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Toon Disney was a 24-hour American cable television channel owned by the Walt Disney Company that aired mostly children's animated television series. A spin-off of Disney Channel, Toon Disney showed children's cartoons 24 hours a day (except for minimal live-action programming); its format had similarities to those of Cartoon Network and the later NickToons. Toon Disney's target audience were children ages 2–14, with the exceptions of programming used in a night time block aimed at children ages 7–14 called Jetix. A Spanish language audio track was available on Toon Disney through the SAP option; some cable and satellite systems also offered the Spanish language feed as a separate channel.

History

Toon Disney launched on April 18, 1998 (coinciding with Disney Channel's 15th anniversary), as a spin-off of the Disney Channel and the very first cartoon to be aired, was The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Originally, the channel's programming consisted of older Disney animated television series, including those from The Disney Afternoon. Toon Disney has also shown some other cartoons, most of them produced by DIC Entertainment, which was Disney owned at the time the network was launched. For the first year of the channel's existence, a block of programs seen on Toon Disney would air on Sunday evenings on Disney Channel as a "sneak preview" of the channel for interested subscribers.

In the 2000s, Toon Disney gained a variety of new programming expanding the vast collection of Disney animation. Many programs from Disney's One Saturday Morning and ABC Kids joined the lineup, mostly without the expense of other programs. However, in 2004, with the addition of Jetix and reruns of animated programs from Disney Channel, many of the older programs on Toon Disney vanished.

Like most other Disney-owned cable channels, starting in 2008, Toon Disney began airing in High-Definition (the only ones which didn't were ESPN Classic & SOAPnet). Toon Disney, at launch, was commercial-free until September 9, 2002. This was when the network reached two years of "critical mass" in subscribers of over 15 million.

On August 6, 2008, Disney-ABC Television Group announced they would rebrand Toon Disney in early 2009 as Disney XD, which would be aimed at kids from ages 6 and up. Toon Disney ceased broadcast on February 13, 2009 (two months and five days shy of eleven years since it first started broadcasting), and was rebranded as Disney XD. Toon Disney/Jetix ran a preview night starting at 7:00pm on Thursday, February 12, the day before the network launched, the preview night included more promos about the new Disney XD shows. The final program on the channel was The Incredible Hulk, as part of Jetix. The first program to air on Disney XD was Phineas and Ferb.

Shows broadcast on Toon Disney

Disney animated and live-action shows

Jetix Animation Concepts

DIC Entertainment shows

  • Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1998-2002)
  • Bump in the Night (1998-2001)
  • Care Bears (1998-2002)
  • Gadget Boy (1998-2001)
  • Hello Kitty and Friends (1998-2002)
  • The Littles (1998-2002)
  • Madeline (1998-2003)
  • Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action (2002-2006)
  • The New Archies (1998-2002)
  • Sabrina: The Animated Series (2002-2004)
  • Sabrina's Secret Life (2004-2005)
  • Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire (1998-2002)
  • Wish Kid (1998-2002)
  • What-a-Mess (1998-2002)
  • The Wizard of Oz (1998-2002)

Other non-Disney shows

  • All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (2006)
  • Astro Boy (2004-2007)
  • Avengers: United They Stand (2008-2009)
  • Batman: The Animated Series (2007-2009)
  • Battle B-Daman (2004-2006)
  • Bakugan Battle Brawlers (2008-2009)
  • Beyblade (2004-2009)
  • Blazing Dragons (1999-2002)
  • Bureau of Alien Detectors (2004-2006)
  • Captain Flamingo (2007-2009)
  • Chaotic (2007-2009)
  • Daigunder (2005-2006)
  • Digimon (2004-2009)
  • Fantastic Four (2008-2009)
  • Garfield and Friends (2003-2006)
  • The Incredible Hulk (2008-2009)
  • Iron Man (2008-2009)
  • Jackie Chan Adventures (2006-2009)
  • Kong: The Animated Series (2005-2008)
  • Legend of the Dragon (2005-2007)
  • Medabots (2004-2005)
  • Mon Colle Knights (2006-2009)
  • The Mummy: The Animated Series (2006-2008)
  • NASCAR Racers (2006-2009)
  • Pinky and the Brain (2007-2009)
  • Power Rangers (2004-2009)
  • Rupert (2001-2002)
  • Shinzo (2005)
  • Shuan the Sheep (2008-2009)
  • Silver Surfer (2008-2009)
  • Silverwing (2006-2008)
  • Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (2004-2006, 2008-2009)
  • Spider-Man: The Animated Series (2004-2006, 2008-2009)
  • Spider-Man Unlimited (2004-2006, 2008-2009)
  • Static Shock (2008-2009)
  • Superman: The Animated Series (2007-2009)
  • The Tick (2005-2009)
  • Toad Patrol (2002-2004)
  • U.B.O.S.: Ultimate Book of Spells (2002-2003)
  • What's with Andy? (2005)
  • Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (1998-2002)
  • X-Men (2004-2009)
  • Xyber 9: New Dawn (2008-2009)

