Aired: 2006-2011 Disney Channel 
DAD: Robbie (Billy Ray Cyrus) / Widower
DAD’S JOB: Miley’s Manager
KIDS: Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) / 14, Jackson (Jason Earles) /10
WHERE’S MOM?: Susan Stewart (Brooke Shields) / Dead
STAND-IN “MOM”: Unknown
During radio call-ins, I waited for *years* for someone to mention this show. NOBODY ever mentioned it. I mean, I’ve been on radio stations all over the country and nobody mentioned it.
This show is the inverse of the 1968 Bobby Sherman show Sunshine where this time, it’s the daughter who’s the star of the family. The show also uses TV Single Dad Plot #1 (See The Rules), as Dad has moved poor Miley and Jackson out from Tennessee to the wilds of Malibu. Horrors.
Brooke Shields was added as a recurring character, playing Miley and Jackson’s dead mom. She appears in dreams and fantasy episodes, somewhat akin to Melina Kanakaredes’ mom in Providence.