Disney's One Too on ABC Freeform

***Disney's One Too*** is a two-hour Sunday-to-Friday children's programming block that previously aired on UPN from September 6, 1999 to August 31, 2003, and was revived on September 1, 2003 to January 2, 2021 in local syndication/independent station, and moved to Freeform since January 3, 2021 (the same day as the channel's name change to ABC Freeform took effect). A spin-off of the *Disney's One Saturday Morning* block on ABC(which aired as of September 2021) (owned by The Walt Disney Company), it featured animated series from Disney Television Animation aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 12 and was formally as Disney's One Saturday Throwback on Freeform.

## Historyedit | edit source

In January 1998, UPN began discussions with The Walt Disney Company (owner of rival network ABC) to have the company program a daily two-hour children's block for the network, airing on weekdays (during the morning or afternoon hours) and Sunday mornings.  Attempts to reach a time-lease agreement deal with Disney were called off one week after negotiations started due to a dispute between Disney and UPN over how the block would be branded and the amount of E/I programming that Disney would provide for the block; UPN then entered into discussions with then-corporate sister Nickelodeon (both networks were owned by Viacom) to produce the new block.  That February, UPN entered into an agreement with Saban Entertainment (then a subsidiary of Fox Family Worldwide, owned jointly by Fox, which Disney later acquired in 2019, and founder, Haim Saban, who also owned competing block Fox Kids) – which distributed two series recently aired on the UPN Kids block around that time, *Sweet Valley High* and *Breaker High* – to program the Sunday-to-Friday block.

In March 1998, UPN resumed discussions with Disney and the following month, The Walt Disney Company and UPN came to an agreement to provide Disney-produced programs on the network on weekdays (from 7:00am – 9:00am or 3:00pm – 5:00pm) and Sunday (from 9:00am – 11:00am). The block was originally announced under the working title "*Whomptastic*", though the name was changed prior to the debut of the block for greater brand identity (incidentally, "whomp" was used as a pejorative term in the Disney-produced animated series *Recess*, one of the series that would end up part of the new block, as a substitute for "sucks").

The new lineup was later renamed *Disney's One Too* in July 1999, formatted to serve as a competitor block to ABC's existing children's block *Disney's One Saturday Morning*. The block debuted on September 6, 1999, replacing UPN Kids, which ended its run the day before (on September 5) after four years. Compared to the format of *One Saturday Morning*, *One Too* varied in that, instead of incorporating hosted segments, short gag segments from the shows featured in the block (such as *Sabrina: The Animated Series*, *Doug* and *Recess*, all of which – along with a few other series – were originally aired on *One Saturday Morning*) were usually shown, often preceding the start of each program, and after commercial breaks. The block also featured a different opening sequence, using more futuristic buildings and a theme similar to that used on *One Saturday Morning*. Many shows previously aired on *One Too* continued in reruns on Toon Disney and Disney Channel.

In September 2002, the *One Too* branding was discontinued as a result of the rebranding of the ABC block from *One Saturday Morning* to *ABC Kids*; although the UPN block was not revived, the Disney.com website referred to it under the title *Disney's Animation Weekdays*. The block aired for the final time on August 31, 2003, with the block being replaced with the new *UPN Kids* revival block the following day. On September 1st 2003, many local stations especially Independent stations, Fox, or rarely NBC station aired the One Too block to at least 2021 for certain with more new programming plus new segments and keep the block the same as the UPN stations much to the lovers. It continued to do so in the 2010s, the last year with the Disney's One Too on Independent Stations. Even though KidsClick, The Incredibles World of DIC and children's programming launch in the 2000s and 2010s, the block still rocking the local people locally.

On November 2018, Disney announced that it will revived the One Saturday Morning block as a throwback programming block fill with all programming that use to aired on ABC or UPN stations. Disney's One Saturday Throwback, was launched on January 2019, months before The CW decides to expanded to children's programming for the first time replacing the Disney XD on Freeform/ABC Family that was launch in 2010. It's a best of Saturday Morning or One Too with segment and programming. However on November of 2020, as ABC is going to rebrand Freeform as ABC Freeform(like as ABC Family) in January 3, 2021, it too will rebrand the throwback block as a modern just for One Saturday Morning and Disney Channel kids children programming block bring back the One Too block from the syndication block. It use to aired from September 1, 2003-January 2, 2021 in syndication on local independent station. The Disney Afternoon block replace the One Too block as the block is expanding to at least 2051. The new version of One Too got the graphics package from the UPN/Syndication era plus the One Too Theme Song that sound similar to the flagship ABC block airing since September 2021 by the FCC.

## Programmingedit | edit source

### Former Programmingedit | edit source

UPN/Now aired in syndication

* *Buzz Lightyear of Star Command* (2000-2021)
* *Doug* (1999-2021)
* *Hercules* (1999-2005)
* *The Legend of Tarzan* (2001-2018)
* *Pepper Ann* (2000-2013)
* *Recess* (1999-2021)
* *Sabrina: The Animated Series* (1999-2021)
* *The Weekenders* (2001-2013)

Syndication(New show)

* *Phineas and Ferb* (2015-2017)
* *Milo Murphy's Law* (2017-2021)
* *Vampirina* (2017-2021)
* *Star Vs. The Forces of Evil* (2016-2020)
* *Fancy Nancy* (2020-2021)
* *Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero* (2015-2018)
* *DuckTales (2017 TV Series)* (2018-2021)
* *The Rocketeer (2019 TV Series)* (2020-2021)
* *The Owl House* (2020-2021)

### Current Programmingedit | edit source

ABC Freeform

* *101 Dalmatian Street* (2021-Present)
* *Milo Murphy's Law* (2021-Present)
* *The Owl House* (2021-Present)
* *DuckTales (2017 TV Series)* (2021-Present)
* *The Rocketeer (2019 TV Series)* (2021-Present)
* *Fancy Nancy* (2021-Present)
* Phineas and Ferb (2021-present)
* Sabrina: The Animated Series (2021-present)
* Milo's Murphy Law (2021-present)
* Doug (2021-present)
* Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2021-present)
* Pepper Ann (2021-present)
* Recess (2021-present)