Toon Disney
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Toon Disney is a 24-hour American cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that mostly airs children's animated television series. The network debuted April 18, 1998.
A spin-off of The Disney Channel, Toon Disney, shows children's cartoons 24 hours a day (except for minimal live action programming); its format has similarities to those of Cartoon Network and Disney Channel. Originally, the channels programming consisted of older Disney animated television series, including those from The Disney Afternoon and Disney's One Saturday Morning. Toon Disney has also shown some other cartoons, most of them produced by DiC Entertainment, which Disney owned at the time the network was launched.
Toon Disney also shows animated films, both Disney and non-Disney. Muppet movies have also been shown, despite being live-action.
Current programming
- Aladdin
- Brandy & Mr. Whiskers
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
- Dave the Barbarian
- House of Mouse
- Kim Possible
- Recess
- The Emperor's New School
- The Legend of Tarzan
- The Little Mermaid
- The Proud Family
- Timon and Pumbaa
Programs only airing during the
Past programming
The following shows aired on Toon Disney in the past:
- ''
- Adventures of the Gummi Bears
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
- Blazing Dragons
- Bonkers
- Bump in the Night
- Care Bears
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Darkwing Duck
- ''Disney's Doug
- Donald's Quack Attack
- ''DuckTales
- Fillmore!
- Gadget Boy & Heather / Gadget Boy's Adventures in History
- Garfield and Friends
- Goof Troop
- Hello Kitty's Paradise
- Jungle Cubs
- Lloyd In Space
- Marsupilami
- Mary-Kate And Ashley In Action
- Mickey Mouse Works
- Mickey's Mouse Tracks
- Pepper Ann
- Quack Pack
- Raw Toonage
- Rupert
- '' / Sabrina's Secret Life
- Super Dave
- ''TaleSpin
- Teacher's Pet (Although Special Epsiodes Of The Series Air Sometimes)
- Teamo Supremo
- The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
- The Littles
- The Mighty Ducks
- The New Archies
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- The Weekenders
- The Wuzzles
- The Wizard of Oz
- Toad Patrol
- Ultimate Book of Spells (U.B.O.S)
- What's With Andy?
- What-a-Mess
- Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa
- Wish Kid
Previous Jetix programs
History Of The Logos
Programming Blocks
Toon Disney frequently airs groups of series in blocks, over the course of Toon Disney's broadcast history, it has had several programming blocks that featured at least two of their shows.
Current
- Play it Again Jam! - Started on February 20, 2006, replacing the Bonus Stacks. This format had three episodes of a given show in a row instead of four. The regular Toon Disney atmosphere also returned after having the winter theme for months: this was most likely due to 's premiere on Toon Disney, where the network wanted to return the regular atmosphere. Its name is a pun to the phrase, "Play it again, Sam!".
- Princess Party Palace - Also added in 2000, and is a one-hour block featuring episodes of Aladdin (the ones featuring Jasmine, at least) and The Little Mermaid. This block still exists today, and it airs every weekend morning. The block was formerly titled Princess Power Hour.
- Jetix - In February 2004, the Jetix block, already on ABC Family, was added to Toon Disney's nighttime schedule. Similar to Cartoon Network's Toonami, Jetix airs every weekday between 7:00PM and 8:00AM and every weekend between 4:00PM and 8:00AM. In the fall of 2006, Jetix will be exclusive to the channel. The block's placement in this slot was met with much resistance and criticism by the channel's older viewers, because the programming in that slot previously had consisted of older Disney cartoons. Probably not coincidental, many of the network's older shows were removed several months after Jetix's addition.
Past
- Magical World of Toons - The four-hour block was added in 2000, and came on every night. It disappeared in 2003, where its slot was replaced by The Power Pack, which was a bunch of three-hour marathons of certain shows. It was brought back shortly afterward, but did not have its original look, nor was it even called Magical World of Toons anymore.
- Chillin' with the Villains - Also added in 2000, it was a two-hour marathon of a certain show was presented on Sunday afternoons. However, these particular marathons focused on a certain villain from whichever series was being featured. (Teamo Supremo was a bit of an exception, due to the fact that the show had no regularly recurring villains.) This block was removed in 2004. Usually, it did end of course when the new Toon Disney logo came out along with other programming blocks except Jetix.
- Toons in the House - A four-hour weekday-afternoon block similar in spirit to the original Disney Afternoon, was changed to @Toon in 2001. Shortly after becoming @Toon, before each first commercial break for most of the shows, it featured some viewer submissions and game high scores from the official website. It was removed in 2004.
- Hangin' with the Heroes - Began in 2002, it originally aired on weekends, but then aired on weekdays too. It featured Aladdin, Gargoyles, and Hercules: The Animated Series. But like the last two blocks listed, it was removed in 2004.
- Weekday Bonus Stacks - Added to the schedule in 2004, they were basically three 2 hour marathons of three different shows that aired from 11 AM to 5 PM. Everyday were three shows different from the previous day. Though many kids have enjoyed these shows, many of these programs were already airing in good time slots, so it decreased the variety of shows on the network. In September 2005, this block was renamed the Superstar Bonus Stacks and its starting time changed to 10 AM, but this time airing 7 different shows for an hour each and on a more regular schedule. However, this didn't last long. In October 2005, Toon Disney went back to the regular Bonus Stacks. It was replaced by Play it Again, Jam!
Live-action programming
Although the majority of the network's programming is animation, live-action programming has been a part of Toon Disney over the years. Live children were featured in bumpers aired from 1998 to 2002, and fan-made animations done in live-action were aired in these bumpers. More recently, the Jetix block airs the show Power Rangers . As of November 2004, Toon Disney has also aired Muppet movies, including Muppets from Space, One Muppet movie that Disney does not own.
Toon Disney around the world
There is also a Spanish language version of Toon Disney. Toon Disney networks also broadcasts in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, India, and Scandinavia.The British version was replaced by the channel Disney Cinemagic in March, 2006.
Hopeful New Channels
- Classic Toon Disney
- Toon Disney Action (Comparison of Jetix)
- Theater Disney (Showing 4 movies with bonus episodes if there's any time left showing 3 times a day)[[Citing sources citation needed]]
See also
External links
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