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Disney-Kellogg Alliance
Network	Syndication
Launched	September 10, 1990
Closed	August 29, 1997 (as The Disney Afternoon); August 1999 (without on-air branding)
Country of origin	United States
Owner	Buena Vista Television
Formerly known as	The Disney Afternoon
Sister network	Disney's One Saturday Morning & Disney's One Too
Format	Animated weekday
Running time	TDA: 2 hrs; DKA: 1.5 hrs.

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The Disney Afternoon (later known internally as the Disney-Kellogg Alliance when unbranded), sometimes abbreviated as TDA, was a created-for-syndication two-hour programming block of animated television series. It was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and distributed through its syndication affiliate Buena Vista Television. Each show from the block has aired reruns on Disney Channel and Toon Disney. Disney Channel reaired four shows (Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin, DuckTales, and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers) on "Block Party," a two-hour block that aired on weekdays in the late afternoon/early evening.^[1]

The Disney Afternoon's block had four half-hour segments, each of which contained an animated series. As each season ended, the lineup would shift - the remaining three would move up a time slot and a new show would be added to the end. The Disney Afternoon itself featured unique animated segments consisting of its opening and "wrappers" around the cartoon shows.

The Disney Afternoon originally ran from September 10, 1990, to August 29, 1997. For the 1997 and 1998 television seasons, it lost its name but was known internally as Disney-Kellogg Alliance, and shortened to 90 minutes. This version was followed by its gradual replacement by Disney's One Too for UPN in 1999. Some of the shows also aired on Saturday mornings on ABC and CBS, concurrently with their original syndicated runs on The Disney Afternoon.

Goof Troop is the only show to reach the 2000s, with the 2000 direct-to-video finale An Extremely Goofy Movie. The 2010s and 2020s saw revivals of some shows such as DuckTales as a reboot on Disney Channel (and Disney XD), and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers with a live-action animation hybrid film on Disney+. In 2023, a reboot for TaleSpin and a live-action series for Gargoyles were reported to be in development for Disney+.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Background

The Disney Afternoon goes back to Michael Eisner becoming Disney's CEO in 1984 and his push into steady animated television production, which would be based on new characters to bring in new young fans, with a newly launched TV animation department. He set up a Sunday meeting at his house consisting of creatives. They included Tad Stones from feature animation and Jymn Magon and Gary Kriesel from the music division. Mickey and the Space Pirates was pitched by Stones, but was turned down because Mickey Mouse is the company symbol. Stones also pitched a Rescuers TV series – the sequel was already under development at the time.^[5] Eisner suggested the Gummy bear as a series, given his kids liked the candy.^[6] Disney Television Animation's first two shows, The Wuzzles and Adventures of the Gummi Bears, were sold to two networks, CBS and NBC, respectively, for their Saturday morning cartoon blocks.^[7]

History

The Disney Afternoon

DuckTales, the series which would serve as the launching pad for what would become The Disney Afternoon, premiered in first-run syndication in the fall of 1987. Two years later in the fall of 1989, DuckTales was joined by Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, and both series were being offered in syndication as an hour-long program block. The Disney Afternoon kept these shows, added Gummi Bears and TaleSpin,^[5] and premiered on September 10, 1990, via Disney's syndication arm Buena Vista Television.^[8]

DuckTales had been airing on many affiliates of the then-young Fox network and its group of owned-and-operated stations, including KTTV in Los Angeles; this may have been due to the fact that the Walt Disney Company's chief operating officer at the time, Michael Eisner, and his then-Fox counterpart, Barry Diller, had worked together previously at ABC and at Paramount Pictures.^[9] However, as Chip 'n Dale was being launched, Disney was in the process of purchasing Los Angeles independent station KHJ-TV from RKO General. Through Buena Vista Television, Disney opted to reclaim the Los Angeles broadcast rights for DuckTales and moved it from KTTV to be paired with Chip 'n Dale on its newly purchased station, which was renamed KCAL-TV in December 1989. Furious at the breach of contract, Diller pulled DuckTales from all of Fox's other owned-and-operated stations in the fall of 1989. Diller also encouraged the network's affiliates to do the same,^[10] though most did not initially. This caused the retaliatory formation of Fox Kids.^[5] (Ironically, most of the assets of Fox Kids would be bought by Disney in 2001 via their acquisition of Fox Family Worldwide.)

As the years went on, new shows would be added at the end of the block, with the oldest shows being dropped from the lineup. The 1991–92 season, for instance, saw Gummi Bears' removal, and Darkwing Duck being added to the end. After DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale, and TaleSpin were removed from The Disney Afternoon, they continued to rerun in syndication separately from the block until 1995.

By the fifth season in 1994, the block had removed its original four shows and undergone a makeover, with the primary branding being the block's initials, TDA. At this point, the original idea of shows being added and removed yearly was dropped, as both new and old shows were now stripped all week, or only aired on certain days.^[11] The lineup at this point included Aladdin, Goof Troop and Darkwing Duck stripped,^[5] while one daily slot was split between The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show and Gargoyles, book-ending three days a week of Bonkers.

The Disney Channel developed a similar programming block called "Block Party", which premiered on October 2, 1995 (airing concurrently with TDA's sixth season) and was similarly scheduled and stripped with the early Disney Afternoon series of Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin, DuckTales, and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.^[1]^[11]

Disney-Kellogg's Alliance

By August 1996, owing to decreasing business in the syndicated children's television market due to new competitors such as the cable networks Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, and the new networks The WB and UPN with having children's blocks of their own, Buena Vista agreed with the Leo Burnett agency to market and distribute a revamped version of the block for the 1997–98 and 1998–99 television seasons. Buena Vista established a partnership with Leo Burnett and Kellogg's—who had been a major sponsor of The Disney Afternoon—to purchase an amount of dedicated advertising inventory.^[12] The new block did not carry any blanket branding, but was referred to internally as the "Disney-Kellogg Alliance."^[13]

With the September 1, 1997, season started, the block dropped The Disney Afternoon name, a half-hour from the stripped block and the Gargoyles series. Moving to the Disney Channel were Disney's Aladdin and The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa. 101 Dalmatians, which was shared with ABC's Disney's One Saturday Morning (which broadcast their own set of episodes), premiered on the block. Mighty Ducks and Quack Pack reruns shared the second slot in a Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays through Fridays, split respectively. DuckTales repeats filled the third half-hour slot, with flexibility for the local station to air it at other times.^[14]^[15]

In 1998, Disney reached a deal to program a new children's block for UPN, Disney's One Too, as a replacement for that network's internal UPN Kids block. The syndicated block ran until the debut of One Too on September 6, 1999.^[13]^[16]^[17]

International broadcasts

In Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the city's then-independent TV station ITV (now Global Edmonton) produced its own version of The Disney Afternoon over roughly the same period as the American block, but only once per week in a two-hour block on Saturday afternoons, though using the same cartoon lineup as the American weekday block. Apart from the animated introduction, the block did not use any Disney-produced wrapper segments, but instead used locally produced live-action segments between programs with host Mike Sobel.^[18]

