2008

**2008** is the ninth year of the 2000's decade.

## Television

### Disney

* January 1 - The Wonderful World Of House of Mouse episode "the New Years Eve Party premiered on ABC, on Disney Channel, and on Toon Disney.
* January 7 - *Higglytown Heroes* airs its series finale on Playhouse Disney.
* January 26 - *Mickey Mouse Clubhouse* beings its second season on Playhouse Disney.
* January 28 - The *Little Einsteins* episode "Mr. Penguin's Ice Cream Adventure" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
* February 1 - *Phineas and Ferb* officially series premiered on Disney Channel with the episode "Flop Starz" as part of the event month known as Phineas and Ferb-ruary and The Wonderful World Of House of Mouse ended their fourth season.
* February 2 - The *Phineas and Ferb* episode "The Fast and the Phineas" aired on Disney Channel.
* February 3 - The *Phineas and Ferb* episode "Lights, Candace, Action!" aired on Disney Channel.
* February 4 -
* February 5 -
* February 6 -
* February 7 -
* February 8 -
* February 9 -
* February 10 -
* February 15 -
* February 16 -
* February 17 -
* February 22
	+ The *Little Einsteins* episode "Annie, Get Your Microphone" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
	+ The *Phineas and Ferb* episode "Toy of the World" premieres on Disney Channel.
* February 23 -
* February 24 -
* February 29 - The *Phineas and Ferb* episodes "Mom's Birthday" and "Journey to the Center of Candace" premiered on Disney Channel.
* March 1 -
* March 8 -
* March 22 -
* April 12 -
* April 19 -
* May 24 -
* June 7 -
* June 14 -
* July 12 -
* August 2 -
* August 10 -
* August 12 - The Wonderful World Of House of Mouse airs it's fifth season with the episode Studio DC: Almost Live: House of Mouse Edition (Part 1)
* August 15 - The Wonderful World Of House of Mouse episode "The Second Disney Channel Star Idol" premiered on ABC, on Disney Channel, and on Toon Disney.
* September 1
	+ *Phineas and Ferb* premieres on Toon Disney with the episodes "Rollercoaster" and "Candace Loses Her Head".
	+ *The Adventures of Chuck & Friends* premieres on Disney Channel and Toon Disney.
	+ *The Suite Life of Zack and Cody* airs its final episode on Disney Channel.
* September 6 - *Imagination Movers* premieres on Playhouse Disney and Stanley gets canceled.
* September 12 -
	+ Cory in the House airs its final episode on Disney Channel.
	+ The *Phineas and Ferb* episode "The Flying Fishmonger" also premieres on Disney Channel.
* September 15 - *Donnie* officially debuts with its first episode "Donnie Makes Cookies" on Playhouse Disney.
* September 16 -
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* September 26 -
* September 27 - *My Friends Tigger & Pooh* started their second season on Playhouse Disney.
* September 28 -
* September 29 -
* September 30 - The *Donnie* episode "Big Brother Donnie" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
* October 1 -
* October 2 - The Wonderful World Of House of Mouse episode "Studio DC: Almost Live: House of Mouse Edition" (Part 2) premiered on ABC, on Disney Channel, and on Toon Disney.
	+ The *Donnie* episode "Donnie in the Bathtub" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
	+ The *Phineas and Ferb* episode "Dude, We're Gettin' the Band Back Together" premiered on Toon Disney.
* October 3
	+ The *Phineas and Ferb* episodes "One Good Scare Ought to Do It!" also premieres on Disney Channel.
* October 4 -
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* October 6 -
* October 7 -
* October 8 -
* October 9 -
* October 10 -
* October 17 - The *Phineas and Ferb* episodes "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" and "Oil on Candace" premiered on Disney Channel.
* November 7 -
* December 5 - The *Phineas and Ferb* episode "Out to Launch" premieres on Disney Channel.
* November 18 - *Mickey Mouse: The Movie* premieres on Disney Channel and Toon Disney.
* December 14 - The *Little Einsteins* episode "Flight of the Instrument Fairies" premieres on Playhouse Disney.

### Nickelodeon

* February 18 - *The Fairly OddParents* beings its sixth season on Nickelodeon with a one hour special "Fairly Odd Baby"

### FOX

* June 11 - The Simpsons: The Return of the Li'l Starmaker premiered on FOX

### PBS

* September 1 - PBS Kids rebranded again and *Sid the Science Kid* series premiered on PBS Kids.

## Season premieres

### Disney

* September 15 - *Donnie (TV series)*, season one

### Nickelodeon

* February 18 - *The Fairly OddParents*, season six

## Season finales

### Disney

* September 1 - *The Suite Life of Zack and Cody*, season three

## Soundtracks

### Disney

* August 5 - *Walt Disney Records: Children's Favorites, Volume 1*

## Home video releases

### Disney

#### DVD

* February 19 - *Little Einsteins: Race of Space*
* April 1 - *The Wonderful World Of House of Mouse: Disney Channel Star Idol*
* June 15 - *Mickey's House of Villains 2*
* July 29 - *Phineas and Ferb: The Fast and the Phineas*
* August 5
	+ *Little Einsteins: Flight of the Instrument Fairies*
	+ *Handy Manny: Manny's Pet Roundup*
* October 14 - *Little Einsteins: The Christmas Wish*

## Character Debuts

### Disney

* February 1 - Ben Baxter, Mrs. Johnson
* February 2 - Vivian Garcia-Shapiro, Dave and Rick
* February 3 -
* February 4 - Baljeet Tjinder, Evander Holyfield
* February 5 - Lawrence Fletcher
* February 8 - Vanessa Doofenshmirtz
* February 9 - Sassy Miss K
* February 10 - Mindy, Tammy Bennett, Andy Bennett, Donnie Bennett, Balthazar Horowitz
* February 17 - Charlene Doofenshmirtz, Bridgette Oshinomi, Dr. Hirano
* February 23 - Betty Jo Flynn, Clyde Flynn
* February 29 - Joe Johnson
* March 1 - Carl Karl, Dr. Feelbetter (Phineas and Ferb), Peter the Panda, Teenage Guy (Phineas and Ferb)
* March 8 - Danny (Phineas and Ferb), Bobbi Fabulous, Sherman (Phineas and Ferb), Johnny, Grant, Lacie
* March 23 - Roger Doofenshmirtz
* April 19 - Cindy, Pinhead Pierre actress
* May 24 - Suzy Johnson, Hildegard Johnson, Coltrane, Jeremy's unnamed drummer
* June 7 - Biff
* June 14 - Reginald Fletcher, Winifred Fletcher, Charles Pipping IV
* August 2 - Dana
* August 10 - Dr. Victor Smith
* September 15 - Drew Bennett
* September 30 - Tammy Bennett Jr.
* October 17 - Beppo Brown, Dr. Gevaarlijk
* December 5 - Fräulein

## Previous/Next Years

* Previous Year: 2007
* Next Year: 2009