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{{For|the brand's successor|Disney Junior}}

| name = Disney Jr.<br/>Mickey Mornings

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| image = File:2024 Disney Jr. Logo.svg

{{Infobox television channel

| caption = Current logo used since June 1, 2024

| name = Playhouse Disney

| image_size = 250px

| image = Playhouse Disney (2010).png

| premiered = {{Start date and age|1997|04|6}}

| image_size = 225px

| channel = [[Disney Channel]]

| alt =

| parent = [[Disney Entertainment Television]]<br>([[The Walt Disney Company]])

| caption = Final logo used from May 2010 to 2011

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1997|04|6}} (prelaunch, as Disney Channel Preschool Block)<br />{{Start date and age|1999|02|1}} (official, as Playhouse Disney)

| closed_date = {{end date and age|2011|02|13}}<br />(replaced by [[Disney Junior]])<br />2011–2013 (International)

| division =

| country = United States

| language = {{Unbulleted list|English|Spanish (via [[Second audio program|SAP]] audio track)}}

| key_people =

| broadcast area = Nationwide

| headquarters = [[Burbank, California]], United States

| formerly_known = {{Plainlist|

| former_names = Disney Channel Preschool Block (1997–99)

* Disney Channel Preschool Block (1997–1999)

| major_contracts =

* Playhouse Disney (1999–2011)

| parent = [[Disney Channels Worldwide]]<br />([[The Walt Disney Company]])

|* sister_channelsDisney =Junior on [[Disney Channel]]<br />[[Disney XD]]<br />[[Toon Disney]](2011–2017)

}}

| slogan =

| timeshift names = Disney Junior +1 (available in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Italy]])

| runtime =

| website = {{URLurl|httphttps://tvdisneynow.com/all-shows/disney-junior|www.godisneynow.com/playhouse}}

| language = English<br />Spanish (via [[Second audio program|SAP]] audio track)

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| voices =

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'''Playhouse Disney''' is a defunct brand of [[block programming|programming blocks]] and international [[cable television|cable]] and [[satellite television|satellite]] [[television channels]] that were owned by the [[Disney Channels Worldwide]] unit (now [[Disney Branded Television]]) of [[The Walt Disney Company]]'s [[Disney–ABC Television Group]]. It originated in the United States as a morning program block on the [[Disney Channel]]. Aimed mainly at children aged 2-6 years old, its programming featured a mix of live-action and [[list of animated television series|animated series]].

'''Disney Jr.''', formerly '''Playhouse Disney''' and '''Disney Junior''', is an American preschool [[block programming|programming block]] on [[Disney Channel]]. Aimed mainly at children aged two to six years old, its programming features a mix of live-action and [[list of animated television series|animated series]].

The Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel was rebranded as the [[Disney Junior]] block on Disney Channel on February 14, 2011. The remaining channels and blocks using the Playhouse Disney brand outside the US relaunched under the Disney Junior brand over the next three years, concluding with the rebranding of the Playhouse Disney block on [[Disney Channel (Russian TV channel)|Disney Channel Russia]] on September 1, 2013.

The block was rebranded as "Disney Junior" on Disney Channel on February 14, 2011, with the international programming blocks and television channels featuring the Playhouse Disney brand rebranding to Disney Junior later that year. The block later launched the "Mickey Mornings" sub-block in 2020.

==History==

[[File:2000 Playhouse Disney logo.svg|thumb|right|Logo used from February 1, 1999 to September 29, 2002]]

===Early years (1997–2002)===

[[File:Playhouse Disney logo.svg|thumb|right|Logo used from February 1, 1999 to September 29, 2002]]

=== Playhouse Disney ===

Prior to Playhouse Disney's launch, Disney Channel had aired a lineup of preschool-targeted programs to compete with [[Nick Jr.]] (which were mixed alongside animated series aimed at older children) during the morning hours since its debut in April 1983.

==== Early years (1997–2002) ====

Before Playhouse Disney's launch, Disney Channel had aired a lineup of preschool-targeted programs to compete with Nick Jr. (which were mixed alongside animated series aimed at older children) during the morning hours since the channel's launch on April 18, 1983.

On April 6, 1997, Disney Channel underwent a relaunch that signified the beginning of its full conversion into a commercial-free basic cable channel, and its preschool block now utilized a similar graphics package for its promotions as that used for the channel's afternoon children's programs. After Disney Channel's preschool block premiered three new original series in 1998 (''[[PB&J Otter]]'', ''[[Rolie Polie Olie]]'', and ''[[Out of the Box (TV series)|Out of the Box]]''), the block rebranded as Playhouse Disney on February 1, 1999.

