Disney Channel’s

 Magical New WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE Special Event

Arrives on DVD – June 25, 2013

The #1 cable TV telecast of 2013 to date in Kids 2-11, Kids 6-11, Tweens 9-14  and the #1 kids’ cable TV telecast in Total Viewers.

“The Wizards Return: Alex vs Alex” was written by Vince Cheung and Ben Montanio (“Wizards of Waverly Place”) and Dan Berendsen (ABC Family’s “Baby Daddy”). Selena Gomez, Cheung and Montanio and Dan Cross and David Hoge are the executive producers. It was directed by Victor Gonzalez (“Wizards of Waverly Place”). “Wizards of Waverly Place” was created by Todd J. Greenwald (“Hannah Montana”) and is a production of It’s a Laugh Productions for Disney Channel.

“Wizards of Waverly Place” inspired “Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie,” which delivered 13.5 million Total Viewers, ranked as the #1 cable television movie of 2009 and is the #2 cable TV movie of all time (after “High School Musical 2”). The “Wizards of Waverly Place” series finale in January 2012 was the #1 cable TV telecast — among all kids’ programming — in Total Viewers (11.3 million), and is TV’s #1 scripted telecast among Kids 2-11, Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14, in 2012.

Disney Channel is a 24-hour kid-driven, family inclusive television network that taps into the world of kids and families through original series and movies. Currently available on basic cable in over 99 million U.S. homes and to millions of other viewers on Disney Channels around the world, Disney Channel is part of the Disney/ABC Television Group.