Toon Disney

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Toon Disney

Launched	April 18, 1998
Owned by	The Walt Disney Company
Website	ToonDisney.com
Availability
Terrestrial
USDTV	Channel 99.5
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 292
Dish Network	Channel 174
Tata Sky	Channel 603
Cable
Verizon FiOS	Channel 221
IO Digital Cable (Cablevision)	Channel 121
Comcast	Channel 135
Time Warner Cable	Channels May Vary
Charter	Channels May Vary
Cox Cable	Channels May Vary
Bright House Networks	Channels May Vary

For Toon Disney in United Kingdom, see British 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 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 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.

Toon Disney also shows animated films, both Disney and non-Disney.

Toon Disney has a website, but it has not been updated regularly for quite some time and has not been changed to accomidate for its recently added shows.

1 Programs
2 Programs only broadcast in the Jetix block
- 2.1 Currently Airing on Jetix
- 2.2 Formerly aired on Jetix
3 Live-action programming
4 Programming blocks
- 4.1 Current
- 4.2 Past
5 Toon Disney around the world
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Programs

[edit] Shows currently airing on Toon Disney

101 Dalmatians (Wild Card Stack)
Aladdin
American Dragon: Jake Long
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
The Buzz on Maggie (Wild Card Stack)
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Dave the Barbarian (Wild Card Stack)
Disney's Doug (Wild Card Stack)
Ducktales (Wild Card Stack)
The Emperor's New School
Fillmore! (Wild Card Stack)
Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Wild Card Stack)
Goof Troop
Hercules
House of Mouse
Jungle Cubs (Wild Card Stack)
Kim Possible (Wild Card Stack)
Lizzie McGuire
The Legend of Tarzan
The Little Mermaid
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa
Lloyd in Space (Wild Card Stack)
The Mighty Ducks (Wild Card Stack)
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Wild Card Stack)
Pepper Ann (Wild Card Stack)
Recess (Wild Card Stack)
TaleSpin

[edit] Future Wild Card Stack shows

[edit] Shows formerly aired on Toon Disney

The following shows aired on Toon Disney in the past:

Adventures of the Gummi Bears
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Blazing Dragons
Bump in the Night
Care Bears
Darkwing Duck
Donald's Quack Attack
Fillmore!
Gadget Boy & Heather
Garfield and Friends
Hello Kitty's Paradise
Jungle Cubs
Marsupilami
Mary-Kate And Ashley In Action
Mickey Mouse Works
Mickey's Mouse Tracks
Quack Pack
Raw Toonage
Rupert
Sabrina: The Animated Series
Sabrina's Secret Life
Super Dave
Teacher's Pet
Teamo Supremo
The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
The Littles
The New Archies
The Weekenders
The Wuzzles
The Wizard of Oz
Toad Patrol
Ultimate Book of Spells (U.B.O.S)
What's With Andy?
What-a-Mess
Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa
Wish Kid

Note: Some of these shows have returned on special ocasions, such as Halloween, Christmas or in the Wild Card Stack block.

[edit] Programs only broadcast in the Jetix block

Main article: Jetix (US)

[edit] Currently Airing on Jetix

A.T.O.M.
Digimon: Digital Monsters
Dragon Booster
Dungeons & Dragons
Gargoyles
Get Ed
Jackie Chan Adventures
Legend of the Dragon
Kong: The Animated Series
NASCAR Racers
Ōban Star-Racers
Power Rangers
Pucca
Shinzo
Silverwing
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
The Tick
W.I.T.C.H.
Xyber 9: New Dawn
Yin Yang Yo!

[edit] Formerly aired on Jetix

[edit] Live-action programming

Although the majority of the network's programming is animation, live-action programming has been 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: Jett Jackson: The Movie, and Up, Up, and Away, both of which have minimal exposure on Disney Channel these days. The theatrical films Max Keeble's Big Move and Snow Dogs have also aired recently.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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, Hercules 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.

The Great Toon Weekend Getaway - Added in 2007 in television. A five-hour weekend block featuring shows based off of the movies, including Aladdin, Timon and Pumbaa, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, The Emperor's New School, and Lilo and Stitch: The Series.

Jetix - Added in February 2004, originally as Toon Disney's nighttime schedule, but has since gone on to eat up half of the network's schedule. This block's addition has been (and still is) met with much controversy by Disney fans because its addition has forced off many of the classic shows that Toon Disney was intended to air.

Wild Card Stack- A weekly two hour block of one specific cartoon. Shown on Fridays from 2:00p-4:00p E/T.

[edit] Past

Princess Party Palace - Added in 2000. A one-hour block featuring episodes of Aladdin (the ones featuring Jasmine, at least) and The Little Mermaid (featuring Ariel, and friends Flounder and Sebastian, and her dad, King Triton). The block ended up airing only in the afternoons on weekends. Formerly known as Princess Power Hour. In 2007, it was ended when Movie Stars on Toon Disney came out. This cancelled the airing of The Little Mermaid, which will return on April 2 on Toon Disney, although Disney Channel still airs this show.
After Class Laugh Attack - Added in 2006. A two-hour block of "The Most Funny Shows" on Toon Disney. The shows are Lilo and Stitch: The Series, American Dragon: Jake Long, Disney's Recess, and Kim Possible. This block is shown on weekdays from 3/2c to 5/4c. Formerly shown in 2005 under a slightly different name (After Class Laughs) with different shows instead of Lilo and Stitch: The Series and American Dragon: Jake Long. It ended when the Mega Jam (Originally Called Mega Movie Jam) came out on October 30, 2006.
Play it Again Jam! - Started on February 20, 2006, replacing 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: this was most likely due to American Dragon: Jake Long's premiere on Toon Disney, where the network wanted to return the regular atmosphere. Its name is a pun to the phrase, "Play it again, Sam!". It ended when the Mega Jam (Originally Called Mega Movie Jam) came out on October 30, 2006.
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.
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 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. It was replaced by Play it Again, Jam!

[edit] Toon Disney around the world

A English language audio track is available on Toon Disney via the SAP option; some cable and satellite systems also offer the English 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. The channel is "advertisement-free" everywhere except Italy.^{[citation needed]}