Movies

Disney animated and live-action movies

Other non-Disney movies

  • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (2004)
  • The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2006-2008)
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven (2003-2006)
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1999-2004)
  • An All Dogs Christmas Carol (2002-2004)
  • Animalympics (1999-2002)
  • An American Tail (2003-2005)
  • An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (2003-2006)
  • An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (2001-2005)
  • An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (2003-2007)
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (2002-2008)
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet The Wolfman (2002-2008)
  • Balto (2002-2005)
  • Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002-2007)
  • Balto III: Wings of Chance (2007-2008)
  • Bionicle: Mask of Light (2006-2007)
  • Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui (2006-2007)
  • BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows (2006-2007)
  • Bluetoes the Christmas Elf (1998-2001)
  • The Brave Little Toaster (1998-2003)
  • The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (2002-2004)
  • The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (2002-2004)
  • Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back) (2001-2002)
  • Cats Don't Dance (2002-2005)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2007-2008)
  • Digimon: The Movie (2004-2007)
  • Digimon: Island of Dreams (2007-2008)
  • Digimon: Island of the Lost Digimon (2007-2008)
  • Faeries (2003-2004)
  • Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (2000)
  • Kiki's Delivery Service (2002-2003)
  • The Land Before Time (2002-2005)
  • The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (2003-2005)
  • The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (2003-2006)
  • The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through of the Mists (2003-2006)
  • The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (2004-2007)
  • The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of The Saurus Rock (2004-2007)
  • The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2004-2008)
  • The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2004-2008)
  • The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2004-2008)
  • Muppets from Space (2004)
  • The Pebble and the Penguin (2005)
  • Pippi Longstocking (1999-2004)
  • Pokémon 4Ever (2007)
  • Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker (2005-2007)
  • The Polar Express (2006-2008)
  • Quest for Camelot (2004-2005)
  • Race for Your Life Charlie Brown (2002-2003)
  • Rover Dangerfield (1999-2002)
  • Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (2000)
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1999-2002)
  • The Santa Claus Brothers (2002-2004)
  • The Secret of NIMH (2003-2005)
  • The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (2001-2004)
  • Spy Kids (2005-2006)
  • Spy Kids 2: Island of the Lost Dreams (2006-2007)
  • Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2007-2008)
  • Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2008)
  • The Swan Princess (2003-2003)
  • The Swan Princess II (2004-2005)
  • The Swan Princess III (2004)
  • Thumbelina (2002-2003)
  • Timothy Tweedle: The First Christmas Elf (2002-2003)
  • We're Back! Dinosaur Story (2003-2005)

Programming

Live-action programming

Although the majority of the network's programming was animation, live-action programming had become a part of Toon Disney during its final 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. The Jetix block aired the show Power Rangers. Toon Disney has also aired Muppet movies, including Muppets from Space (one of the few Muppet productions that was not included in Disney's acquisition of the franchise).

