For quite some time now, Miley Cyrus has been teasing a return as Hannah Montana to celebrate the Disney Channel show’s 20th anniversary. Now, it’s officially happening on the 2026 TV schedule. According to the singer, we have a habit she picked up from Dolly Parton to partially thank for The Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special.
If you grew up a Disney Channel kid, the nostalgia for shows like Hannah Montana is real. So, when Cyrus started dropping hints that she might be planning something for the project’s anniversary, I hung on to every word. It turns out that teasing was all part of the plan to get this thing greenlighted. And that strategy was one she picked up from her godmother, Dolly Parton, as she told Variety:
