6.6/10171 votes#1 - Sketchy Beginnings
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/8/2009
Sonny enters the set excited but doesn't know that she's off for a difficult time with Tawni. Other than that, she's all good and definitely ready.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Steve Marmel, Michael Feldman
7.3/10137 votes#2 - West Coast Story
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/8/2009
Sonny invites the cast from a rival show to a so-called peace picnic to promote goodwill between them, but the event doesn't go exactly as planned.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: N/A
7.3/10134 votes#3 - Sonny at the Falls
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/15/2009
Sonny's idea for a sketch is rejected by her cast mates, but she is comforted by Chad and the "MacKenzie Falls" cast, who lavish her with expensive gifts.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10129 votes#4 - You've Got Fan Mail
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/22/2009
Sonny creates her own imaginary fan named Eric when she fails to receive any fan mail, but her creation gets her in trouble when Marshall wants to invite Eric to the set. Meanwhile, Nico and Grady intercept a package intended for Zora.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie
Writer: N/A
7.1/10158 votes#5 - Cheater Girls
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/2009
Sonny worries about an upcoming geometry exam that may decide the fate of her future on So Random. Meanwhile, a pretty new girl on set catches the eye of Nico and Grady, who go to extraordinary lengths to impress her.
Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: N/A
8.2/10118 votes#6 - Three's Not Company
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/2009
Sonny feels left out when her best friend from Wisconsin comes to visit and instantly hits it off with Tawni. Tension reaches the boiling point when Tawni and Lucy go to Chad's birthday party... without inviting Sonny. Meanwhile, Nico and Grady plot revenge against a security guard who has been helping himself to their pizza.
Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: N/A
8.3/10146 votes#7 - Poll'd Apart
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/15/2009
Sonny and Tawny's blossoming friendship turns sour when a popular gossip blogger posts the results of a poll, pitting the two teen stars against each other. Can their friendship survive when Tawny's ego takes a major blow?
Director: David Trainer
Writer: N/A
8.3/10113 votes#8 - Fast Friends
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/29/2009
Sonny finds herself the victim of bad publicity when a televised dispute between her and Chad hits the airwaves. Can she rally and rise above it, or will poor public opinion mark the end of Sonny's flirtation with fame?
Director: David Trainer
Writer: N/A
7.9/10133 votes#9 - Sonny With A Chance Of Dating
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/12/2009
Tensions rise on set when Sonny is asked out by Tawni's ex boyfriend, James, who is guest starring on Mackenzie Falls. And when James attempts to date both girls, Sonny decides to get revenge in the best way she can... by going on a date with Chad.
Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: N/A
7.3/10121 votes#10 - Sonny and the Studio Brat
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/26/2009
When the demanding daughter of a studio executive wants a set visit, Sonny is the unlucky cast member chosen to play tour guide.
Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: N/A
7.9/10124 votes#11 - Promises, Prom-Misses
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/3/2009
When Sonny realizes she is missing out on that most important of teen milestones - prom - she decides to throw a prom for the cast, right there on set. But Marshall says a firm no. Will Sonny and her friends have a night to remember? Or is prom nothing but a distant dream?
Director: David Trainer
Writer: N/A
8.0/10141 votes#12 - The Heartbreak Kid
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/17/2009
Sonny has to find a way to break up a relationship she put together after her matchmaking goes awry.
Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: Cindy Caponera
8.2/10153 votes#13 - Battle of the Networks' Stars
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/7/2009
Chad is making a movie about his life and casts Selena Gomez as Sonny.
Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: N/A
8.0/10102 votes#14 - Prank'd
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/5/2009
After Chad announces he is the host of a new celebrity prank show, the So Random cast becomes paranoid about who's going to be pranked first, and who might be in on the joke with Chad.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1098 votes#15 - Tales from the Prop House
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/2/2009
The "So Random!" cast attempt to prevent their prop house from being taken away and used as a meditation room for the "MacKenzie Falls" cast. The number one show gets any room in the building according to the contract. After remembering all the good memories about sketches they have done (like Dolphin Boy and the Check It Out Girls), they hand-cuff themselves to the prop house. After two hours of being hand-cuffed they decide to fight back. They chase away the cast of "MacKenzie Falls" by cutting a hole in the ceiling and annoying them by throwing objects on their heads. Chad says he won't be driven away, but he starts meditating in the photo booth, he runs away because of a rat. The So Random cast get their prop house back. Chad comes back and brings gifts to everyone in order to say he is sorry and didn't know how much the prop house meant to them. He gives Tawni a Bedazzled lipstick case, Zora a night light for the sarcophagus, lets Nico and Grady ride the forklift, and lastly gives an autograph picture of himself to Sonny that says "To my biggest fan, I'm sorry, TV's Chad Dylan Cooper." Then Sonny says she is touched. Then, Nico and Grady bursts in while riding the forklift.
Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: N/A
8.2/10108 votes#16 - Sonny in the Kitchen with Dinner
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 8/16/2009
Sonny tries to help Tawni have a good date with an intern Hayden (Robert Adamson). Sonny begs Chad for his Lakers tickets. But when she and Hayden are shown on the kiss cam they are forced to kiss and Tawni sees them. Tawni gets mad and hides in her dressing room, locking the two doors. Meanwhile, Chad gets jealous because he sees the kiss on Tween Weekly Magazine. Sonny makes another date and tells Hayden that Tawni is going to cook for him. But when Sonny learns that Tawni can't cook, Sonny offers to have the date at her place and to cook the food. After Sonny ruins the food, she tries to call Nico and Grady to bring food but she drops her phone in the sink by mistake. Tawni tries to help her by turning on the light but she turned on the garbage disposal instead and it somehow calls Chad. Chad thinks that Sonny is in trouble and later breaks down her door. When everyone shows up at Sonny's apartment, the night turns awkward. Meanwhile, Grady and Nico try to put their influence on the name of a sandwich but whoever ate the sandwich ends up puking.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10108 votes#17 - Guess Who's Coming To Guest Star
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/27/2009
Chad is the new guest star on So Random, and he and Sonny have to do a sketch together where they will kiss, much to her dismay. Chad then says when Sonny looks into his eyes she will fall in love with him. Sonny takes this seriously, and, worried she will fall in love with Chad tries everything she can to get out of it. In the end, they do the sketch and just as their about to kiss a pig flies into Sonny's hands, so she let's the pig kiss Chad. Meanwhile, Nico and Grady get control of Marshall's office for the day, in exchange for Chad's So Random appearance.
Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: N/A
7.9/10109 votes#18 - Hart to Hart
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/1/2009
Sonny convinces Tawni to fire her manager, not realizing it's her mom. Meanwhile, Nico and Grady try to get past the new security guards.
Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: N/A
7.9/10100 votes#19 - Sonny in the Middle
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/8/2009
Sonny gives Nico and Grady a gift for their birthday but they start to fight over it. They then decide that they will no longer be friends and start hanging out with Sonny. Sonny gets annoyed and tries to find a way to make Nico and Grady friends again.
Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: N/A
8.1/10102 votes#20 - Cookie Monsters
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/15/2009
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Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: N/A
8.3/10106 votes#21 - Sonny: So Far
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/22/2009
When Sonny and Tawni are guests on "Gotcha with Gilroy Smith," Gilroy tries to get Tawni and Sonny to confess some embarrassing moments on "So Random!". Sonny and Tawni make a pact backstage that they will have each others back but they realize that there is a hidden camera so Gilroy knows about their pact. Tawni breaks the pact and Sonny starts to think about Chad Dylan Cooper, but Gilroy knows that is a face of someone who has a boy crush. Gilroy brings Chad out (Chad thinks he's there because of a book he read) and shows a clip of him and Sonny sharing a rather romantic moment from Episode 2. They both go backstage and they don't realize there's another hidden camera and everyone is watching them. Sonny and Chad are about to tell each other what their feelings are for one another, but Tawni, feeling she owes Sonny, grabs the remote and turns off the camera so Gilroy and the studio audience can't see what happens. Gilroy turns the camera back on and sees Sonny saying "That was so much easier to say than I thought it would be," and then walking away with Chad. Gilroy becomes mad because he doesn't know what Sonny and Chad said to each other, although it is thought that they told each other that they like each other, based on what they were saying before and after Tawni turned the camera off.
Director: Eric Dean Seaton
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Sonny with a Chance Season 1
Every episode of Sonny with a Chance Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sonny with a Chance Season 1!
Allison "Sonny" Munroe makes the leap from the Midwest to Los Angeles to join the cast of "So Random!," the most popular sketch comedy TV...
Genres:ComedyFamily
Network:Disney Channel
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Sketchy Beginnings" is the best rated episode of "Sonny with a Chance" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 171 votes. Directed by David Trainer and written by Steve Marmel, Michael Feldman, it aired on 2/8/2009. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "West Coast Story".