In Denmark, DR1 started its version of the block ("Disney Sjov") on October 25, 1991. It aired every Friday night and would consist of two half-hour shows along with two classic cartoons, all within one commercial-free hour. The block ended on December 30, 2022, in favor of locally produced Nordic children's programming.^[19]

Shows

Over the years, the block featured the following shows:^[8]^[20]


Series	Block run	Other network(s)
Adventures of the Gummi Bears	1990–91^[a]	NBC; ABC
DuckTales^[b]	1990–92;^[a] 1997–99	—
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers	1990–93^[a]	The Disney Channel
TaleSpin	1990–94^[a]	The Disney Channel
Darkwing Duck	1991–95; 1996–97	The Disney Channel; ABC
Goof Troop	1992–96	The Disney Channel; ABC
Bonkers	1993–96	The Disney Channel
Aladdin	1994–97	The Disney Channel; CBS
Gargoyles	1994–97	ABC
The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show	1995	—
The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa	1995–97	CBS; Toon Disney
Quack Pack^[b]	1996–98	—
Mighty Ducks^[b]	1996–98	ABC
101 Dalmatians: The Series^[b]	1997–98
Hercules^[b]	1998–99
Disney's Doug^[b]	1998–99

Adaptations

Comic books

The block was adapted into comic books, films and launched the Disney Adventures magazine.^[8]

Disney parks

Characters from the shows first appeared in Disney parks with the debut of Mickey's Birthdayland in the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World. In 1990, the characters got a daily show, "Mickey's Magical TV World", which lasted until 1996.^[8]

The popularity of The Disney Afternoon led to a temporary attraction at Disneyland in Fantasyland called "Disney Afternoon Avenue." Disney Afternoon Avenue was a feature of Disneyland from March 15 to November 10, 1991.^[21] Two attractions were also made over to match series from the block.^[8]

Video games

Many of The Disney Afternoon shows were adapted into video games.

Main title/alternate title	Developer	Publisher	Regions released	Release date	Players	Console(s)
DuckTales	Capcom		JP, NA, EU	September 14, 1989	1	NES, Game Boy
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers	Capcom		JP, NA, EU	June 8, 1990	2	NES
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers	Tiger Electronics		NA	1990	1	Handheld electronic game
DuckTales: The Quest for Gold	Incredible Technologies, Sierra On-Line	Walt Disney Computer Software		December 31, 1990		Amiga, Apple II, C64, MS-DOS, Windows, Mac OS 8
DuckTales	Tiger Electronics			1990		Handheld electronic game
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: The Adventures in Nimnul's Castle	Hi Tech Expressions	Walt Disney Computer Software		March 1, 1990		IBM PC
TaleSpin	Tiger Electronics			1990		Handheld electronic game
TaleSpin	Capcom		NA, EU	December 1991		NES, Game Boy
TaleSpin	NEC			1991		TurboGrafx-16
TaleSpin	Sega			1992		Genesis, Game Gear
Darkwing Duck	Capcom			June 1992		NES, Game Boy
Darkwing Duck	Turbo Technologies		NA	1992		TG16
Darkwing Duck	Tiger Electronics		NA	1992		Handheld electronic game
DuckTales 2	Capcom		JP, NA, EU	April 23, 1993		NES, Game Boy
Goof Troop	Capcom		JP, NA, EU	July 11, 1993	2	SNES
Goof Troop	Tiger Electronics		NA	1993	1	Handheld electronic game
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2	Capcom		JP, NA, EU	1993	2	NES
Bonkers	Capcom		JP, NA, EU	December 15, 1994	1	SNES
Bonkers	Sega		NA, EU	October 1, 1994		Genesis
Bonkers: Wax Up!	Sega		BR	February 4, 1995		Game Gear, Master System
Gargoyles	Buena Vista Interactive	Disney Interactive	NA	May 15, 1995		Genesis
Gargoyles	Tiger Electronics			1995		Handheld electronic game
Mighty Ducks	Tiger Electronics			1996		Handheld electronic game
Mighty Ducks Pinball Slam	Walt Disney Company			1998		Arcade
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers	Dinamic Pixels			2010		Mobile Phone
Darkwing Duck	Iricom			2010		Mobile Phone
DuckTales: Scrooge's Loot	Disney Mobile	Disney Interactive		July 26, 2013		iOS, Android
DuckTales: Remastered^[8]	Capcom, WayForward Technologies	Capcom, Disney Interactive	JP, NA, EU	August 13, 2013		Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, iOS, Android
The Disney Afternoon Collection	Capcom, Digital Eclipse	Capcom	NA, EU	April 18, 2017	2	PS4, Xbox One, Windows
Gargoyles Remastered	Empty Clip Studios	Disney Games	NA, EU	October 19, 2023	1	PS4, Xbox One, Windows, Xbox Series X and Series S, Switch

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Aired episodes before joining the block
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Aired under the Disney-Kellogg Alliance

References

^ ^a ^b "Block Party: Four Disney Animated Series." The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 13, no. 5, October/November 1995: p. 36.
^ ""It's been in the planning stages for a while"". Twitter. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
^ Kit, Borys (October 16, 2023). "Gary Dauberman, James Wan's Atomic Monster Tackling Live-Action 'Gargoyles' For Disney+ (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
^ Otterson, Joe (October 16, 2023). "'Gargoyles' Live-Action Series Reboot in the Works at Disney+ From Gary Dauberman, James Wan's Atomic Monster". Variety. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Zakarin, Jordan (November 1, 2018). "Life is like a hurricane: An oral history of the Disney Afternoon". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
^ Bentley, Rick (November 19, 2014). "Disney TV Animation Is 30 Years Old, and It's Going Strong". Valley News. The Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
^ FRIENDLY, DAVID T. (July 28, 1985). "Team Disney--Flying High in Burbank". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Metevia, Thomas (April 8, 2019). "How well do you remember 'The Disney Afternoon'?". WKMG. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
^ James B. Stewart (2005). Disney War. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-6848-0993-1.
^ Michael Cieply (February 22, 1990). "Disney, Fox Clash Over Children's TV Programming". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Life is Like a Hurricane: A Brief History of the Disney Afternoon". Oh My Disney. Disney. April 24, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^ "Disney Takes Kellogg Clout To Stations". Ad Age. June 6, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Hontz, Jenny (January 20, 1998). "Disney kids to play UPN". Variety. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
^ "Tooning in the Fall Season". Animation World Magazine. 2 (6). September 1997. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
^ Hontz, Jenny (January 21, 1998). "Disney kids to play UPN". Variety. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
^ "It's Show Time! The Fall TV Preview". Animation World Magazine. 4 (6): 4. September 1999. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
^ Chris Pursell (July 19, 1999). "Mouse brands UPN kidvid". Variety. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
^ "Personalities: Mike Sobel". GlobalTVEdmonton.com. Shaw Media. May 26, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
^ "Disney Sjov lukker efter 31 år". DR (in Danish). November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
^ "7 'The Disney Afternoon' cartoons today's kids are missing". ABC13 Houston. October 4, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
^ Strodder, Chris (2008). The Disneyland Encyclopedia. pp. 130, 137. Retrieved November 13, 2015 – via Chronology of Disneyland Theme Park 1990-1999.

