Toon Disney

**Toon Disney** is a former American multinational pay television channel which was owned by Disney Channels Worldwide, a subsidiary of Disney-ABC Television Group. A spin-off of the 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–Older, and children ages 6–Older during its evening block called Jetix.

## History

Toon Disney was launched at noon Eastern Time on April 18, 1998, in honor of Disney Channel's 15th anniversary by Disney/ABC Networks on digital tiers of DirecTV, Marcus Cable and EchoStar. The first program aired on the network was *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* (1940) and other Mickey Mouse shorts. At 7 PM that day, its nighttime block, "The Magical World of Toons", was launched. In the next five months, Toon Disney furthered its programming to cable subscribers such as Americast. At its launch, the channel shared half of its assigned series with the Disney Channel. The channel had no advertising until its viewership reached a set number. On January 31, 1999, the first annual Pumbaa Bowl was broadcast.

By September 2000, the channel was expected to reach 20 million subscribers, and thus, would start showing advertising. Ad sales would be handled by Template:W. In the Fall of 2000, Disney launched its first overseas Toon Disney channel in the United Kingdom.

In June 2001, Toon Disney US launched its "Most Animated Kid Search". *The Santa Claus Brothers* had its world premiere on the channel in December. In September 2002, eight new shows joined the line-up as part of Toon Disney's fall schedule. In commemoration of the network's 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, the Jetix programming block began on Toon Disney and ABC Family as a part of the Jetix programming alliance of ABC Networks Group, Fox Kids Europe and Fox Kids Latin America. The block consisted of the entire acquired {{W|Fox Kids]]/Template:W action library as the result of a bulk buy-out by Template:W in summer 2001, as well as some original programming. Some shows, like *Template:W*, aired under both the Toon Disney and Jetix monikers. The UK channel switched over to Template:W in March 2006.

In 2004, 4 new markets added a Toon Disney channel with three in Europe with Germany also adding a time shift channel. In December, Walt Disney Television International India launched a Toon Disney channel with three language audio tracks (English, Tamil and Telugu) at the same time as it debuted along with Disney Channel on Star TV. In 2005, a Toon Disney channel was launched for the Nordic countries, as well as another one for Japan. A Hindi-language audio track was introduced on Toon Disney in India on September 1, 2005.

The Toon Disney/Big Movie Show premiere of *The Polar Express* on December 22, 2006 was the channel's highest prime time rating with 1.35 million viewers. On January 27, 2007, Toon Disney launched its weekend afternoon programming block called "The Great Toon Weekend."

## Programing

Main article: List Of Programs Broadcast By Toon Disney

### Disney animated shows

* *101 Dalmatians: The Series* (1998-Present)
* *Adventures of the Gummi Bears* (1998-2001;2007-Present)
* *Aladdin* (1998-Present)
* *American Dragon: Jake Long* (2006-Present)
* *Bonkers* (1998-2004;2007-Present)
* *Amphidia* (2019-Present)
* *Brandy & Mr. Whiskers* (2006-Present)
* *Buzz Lightyear of Star Command* (2003-Present)
* *The Buzz on Maggie* (2007-Present)
* *Big City Greens* (2018-Present)
* *Big Hero 6: The Series* (2017-Present)
* *Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers* (1998-Present)
* *Darkwing Duck* (1998-2004, 2007-Present)
* *Dave the Barbarian* (2005-Present)
* *Disney's Doug* (2001-2004;2009-Present)
* *DuckTales* (1999-2004, 2007-Present)
* *DuckTales (2017)* (2017-Present)
* *The Emperor's New School* (2006-Present)
* *Fillmore!* (2003-Present)
* *Fish Hooks* (2010-Present)
* *Gargoyles* (1998-Present)
* *Goof Troop* (1998-2005, 2006-Present)
* *Gravity Falls* (2012-Present)
* *Hercules* (2000-Present)
* *House of Mouse* (2002-Present)
* *Jungle Cubs* (1998-2001;2009-Present)
* *Kim Possible* (2005-Present)
* *The Legend of Tarzan* (2003-Present)
* *Tron Uprising* (2012-Present)
* *The Owl House* (2020-Present)
* *Lilo & Stitch: The Series* (2006-Present)
* *The Little Mermaid* (1998-2008;2009-Present)
* *Lloyd in Space* (2002-2006;2007-Present)
* *Star Wars Rebels* (2014-Present)
* *Star Wars Resistance* (2018-Present)
* *Marsupilami* (1998-2001;2009-Present)
* *Mighty Ducks* (1998-2007;2009-Present)
* *Milo Murphy's Law* (2016-Present)
* *Muppet Babies (2018)* (2018-Present)
* *Motorcity* (2012-Present)
* *The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh* (1998-Present)
* *Pepper Ann* (2001-Present)
* *Phineas and Ferb* (2008-Present)
* *The Proud Family* (2004-Present)
* *Quack Pack* (1998-2004;2009-Present)
* *Raw Toonage* (1998-2001;2009-Present)
* *Recess* (2001, 2003-Present)
* *Randy Cummingham: 9th Grade Ninja (2012-Present)*
* *The Replacements* (2007-Present)
* *The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show* (1998-2001, 2007-Present)
* *TaleSpin* (1998-Present)
* *Teacher's Pet* (2002-2006;2009-Present)
* *Teamo Supremo* (2002-2005;2009-Present)
* *Timon & Pumbaa* (1998-Present)
* *The Weekenders* (2002-Present)
* *The Wuzzles* (1998-2001)