One of Playhouse Disney's most popular series was ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]'', which debuted on October 20, 1997; the series was named by ''[[TV Guide]]'' as one of the "top 10 new shows for kids" that year.<ref name=ks>{{cite news|last=Kidscreen Staff|title=A Salute to Disney Channel: Disney Channel time line|url=http://kidscreen.com/1998/04/01/21442-19980401/|access-date=April 12, 2014|newspaper=KidScreen.com|date=April 1, 1998}}</ref> For the first three years of its run, the Playhouse Disney block originally aired each weekday from 8:30&nbsp;a.m. to 2:30&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]], and weekends from 6:00 to 10:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time. Following each program, which usually ran 23 minutes (most of which, except for films, aired without promotional interruption), the remainder of the time period was filled by either short segments and [[music video]]svideos (the latter of which were originally aired under the banner "Feet Beat") or an episode of an acquired short series.

On April 16, 2001, Playhouse Disney introduced a new on-air graphics package produced by motion graphics company Beehive;<ref>[http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2002/June-1-2002/Opens-and-Logos.aspx Opens and Logos], ''Post Magazine'', June 1, 2002.</ref> actress [[Allyce Beasley]] began serving as the U.S. block's promo announcer at this time, a capacity she would hold until March 30, 2007. [[Radio Disney]] [[cross-promotion|cross-promoted]] the block by rebranding its "Mickey and Minnie's Tune Time" block as "Playhouse Disney", and in 2002, the TV block's "Feet Beat" interstitials were renamed "[[B. B. Good|BB]]'s Music Time" to promote the Radio Disney block. On June 25, 2001, Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group (now Disney-ABC Television Group) announced plans to launch Playhouse Disney Channel, a companion [[digital cable]] and satellite channel that would have served the same target audience as the Disney Channel block;<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110624034312/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76166895.html Play nice now; Walt Disney Co. plans to introduce Playhouse Disney Channel], ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'' (via HighBeam Research), June 25, 2001.</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|last1=Beatty|first1=Sally|title=Disney Plans to Launch New Cable Network, Aiming Programming at Preschool Audience|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB993071891973180362|access-date=July 21, 2014|work=Wall Street Journal|date=June 21, 2001}}</ref> plans for the network were latereventually scrappedcanceled, although Disney-ABC International Television would launch dedicated Playhouse Disney channels and blocks in international markets (including Canada, [[Afro-Eurasia]] and [[Latin America]]) between 2002 and 2007. The Walt Disney Company acquired the broadcast rights to ''[[The Wiggles]]'' as part of their purchase of the [[Fox Family Channel]] in 2001; ''The Wiggles'' moved to Playhouse Disney in June 2002 and became one of the block's most watched shows during its run.

==== Marketing expansion (2002–2011) ====

Like Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney was a commercial-free service, but it did show short "promotional spots" (structured as short-form segments for Disney products targeted at the block's demographics) alongside – beginning in 2002 – [[underwriting|underwriter sponsorships]] (with companies such as [[McDonald's]]) within breaks between programs beginning in 2002<ref>{{cite news|last1=Oei|first1=Lily|title=Nick's Noggin nabs sponsors|url=https://variety.com/2004/tv/news/nick-s-noggin-nabs-sponsors-1117897987/|access-date=July 21, 2014|work=Variety|date=January 7, 2004}}</ref>) within breaks between programs<ref>{{cite web | title = Playhouse Disney schedule | url = http://tv.disney.go.com/playhouse/grown-ups/tvschedule.html | access-date = 2007-10-28}}</ref> (preschool-targeted programs that aired between 3:00 and 7:00&nbsp;a.m. Central Time outside of the Playhouse Disney banner, included the promotional shorts for Disney entertainment products that were seen during Disney Channel's afternoon and nighttime schedule). On September 30, 2002, Playhouse Disney changed its logo to reflect Disney Channel's on-air rebranding. As part of theThe block's effortalso toremoved phasemost outof its older interstitial material, itand introduced a mascot that month named Clay (voiced by [[Debi Derryberry]]), an anthropomorphic clay figure who often used the catchphrases "It's true!" and "Are you with me?".

On March 31, 2007, Ooh and Aah, two puppet monkeys (who served as the main characters for one of the short series featured on the Playhouse Disney lineup, ''[[Ooh, Aah & You]]'') became the official hosts of the block, replacing Clay. Every summer sincestarting in 2007, Playhouse Disney's end time was truncated to four hours on weekdays (from 6:00 to 10:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time). Episodes from Disney Channel's original series were aired during the late morning and early afternoon hours. However, the weekend schedule continued to air for seven hours. By this point, the Playhouse Disney block had expanded to air from 4:00&nbsp;a.m. to 2:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time on weekdays, and 4:00 to 9:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time on weekends, each running a different schedule.