External links

Disney Afternoon vs. Tiny Toons (1989) (first nine pages of publicity packet touting The Disney Afternoon over syndication offerings of Warner Bros.)

[Joined_the_block-21] Aired episodes before joining the block

[Kellogg-22] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Aired under the Disney-Kellogg Alliance

[October/November_1995-1] "Block Party: Four Disney Animated Series." The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 13, no. 5, October/November 1995: p. 36.

[2] ""It's been in the planning stages for a while"". Twitter. Retrieved June 11, 2023.

[3] Kit, Borys (October 16, 2023). "Gary Dauberman, James Wan's Atomic Monster Tackling Live-Action 'Gargoyles' For Disney+ (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 16, 2023.

[4] Otterson, Joe (October 16, 2023). "'Gargoyles' Live-Action Series Reboot in the Works at Disney+ From Gary Dauberman, James Wan's Atomic Monster". Variety. Retrieved October 16, 2023.

[sf-5] Zakarin, Jordan (November 1, 2018). "Life is like a hurricane: An oral history of the Disney Afternoon". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

[fbee-6] Bentley, Rick (November 19, 2014). "Disney TV Animation Is 30 Years Old, and It's Going Strong". Valley News. The Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2015.

[7] FRIENDLY, DAVID T. (July 28, 1985). "Team Disney--Flying High in Burbank". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

[co-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Metevia, Thomas (April 8, 2019). "How well do you remember 'The Disney Afternoon'?". WKMG. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

[Stewart-9] James B. Stewart (2005). Disney War. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-6848-0993-1.

[disney-10] Michael Cieply (February 22, 1990). "Disney, Fox Clash Over Children's TV Programming". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 11, 2011.

[omd-11] "Life is Like a Hurricane: A Brief History of the Disney Afternoon". Oh My Disney. Disney. April 24, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

[adage-kelloggs-12] "Disney Takes Kellogg Clout To Stations". Ad Age. June 6, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2015.

[upn-disneyblock-13] Hontz, Jenny (January 20, 1998). "Disney kids to play UPN". Variety. Retrieved March 30, 2015.

[awm-14] "Tooning in the Fall Season". Animation World Magazine. 2 (6). September 1997. Retrieved March 30, 2015.

[15] Hontz, Jenny (January 21, 1998). "Disney kids to play UPN". Variety. Retrieved March 3, 2022.

[16] "It's Show Time! The Fall TV Preview". Animation World Magazine. 4 (6): 4. September 1999. Retrieved March 30, 2015.

[17] Chris Pursell (July 19, 1999). "Mouse brands UPN kidvid". Variety. Retrieved August 17, 2009.

[18] "Personalities: Mike Sobel". GlobalTVEdmonton.com. Shaw Media. May 26, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2012.

[19] "Disney Sjov lukker efter 31 år". DR (in Danish). November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

[abc13-20] "7 'The Disney Afternoon' cartoons today's kids are missing". ABC13 Houston. October 4, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

[tde-23] Strodder, Chris (2008). The Disneyland Encyclopedia. pp. 130, 137. Retrieved November 13, 2015 – via Chronology of Disneyland Theme Park 1990-1999.

