Hannah Montana (television) Original series premiering on Disney Channel on March 24, 2006, and ending January 16, 2011. Miley Stewart, a 14-year-old living in Malibu, California, leads a double life. She wants to be treated like any other teenager at school and maintain the typical life led by kids her age—from getting good grades, to impressing her crush, to being accepted by the various social cliques–but unbeknownst to the other students she is famous pop singer Hannah Montana, travelling the world and entertaining fans, with perks of limousines, cool clothes, and hanging out with celebrities. Stars Miley Cyrus (Miley Stewart), Emily Osment (Lilly), Mitchel Musso (Oliver), Jason Earles (Jackson), Billy Ray Cyrus (father).