===Rebranding as Disney Junior/Disney Jr. (2011–present) ===

On May 26, 2010, Disney-ABC Television Group announced the relaunch of Playhouse Disney as Disney Junior, which would serve as the brand for the Disney Channel block and a new standalone digital cable and satellite channel in the United States, as well as the new brand for the existing Playhouse Disney-branded cable channels and program blocks outside the US.<ref name="PreSchool Programs Replace SOAPnet">{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Brooks |title=PreSchool Programs Replace SOAPnet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/business/media/27disney.html?src=busln |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530054727/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/business/media/27disney.html?src=busln |archive-date=2010-05-30}}</ref><ref name="EW">[http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/05/26/soapnet-will-go-dark-to-make-way-for-disney-junior SOAPnet Will Go Dark to Make Way for Disney Junior] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527032646/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/05/26/soapnet-will-go-dark-to-make-way-for-disney-junior/ |date=2010-05-27 }}, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', May 26, 2010.</ref> The Playhouse Disney block ended its 14-year run on February 13, 2011, with the last program to air being an episode of the short series ''Handy Manny's School for Tools'' at 8:55&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time.

{{See also|Disney Junior}}

On May 26, 2010, Disney-ABC Television Group announced the launch of Disney Junior, a relaunching of Playhouse Disney that would serve as the brand for the Disney Channel block and a new standalone digital cable and satellite channel in the United States, as well as the new brand for the existing Playhouse Disney-branded cable channels and program blocks outside the US.<ref name="PreSchool Programs Replace SOAPnet">[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/business/media/27disney.html?src=busln PreSchool Programs Replace SOAPnet], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 27, 2010.</ref><ref name="EW">[http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/05/26/soapnet-will-go-dark-to-make-way-for-disney-junior SOAPnet Will Go Dark to Make Way for Disney Junior] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527032646/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/05/26/soapnet-will-go-dark-to-make-way-for-disney-junior/ |date=2010-05-27 }}, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', May 26, 2010.</ref> The Playhouse Disney block ended its 14-year run on February 13, 2011, with the last program to air being an episode of the short series ''Handy Manny's School for Tools'' at 8:55&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time.

The Disney Junior block debuted on February 14, 2011,.<ref>{{cite web |first=Christy|last=Grosz |url=https://variety.com/2011/digital/news/disney-junior-acing-frosh-year-1118043061/ |title=Disney Junior acing frosh year |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=September 26, 2011 |access-date=September 18, 2019}}</ref> with the ''[[Little Einsteins]]'' episode “Fire Truck Rocket” as its first program.<ref>{{cite web |first=Stuart|last=Levine |url=https://variety.com/2010/scene/markets-festivals/doc-mcstuffins-set-for-disney-1118021002/ |title="Doc McStuffins" Set for Disney |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=June 24, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/disney-junior-to-debut-in-february-2011-on-disney-channel/ |title=Disney Junior to Debut In February 2011 on Disney Channel |publisher=Disney Junior |via=[[TV by the Numbers]] |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2019}}{{dead link|date=OctoberApril 20202025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Sofia M.|last=Fernandez |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-junior-shifts-focus-educational-35845 |title=Disney Junior Shifts Focus Away From Educational Programming |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=November 4, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2019}}</ref>{{failed verification|reason=None of these sources even mention ''Little Einsteins''.|date=September 2019}} Several former Playhouse Disney series werecontinued carriedto over toair the relaunched block including ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]'', ''[[Special Agent Oso]]'', ''[[Imagination Movers (TV series)|Imagination Movers]]'', ''[[Handy Manny]]'', and ''[[Little Einsteins]]''. With the relaunch of the block, the block's mascots Ooh and Aah were retired and several of its older programs were entirely discontinuedremoved (however, ''Ooh and Aah & You'' was later briefly availablereturned on the Disney Junior website as a part of the Fan Favorites week of July 18, 2011, and was also later carried in reruns on the Disney Junior cabletelevision channel). Additionally, its episodes are available on Disney Junior's YouTube channel as of January 6, 2011).