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-'''The Disney Afternoon''' (later known internally as the '''Disney-Kellogg Alliance''' when unbranded), sometimes abbreviated as '''TDA''', was a created-for-[[Broadcast syndication|syndication]] two-hour [[programming block]] of animated television series. It was produced by [[Disney Television Animation|Walt Disney Television Animation]] and distributed through its syndication affiliate [[Disney–ABC Domestic Television|Buena Vista Television]]. Each show from the block has aired reruns on [[Disney Channel]] and [[Toon Disney]]. Disney Channel reaired four shows (''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', ''[[TaleSpin]]'', ''[[DuckTales]]'', and ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series)|Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers]]'') on "Block Party," a two-hour block that aired on weekdays in the late afternoon/early evening.<ref name="October/November 1995">"Block Party: Four Disney Animated Series." ''The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 13, no. 5, October/November 1995: p. 36.</ref>
+'''The Disney Afternoon''' (later known internally as the '''Disney-Kellogg Alliance''' when unbranded), sometimes abbreviated as '''TDA''', was a created-for-[[Broadcast syndication|syndication]] two-hour [[programming block]] of animated television series. It was produced by [[Disney Television Animation|Walt Disney Television Animation]] and distributed through its syndication affiliate [[Disney–ABC Domestic Television|Buena Vista Television]]. Each show from the block has aired reruns on [[Disney Channel]] and [[Toon Disney]]. Disney Channel reaired four shows (''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', ''[[TaleSpin]]'', ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'', and ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series)|Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers]]'') on "Block Party," a two-hour block that aired on weekdays in the late afternoon/early evening.<ref name="October/November 1995">"Block Party: Four Disney Animated Series." ''The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 13, no. 5, October/November 1995: p. 36.</ref>
 The Disney Afternoon's block had four half-hour segments, each of which contained an [[animated series]]. As each season ended, the lineup would shift - the remaining three would move up a time slot and a new show would be added to the end. The Disney Afternoon itself featured unique animated segments consisting of its opening and "wrappers" around the cartoon shows.
-The Disney Afternoon originally ran from September 10, 1990, to August 29, 1997. For the 1997 and 1998 television seasons, it lost its name but was known internally as Disney-Kellogg Alliance, shortened to 90 minutes, followed by its gradual replacement by [[Disney's One Too]] for [[UPN]] in 1999. Some of the shows also aired on Saturday mornings on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[CBS]] concurrently with their original syndicated runs on The Disney Afternoon.
+The Disney Afternoon originally ran from September 10, 1990, to August 29, 1997. For the 1997 and 1998 television seasons, it lost its name but was known internally as Disney-Kellogg Alliance, and shortened to 90 minutes. This version was followed by its gradual replacement by ''[[Disney's One Too]]'' for [[UPN]] in 1999. Some of the shows also aired on Saturday mornings on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[CBS]], concurrently with their original syndicated runs on The Disney Afternoon.
-''[[Goof Troop]]'' is the only show to reach the 2000s, with the 2000 direct-to-video finale ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]''. The 2010s and 2020s saw revivals of some shows such as [[DuckTales (2017 TV series)|''DuckTales'' as a reboot]] and ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' as a show within the reboot on [[Disney Channel]] (and [[Disney XD]]), a reboot on [[Disney+]] and ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series)|Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers]]'' with a [[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (film)|live-action animation hybrid film]] on Disney+, released in 2022. Recently a reboot for ''[[TaleSpin]]'' and a live-action series for ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'' where reported to be in development for Disney+.<ref>{{Cite web |title="It's been in the planning stages for a while" |url=https://twitter.com/Aaron_Sparrow/status/1645526261505343488 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=Twitter }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=2023-10-16 |title=Gary Dauberman, James Wan’s Atomic Monster Tackling Live-Action ‘Gargoyles’ For Disney+ (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/gargoyles-live-action-tv-show-reboot-1235342849/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2023-10-16 |title=‘Gargoyles’ Live-Action Series Reboot in the Works at Disney+ From Gary Dauberman, James Wan’s Atomic Monster |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/gargoyles-live-action-series-reboot-disney-plus-gary-dauberman-james-wans-1235758161/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
+''[[Goof Troop]]'' is the only show to reach the 2000s, with the 2000 direct-to-video finale ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]''. The 2010s and 2020s saw revivals of some shows such as [[DuckTales (2017 TV series)|''DuckTales'' as a reboot]] on [[Disney Channel]] (and [[Disney XD]]), and ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series)|Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers]]'' with a [[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (film)|live-action animation hybrid film]] on Disney+. In 2023, a reboot for ''[[TaleSpin]]'' and a live-action series for ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'' were reported to be in development for Disney+.<ref>{{Cite web |title="It's been in the planning stages for a while" |url=https://twitter.com/Aaron_Sparrow/status/1645526261505343488 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=Twitter }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=2023-10-16 |title=Gary Dauberman, James Wan's Atomic Monster Tackling Live-Action 'Gargoyles' For Disney+ (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/gargoyles-live-action-tv-show-reboot-1235342849/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2023-10-16 |title='Gargoyles' Live-Action Series Reboot in the Works at Disney+ From Gary Dauberman, James Wan's Atomic Monster |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/gargoyles-live-action-series-reboot-disney-plus-gary-dauberman-james-wans-1235758161/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
-==Background==
+== Background ==
-The Disney Afternoon goes back to [[Michael Eisner]] becoming Disney's CEO in 1984 and his push into steady animated television production, which would be based on new characters to bring in new young fans, with a newly launched TV animation department. He set up a Sunday meeting at his house days consisting of creatives. They included [[Tad Stones]] from feature animation and [[Jymn Magon]] and Gary Kriesel from the music division. ''Mickey and the Space Pirates'' was pitched by Stones, but was turned down being that [[Mickey Mouse]] is the company symbol, thus wanting to do him right. Stones also pitched a ''[[The Rescuers|Rescuers]]'' TV series – the [[The Rescuers Down Under|sequel]] was already under development at the time.<ref name="sf">{{cite news |last1=Zakarin |first1=Jordan |title=Life is like a hurricane: An oral history of the Disney Afternoon |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/disney-afternoon-oral-history-ducktales-darkwing-rescue-rangers |access-date=May 19, 2020 |work=SYFY WIRE |date=November 1, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Eisner suggested the [[Gummy bear]] as a series, given his kids liked the candy.<ref name=fbee>{{cite news|last1=Bentley|first1=Rick|title=Disney TV Animation Is 30 Years Old, and It's Going Strong|url=http://www.vnews.com/news/nation/world/14417461-95/disney-tv-animation-is-30-years-old-and-its-going-strong|access-date=April 21, 2015|work=Valley News|agency=The Fresno Bee|date=November 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093955/http://www.vnews.com/news/nation/world/14417461-95/disney-tv-animation-is-30-years-old-and-its-going-strong|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> [[Disney Television Animation]]'s first two shows, ''[[The Wuzzles]]'' and ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'', were sold to two networks, [[CBS]] and [[NBC]], respectively, for their Saturday morning cartoon blocks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=FRIENDLY |first1=DAVID T. |title=Team Disney--Flying High in Burbank |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-28-ca-5352-story.html |access-date=May 19, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 28, 1985}}</ref>
+The Disney Afternoon goes back to [[Michael Eisner]] becoming Disney's CEO in 1984 and his push into steady animated television production, which would be based on new characters to bring in new young fans, with a newly launched TV animation department. He set up a Sunday meeting at his house consisting of creatives. They included [[Tad Stones]] from feature animation and [[Jymn Magon]] and Gary Kriesel from the music division. ''Mickey and the Space Pirates'' was pitched by Stones, but was turned down because [[Mickey Mouse]] is the company symbol. Stones also pitched a ''[[The Rescuers|Rescuers]]'' TV series – the [[The Rescuers Down Under|sequel]] was already under development at the time.<ref name="sf">{{cite news |last1=Zakarin |first1=Jordan |title=Life is like a hurricane: An oral history of the Disney Afternoon |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/disney-afternoon-oral-history-ducktales-darkwing-rescue-rangers |access-date=May 19, 2020 |work=SYFY WIRE |date=November 1, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Eisner suggested the [[Gummy bear]] as a series, given his kids liked the candy.<ref name=fbee>{{cite news|last1=Bentley|first1=Rick|title=Disney TV Animation Is 30 Years Old, and It's Going Strong|url=https://www.vnews.com/news/nation/world/14417461-95/disney-tv-animation-is-30-years-old-and-its-going-strong|access-date=April 21, 2015|work=Valley News|agency=The Fresno Bee|date=November 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093955/http://www.vnews.com/news/nation/world/14417461-95/disney-tv-animation-is-30-years-old-and-its-going-strong|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> [[Disney Television Animation]]'s first two shows, ''[[The Wuzzles]]'' and ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'', were sold to two networks, [[CBS]] and [[NBC]], respectively, for their Saturday morning cartoon blocks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=FRIENDLY |first1=DAVID T. |title=Team Disney--Flying High in Burbank |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-28-ca-5352-story.html |access-date=May 19, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 28, 1985}}</ref>
-==History==
+== History ==
 === The Disney Afternoon ===
-''[[DuckTales]]'', the series which would serve as the launching pad for what would become ''The Disney Afternoon'', premiered in first-run syndication in the fall of 1987. Two years later in the fall of 1989, ''DuckTales'' was joined by ''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'', and both series were being offered in syndication as an hour-long program block. ''The Disney Afternoon'' kept these shows, added ''Gummi Bears'' and ''[[TaleSpin]]'',<ref name="sf" /> and premiered on September 10, 1990, via Disney's syndication arm [[Disney–ABC Domestic Television|Buena Vista Television]].<ref name="co">{{cite news |last1=Metevia |first1=Thomas |title=How well do you remember 'The Disney Afternoon'? |url=https://www.clickorlando.com/quiz/2019/04/08/how-well-do-you-remember-the-disney-afternoon/ |access-date=May 19, 2020 |work=WKMG |date=April 8, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
