an honor student," said Marjorie Cohn, Nickelodeon’s president of development and original programming. "How To Rock is the perfect showcase for her comedic and musical skills, and we know our audience will love watching Kacey figure out how to temper her mad ambition and learn to become a good friend and bandmate."