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A colleague called her TV show 'a dumb idea.' It's already been picked up for Season 2

Dana Terrace traces the origin of her Disney cartoon to a simple logline: "A girl becomes a witch and learns under this old woman mentor."

Terrace cultivated that short sentence into a "spooky, magical comedy-horror-adventure" series, "The Owl House," which premieres Friday. It follows Luz, a fantasy-loving human teen who finds herself in the demon realm, where she meets a witch named Eda and her tiny warrior of a roommate, King. After a joint adventure, Luz decides to become the witch's apprentice.

On a recent afternoon at Disney's TV animation studios in Glendale, Terrace - whose resume includes work on "Gravity

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