+''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'', the series which would serve as the launching pad for what would become ''The Disney Afternoon'', premiered in first-run syndication in the fall of 1987. Two years later in the fall of 1989, ''DuckTales'' was joined by ''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'', and both series were being offered in syndication as an hour-long program block. ''The Disney Afternoon'' kept these shows, added ''Gummi Bears'' and ''[[TaleSpin]]'',<ref name="sf" /> and premiered on September 10, 1990, via Disney's syndication arm [[Disney–ABC Domestic Television|Buena Vista Television]].<ref name="co">{{cite news |last1=Metevia |first1=Thomas |title=How well do you remember 'The Disney Afternoon'? |url=https://www.clickorlando.com/quiz/2019/04/08/how-well-do-you-remember-the-disney-afternoon/ |access-date=May 19, 2020 |work=WKMG |date=April 8, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
-''DuckTales'' had been airing on many affiliates of the then-young [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network and its group of [[Fox Television Stations|owned-and-operated stations]], including [[KTTV]] in [[Los Angeles]]; this may have been due to the fact that [[the Walt Disney Company]]'s [[chief operating officer]] at the time, [[Michael Eisner]], and his then-[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] counterpart, [[Barry Diller]], had worked together previously at [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and at [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref name="Stewart">{{cite book|author=James B. Stewart|url=https://archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0/page/94|title=Disney War|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|year=2005|isbn=0-6848-0993-1|location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0/page/94 94–95]|url-access=registration}}</ref> However, as ''Chip 'n Dale'' was being launched, Disney was in the process of purchasing Los Angeles [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] KHJ-TV from [[RKO General]]. Through Buena Vista Television, Disney opted to reclaim the Los Angeles broadcast rights for ''DuckTales'' and moved it from KTTV to be paired with ''Chip 'n Dale'' on its newly-purchased station, which was renamed [[KCAL-TV]] in December 1989. Furious at the [[breach of contract]], Diller pulled ''DuckTales'' from all of Fox's other owned-and-operated stations in the fall of 1989. Diller also encouraged the network's affiliates to do the same,<ref name="disney">{{cite news|author=Michael Cieply|date=February 22, 1990|title=Disney, Fox Clash Over Children's TV Programming|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-22/business/fi-1569_1_fox-affiliate/|access-date=May 11, 2011}}</ref> though most did not initially. This caused the retaliatory formation of [[Fox Kids]].<ref name="sf"/> (Ironically, most of the assets of Fox Kids would be bought by Disney in 2001 via their acquisition of [[ABC Family Worldwide|Fox Family Worldwide]].)
+''DuckTales'' had been airing on many affiliates of the then-young [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network and its group of [[Fox Television Stations|owned-and-operated stations]], including [[KTTV]] in [[Los Angeles]]; this may have been due to the fact that [[the Walt Disney Company]]'s [[chief operating officer]] at the time, [[Michael Eisner]], and his then-[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] counterpart, [[Barry Diller]], had worked together previously at [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and at [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref name="Stewart">{{cite book|author=James B. Stewart|url=https://archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0/page/94|title=Disney War|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|year=2005|isbn=0-6848-0993-1|location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0/page/94 94–95]|url-access=registration}}</ref> However, as ''Chip 'n Dale'' was being launched, Disney was in the process of purchasing Los Angeles [[independent station]] KHJ-TV from [[RKO General]]. Through Buena Vista Television, Disney opted to reclaim the Los Angeles broadcast rights for ''DuckTales'' and moved it from KTTV to be paired with ''Chip 'n Dale'' on its newly purchased station, which was renamed [[KCAL-TV]] in December 1989. Furious at the [[breach of contract]], Diller pulled ''DuckTales'' from all of Fox's other owned-and-operated stations in the fall of 1989. Diller also encouraged the network's affiliates to do the same,<ref name="disney">{{cite news|author=Michael Cieply|date=February 22, 1990|title=Disney, Fox Clash Over Children's TV Programming|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-22-fi-1569-story.html|access-date=May 11, 2011}}</ref> though most did not initially. This caused the retaliatory formation of [[Fox Kids]].<ref name="sf"/> (Ironically, most of the assets of Fox Kids would be bought by Disney in 2001 via their acquisition of [[ABC Family Worldwide|Fox Family Worldwide]].)
-As the years went on, new shows would be added at the end of the block, with the oldest shows being dropped from the lineup. The 1991–92 season, for instance, saw ''Gummi Bears''<nowiki/>' removal, and ''Darkwing Duck'' being added to the end. After ''DuckTales'', ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'', and ''TaleSpin'' were removed from the block in 1992, 1993 and 1994 respectively, and they were replaced by ''[[Goof Troop]]'', ''[[Bonkers (American TV series)|Bonkers]]'', ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'', and ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'' as those shows continued to rerun in syndication until 1996.
+As the years went on, new shows would be added at the end of the block, with the oldest shows being dropped from the lineup. The 1991–92 season, for instance, saw ''Gummi Bears''<nowiki/>' removal, and ''Darkwing Duck'' being added to the end. After ''DuckTales'', ''Chip 'n Dale'', and ''TaleSpin'' were removed from ''The Disney Afternoon'', they continued to rerun in syndication separately from the block until 1995.
-By the fifth season in 1994, the block had undergone a makeover, with the primary branding being the block's initials, ''TDA''. At this point, the original idea of shows being added and removed yearly was dropped, as both new and old shows were now stripped all week, or only aired on certain days.<ref name="omd">{{cite web |title=Life is Like a Hurricane: A Brief History of the Disney Afternoon |url=https://ohmy.disney.com/insider/2016/04/24/life-is-like-a-hurricane-a-brief-history-of-the-disney-afternoon/ |website=Oh My Disney |publisher=Disney |access-date=June 29, 2020 |date=24 April 2016}}</ref> The original four shows were gone from the line up by the 1995–1996 season. The lineup at this point included ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'' ''[[Goof Troop]]'' and ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' stripped,<ref name="sf" /> while one daily slot was split between ''The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show'' and ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'', book-ending three days a week of ''[[Bonkers (American TV series)|Bonkers]]''.
+By the fifth season in 1994, the block had removed its original four shows and undergone a makeover, with the primary branding being the block's initials, ''TDA''. At this point, the original idea of shows being added and removed yearly was dropped, as both new and old shows were now stripped all week, or only aired on certain days.<ref name="omd">{{cite web |title=Life is Like a Hurricane: A Brief History of the Disney Afternoon |url=https://ohmy.disney.com/insider/2016/04/24/life-is-like-a-hurricane-a-brief-history-of-the-disney-afternoon/ |website=Oh My Disney |publisher=Disney |access-date=June 29, 2020 |date=24 April 2016}}</ref> The lineup at this point included ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[Goof Troop]]'' and ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' stripped,<ref name="sf" /> while one daily slot was split between ''The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show'' and ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'', book-ending three days a week of ''[[Bonkers (American TV series)|Bonkers]]''.
 [[Disney Channel|The Disney Channel]] developed a similar programming block called "Block Party", which premiered on October 2, 1995 (airing concurrently with TDA's sixth season) and was similarly scheduled and stripped with the early Disney Afternoon series of ''Darkwing Duck'', ''TaleSpin'', ''DuckTales'', and ''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers''.<ref name="October/November 1995"/><ref name="omd" />
 === Disney-Kellogg's Alliance ===
-By August 1996, owing to decreasing business in the syndicated children's television market due to new competitors such as the cable networks [[Cartoon Network]] and [[Nickelodeon]], and the new networks [[The WB]] and [[UPN]] with having children's blocks of their own, Buena Vista agreed with the [[Leo Burnett Worldwide|Leo Burnett agency]] to market and distribute a revamped version of the block for the 1997–98 and 1998–99 television seasons. Buena Vista established a partnership with Leo Burnett and [[Kellogg's]]—who had been a major sponsor of The Disney Afternoon, to purchase an amount of dedicated advertising inventory.<ref name=adage-kelloggs>{{cite web|title=Disney Takes Kellogg Clout To Stations|url=http://adage.com/article/news/disney-takes-kellogg-clout-stations/84878/|website=Ad Age|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref> The new block did not carry any blanket branding, but was referred to internally as the "Disney-Kellogg Alliance."<ref name="upn-disneyblock"/>
+By August 1996, owing to decreasing business in the syndicated children's television market due to new competitors such as the cable networks [[Cartoon Network]] and [[Nickelodeon]], and the new networks [[The WB]] and [[UPN]] with having children's blocks of their own, Buena Vista agreed with the [[Leo Burnett Worldwide|Leo Burnett agency]] to market and distribute a revamped version of the block for the 1997–98 and 1998–99 television seasons. Buena Vista established a partnership with Leo Burnett and [[Kellogg's]]—who had been a major sponsor of The Disney Afternoon—to purchase an amount of dedicated advertising inventory.<ref name=adage-kelloggs>{{cite web|title=Disney Takes Kellogg Clout To Stations|url=https://adage.com/article/news/disney-takes-kellogg-clout-stations/84878|website=Ad Age|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref> The new block did not carry any blanket branding, but was referred to internally as the "Disney-Kellogg Alliance."<ref name="upn-disneyblock"/>
-With the September 1, 1997, season started, the block dropped ''The Disney Afternoon'' name, a half-hour from the stripped block and the ''Gargoyles'' series. Moving to the [[Disney Channel]] were ''Disney's Aladdin'' and The Lion King's ''Timon & Pumbaa''. ''[[101 Dalmatians: The Series|101 Dalmatians]]'', which was shared with ABC's ''Disney's One Saturday Morning'' (which broadcast their own set of episodes), premiered on the block. ''Mighty Ducks'' and ''Quack Pack'' reruns shared the second slot in a Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays through Fridays, split respectively. ''DuckTales'' repeats filled the third half-hour slot, with flexibility for the local station to air it at other times.<ref name=awm>{{cite journal|title=Tooning in the Fall Season|journal=Animation World Magazine|date=September 1997|volume=2|issue=6|url=http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.6/2.6pages/2.6tooningin.html|access-date=March 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hontz |first=Jenny |date=1998-01-21 |title=Disney kids to play UPN |url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/disney-kids-to-play-upn-1117466892/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
