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Toon Disney

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Toon Disney is a 24-hour United States cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that mostly airs children's cartoons. The network debuted April 18, 1998.

Toon Disney
TypeCable network
Country
United States
AvailabilityNational
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company
Launch date
April 18, 1998
Official website
http://www.toondisney.com/

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.

List of programs broadcast by Toon Disney

As mentioned before, most of Toon Disney's programming has consisted of now-cancelled Disney Animation shows from the past, but 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. Among the shows Toon Disney currently broadcasts:

The following shows air only in the Jetix block, similar to Cartoon Network's Toonami:

Previous programs

The following shows aired on Toon Disney in the past:

Toon Disney also shows animated films, both Disney and non-Disney. Muppet movies have also been shown, despite being live-action.

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.

  • 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.
  • Princess Power Hour - 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.
  • 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.
  • Play it Again Jam! - Started on February 20, 2006, this replaced 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. Presumably so American Dragon: Jake Long could premiere with the original atmosphere. A pun to the phrase, "Play it again, Sam!".
  • 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 7PM and 2AM and every weekend between 4PM and 2AM. During March 2006, the ending time changed on weekdays to 11PM and weekends to 10PM. Many older viewers disapprove of Jetix being on the network, for it is because of Jetix that so many of the older programs were removed. Starting Fall of 2006, Jetix will only be shown on Toon Disney.
  • After-Class Laughs - This two hour afternoon block of Toon Disney started on February 21, 2006. The theme is class clowns in which are various present-day Disney characters.

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.

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