Disney Channel

**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.

### 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. , 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

- _Mickey Mouse Clubhouse_
- _The ZhuZhus_
- _Hotel Transylvania: The Series_
- _Tangled: The Series_
- _Miles from Tomorrowland_
- _Sofia The First_
- _Elena of Avalor_
- _Alexei: The Series_
- _Mickey and the Roadster Racers_
- _Puppy Dog Pals_
- _Nutri Ventures_
- _Winx Club_
- _Sonic X_
- _Dragon Ball Z Kai_
- _Yu-Gi-Oh!_
- _Jackie Chan Adventures_
- _Eon Kid_
- _Jessie_
- _Special Agent Oso_
- _Mona the Vampire_
- _Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures_
- _Scary Larry_
- _Pink Panther & Pals_
- _RoboCop: Alpha Commando_
- _Super 4_
- _Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir_
- _The Powerpuff Girls_
- _Zak Storm_
- _Big City Greens_
- _Assorted Hot Wheels TV Specials_
- _Max Steel_
- _Rocket Monkeys_
- _Tai Chi Chasers_
- _Duck Dodgers_
- _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_
- _Kirby Right Back At Ya!_
- _G.I. Joe Sigma 6_
- _Transformers: Prime_
- _Legend Gang_
- _My Goldfish is Evil_
- _Grizzy and the Lemmings_
- _Rabbids Invasion_
- _Backyard Wizard of Oz_
- _Billy Dilley's Super Duper Subterranean Summer_
- _Right Now Kapow_
- _Comedy Bites_
- _Star vs the Forces of Evil_
- _Rat-a-Tat_
- _Masha and the Bear_

#### 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_

## Infobox (television channel)

- **name**: Disney Channel
- **logo**: 2024 Disney Channel text logo.svg
- **logo size**: 240px
- **logo caption**: Logo used since 2025
- **owner**: Disney Entertainment
- **country**: United States
- **area**: Nationwide
- **headquarters**: Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Disney Studios, Burbank, California, Burbank, California, U.S.
- **former names**: The Disney Channel
- **webcast**: [https://disneynow.com/watch-live?brand=disney-channel Watch live]
- **online serv 1**: Service(s)
- **online chan 1**: Fubo TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV