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For the first time since ABC canceled "Blood & Oil" last year, a television series will be filmed in Utah — this one for the Disney Channel.

"Andi Mack," a half-hour comedy aimed at kids and families, will begin production this fall for telecast sometime in 2017. It's from creator/executive producer Terri Minsky — the woman behind "Lizzie McGuire" (2001-04), which became a pop-culture phenomenon and turned Hilary Duff into a star.

"When Terri created 'Lizzie McGuire,' she helped put Disney Channel on the map with a character that our audience could identify with," said Adam Bonnett, the Disney Channel's executive vice president of original programing. "And we look forward to introducing 'Andi' to a new generation of kids and tweens."

In the new series, 12-year-old Peyton Elizabeth Lee — who has had small parts in "Scandal" and "Shameless" — will star in the title role as a youngster who's about to turn 13. According to Disney, when Andi's "capricious older sister Bex returns home with the hope of getting her life together, Andi's life is turned upside down and she is left questioning everything she's ever known."

"Andi only existed as words on a page until Peyton Lee walked into the room," Minsky said. "Actually, it wasn't until I met Peyton that I really knew who Andi was."

Lilan Bowden ("Zombie Apocalypse") co-stars as Bex, Lauren Tom ("The Joy Luck Club," "Friends") as Andi's mother, Celia, and Joshua Rush ("The Lion Guard") and Asher Angel ("Jolene") as Andi's friends Cyrus and Jonah.

"Andi Mack" will be a filmed comedy — produced like a movie (like "Modern Family") and not performed in front of a studio audience (like "The Big Bang Theory"). And Minsky will be trying to recapture the magic that made "Lizzie McGuire" a hit for 65 episodes, spawning a slew of marketing tie-ins and a 2003 theatrical film. In addition to "Lizzie," she created and produced the ABC sitcoms "The Geena Davis Show" (2000-2001) and "Less Than Perfect" (2002-2006), was a writer/executive producer on the MTV series "Finding Carter" and wrote several episodes of "Sex and the City."

"I could have done ['Andi Mack'] any number of places, but the only one where it would really matter is Disney Channel," Minsky said.

A pilot episode of "Andi Mack" was produced in Utah earlier this year; the exact date when production on the series will begin has yet to be announced.

The new series will join a list of made-in-Utah TV shows that includes parts of "Daniel Boone" (1964-70), "Boys of Twilight" (1992), "Touched by an Angel" (1994-2003), "Promised Land" (1996-99); "Everwood" (2002-2006); "Granite Flats" (2013-15); and the short-lived "Blood & Oil" (2015) — along with reality shows "Little Chocolatiers" (2009-2010) and "Breaking Point" (2012-13).

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