Disney Channel is a cable network owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its first broadcast was on April 18, 1983, as a 16-hour-a-day pay cable channel. It soon changed to a 24-hour-a-day channel in 1986, and in 1997 became a basic cable channel.
A companion network to Disney Channel is Disney Junior, which is also the name of a programming block on Disney Channel (previously known as Playhouse Disney).
Original programming[]
Henson/Muppet productions that first aired in the U.S. on Disney Channel
- Mother Goose Stories
- The Secret Life of Toys
- Muppets Tonight season two
- Bear in the Big Blue House
- Breakfast with Bear
- Studio DC: Almost Live (2 specials)
- Muppisodes
- Muppet Babies (2018)
Appearances[]
Series[]
Specials[]
Shorts and interstitals[]
- Behind the Ears Preview
- Channel identification bumpers
- Disney Channel on the Set
- Disney 365
- Mike's Super Short Show
- Movie Star Secrets
- Movie Surfers
- Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
Rebroadcast programs[]
- A Christmas Together
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
- Big Bird in China
- Big Bird in Japan
- Buddy
- The Dark Crystal
- Dinosaurs
- Don't Eat the Pictures
- The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
- Fraggle Rock
- Fraggle Rock (animated)
- The Frog Prince
- The Great Muppet Caper
- Hey Cinderella!
- Labyrinth
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- The Muppet Movie
- Muppet Treasure Island
- The Muppets (2011)
- The Muppets at Walt Disney World
- The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
- Muppets from Space
- Muppets Haunted Mansion
- The Muppets Take Manhattan
- Muppets Tonight, season 1
- Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
- The Witches
- Notes
- On April 28, 1995, the channel aired The Muppets at Walt Disney World, The Muppet Movie, and The Great Muppet Caper as part of its "Tripple Feature Friday" marathon.[1]
Sources[]
- ↑ The Disney Channel Magazine, April/May 1995 issue