<P> Adam Bonnett, senior Vice President of original programming for Disney . </P> <P> The Good Luck Charlie pilot, entitled "Study Date", was shot in February 2009, at Sunset Bronson Studios (where Hannah Montana was taped) and the series was picked up later that year . The show's production occurs at Sunset Bronson Studios in Los Angeles even though the show is set in Denver, Colorado . Starting with the 2nd season, the series is taped at Los Angeles Center Studios, where Shake It Up is also taped . The show operates on a weekly schedule . Scripts for a new episode are issued on Monday before a read - through, Wednesdays are rehearsal and network run - through day, final scripts are issued on Thursday, and the episode is shot in front of a live studio audience on Friday night . According to Mendler, occasionally "episodes are too big to handle with a live audience (and are) taped without an audience, but mostly they're live". </P> <P> Good Luck Charlie was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, who have been writing together since 1993 on shows ranging from Suddenly Susan to Sonny with a Chance . The pair aspired to create a program that would appeal to entire families rather than simply kids . Inspired by the success of reruns of shows such as Full House and George Lopez with young audiences, Vaupen and Baker turned to family sitcoms . "We wanted to do a show about a family, to bring back a family sitcom and make it about a real family, not wizards, nobody's a pop star, nobody has a TV show", said Vaupen, referring to Wizards of Waverly Place, Hannah Montana, and Sonny with a Chance . </P> <P> Veteran writer - producer Dan Staley (Cheers) later joined the show as executive producer . Disney's Gary Marsh said "because most network television abandoned the traditional sitcom, Disney has been able to snatch up a lot of experienced talent for behind the camera, including executive producer Dan Staley ..." </P>

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