{"id":30978,"date":"2025-12-05T10:34:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/martellus-bennetts-hey-a-j-to-bow-in-january\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:57:09","slug":"martellus-bennetts-hey-a-j-to-bow-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/martellus-bennetts-hey-a-j-to-bow-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Martellus Bennett\u2019s Hey A.J.! to Bow in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hey A.J.!<\/em>, a new animated family comedy series inspired by the children\u2019s books by former Super Bowl champion Martellus Bennett, is slated to premiere on January 13 on Disney Jr., Disney Channel and Disney Jr. On Demand.<\/p>\n<p>The series, executive produced by Bennett, Jeff \u201cSwampy\u201d Marsh (<em>Phineas and Ferb<\/em>) and Michael Hodges (<em>The Garfield Movie<\/em>), follows an imaginative young girl who, alongside her stuffed bunny sidekick, uses her imagination to make ordinary moments extraordinary.<\/p>\n<p>The cast features Amari McCoy as A.J. and Bennett and Jhen\u00e9 Aiko as her parents. Additional members are Juliet Donenfeld, Innocent Ekakitie and David Mitchell. Celebrity guest stars include Meghan Trainor, Cristo Fern\u00e1ndez, Bootsy Collins, Kate Miccuci, Maulik Pancholy, Calum Scott, Lena Waithe and retired NASA astronaut and engineer Leland Melvin, who will guest star as himself.<\/p>\n<p>After premiering on January 13 on Disney Jr., Disney Channel and Disney Jr. On Demand, the episodes will be available to stream the next day on Disney+.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hey A.J.!<\/em> is produced by Surfing Giant Studios in association with Disney Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey A.J.!, a new animated family comedy series inspired by the children\u2019s books by former Super Bowl champion Martellus Bennett, is slated to premiere on January 13 on Disney Jr., Disney Channel and Disney Jr. On Demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":30979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[11775,188,11776,10623],"class_list":["post-30978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-hey-a-j","tag-jeff-swampy-marsh","tag-martellus-bennett","tag-michael-hodges","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Martellus Bennett\u2019s Hey A.J.! 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