The 24-hour Disney Junior cable channel debutedlaunched on March 23, 2012, with the ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]'' episode "Mickey's Big Surprise" as its first program, mainly featuring a mix of original series and programs held over from the Playhouse Disney library (which largely aired as part of the channel's overnight schedule until mid-2014, when overtime,most moreof the Playhouse Disney shows were takenremoved offfrom the airschedule completely after premieringairing their series finales and ceased to air in reruns).<ref name="EW"/><ref>

[https://www.deadline.com/20102007/0504/disneynow-juniorthe-toremake-replacebarack-soapnetsnake-inmoan-2012/ Disney Junior to Replace SOAPnet in 2012], ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'', May 26, 2010.</ref> Disney Junior took overreplaced the channel space held by the Disney-owned [[soap opera]]-focused channel [[Soapnet]] on some cable providers, largely due to that channel's existingdeclining subscriber reach (being carried in 75 million households with pay television at the time of Disney Junior's launch). An automated Soapnet feed remained in operation for providers that did not yet reach agreements to carry the Disney Junior channel or providers that were required to continue carrying Soapnet in addition to Disney Junior<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Disney-Junior-SoapNet-March-1041380.aspx|title=Disney Junior to replace Soapnet in March|last=Schneider|first=Michael|work=TV Guide|date=January 9, 2012|access-date=January 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>Villarreal, Yvonne. "''Show Tracker: What You're Watching'' — [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/03/disney-junior-247-channel-launches-friday.html Disney Junior 24/7 channel launches Friday], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', March 22, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2012.</ref> until Soapnet fully ceasedshut operations by going quietly darkdown on December 31, 2013, at 11:59 pm, followingwith the last program to air being an episode of ''[[General Hospital]]''.<ref name="soapnetdrain">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-disney-soapnet-20131109,0,3311291.story|title=Disney's SOAPnet channel headed for the drain|last=James|first=Meg|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 9, 2013|access-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref>

==Programming==

{{Main|List of programs broadcast by Playhouse Disney Junior (block)}}

==International==

On September 28, 1999, the Playhouse Disney brand was extended internationally with the launch of a self-branded block on [[Disney Channel (British and Irish TV channel)|Disney Channel]] in the United Kingdom and Ireland. On September 29, 2000, Disney Television International expanded the block with the launch of a channel in the country alongside the launch of Toon Disney and Disney Channel +1 on the [[Sky (UK and Ireland)|Sky Digital]] platform.<ref>{{cite news|title=Disney launches new channels|url=http://www.mediaweek.co.uk|access-date=July 21, 2014|work=Brand Republic|agency=MediaWeek|publisher=Haymarket Media Group Ltd.|date=September 13, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816012812/http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/|archive-date=August 16, 2000}} [http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/506643/Disney-launches-new-channels/?HAYILC=RELATED Alt URL]</ref> On April 4, 2009, [[Egmont Group]] launched a companion ''Playhouse Disney'' magazine in the United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland that focused on the channel's four most popular shows: ''Mickey Mouse Clubhouse'', ''My Friends Tigger & Pooh'', ''Handy Manny'' and ''Little Einsteins''. Each issue included "to do" pages and suggested activities for parents and children based on an educational theme. The Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel UK & Republic of Ireland was eventually disposed of in July 2004 after reducing hours of programming.<ref>{{cite news|title=Egmont launches new Playhouse Disney magazine|url=http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/article/897493/egmont-launches-new-playhouse-disney-magazine|access-date=July 21, 2014|work=MediaWeek|date=April 8, 2009|archive-url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wS8kXo_V-SYJ:www.mediaweek.co.uk/article/897493/egmont-launches-new-playhouse-disney-magazine+&cd=24&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a |archive-date=July 21, 2014}}</ref> The Playhouse Disney channel available there, however, continued to air until it was replaced by Disney Junior on May 7, 2011.<ref name=":0" />

On November 30, 2007, [[Astral Media]] launched a [[Canada|Canadian]] version of Playhouse Disney Channel under a brand licensing agreement with Disney-ABC Television Group; the channel operated as a [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplex channel]] of [[Family Channel (Canadian TV network)|Family Channel]], which had long maintained a programming distribution agreement with Disney Channel for the domestic rights to the U.S. channel's series until January 2016. A Canadian-French version of Playhouse Disney was launched on July 5, 2010, also by Astral Media. The English & Canadian-French channels were both replaced by Disney Junior on May 6, 2011.<ref name=vty>{{cite news|title=Astral Media dominates Canada|url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/astral-media-dominates-canada-1117977342/|access-date=July 21, 2014|work=Variety|date=December 7, 2007}}</ref>

===List of international channels and blocks===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

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! Market !! Type !! Formerly !! Launch date !! Replaced by !! Replaced date

