Parker Plays

It premiered on July 15, 2017, as part of Disney XD's inaugural video-game themed programming block D|XP.

[7][8][10] He attended an acting convention in Dallas when he was in high school where he met fellow aspiring actor and producer Jonny Lopes.

[7] At age 16, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career, where he had some supporting roles including a Lifetime movie.

Coppins was approached by the Digomind production company to make a television pilot in which the theme was what he was already doing on his YouTube channel.

[11] Coppins said that with the television format, the crew would handle the camera, lighting, and editing, which is something he would do himself for his YouTube videos.

He also has other video game YouTubers visit,[13] including Jimmy Wong, Shubble, Whitney Moore, and CaptainSparklez.