 This would be the first of three films created for the Disney Channel, along with "The Paper Brigade" (with Kyle Howard and Robert Englund) and "Wish Upon a Star" (with Katherine Heigl).Treu later directed 18 episodes of Chicken Soup for the Soul, a TV series based on the popular books.These episodes included Shelley Long, Paula Abdul, Edward Asner, Stacy Keach, Sheena Easton, Ernest Borgnine, Ray Walston, and Andrew Dice Clay.