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|rowspan=3| {{flag|United Kingdom}}<ref name=coe>{{cite web|title=TV Channel: Disney Junior|url=http://mavise.obs.coe.int/channel?event=listing&query_clauses={%22name%22%3A%22Disney%20Junior%22%2C%22status%22%3A%22all%22}|website=MAVISE Database|publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory.|access-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref> || Channel || [[Block programming|Block]] on [[Disney Channel (British and Irish TV channel)|Disney Channel]] || {{dts|2000|09|29}} || [[Disney Junior (British and Irish TV channel)|Disney Junior]]

|rowspan=2| {{dts|2011|05|07}}<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Disney Junior sets U.K. launch|url=https://variety.com/2011/biz/news/disney-junior-sets-u-k-launch-2-1118031013/|access-date=July 24, 2014|work=Variety|date=January 27, 2011|___location=London}}</ref>

|-

|| +1 timeshift channel || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2007|11|3}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=West|first1=Dave|title=Playhouse Disney gets staggercast|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/media/news/a78575/playhouse-disney-gets-staggercast.html|access-date=July 20, 2014|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|date=Oct 26, 2007}}</ref> || Disney Junior +1

|-

| Block on [[ABC1 (British and Irish TV channel)|ABC1]] || {{n/a}} || Summer {{dts|2006}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stewart|first1=Lianne|title=New kid on the U.K. Freeview block|url=http://kidscreen.com/2006/04/01/abc-20060401/|access-date=April 3, 2015|work=Kidscreen|publisher=Brunico Communications Ltd.|date=April 1, 2006}}</ref> || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2007|9|26}}<ref>{{cite news| title = ABC News Now to launch in the UK| publisher = Digital Spy| date = 5 November 2007| url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a79249/abc-news-now-to-launch-in-the-uk.html| access-date = 2007-11-05}}</ref>

|-

| {{flag|United States}} || [[Block programming|Block]] on [[Disney Channel]] || {{n/a}} || {{dts|1999|2|1}}<ref name=wsj/> || rowspan="3" | Disney Junior || {{dts|2011|02|14}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Disney Junior to launch on Valentine's Day|url=https://variety.com/2011/tv/news/disney-junior-to-launch-on-valentine-s-day-1118030054/|access-date=July 24, 2014|work=Variety|date=January 11, 2011}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Spain}} || Channel || {{n/a}} || November 16, 2001<ref>{{Cite web |title=Novedades 2001 |url=http://www.mundoplus.tv/muchomas/digitalplus/novedades01.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129204710/http://www.mundoplus.tv/muchomas/digitalplus/novedades01.php |archive-date=2011-11-29 |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=mundoplus.tv |language=es-es}}</ref>|| {{dts|2011|06|11}}<ref name=coe/>

|-

| {{flag|Israel}} || Block on [[Disney Channel (Israeli TV channel)|Disney Channel]]<ref>{{cite news|last=בר-און |first=ערן |date=2009-08-30 |title=ערוץ דיסני ישראל: מונטנה, ג'ונאס ו'נדב ידי זהב' |language=he |work=Ynet |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3769136,00.html |access-date=2022-06-24}}</ref> || {{n/a}} || 2009 || {{dts|2011|07|18}}

|-

|rowspan=2| {{flag|Greece}} || Block on [[ERT2]] || {{n/a}} || 2004 || {{n/a}} || 2009

|-

| rowspan="2" | Channel || rowspan="2" | [[Jetix Play]]|| rowspan="2" | September 1, 2010 || rowspan="7" | Disney Junior || rowspan=4| June 1, 2011

|-

|rowspan=2| [[MENA|Middle East & North Africa]]

|-

| Block || {{n/a}} || 2004

|-

| {{flag|South Africa}} || Channel || {{n/a}} || 2010

|-

| {{flag|Russia}} || Block on Disney Channel || {{n/a}}|| August 10, 2010 || {{dts|2013|09|1}}

|-

| {{flag|Romania}} || rowspan="2" | Block || {{n/a}} || September 19, 2009 || {{dts|2011|06|1}}

|-

| [[Southeast Asia]]|| {{n/a}} || {{Date|2000|}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osborne |first=Magz |date=2004-04-05 |title=Mouse net gets Asia bows |url=https://variety.com/2004/tv/news/mouse-net-gets-asia-bows-1117902823/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Variety |place=Playhouse Disney was initially launched in Asia back in 2000 as a program block on the flagship Disney Channel. |language=en-US}}</ref>|| {{dts|2011|07|11}}<ref name=ps/>