+With the September 1, 1997, season started, the block dropped ''The Disney Afternoon'' name, a half-hour from the stripped block and the ''Gargoyles'' series. Moving to the [[Disney Channel]] were ''Disney's Aladdin'' and The Lion King's ''Timon & Pumbaa''. ''[[101 Dalmatians: The Series|101 Dalmatians]]'', which was shared with ABC's ''Disney's One Saturday Morning'' (which broadcast their own set of episodes), premiered on the block. ''Mighty Ducks'' and ''Quack Pack'' reruns shared the second slot in a Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays through Fridays, split respectively. ''DuckTales'' repeats filled the third half-hour slot, with flexibility for the local station to air it at other times.<ref name=awm>{{cite journal|title=Tooning in the Fall Season|journal=Animation World Magazine|date=September 1997|volume=2|issue=6|url=https://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.6/2.6pages/2.6tooningin.html|access-date=March 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hontz |first=Jenny |date=1998-01-21 |title=Disney kids to play UPN |url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/disney-kids-to-play-upn-1117466892/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
-In 1998, Disney reached a deal to program a new children's block for UPN, ''[[Disney's One Too]]'', as a replacement for that network's internal [[UPN Kids]] block. The syndicated block ran until the debut of ''One Too'' on September 6, 1999.<ref name="upn-disneyblock">{{cite news|last1=Hontz|first1=Jenny|title=Disney kids to play UPN|url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/disney-kids-to-play-upn-1117466892/|access-date=March 30, 2015|work=Variety|date=January 20, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=It's Show Time! The Fall TV Preview|journal= Animation World Magazine |date= September 1999|volume= 4 |issue=6|page=4 |url= http://www.awn.com/mag/issue4.06/4.06pages/amidifalltv/amidifalltv4.php3 |access-date= March 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mouse brands UPN kidvid|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117743063.html|author=Chris Pursell|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 19, 1999|access-date=August 17, 2009}}</ref>
+In 1998, Disney reached a deal to program a new children's block for UPN, ''[[Disney's One Too]]'', as a replacement for that network's internal [[UPN Kids]] block. The syndicated block ran until the debut of ''One Too'' on September 6, 1999.<ref name="upn-disneyblock">{{cite news|last1=Hontz|first1=Jenny|title=Disney kids to play UPN|url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/disney-kids-to-play-upn-1117466892/|access-date=March 30, 2015|work=Variety|date=January 20, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=It's Show Time! The Fall TV Preview|journal= Animation World Magazine |date= September 1999|volume= 4 |issue=6|page=4 |url= https://www.awn.com/mag/issue4.06/4.06pages/amidifalltv/amidifalltv4.php3 |access-date= March 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mouse brands UPN kidvid|url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/mouse-brands-upn-kidvid-1117743063/|author=Chris Pursell|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 19, 1999|access-date=August 17, 2009}}</ref>
-==International broadcasts==
+== International broadcasts ==
-In [[Edmonton, Alberta]], Canada, the city's then-independent TV station [[CITV-DT|ITV (now Global Edmonton)]] produced its own version of ''The Disney Afternoon'' over roughly the same period as the American block, but only once per week in a two-hour block on Saturday afternoons, though using the same cartoon lineup as the American weekday block. Apart from the animated introduction, the block did not use any Disney-produced wrapper segments, but instead used locally produced live-action segments between programs with host Mike Sobel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/personalities/Mike+Sobel/766983/story.html|title=Personalities: Mike Sobel|work=GlobalTVEdmonton.com|publisher=[[Shaw Media]]|date=May 26, 2011|access-date=November 19, 2012}}</ref>
+In [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], Canada, the city's then-independent TV station [[CITV-DT|ITV (now Global Edmonton)]] produced its own version of ''The Disney Afternoon'' over roughly the same period as the American block, but only once per week in a two-hour block on Saturday afternoons, though using the same cartoon lineup as the American weekday block. Apart from the animated introduction, the block did not use any Disney-produced wrapper segments, but instead used locally produced live-action segments between programs with host Mike Sobel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/personalities/Mike+Sobel/766983/story.html|title=Personalities: Mike Sobel|work=GlobalTVEdmonton.com|publisher=[[Shaw Media]]|date=May 26, 2011|access-date=November 19, 2012}}</ref>
-In Denmark, [[DR1]] started its version of the block ("Disney Sjov") on October 25, 1991. The block was ended on December 30, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Disney Sjov lukker efter 31 år |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/disney-sjov-lukker-efter-31-aar |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}</ref>
+In Denmark, [[DR1]] started its version of the block ("Disney Sjov") on October 25, 1991. It aired every Friday night and would consist of two half-hour shows along with two classic cartoons, all within one commercial-free hour. The block ended on December 30, 2022, in favor of locally produced Nordic children's programming.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Disney Sjov lukker efter 31 år |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/disney-sjov-lukker-efter-31-aar |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}</ref>
-==Shows==
+== Shows ==
 Over the years, the block featured the following shows:<ref name="co"/><ref name="abc13">{{cite news |title=7 'The Disney Afternoon' cartoons today's kids are missing |url=https://abc13.com/disney-cartoons-chip-n-dale-rescue-rangers-goof-troop/2464651/ |access-date=May 20, 2020 |work=ABC13 Houston |date=October 4, 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
 {| class="wikitable"
 |+
 |-
-! Series !! Block run !! Original Network(s)
+! Series !! Block run !! Other network(s)
 |-
 | ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]''
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 | [[NBC]]; [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
 |-
-| ''[[DuckTales]]''{{efn|name=Kellogg|Aired under the Disney-Kellogg Alliance}}
+| ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]''{{efn|name=Kellogg|Aired under the Disney-Kellogg Alliance}}
 | 1990–92;{{efn|name=Joined the block|Aired episodes before joining the block}} <br>1997–99
 |{{N/A}}
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 |}
-==Adaptations==
+== Adaptations ==
 === Comic books ===
 The block was adapted into comic books, films and launched the ''[[Disney Adventures]]'' magazine.<ref name="co" />
-=== Disney Parks ===
+=== Disney parks ===
-Characters from the shows first appeared in Disney Parks with the debut of Mickey's Birthdayland in the [[Magic Kingdom]], [[Walt Disney World]]. In 1990, the characters got a daily show, "Mickey's Magical TV World", which lasted until 1996.<ref name="co"/>
+Characters from the shows first appeared in Disney parks with the debut of Mickey's Birthdayland in the [[Magic Kingdom]], [[Walt Disney World]]. In 1990, the characters got a daily show, "Mickey's Magical TV World", which lasted until 1996.<ref name="co"/>
 The popularity of The Disney Afternoon led to a temporary attraction at [[Disneyland]] in Fantasyland called "Disney Afternoon Avenue." Disney Afternoon Avenue was a feature of Disneyland from March 15 to November 10, 1991.<ref name=tde>{{cite book|last1=Strodder|first1=Chris|title=The Disneyland Encyclopedia|date=2008|via=Chronology of Disneyland Theme Park 1990-1999|url=http://kpolsson.com/disland/dl1990.htm|pages=130, 137|access-date=November 13, 2015}}</ref> Two attractions were also made over to match series from the block.<ref name="co" />
 === Video games ===
-Many of The Disney Afternoon shows were made into video games.
+Many of ''The Disney Afternoon'' shows were adapted into video games.
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align:center;"
 |-
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 | September 14, 1989
 | 1
-|align=left| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Game Boy|GB]]
+|align=left| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Game Boy]]
 |-
 |align=left| ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (video game)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''
@@ Line 171: / Line 169: @@
 | [[Walt Disney Computer Software]]
 | December 31, 1990
-|align=left| [[Amiga]], [[Apple II series|Apple II]], [[Commodore 64]], [[DOS]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS 8]]
+|align=left| [[Amiga]], [[Apple II]], [[Commodore 64|C64]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Windows]], [[Mac OS 8]]
 |-
 |align=left| ''DuckTales''
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 | Walt Disney Computer Software
 | March 1, 1990
-|align=left| [[IBM PC compatible|PC]]
+|align=left| [[IBM PC]]
 |-
 |align=left| ''TaleSpin''
@@ Line 193: / Line 191: @@
 | rowspan="4" | NA, EU
 | December 1991
-|align=left| NES, GB
+|align=left| NES, Game Boy
 |-
 | rowspan="2" align="left" | ''[[TaleSpin (video game)|TaleSpin]]''
 | colspan="2" | [[NEC]]
 | 1991
-|align=left| [[TurboGrafx-16|TG16]]
+|align=left| [[TurboGrafx-16]]
 |-
 | colspan="2" | [[Sega]]
 | 1992
-|align=left| [[Sega Genesis|GEN]], [[Game Gear|GG]]
+|align=left| [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]], [[Game Gear]]
 |-
 |align=left| ''[[Darkwing Duck (Capcom video game)|Darkwing Duck]]''
 | colspan="2" | Capcom
 | June 1992
-|align=left| NES, GB
+|align=left| NES, Game Boy
 |-
 |align=left| ''[[Darkwing Duck (TurboGrafx-16 video game)|Darkwing Duck]]''
-| colspan="2" | [[TurboDuo|Turbo Technologies Inc.]]
+| colspan="2" | [[TurboDuo|Turbo Technologies]]
 | rowspan="2" | NA
 | rowspan="2" | 1992
@@ Line 223: / Line 221: @@
 | rowspan="2" | JP, NA, EU
 | April 23, 1993
-|align=left| NES, GB
+|align=left| NES, Game Boy
 |-
 |align=left| ''[[Goof Troop (video game)|Goof Troop]]''
@@ Line 252: / Line 250: @@
 | NA, EU
 | October 1, 1994
-|align=left| GEN
+|align=left| Genesis
 |-
 |align=left| ''[[Disney's Bonkers: Wax Up!|Bonkers: Wax Up!]]''
 | BR
 | February 4, 1995
-|align=left| GG, [[Master System|SMS]]
+|align=left| Game Gear, [[Master System]]
 |-
 |align=left| ''[[Gargoyles (video game)|Gargoyles]]''
@@ Line 264: / Line 262: @@
 | rowspan="7" | NA
 | May 15, 1995
-|align=left| GEN
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 | Capcom, [[WayForward|WayForward Technologies]]
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+| Capcom, Disney Interactive
 | JP, NA, EU
 | August 13, 2013
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-==Notes==
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-==References==
+== References ==
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-==External links==
+== External links ==
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-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100905174846/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/disney-afternoon-vs-tiny-toons-1989.html Disney Afternoon vs. Tiny Toons (1989)] (first nine pages of publicity packet touting The Disney Afternoon over syndication offerings of [[Warner Bros.]])
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100905174846/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/disney-afternoon-vs-tiny-toons-1989.html Disney Afternoon vs. Tiny Toons (1989)] (first nine pages of publicity packet touting The Disney Afternoon over syndication offerings of [[Warner Bros.]])
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-[[Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 1997]]
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v t e The Disney Afternoon
Series	Adventures of the Gummi Bears episodes DuckTales episodes Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers episodes TaleSpin episodes Darkwing Duck episodes Goof Troop episodes Bonkers episodes Aladdin episodes Gargoyles episodes The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show episodes Timon & Pumbaa episodes Quack Pack episodes Mighty Ducks episodes 101 Dalmatians episodes Hercules episodes
Related topics	Disney Channel Disney's One Saturday Morning Disney's One Too The Disney Afternoon Collection Fox Kids Kellogg's DuckTales (2017) syndicated first-run animated TV series Weekday cartoon
Buena Vista Television Disney Television Animation

