Toon Disney

Toon Disney was an American digital cable and satellite television channel that was owned by the Disney Channels Worldwide a subsidiary of Disney-ABC Television Group. A spin-off of Disney Channel, the channel mostly aired children's animated series and some live action programming. Its format had similarities to those of Discovery Kids, Cartoon Network, and Nicktoons. The channel's target audience was children ages 2–11, and children ages 7–14 during its nighttime block called Jetix. Toon Disney shut down on February 13, 2009, after nearly 11 years, and was replaced by Disney XD, which has carried some programs previously seen on Toon Disney.

History
Toon Disney was launched on April 18, 1998, the Disney Channel's 15-year anniversary, by Disney/ABC Networks on digital tiers of DirecTV, Marcus Cable and EchoStar. The first show was The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1940) and other Mickey Mouse shorts. At 7 PM that night, its night time block, "The Magical World of Toons" was launched. With five more cable operators and Americast following in the next few months. At its launch, the channel shared half of its assigned series with the Disney Channel. The channel had no advertising until viewership reach a set number. In January 1999, the first annual Pumbaa Bowl was broadcast as counter programming to the Super Bowl.

In June 2001, Toon Disney launched its Most Animated Kid Search. The Santa Claus Brothers has its world premiere on the channel in December.

By September 2002, the channel was expected to reach 20 million subscribers thus would start showing advertising. Eight new shows joined the Toon's line up that month.

With its fifth anniversary in April 2003, the channel held a Toon Disney's Magical Adventure Sweepstakes in which three winners along with 3 family members each won a trip to Disneyland Resort to see Disney's Aladdin - A Musical Spectacular.

On February 14, 2004, Jetix programming blocks began on Toon Disney and as a part of the Jetix programming alliance of ABC Networks Group, Fox Kids Europe and Fox Kids Latin America. The UK channel switched over to Disney Cinemagic in March 2006.

In December 2004, Walt Disney Television International India launched a Toon channel with three language feeds (English, Tamil and Telugu) at the same time as the Disney Channel with Star TV network distributing the channels. A Hindi language Toon channel launched on September 1, 2005.

The Toon Disney/Big Movie Show premiere of The Polar Express on December 22, 2006 was the channel's highest primetime rating with 1.35 million viewers. On January 27, 2007, Toon launched its weekend afternoon programming block called “The Great Toon Weekend.” In February 2009, Toon Disney US switched over to the Disney XD format and name. Except for Toon Disney Arab, Toon Disney and Jetix were replaced by September 2009 with Disney XD or the Disney Channel.

Blocks
Big Movie Show is an afternoon block of movies started in November 2004. Jetix was a block using programming from the Saban/Marvel library held by ABC Family Worldwide and additional original programming launched on February 14, 2004 with the block having 12 hours of weekly primetime programming to start. The Magical World of Toons was Toon Disney's prime time block upon the launch of the channel. During the week, shorts and series showcasing a Disney characters such as Mickey, Donald Duck, Goofy or Pluto. The block's week end consisted of animated features, mostly of those created for home video market, like The Return of Jafar, as well as some theatrical releases including A Goofy Movie, Alice in Wonderland and The Brave Little Toaster. (1998-[2] 2001-?[15]) Princess Power Hour was a block featuring Disney Princess Jasmine and Ariel in showcasing episodes of Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. (2000-[15]) Chillin' With The Villains ran on Sundays with mini-marathon featuring a villain. (2000-?[15]) The Great Toon Weekend (GTW) was its weekend afternoon programming block for Saturday and Sunday starting at noon of seven hours of programming a day beginning on January 27, 2007. GTW started off with a two-hour movie under the banner of "Big Movie Show" followed by five hours of back-to-back episodes of the following shows: Aladdin, Timon & Pumbaa, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, The Emperor's New School and Lilo & Stitch.[11] Hangin' with the Heroes began in January 2002 was a weekend block consisting of 2 hours of Aladdin, Hercules and Gargoyles.[3]

Original programming

 * I Wanna Watch (premiered 2003) - TRL-like request show where viewers vote on what cartoon they want to see