During the network's existence, Toon Disney aired the Disney Channel Original Movies Jett Jackson: The Movie and Up, Up, and Away. The theatrical films Max Keeble's Big Move, Snow Dogs, and Herbie: Fully Loaded have also aired recently. Toon Disney contained more than 10 short segments includes video/slideshow format. The short series Check This Kid Out aired randomly during the commercial breaks between July 7, 2008 and February 13, 2009. On September 7, 2008, one of Disney's only live-action short films, Frankenweenie, aired on Toon Disney. The Suite Life of Zack & Cody aired on the network in late 2008, as well as the original movie Minutemen in 2009, but this was likely part of the transition to Disney XD as the announcement had already been made.

Programming blocks

Toon Disney frequently aired groups of series in blocks; over the course of Toon Disney's broadcast history, it had several programming blocks that featured at least two of their shows.

  • 12 Days of Christmas - (1998–2008), a block that aired around Christmas between 1998 and 2008, and showed Christmas themed episodes and movies.
  • @Toon - (2001–2004), a spinoff of Toons in the House. Shortly after @Toon's premiere, before each first commercial break for most of the shows, it featured some viewer submissions and game high scores from the official website since April 2002. The segments were "Game-On Challenge" (focusing games), "It's Ummmm...?" (a guessing game hosted by Darkwing Duck and later Chip and Dale, which showed a close-up image of a cartoon character that the viewer had to guess), "I Wanna Watch" (a Thursday request show where viewers vote on what cartoon they want to see), "Mail-a-Toon" (where viewers could send e-mails to Lloyd Nebulon, Rope Girl, Timon and Pumbaa, and Tino Tonitini), "Goofy Giggles" (joking with Goofy), "Shout-Out" (a chat game hosted by Timon and Pumbaa), "Super Secret Word" (a "secret word" game hosted by Captain Crandall, finding the secret word of an object behind the screen bug during each Teamo Supremo​ episode), "Whatcha Think?" (a thinking game hosted by Scott Leadready II), and "Website Check-In" (a "check-in" segment hosted by Max Goof, which showed to viewing at the website).
  • After Class Laughs - (2004–2006), two-hour block of "The Most Funny Shows" on Toon Disney. The shows are Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, American Dragon: Jake Long, The Emperor's New School, Disney's Recess, and Kim Possible. This block is shown on weekdays from 3:00 pm Eastern/2:00 pm Central to 5:00 pm Eastern/4:00 pm Central. It came back in 2006 under a slightly different name (After Class Laugh Attack). It was replaced by Mega Jam.
  • Big Movie Show - (2004–2009), 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 was often the subject of theme weeks, which usually heralded in the initial Toon Disney broadcast of a given film.
  • Chillin' with the Villains - (2000–2004), a two-hour marathon of a certain show presented on Sunday afternoons. However, these particular marathons focused on a certain villain from whichever series was being featured.
  • Friday Night Movie - (1998-2001) a feature film presentation on the Magical World of Toons every Friday night starting at 7:00pm. It featured films made by the Walt Disney company, as well as non-Disney films such as The Land Before Time series.
  • Double Feature Movie Show - (2001–2004), it featured back-to-back movies airing every Friday from 5:00pm to 9:00pm and repeating Saturday from 11:00am to 3:00pm. Formerly known as Double Feature Fridays (or Double Feature Saturdays).
  • Hangin' with the Heroes (2002–2004) originally aired on weekends, but then aired on weekdays, too. It featured Aladdin, Gargoyles, and Hercules.
  • Jetix - (2004–2009), a fourteen-hour block on weekdays and a seventeen hour block on weekends. It featured action shows that some of which were originally on Fox before Disney bought its children's shows and this block was what Fox Kids eventually became in 2004, during its first two years on ABC Family had no proper name and was known simply as ABC Family Action Block. Originally the network's nightly block, it eventually took up more than half of the network's schedule.
