TOON DISNEY

'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 (the date may have been chosen to commemorate Disney Channel's 15th anniversary).
A spin-off of 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 channel's 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.

Contents

History

ToonDisney.com

Programming

Movies

Live-action programming

Programming blocks

Current

Past

Logos

Toon Disney around the world

See also

External links

History

Toon Disney began in 1998 as a spin-off of Disney Channel. An early promotion shows that the network was meant to air older Disney cartoons such as DuckTales and Goof Troop and many other shows from The Disney Afternoon. In the 2000's Toon Disney gained a variety of new programming expanding the vast collection of Disney animation. Many programs from Disney's One Saturday Morning joined the lineup, mostly without the expense of other programs. In 2004 with the addition of Jetix, and the more animated programs from Disney Channel, many of the older programs on Toon Disney vanished. [1]

ToonDisney.com

Toon Disney has its own website, ToonDisney.com which features brief programming descriptions, a limited selection of games, and a programming schedule. The website has not been updated for many years and has not been changed to accommodate for its recently added shows. Toon Disney has recently added its own video page, though only for the Toon Disney-Jetix summer promotion. Jetix, a programming block on Toon Disney has its own video page, however Toon Disney does not.

Programming

Movies

Toon Disney also shows animated films, both Disney and non-Disney. Toon Disney airs many Disney classic films, which are not frequently shown on Disney Channel.

Live-action programming

Although the majority of the network's programming is animation, live-action programming has become 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.
Recently, Toon Disney has aired the Disney Channel Original Movies: '', and ''Up, Up, and Away'', both of which have had minimal exposure on Disney Channel in recent years. The theatrical films ''Max Keeble's Big Move'' and ''Snow Dogs'' have also aired recently.

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. [2]

Current

★ 'Mega Jam' - A series of mini-marathons, added on October 30, 2006, shown at 2 PM. The marathons consist of ''Brandy and Mr. Whiskers'' on Mondays, ''Disney's House of Mouse'' on Tuesdays, ''The Proud Family'' on Wednesdays, ''The Emperor's New School'' on Thursdays, and random other shows on Fridays (including shows that are no longer regular programming). It began as ''Mega Movie Jam'', but changed its name afterwards. A change will be made on October 1, 2007 which on Wednesdays, ''Kim Possible'' will be airing instead of ''The Proud Family''.

★ 'Big Movie Show' - Added in 2005, it is a daily showing of films, usually animated Disney films, but the film shown may be produced by another studio or live-action (the latter happens extremely rarely). The Big Movie Show is often the subject of theme weeks, which usually herald in the initial Toon Disney broadcast of a given film.

★ 'Super Stack' - Added in 2007. A three-hour Saturday marathon of any random show, replacing the Mystery Jam during the Mega Jam. It starts October 1, 2007

★ 'The Great Toon Weekend Getaway' - Added in 2007. A five-hour weekend block featuring shows based off of Disney movies, which are ''Aladdin'', ''Timon and Pumbaa'', ''The Little Mermaid'', ''The Legend of Tarzan'', ''The Emperor's New School'', and ''Lilo and Stitch: The Series''.

★ 'Jetix' - Added in 2004. A 14 hour block on weekdays and a 16 hour block on weekends. Features action shows that some of which were originally on Fox before Disney bought it's children's shows.

Past

★ 'Magical World of Toons' - (2000), It disappeared in 2003, where its slot was replaced by 'The Power Pack', which was a bunch of three-hour marathons of certain shows.

★ 'Princess Party Palace' - (2000-2007), A one-hour block featuring episodes of Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. The block ended up airing only in the afternoons on weekends. Formerly known as Princess Power Hour. It was replaced by The Great Toon Weekend Getaway.

★ 'Toons in the House' - (2000-2004), A four-hour weekday-afternoon block similar in spirit to The 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.

★ 'Chillin' with the Villains' - (2000-2004)), 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.

★ 'Hangin' with the Heroes' - (2002-2004), it originally aired on weekends, but then aired on weekdays too. It featured ''Aladdin'', ''Gargoyles'', and ''Hercules: The Animated Series''.

★ 'Weekday Bonus Stacks' - (2004-2005), 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!

★ 'After Class Laughs' - (2005-2006). A two-hour block of "The Most Funny Shows" on Toon Disney. The shows are , , Disney's Recess, and Kim Possible. This block is shown on weekdays from 3/2c to 5/4c. It came back in 2006 under a slightly different name ('After Class Laugh Attack'). It was replaced by Mega Jam.

★ 'Play it Again Jam!' - (2006), replacing the Bonus Stacks. This format had three episodes of a given show in a row instead of four. Its name is a pun to the phrase, "Play it again, Sam!". It was replaced by Mega Jam.

Logos

Toon Disney around the world

A Spanish language language audio track is available on Toon Disney via the SAP option within the United States; some cable and satellite systems also offer the Spanish language feed as a separate channel. Toon Disney networks also broadcasts in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, India, and Scandinavia. In India, it is the only channel available with English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu audio^[1]. The British version was replaced by the channel Disney Cinemagic in March 2006.
In Israel, Toon Disney is a one-hour block on the Israeli ''Jetix'' service; the block began on that channel in the Summer of 2007.
In Philippines, Toon Disney's American Dragon: Jake Long is aired on ABS-CBN 2 every Saturday.

See also

★ List of programs broadcast by Toon Disney

★ List of DirecTV channels

★ List of Dish Network channels

★ Jetix (US)

External links

★ Toon Disney USA

★ Toon Disney News Archive from Cable TV talk