Original runs
The following shows were broadcast on Toon Disney as part of their first run:
 * Cars Toons (premiered October 27, 2008)
 * The Emperor's New School (premiered January 30, 2006)* - run in the same week as Disney Channel broadcast
 * Fillmore! (premiered 2003) (Originally aired on ABC Kids). Episodes in 2004 first aired on Toon Disney.
 * Disney's House of Mouse (premiered September 2, 2002) Originally aired on One Saturday Morning, episodes produced in 2002 had an original run with Toon Disney.
 * Power Rangers Jungle Fury (premiered 2008) - Aired on ABC Kids at that time.
 * Power Rangers Mystic Force (premiered 2006) - Also aired on ABC Kids at that time.
 * Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (premiered 2007) - Also aired on ABC Kids at that time.
 * Power Rangers S.P.D. (premiered 2005) - Originally aired on ABC Family then was transferred to Toon Disney. Also aired on ABC Kids at that time.
 * Teacher's Pet (premiered January 7, 2002) - New episodes from the second half of season 2 were first premiered on Toon Disney.
 * The Weekenders (premiered September 2002) (Originally aired on ABC Kids. Some episodes in 2003 first ran on Toon Disney.
 * The Incredibles Toons (premiered January 20, 2022)   - premiered first on Toon Disney then later on Disney Channel and ABC Family

Disney-syndicated programming
The following shows were originally run on another Disney-related channel such as Disney Channel, The Disney Afternoon, One Saturday Morning/ABC Kids and ABC Family.

Repeats of Disney Channel series

 * American Dragon: Jake Long (premiered in fall 2006)*
 * Bonkers (premiered April 1998)
 * Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (premiered January 14, 2006)
 * The Buzz on Maggie (premiered in fall 2006)
 * Dave the Barbarian (premiered 2005)
 * Donald's Quack Attack (premiered April 1998)
 * Goof Troop (premiered April 18, 1998)
 * Kim Possible (premiered 2005)*
 * Lilo & Stitch: The Series (premiered in fall 2006)
 * Mickey's Mouse Tracks (premiered April 1998)
 * Phineas and Ferb (premiered 2008)*
 * The Proud Family (premiered fall 2004)
 * The Replacements (premiered 2007)
 * The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (premiered September 1, 2008)*
 * TaleSpin (premiered April 18, 1998)

Repeats of The Disney Afternoon series

 * Quack Pack (premiered September 1998)
 * Shnookums and Meat (premiered April 1998)

Repeats of One Saturday Morning/ABC Kids series

 * 101 Dalmatians: The Series (premiered September 1998)
 * Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (premiered April 1998)
 * Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (premiered 2003)
 * Darkwing Duck (premiered April 1998)
 * Doug (premiered fall 2001)
 * DuckTales (premiered 1999)
 * Gargoyles (premiered September 1998)*
 * Hercules: The Animated Series (premiered 2000)
 * Jungle Cubs (premiered April 1998)
 * The Legend of Tarzan (premiered in fall 2001)
 * Lloyd in Space (premiered September 2002)
 * The Mighty Ducks (premiered September 1998)
 * The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (premiered April 18, 1998)
 * Pepper Ann (premiered September 2001)
 * Recess (premiered 2003)
 * Teamo Supremo (premiered September 2002)

Repeats of CBS series

 * Aladdin (premiered April 1998)
 * The Little Mermaid (premiered April 1998)
 * Marsupilami (premiered April 1998)
 * Raw Toonage (premiered April 1998)
 * Timon and Pumbaa (premiered April 18, 1998)
 * The Wuzzles (premiered April 1998)

Other syndicated programming

 * Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (premiered September 1998)
 * All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (premiered 2006)
 * Blazing Dragons
 * Batman: The Animated Series
 * Bump in the Night (premiered April 1998)
 * The Care Bears (premiered October 1998)
 * Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (premiered April 1998)
 * Digimon TV series (premiered February 14, 2004 with Jetix) - includes four seasons
 * Fantastic Four
 * Gadget Boy (premiered April 1998)
 * Garfield and Friends (premiered 2003)
 * Hello Kitty and Friends (premiered September 1998)
 * Jackie Chan Adventures (premiered 2006)
 * Kong: The Animated Series (premiered September 19, 2005)
 * The Littles (premiered April 1998)
 * Madeline (premiered April 1998)
 * Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! (premiered fall 2002)
 * Mon Colle Knights (premiered fall 2006)
 * NASCAR Racers (premiered fall 2006)
 * The New Archies (premiered April 1998)
 * Power Rangers Generations (premiered January 2005) - selections from previous Power Rangers shows
 * Rupert (premiered fall 2001)
 * Sabrina: The Animated Series (premiered September 2002)
 * Sabrina's Secret Life (premiered 2004)
 * Shinzo (premiered 2005)
 * Spider-Man (1994 TV series) (premiered June 6, 2004)
 * Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (premiered November 2004)
 * Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire (premiered April 1998)
 * Toad Patrol (premiered September 7, 2002)
 * The Tick (premiered June 13, 2005)
 * Ultimate Book of Spells (premiered September 3, 2002)
 * What-a-Mess (premiered April 1998)
 * Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (premiered April 1998)
 * Wish Kid (premiered April 1998)
 * The Wizard of Oz (premiered April 1998)
 * X-Men (premiered 2004)