|-

|rowspan=3|{{flag|Australia}} || Block on [[Seven Network]] || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2003}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Waller|first1=Ed|title=Blocks and packages for Buena Vista Asia-Pacific|url=http://www.c21media.net/blocks-and-packages-for-buena-vista-asia-pacific/|access-date=August 1, 2014|work=C21 Media|date=October 9, 2002}}</ref> || {{n/a}} || 2008

|-

|| Block on Disney Channel<ref name=vty3/> || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || rowspan="18" | Disney Junior || May 29, 2011

|-

| rowspan="2"| Channel || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2005|12}}<ref name=vty3>{{cite news|title=Playhouse Disney channel on Foxtel|url=https://variety.com/2005/tv/news/playhouse-disney-channel-on-foxtel-1117929511/|access-date=July 24, 2014|work=Variety|date=September 22, 2005}}</ref> || {{dts|2011|05|29}}<ref name=thr>{{cite news|last1=Bulbeck|first1=Pip|title=Walt Disney Rebranding Preschool Channel as Disney Junior in Australia and New Zealand|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/walt-disney-rebranding-preschool-channel-173913|access-date=July 28, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 1, 2011}}</ref>

|-

|rowspan=3|{{flag|France}}<ref name=coe/> || {{n/a}} || November 2, 2002 || rowspan="3" | May 28, 2011<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2011-05-26 |title=Playhouse Disney devient Disney Junior le 28 mai prochain |url=http://corporate.disney.fr/2011/04/15/playhouse-disney-devient-disney-junior-le-28-mai-prochain/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526144037/http://corporate.disney.fr/2011/04/15/playhouse-disney-devient-disney-junior-le-28-mai-prochain/ |archive-date=2011-05-26 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Disney Corporate France}}</ref>

|-

|| HD simulcast channel || {{n/a}} || 2009

|-

|| Block<ref name=vty0>{{cite news|last1=Boehm|first1=Erich|title=Mouse picks up kidvid series, movies|url=https://variety.com/2002/tv/news/mouse-picks-up-kidvid-series-movies-1117865437/|access-date=July 21, 2014|work=Variety|date=April 15, 2002}}</ref> || {{n/a}} || 2002

|-

| {{flag|Taiwan}} || rowspan="2" | Block || {{n/a}} || 2004 || {{dts|2011|09|1}}

|-

| {{flag|Japan}} || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2011|07|3}}

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| {{flag|Hong Kong}} || rowspan="10" | Channel || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2004|04|02}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Disney, Playhouse Hit Hong Kong|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/orphan-articles/disney-playhouse-hit-hong-kong/139429|access-date=August 12, 2014|work=Multichannel|publisher=NewBay Media, LLC.|date=March 3, 2004}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2004-03-08 |title=Disney readies bow |url=https://variety.com/2004/tv/news/disney-readies-bow-1117901396/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>|| rowspan="4" | {{dts|2011|07|11}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Barry |date=July 10, 2011 |title=A brand new home for Mickey and Co |work=South China Morning Post |url=http://www.scmp.com/article/973111/brand-new-home-mickey-and-co |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Malaysia}} || {{n/a}} || July 3, {{dts|2004}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davidson |first=Jenny |date=2004-07-02 |title=Disney adds Malaysia to Playhouse mix |url=https://www.c21media.net/news/disney-adds-malaysia-to-playhouse-mix/ |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=C21media |language=en-us}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Singapore}} || {{n/a}}

|May 15, 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disney launches Playhouse in Singapore |url=https://www.c21media.net/news/disney-launches-playhouse-in-singapore/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=C21media |language=en-us}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Indonesia}} || {{n/a}}

|April 2, 2004<ref name=":1" />

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| {{flag|Germany}} || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2004|11|10}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Ready, willing 'n' cable|url=https://variety.com/2004/tv/news/ready-willing-n-cable-1117912378/|access-date=July 21, 2014|work=Variety|date=October 24, 2004}}</ref>|| July 14, 2011<ref name=coe/>

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| {{flag|Thailand}} || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2005|01}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Whiteman|first1=Bobbie|title=Disney, Playhouse bow in Thailand|url=https://variety.com/2005/tv/news/disney-playhouse-bow-in-thailand-1117916937/|access-date=July 24, 2014|work=Variety|date=January 25, 2005}}</ref>

|rowspan=5| {{dts|2011|07|11}}<ref name=ps>{{cite news|title=Magical, musical stories on all-new Disney Junior|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/700862/magical-musical-stories-all-new-disney-junior|access-date=July 31, 2014|work=philstar.com|date=June 30, 2011}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Cambodia}} || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2005|06|20}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ball|first1=Ryan|title=Disney Channels Swim to Cambodia|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/disney-channels-swim-to-cambodia/|access-date=August 2, 2014|work=Animation Magazine|date=June 20, 2005}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Vietnam}} || {{n/a}} || May {{dts|2005}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Mickey follows Ho Chi Minh trail|url=http://www.c21media.net/mickey-follows-ho-chi-minh-trail/|access-date=August 8, 2014|work=C21 Media|date=February 1, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whiteman |first=Bobbie |date=2005-05-17 |title=Vietnam tunes in Disney TV |url=https://variety.com/2005/tv/news/vietnam-tunes-in-disney-tv-1117923029/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

