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| name = Mickey Mornings

{{Infobox television channel

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| name = Playhouse Disney

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| image = Playhouse Disney (2010).png

| image_size = 225px200px

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

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| channel = [[Disney Channel]]

| caption = Final logo used from May 2010 to 2011

| parent = [[Disney ChannelsGeneral WorldwideEntertainment Content]]<br />([[The Walt Disney Company]])

| 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 = English<br{{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 (1997–991997–1999)

| major_contracts =

| name =* Playhouse Disney (1999–2011)

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

| sister_channels = [[Disney Channel]]<br />[[Disney XD]]<br />[[Toon Disney]]

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| website = {{URL|http://tv.disney.go.com/playhouse}}

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

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| timeshift names = Nick Jr. +1 (available in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Italy]])

'''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]].

| website = {{url|https://disneynow.com/all-shows/disney-junior|www.disneynow.com}}

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'''Disney Junior''' (formerly '''Playhouse Disney''') is a brand of morning [[block programming|programming blocks]] [[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]].

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 relaunchedwere underrebranded 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,as 2013well.

==History==

===Early years (1997–2002)===

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

Prior toBefore 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.

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.

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===Rebranding as Disney Junior===

{{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.

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==Programming==

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

==International==

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==See also==

* [[Nick Jr. Channel]] – a preschool-targeted digital cable and satellite networksimilar that originated as a program block on [[Nickelodeon]] from 1988 to 2009 and a channel since 2009.

*[[Sprout (TV channel)]] – a defunct preschool-targeted digital cable and satellite network. It has since rebranded as a youth audience channel, [[Universal Kids]], as of 2017.

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

* [[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.

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