January 12

==Theatrical releases==
*2007 - Primeval (Hollywood Pictures)
*2024 - Soul (Pixar) is released in theaters for the first time.
==Television==
*1996
**The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Pollution Solutions" premieres in syndication.
**The Boy Meets World episode "The Grass is Always Greener" premieres on ABC.
*1998 - The 101 Dalmatians: The Series episode "Humanitarian of the Year" premieres in syndication.
*2001
**Lizzie McGuire premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Rumors".
**The Disney Channel Original Movie Zenon: The Zequel premieres on Disney Channel.
*2004 - The Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode "Babyfier" premieres on Disney Channel.
*2006 - The American Dragon: Jake Long episode "Ring Around the Dragon" premieres on Disney Channel.
*2007
**Jump In!, a Disney Channel Original Movie, premieres on Disney Channel.
**Cory in the House premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "The New Kid in Town".
*2008 - The Handy Manny episodes "Elliot Minds the Store/Squeeze Makes a Promise" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
*2016 - ABC Family changes its name to Freeform and premieres on there.
*2018
**The Vampirina episodes "Vee is for Valentine/Scarestitute Teacher" premiere on Disney Channel.
**The Doc McStuffins episodes "Stuffy's Wild Pet/On Call Ball" premiere on Disney Channel.
**The Mickey Mouse animated short "Feed the Birds" premieres on Disney Channel.
**The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "Together or Not at All" premieres on ABC.
*2019
**The Milo Murphy's Law episodes "Snow Way Out/Teacher Feature" premiere on Disney Channel.
**The Mickey Mouse animated short "Safari, So Good" premieres on Disney Channel.
**The Big City Greens episodes "Harvest Dinner/Winner Winner" premiere on Disney Channel.
*2020
**The Tangled: The Series episode "Pascal's Dragon" premieres on Disney Channel.
**The Big Hero 6: The Series episode "Hiro the Villain" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on January 4).
**The Star Wars Resistance episodes "The New World" and "No Place Safe" premiere on Disney XD and Disney Channel.
*2023 - The SuperKitties episodes "Fireworks Fright/Cheese Trees" premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
*2024
**The Spidey and his Amazing Friends episodes "Bubble Trouble/Rainy River Run" premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
**The Pupstruction episodes "Valentines Day Dogs/The Petsburg Power-Out" premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
**The Mickey Mouse Funhouse episodes "Majestica’s New Troubadour!/Minnie’s Pod Mod" premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
*2025 
**The Hamster & Gretel episodes "Last Train to Dullsville/Fred of State" will premiere simultaneously on Disney Channel & Disney XD.Disney Branded Television Press Site: JANUARY 2025 PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS
==Streaming==
*2024 - Self Reliance is released on Hulu.
==Theme park happenings==
*2001 - Downtown Disney opens at the Disneyland Resort.
==VHS & DVD releases==
*2010
**10 Things I Hate About You: The Series Volume 1
**Like Stars on Earth
**Make It or Break It: Season 1, Volume One: Extended Edition (ABC Family)
*2016 - Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates: The Great Never Sea Conquest
==Character debuts==
*2019 - Community Sue
==People==
===Births===
*1951 - Kirstie Alley † (actress and spokesmodel)
*1957 - John Lasseter (animator, producer, and director)
*1960 - Oliver Platt (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
*1968 - Rachael Harris (actress and comedian)
*1971 - Craig Gerber (producer, screenwriter, director, and storyboard artist)
*1984 - Sam Richardson (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
*1987 - Naya Rivera † (actress, singer, and model)
*1988 - Andrew Lawrence (actor and singer)
===Deaths===
*1999 - Betty Lou Gerson (actress)
*2000 - Marc Davis (artist and animator)
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