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| {{flag|Philippines}} || Block || {{dts|2005|12}}<ref>{{cite news |date=May 13, 2006 |title=Walt Disney Television Launches Playhouse Disney Channel |work=The Manila Times |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2518&dat=20060513&id=xktaAAAAIBAJ&pg=904,1722282 |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref><ref name=vty1>{{cite news|last1=Osborne|first1=Magz|title=Mouse opens Philippine Playhouse|url=https://variety.com/2005/biz/news/mouse-opens-philippine-playhouse-1117934603/|access-date=July 24, 2014|work=Variety|date=December 14, 2005}}</ref>

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| {{flag|South Korea}} || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2004|06|12}}<ref name="ctn">{{cite news |last1=Esposito |first1=Maria |date=June 8, 2004 |title=Korean debut for Disney Playhouse |work=C21 Media |url=http://www.c21media.net/korean-debut-for-disney-playhouse/ |access-date=August 1, 2014}}</ref>

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| {{flag|India}} || Block on Disney Channel || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2006}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Disney Junior to find biz model in digital India|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k12/nov/nov188.php|access-date=July 28, 2014|work=Indiantelevision.com|date=November 21, 2012}}</ref> || 2011

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| {{flag|Argentina}} || Block on an [[El Trece]] channel || {{n/a}} || 2007<ref>{{cite news|last1=Newbery|first1=Charles|title='High School' remake for Argentina|url=https://variety.com/2007/tv/news/high-school-remake-for-argentina-1117963785/|access-date=July 21, 2014|work=Variety|date=April 25, 2007}}</ref> || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}

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| [[Scandinavia]] || Block || {{n/a}} || 2004 || rowspan="7" | Disney Junior ||rowspan="6"| September 10, 2011

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| {{flag|Sweden}} || rowspan="6" | Channel || {{n/a}} || 2007

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| {{flag|Norway}} || {{n/a}} || rowspan="4" | 2006

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| {{flag|Denmark}} || {{n/a}}

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| {{flag|Finland}} || {{n/a}}

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| {{flag|Iceland}} || {{n/a}}

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|rowspan=2| {{flag|Canada}}<br />{{small|(operated by [[Astral Media]])<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vlessing|first1=Etan|title=DHX Media approved for Family Channel takeover|url=http://kidscreen.com/2014/07/25/crtc-approves-dhx-media-takeover-of-family-channel/|access-date=March 6, 2015|work=KidScreen|publisher=Brunico Communications Ltd.|date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>}} || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2007|11|30}}<ref name=vty/> || {{dts|2011|05|06}}<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Disney Junior Launches May 6 with new Programs and a Nod to Classic Disney Characters and Magic |url=http://cnw.ca/i6Uo |___location=TORONTO |publisher=[[Astral Media]] |agency=CNW Telbec |date=March 3, 2011 |access-date=July 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/2014.07.26-233912/http://cnw.ca/i6Uo |archive-date=July 26, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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| French language channel<br />{{small|(Playhouse Disney Télé)}} || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2010|07|05}}<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Astral launches French-language Playhouse Disney Channel with Bell TV |url=http://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases/show/astral-launches-french-language-playhouse-disney-channel-with-bell-tv |___location=TORONTO |publisher=Bell TV |date=May 31, 2010 |access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref> || rowspan="9" | Disney Junior ||{{n/a}}

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| rowspan="2" | [[Latin America]] || Channel (two feeds) || {{n/a}} || {{dts|2008|06|01}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ibarra|first1=Sergio|title=Playhouse Disney Launches in Latin America|url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/04/playhouse_disney_launches_in_l.php|access-date=August 15, 2014|work=TV Week|publisher=Crain Communications Inc.|date=April 2008|archive-url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:MAfGQvZV-NwJ:www.tvweek.com/news/2008/04/playhouse_disney_launches_in_l.php+&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a|archive-date=July 19, 2014}}</ref> || rowspan="2" | {{dts|2011|04|01}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sola|first1=Bertha|title=Disney Junior where the magic begins|url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2011/570073.html|access-date=August 15, 2014|work=Chronicle Today|date=April 1, 2011 |language=es}} [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2011/570073.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Playhouse%2BDisney%2522%2B%2522Latin%2BAmerica%2522%2B%2522Disney%2BJunior%2522%26start%3D20%26newwindow%3D1%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Dsb%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D913 Google translation].</ref>