### Disney Live-Action Shows

* *Aaron Stone* (2009-Present)
* *Crash & Bernstien* (2012-Present)
* *Dinosaurs* (2012-Present)
* *I'm In The Band* (2010-Present)
* *Pair Of Kings* (2010-Present)
* *Muppets Tonight* (2007-Present)
* *The Muppets (2015)* (2015-Present)
* *MECH-X4* (2016-Present)
* *The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody* (2007-Present)
* *The Suite Life On Deck* (2008-Present)
* *Zeke & Luther* (2009-Present)

### Jetix Animation Concepts

* *Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!* (2004-Present)
* *Get Ed* (2005-Present)
* *Yin Yang Yo!* (2006-Present)

### Jetix Europe

* *W.I.T.C.H.* (2004-2008;2009-Present)
* *A.T.O.M. - Alpha Teens on Machines* (2006-Present)
* *Ōban Star-Racers* (2006-Present)
* *Pucca* (2006-Present)

### Other Disney-owned Shows

* *Beetleborgs* (2009-Present)
* *Bureau of Alien Detectors* (2006-Present)
* *Digimon: Digital Monsters* (2004-Present) \*
* *Digimon Data Squad* (2007-Present)
* *Mystic Knights Of Tir-Na Gong* (2007-Present)
* *Mon Colle Knights* (2006-2007) \*\*
* *The Muppet Show* (2007-Present)
* *Masked Rider* (2007-Present)
* *Masked Rider Neo* (2007-Present)
* *Masked Rider Light* (2008-Present)
* *NASCAR Racers* (2006-Present)
* *Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation* (2007-Present)
* *Power Rangers* (2004-Present) \*
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2014-Present)
* *Star Wars: Ewoks* (2014-Present)
* *Star Wars: Droids* (2014-Present)
* *Shinzo* (2005-Present) \*\*
* *The Tick* (2005-Present)
* *V.R. Troopers* (2007-Present)
* *Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2001)* (2019-Present)

\* means the show was owned or licensed by Disney at the time, but no longer is.

\*\* means the show wasn't owned by Disney, but was distributed by them through BVS Entertainment.

### Marvel Comics Shows

On August 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced it would acquire Marvel Comics' parent corporation, Marvel Entertainment, for a cash and stock deal worth approximately $4 billion, which if necessary would be adjusted at closing, giving Marvel shareholders $30 and 0.745 Disney shares for each share of Marvel they owned. As of 2008, Marvel and its major, longtime competitor DC Comics shared over 80% of the American comic-book market.

* *The Avengers: United They Stand* (2007-Present)
* *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes* (2010-Present)
* *Avengers: Assemble* (2013-Present)
* *Fantastic Four (1967)* (2009-Present)
* *The New Fantastic Four* (2007-Present)
* *Fantastic Four (1994)* (2007-Present)
* *Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes* (2011-Present)
* *Guardians Of The Galaxy* (2015-Present)
* *The Incredible Hulk (1982)* (2007-Present)
* *The Incredible Hulk (1996)* (2007-Present)
* *Hulk & The Agents Of S.M.A.S.H.* (2013-Present)
* *Iron Man (1994)* (2007-Present)
* *Iron Man: Armored Adventures* (2013-Present)
* *Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers* (2016-Present)
* *Marvel's Future Avengers* (2020-Present)
* *Pryde Of The X-Men* (2007-Present)
* *Spider-Man (1967)* (2004-Present)
* *Spider-Man (1981)* (2007-Present)
* *Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends* (2004-Present)
* *Spider-Man (1994)* (2004-Present)
* *Spider-Man Unlimited* (2007-Present)
* *The Spectacular Spider-Man* (2009-Present)
* *Ultimate Spider-Man* (2012-Present)
* *Marvel's Spider-Man* (2017-Present)
* *Silver Surfer* (2007-Present)
* *The Super Hero Squad Show* (2015-Present)
* *X-Men* (2004-Present)
* *X-Men Evolution* (2007-Present)
* *Wolverine & The X-Men*(2013-Present)

### DIC Entertainemt Shows

As Disney at the time owned DIC Entertainment (now WildBrain), many of DIC's programs had regular timeslots on the channel.

* *Tattoed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills* (2007-Present)
* *Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad* (2007-Present)

### Non-Disney Shows

* *Beyblade* (2004-Present)
* *Beyblade Metal Saga* (2016-Present)
* *Beyblade Shogun Steel* (2016-Present)
* *BeyWheelz* (2016-Present)
* *Beyblade Burst* (2016-Present)
* *Dragon Booster* (2004-Present)
* *Captain Flamingo* (2008-Present)
* *Daigunder* (2006-Present)
* *Pokémon* (2016-Present)
* *Inazuma Eleven Ares* (2019-Present)
* *Xyber 9: New Dawn* (2007-Present)
* *Digimon Fusion* (2013-Present)
* *Digimon Applimon* (2019-Present)
* *Kamen Rider Dragon Knight* (2009-Present)
* *Kamen Rider 555* (2010-Present)
* *Kamen Rider Royal Knights* (2011-Present)
* *Kamen Rider Music Demons* (2012-Present)
* *Kamen Rider Beetleborgs* (2013-Present)
* *Kamen Rider Rail Knight* (2014-Present)
* *Kamen Rider Bat Knight* (2015-Present)
* *Kamen Rider DCD* (2016-Present)
* *Power Rider Rolling Fist* (2017-Present)
* *Power Rider W: Delta* (2018-Present)
* *Power Rider Animaster* (2019-Present)
* *Kamen Rider Rocket Knight* (2020-Present)
* *Power Rider Mystical Source* (2021-Present)
* *Medabots* (2004;2007-Present)
* *Transformers G1* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers Beast Wars* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers Beast Machines* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers Robots In Disguise (2001)* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers Armada* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers Energon* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers Cybertron* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers Animated* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers Prime* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers Rescue Bots* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers Robots In Disguise (2015)* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers Cyberverse* (2019-Present)
* *Transformers War For Cybertron Trilogy* (2019-Present)
* *Miracolus Ladybug & Cat Nior* (2019-Present)
* *Monster Buster Club* (2008-Present)

### Shorts

* *Rocket & Groot shorts* (2015-Present)
* *Mickey Mouse Works* (2004-Present)
* *Ant-Man shorts* (2017-Present)
* *Marvel Super Hero Adventures* (2018-Present)
* *Marvel Rising: Young Storytellers* (2019-Present)
* *Marvel Rising: Ultimate Comics* (2019-Present)
* *Mater's Tall Tales* (2008-Present)

### Disney animated shows

* *Mickey Mouse Tracks* (1998-1999)
* *Donald's Quack Attack* (1998-2002)

### Other Disney-owned Shows

* *Bump in the Night* (1998-2001) \*
* *Dungeons & Dragons* (2006-2007)
* *Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa* (1998-2001) \*

\* means the show was owned or licensed by Disney at the time, but no longer is.

\*\* means the show wasn't owned by Disney, but was distributed by them through BVS Entertainment.

### DIC Entertainment shows

As Disney at the time owned DIC Entertainment (now WildBrain), many of DIC's programs had regular timeslots on the channel.

* *Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog* (1998-2002)
* *Gadget Boy* (1998-2001)
* *The Littles* (1998-2002)
* *Madeline* (1998-2003)
* *Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!* (2002-2003)
* *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)

### Non-Disney shows

* *All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series* (2006)
* *Batman: The Animated Series* (2007-2019)
* *Batman Beyond* (2007-2019)
* *Battle B-Daman* (2005)
* *Blazing Dragons* (1999-2002)
* *Care Bears* (1998-2002)
* *Chaotic* (2007-2014)
* *Garfield and Friends* (2003-2006)
* *Hello Kitty and Friends* (1998-2002)
* *Jackie Chan Adventures* (2006-2012)
* *Kong: The Animated Series* (2005-2007)
* *Legend of the Dragon* (2006-2012)
* *The Mummy: The Animated Series* (2006-2009)
* *Pinky and the Brain* (2007-2012)
* *Rupert* (2001-2002)
* *Shaun the Sheep* (2007-2008)
* *Silverwing* (2006-2008)
* *Superman: The Animated Series* (2007-2019)
* *Toad Patrol* (2002-2004)
* *U.B.O.S.: Ultimate Book of Spells* (2002-2003)
* *What's With Andy?* (2005)

### Upcoming Shows

* *Kamen Rider Warriors* (2022-Present)
* *Power Rider/Kamen Rider* (Ghost Or Ex-Aid) (2023-Present)
* *Power Rangers Season 30* (2023-Present)
* *The Ghost and Molly McGee* (2021-Present)
* *Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur* (2022-Present)
* *Hamster & Gretel* (TBA-Present)

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