v t e Former Disney Channel original programming
1980s debuts	Good Morning, Mickey! (1983–1992) Contraption (1983–1989) EPCOT Magazine (1983–1999) Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983–1986) Donald Duck Presents (1983–1985) Mousercise (1983–1996) You and Me Kid (1983–1986) Disney Family Album (1984–1986) D-TV (1984–1989) Dumbo's Circus (1985–1989) Sidekicks (1986–1987) Videopolis (1987–1989) The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (1989–1997) Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989–1990) Teen Angel (1989) Teen Angel Returns (1989)
1990s debuts	TaleSpin (1990–1991) Disney Channel in Concert (1991–1997) Darkwing Duck (1991–1992) The Secret of Lost Creek (1992) Adventures in Wonderland (1992–1995) Goof Troop (1992–1993) Donald's Quack Attack (1992–2003) Bonkers (1993–1994) Walt Disney World Inside Out (1994–1996) Aladdin: The Series (1994–1995) Gargoyles (1994–1997) Groundling Marsh (1995–1997) The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show (1995) The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa (1995–1999) Flash Forward (1995–1997) Quack Pack (1996) Mighty Ducks (1996–1997) Going Wild with Jeff Corwin (1997–1999) 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998) The Ink and Paint Club (1997–1998) Bug Juice (1998–2001) Mad Libs (1998–1999) Off the Wall (1998–1999) Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series (1998–1999) The Famous Jett Jackson (1998–2001) So Weird (1999–2001) The Jersey (1999–2004)
2000s debuts	Totally Circus (2000) Even Stevens (2000–2003) In a Heartbeat (2000–2001) Totally Hoops (2001) Lizzie McGuire (2001–2004) The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2003) The Proud Family (2001–2005) Kim Possible (2002–2007) Totally in Tune (2002) That's So Raven (2003–2007) Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003–2006) Dave the Barbarian (2004–2005) Phil of the Future (2004–2006) Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (2004–2006) American Dragon: Jake Long (2005–2007) The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2008) The Buzz on Maggie (2005–2006) The Emperor's New School (2006–2008) Hannah Montana (2006–2011) Disney Channel Games (2006–2008) The Replacements (2006–2009) Shorty McShorts' Shorts (2006–2007) Cory in the House (2007–2008) As the Bell Rings (2007–2009) Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015) Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012) Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream (2008–2010) The Suite Life on Deck (2008–2011) Cars Toons (2008–2014) Sonny with a Chance (2009–2011) Jonas (2009–2010) Have a Laugh! (2009–2012)
2010s debuts	Good Luck Charlie (2010–2014) Fish Hooks (2010–2014) Shake It Up (2010–2013) Take Two with Phineas and Ferb (2010–2011) A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014) So Random! (2011–2012) PrankStars (2011) Jessie (2011–2015) Austin & Ally (2011–2016) Gravity Falls (2012–2016) Code: 9 (2012) Dog with a Blog (2012–2015) Wander Over Yonder (2013–2016) Liv and Maddie (2013–2017) Mickey Mouse (2013–2019) I Didn't Do It (2014–2015) Win, Lose or Draw (2014) Girl Meets World (2014–2017) K.C. Undercover (2015–2018) Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015–2019) Best Friends Whenever (2015–2016) Descendants: School of Secrets (2015) Bunk'd (2015–2024) Descendants: Wicked World (2015–2017) Stuck in the Middle (2016–2018) Walk the Prank (2016) Bizaardvark (2016–2019) Elena of Avalor (2016–2018) Milo Murphy's Law (2016–2019) Mech-X4 (2016–2018) Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017–2020) Andi Mack (2017–2019) Raven's Home (2017–2023) DuckTales (2017–2021) Big Hero 6: The Series (2017–2021) Bug Juice: My Adventures at Camp (2018) Star Wars Resistance (2018–2020) Coop & Cami Ask the World (2018–2020) Sydney to the Max (2019–2021) Fast Layne (2019) Just Roll with It (2019–2021) Amphibia (2019–2022) Gabby Duran & the Unsittables (2019–2021)
2020s debuts	The Owl House (2020–2023) Disney Fam Jam (2020) Secrets of Sulphur Springs (2021–2023) Disney's Magic Bake-Off (2021) The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021–2024) The Villains of Valley View (2022–2023) Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion (2022) Saturdays (2023) Hailey's On It! (2023–2024) Pretty Freekin Scary (2023)
See also	25 Days of Christmas The Disney Afternoon Current original series Disney Channel Storytellers Disney Television Animation It's a Laugh Productions

