Handy Manny premiered with its first two episodes consecutively on September 16, 2006, originally as part of Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block. The show was created by Roger Bollen and Marilyn Sadler, and developed for TV by Rick Gitelson. The series is set in the fictional town of Sheetrock Hills where the titular character, Manny, a handyman who owns a workshop where he works with his anthropomorphic talking tools.