  • Magical World of Toons (1998–2003) a four hour nightly block that aired from 7:00pm to 11:00pm Sunday to Thursday until 2003, when its slot was replaced by The Power Pack, a bunch of three-hour marathons of certain shows inclueds Bonkers, Timon & Pumbaa, Teacher's Pet, The Weekenders, Disney's Doug, Pepper Ann, TaleSpin, Aladdin, Hercules, Gargoyles, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, House of Mouse, Lloyd in Space, Teamo Supremo, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, The Legend of Tarzan, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Recess, 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Quack Pack, Jungle Cubs, The Little Mermaid, The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show, The Wuzzles, Donald's Quack Attack, Mickey's Mouse Tracks, Toon Disney Doodles, and more.
  • Play it Again Jam! - (2006–2007), 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, then Treasure Cove.
  • Disney Princess Power Hour - (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.
  • Pumbaa Bowl - (1999-2009), an all day marathon of Timon & Pumbaa that aired on Super Bowl Sunday every year.
  • Screaming Meanies - (1998–2003), a block that aired around Halloween between 1998 and 2003, and showed Halloween-themed episodes of shows.
  • Super Stacked Weekdays - (2007–2009), which consisted of a mini-marathon each weekday. On Fridays a random show would air sometimes a show that wasn't aired often. It began as Mega Movie Jam, but changed its name afterwards to Mega Jam. Starting October 1, 2007, it was renamed Toon Disney Treasure Cove. After this, it was changed to Super Stacked Weekdays to coincide with the Super Stacks, at this time known as Super Stacked Weekends.
  • Super Stacked Weekends - (2007–2009), a three-hour weekend marathon of two random programs, one Saturday, and one Sunday. It was known as Super Stacks before its concision with Super Stacked Weekdays.
  • The Brother Hood - (2008–2009), a one-hour block, which aired two times a day. It showed The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Phineas and Ferb. Technically, this block still airs on Disney XD, but they don't use any bumpers for it.
  • The Great Toon Weekend Getaway - (2007–2008), a five-hour weekend block featuring shows based on Disney movies: Aladdin, Timon & Pumbaa, Hercules, The Emperor's New School, The Little Mermaid, The Legend of Tarzan, Lilo & Stitch: The Series and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
  • The New For You Show! (2003–2004) featured new episodes of Lloyd in Space, House of Mouse, The Weekenders, Teamo Supremo, and Fillmore! every Friday and Saturday night at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central.
  • Toons in the House - (1998–2001), a four-hour weekday-afternoon block similar in spirit to The Disney Afternoon. It was replaced by @Toon.
  • Big Screen Bash in Brother Hood - (2008-2009), a one-hour block, which aired two time to three times a day. It showed The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Phineas and Ferb, Brother Bear and Brother Bear 2. Technically, this block still on Toon Disney to Disney XD but they don't use any bumpers for it.
  • Weekday Bonus Stacks - (2004–2006), basically three 2-hour marathons of three different shows that aired from 11:00 am Eastern/10:00 am Central to 5:00 pm Eastern/4:00 pm Central. 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!
  • Toon Disney Wild Card Stack - (2007–2009), it showed classic Disney cartoon series multiple times with Shnookums and Meat, Disney's Doug, DuckTales, Quack Pack, The Buzz on Maggie, Bonkers, Pepper Ann, TaleSpin, Goof Troop, Darkwing Duck, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and 101 Dalmatians: The Series.
  • Toon In - (2007–2008), all your favorite block of Toon Disney shows all day, every day includes House of Mouse, Goof Troop, TaleSpin, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, The Little Mermaid, Recess and American Dragon: Jake Long.
  • 2oon Disney - (2003–2004), it showed double episodes of Teacher's Pet, Bonkers, Recess, TaleSpin, House of Mouse, Pepper Ann, Timon & Pumbaa, The Weekenders, and Lloyd in Space.
  • Big Time Morning Show - (2005), an weekday morning block.
  • Late Night Toons - (2001), an late-night block.
  • After School - (2004), an all day block to get after school which includes The Weekenders, Recess, Lloyd in Space, Dave the Barbarian and Fillmore!.
  • Big Movie Weekend - (2007–2009), a spin-off of the Big Movie Show.

Network slogans

  • Home for all your favorite Disney characters (1998–2001)
  • Built from the best toons (2001–2009)

Gallery

Logos

Premiere press release

Logo variants (1998-2002)

​Screen bugs

See also

  • Jetix
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