v t e Former children's television blocks in the United States
ABC	Disney's One Saturday Morning / ABC Kids
Cartoon Network	Acme Hour Cartoon Cartoons Cartoon Planet¹ Toonami¹ Tickle-U DC Nation
CBS	CBS Kidz / Think CBS Kids / CBS Kidshow Nick / Nick Jr. on CBS KOL Secret Slumber Party / KEWLopolis / Cookie Jar TV
The WB / UPN / The CW	Disney's One Too Kids' WB Toonami on Kids' WB Pillow Head Hour The CW4Kids / Toonzai UPN Kids Vortexx
Fox	Fox Kids Fox Box / 4Kids TV
Nickelodeon	Nickelodeon Rewind NickRewind (TeenNick) Nick in the Afternoon SNICK Nick Saturdays TEENick
Syndication	Amazin' Adventures / Bohbot Kids Network / Bulldog TV BKN Kids II DIC Kids Network / Incredible World of DIC / Cookie Jar Kids Network Disney Afternoon Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera KidsClick Marvel Action Universe Hour
NBC	Discovery Kids on NBC NBC Kids Qubo TNBC
PBS	PTV PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch PBS Kids Go!
Telemundo	Nickelodeon en Telemundo Qubo Telemundo Infantil Telemundo Kids Telemuñequitos
Univision	Chispavision Disney Junior en Univision Giorgiomania La Piñata Loca Platavision Univision Infantiles Univision y Los Niños ¡De Cabeza!
UniMás	Mi Tele Toonturama Junior
Grouped	Freeform ABC Family Action Block Jetix Toon Disney Marvel Universe (Disney XD) Discovery Kids @DK Ready Set Learn! TLC Sci Fi Animation Station Cartoon Quest USA Action Extreme Team Cartoon Express Hub HubBub AniMeTV (MeTV) This TV Cookie Jar Toons / This Is for Kids KidsClick TBD Kids Club TBN Ion PAX Kids Qubo Playhouse Disney (Disney Channel) HBO Family HBO Kids Magnet The N Noggin
¹ Currently a block of Adult Swim that is now aimed toward an older demographic.

v t e Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Chip 'n' Dale Episodes Film
Video games	Adventures in Nimnul's Castle Rescue Rangers Rescue Rangers 2 Disney Afternoon Collection
Related	Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour Gadget's Go Coaster The Disney Afternoon DuckTales