Disney Channel

Disney Channel
Logo used since 2024
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersDisney Studios, Burbank, California
Programming
Language(s)
  • English
  • Spanish (via SAP audio track)
Picture format
Ownership
OwnerDisney Entertainment
Sister channels
List
History
LaunchedApril 18, 1983 (1983-04-18)
Former namesThe Disney Channel (1983–1997)
Links
WebcastWatch live
WebsiteOfficial website
Availability
Streaming media
Service(s)Fubo TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV

Disney Channel is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company.

Launched on April 18, 1983, under the name The Disney Channel as a premium channel on top of basic cable television systems, it originally showcased programming towards families due to availability of home television sets locally at the time. It dropped "The" from its name in 1997, thus getting rebranded as Disney Channel, with its programming shifting focus to target mainly children and adolescents ages 6–14. The channel showcases original first-run children's television series, theatrically released and original television films and other selected third-party programming.

As of November 2023, Disney Channel is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States — down from its peak of 100 million households in 2011. The channel's international footprint, once encompassing 46 channels available in 33 languages, has also diminished in parts of Europe and most of the Asia-Pacific due to the launch of Disney+ and competition from other streaming and social media platforms.

Programming blocks

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.[1]

Programming

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

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Disney channel

Disney XD

  • Grossology
See also: Disney XD

References

  1. ↑ PreSchool Programs Replace SOAPnet, New York Times, May 27, 2010
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