Disney Channel

For other uses, see Disney Channel (disambiguation).

Disney Channel is a cable television network that is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel shows programs that are made for family audiences, mostly pre-teens and teenagers. The channel began on the morning of April 18, 1983. Its programs ran for 18 hours a day until December 1986. From 1983 to 1997, the channel was called The Disney Channel.

Disney Channel
Owned by	Disney Entertainment
Country	United States
Language	English Spanish (via SAP audio track)
Headquarters	Disney Studios, Burbank, California

Disney Jr.

Disney Channel programs shows targeted at preschool-age children on weekdays from 6 a.m.-2 p.m. ET/PT (6-10 a.m. during the summer months) and weekends from 6-9 a.m. ET, called Disney Jr. As of 2010, the only programming featuring classic Disney characters is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the Disney Jr. block. Other programming in this block includes Mickey and the Roadster Racers, Hotel Transylvania: The Series, Sofia The First, and Elena of Avalor.

On May 26, 2010, it was announced that the Playhouse Disney block will be re-branded under the name Disney Junior starting on February 14, 2011 which later became its own digital cable and satellite channel on March 23, 2012, replacing SOAPnet. The Disney Junior channel is a direct competitor to Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. network and PBS and Comcast's PBS Kids Sprout.

Programming

Main page: List of programs broadcast by Disney channel

Removed

• Amphibia
• Star vs The Forces of Evil
• Gravity Falls
• The Owl House
• DuckTales
• The Ghost and Molly McGee
• Phineas And Ferb
• Fish Hooks
• Tangled the series
• Milo Murphys Law
• Kim Possible
• Wonder Over Yonder

Disney XD

• Grossology

See also: Disney XD