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|Channel (Brazil)

|{{N/a}}

|September 5, 2008<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-09-06 |title=TVA traz para o Brasil o Playhouse Disney Channel, para crianças de 2 a 5 anos |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/tva-traz-para-brasil-playhouse-disney-channel-para-criancas-de-2-5-anos-3607222 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=O Globo |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Portugal}} || Block on Disney Channel || {{n/a}} || November 28, 2001|| June 1, 2011

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|rowspan=2| [[Central & Eastern Europe]] || Channel || rowspan=4| [[Jetix Play]] || 2010{{citation needed|date=July 2010}} || rowspan="2" | June 2011

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|Block || September 19, 2009

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|{{flag|Poland}} || Channel || September 1, 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media2.pl/media/68261-Playhouse-Disney-startuje-w-Polsce-od-UPC.html|title=Playhouse Disney startuje w Polsce od UPC|website=Media2.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-05-13}}</ref>|| 2011<ref name=coe/>

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| {{flag|Czech Republic}}<br />{{flag|Slovakia}} || Block<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hxmOa8GzXM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/2hxmOa8GzXM |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Disney Channel Czech – Promo: Playhouse Afternoon Schedule|date=27 August 2010|work=YouTube|access-date=20 March 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || 2010 || June 1, 2011

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|rowspan=2| {{flag|Italy}}<ref name=coe/><ref>{{cite web|title=Channel listing: Playhouse Disney|url=http://mavise.obs.coe.int/channel?event=listing&query_clauses={%22name%22%3A%22Playhouse%20Disney%22%2C%22status%22%3A%22all%22}|website=MAVISE|publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory|access-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref> || Channel || {{n/a}} || May 1, 2005 || May 14, 2011

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|| +1 timeshift channel || {{n/a}} || July 31, 2009 || Disney Junior +1 || 2011

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| {{flag|Turkey}} || rowspan="2" | Channel || Jetix Play || September 1, 2010 || Disney Junior || 2011

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|rowspan=2| {{flag|Netherlands}}<br />{{flag|Belgium}} || {{n/a}} ||rowspan=2| {{dts|2010|05|03}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2010/04/23/upc-launches-playhouse-disney/|title=UPC launches Playhouse Disney|publisher=Broadband TV News|author=Robert Briel|date=23 April 2010|language=en}}</ref>||rowspan=2| [[Disney Junior (Dutch TV channel)|Disney Junior]] ||rowspan=2| {{dts|2011|09|10}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Jarco Kriek |date=18 August 2011 |title=Disney Junior neemt plaats Playhouse Disney in |url=http://www.totaaltv.nl/nieuws/6070/Disney_Junior_neemt_plaats_Playhouse_Disney_in.html/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308174525/https://www.totaaltv.nl/nieuws/6070/Disney_Junior_neemt_plaats_Playhouse_Disney_in.html/ |archive-date=2014-03-08 |publisher=Totaal TV |language=nl}}</ref>

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||Block on [[Disney Channel (Dutch TV channel)|Disney Channel]] || {{n/a}}

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==See also==

* [[Nick Jr. Channel]] – a preschool-targetedsimilar digitalprograming cable and satellite networkbrand that originated as a program block on [[Nickelodeon]] fromin 1988 to 2009 and a channel since 2009.

*[[Sprout (TV channel)|Sprout]] – a defunct preschool-targeted digital cable and satellite network. It has sincewas rebranded as a youth audience channel, [[Universal Kids]], as ofin 2017, which was closed in March 2025.

* [[Cartoonito (American programming block)|Cartoonito]] – a similar programing brand on [[Cartoon Network]] since 2006 in the UK and 2021 in America.

* [[Disney Junior]] – the successor, a channel that is based on Playhouse Disney and has been airing since 2011 as a television block on Disney Channel and a channel since 2012.

==References==

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==External links==

* {{official website|http://disneyjunior.disney.com}}
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20030201105002/http://disney.go.com/park/bases/playhousebase/today/flash/index.html}}|name=Playhouse Disney (ArchiveArchived)}}

* [http://www.disneyabcpress.com/disneyjunior/ Disney Junior Press] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104143203/http://www.disneyabcpress.com/disneyjunior/|date=January 4, 2018}}

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