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The Disney Afternoon gang.
The Disney Afternoon gang.

The Disney Afternoon was a created-for-syndication two-hour television programming block which aired from September 10, 1990, until Spring 1999. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) At that time, it was taken out of syndication, and a new Disney weekday afternoon block was started on UPN. United Paramount Network ( UPN) was a Television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven The Disney Afternoon was produced by The Walt Disney Company. Now, some of the shows in the block have been scattered on Toon Disney between 4:30 am to 1:00 pm weekdays. Toon Disney is a soon to be defunct 24-hour American Cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that mostly airs Children

The two hour block was broken up into four half-hour segments, each of which contained a cartoon series. A cartoon series is a set of regularly presented animated Television programs created or adapted for television broadcast with a common series title usually related As each season ended, the first cartoon shown in the lineup would typically be dropped, and a new one added to the end. In the 1994-1995 season this practice changed somewhat, as Gargoyles and Shnookums and Meat premiered at 4:00 p. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 m. Also, the practice changed again as Bonkers was replaced with the 1996-1997 season (see below). The Disney Afternoon itself featured unique animated segments consisting of its own opening and "wrappers" around the cartoon shows shown.

This block did not air in every market across the United States, but for those markets that did not air the block in full, individual shows featured on The Disney Afternoon could be packaged by themselves. In Europe, there was a similar series called the Disney Festival.

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History of the block and series that aired

Some of the early cartoon series in The Disney Afternoon came from already in-circulation cartoons, such as Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (created years earlier). Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an American Animated television series that aired in the United States in the mid-1980s through the DuckTales and Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers had been a one hour long cartoon block in 1989-1990, until both were incorporated into The Disney Afternoon the next year. DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. TaleSpin was the first series presumably created expressly for The Disney Afternoon. TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters

Some of the later additions were inspired by shorter cartoons in the short lived series Raw Toonage, which appeared on the CBS network in Fall, 1992 -- for example, Marsupilami; also He's Bonkers!, which has characters that also appear in Bonkers. Raw Toonage was a half hour Disney Animated cartoon series aired on the CBS network in the fall of 1992 CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Autumn (also known as fall in North American English) is one of the four Temperate Seasons Autumn marks the transition from Summer Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Marsupilami is a Fictional Comic book animal created by André Franquin, first published on January 31, 1952 in the For other uses of the term Bonkers, please see Bonkers (disambiguation.

Another source for Disney Afternoon cartoons were series inspired by movies created previously; for a time, a 'two year rule' of sorts became almost reliable, whereby about two years after a Disney summer movie came out, a Disney Afternoon series by the same name or feauring characters from that film premiered (example: Aladdin, and Timon and Pumbaa, from The Lion King). The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994

Beginning with the 1994 season, the name of The Disney Afternoon was shortened to TDA. That same year, Marvel Comics began publishing a comic book series based on the programs featured on the block, as part of their line of comics based on modern Disney properties (the classic properties were licensed to Gladstone Publishing). Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Gladstone Publishing was an American company that published Disney comics from 1986 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1998. The series mainly consisted of stories based on Darkwing Duck, with occasional stories featuring Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and TaleSpin. Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 It ended at 10 issues, but stories based on the block's shows continued in Marvel's Disney Comic Hits! and in the children's magazine Disney Adventures. Disney Adventures was a children's entertainment and educational magazine published ten times per year by The Walt Disney Company.

Popularity

The popularity of the Disney Afternoon led to a temporary sub-park at Disneyland called Disney Afternoon Avenue. At this time, the block even garnered its own parade and a stage show titled Plane Crazy (not to be confused with the Mickey Mouse short of the same name). Plane Crazy is a Stage show that played at Disneyland in mid- 1991. Plane Crazy (first released on May 15, 1928) was the first Animated cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse Walk-around costumes were created for the characters featured on the shows and regularly appeared throughout the theme parks, mostly in Mickey's Toontown, which featured an attraction based on Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers - Gadget's Go-Coaster. Mickey's Toontown is one of the "themed lands" at the Disneyland park run by The Walt Disney Company. Gadget's Go Coaster is a Roller coaster at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim California and Tokyo Disneyland theme park located in At Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida, Mickey's Birthdayland was renamed Mickey's Starland in May of 1990. This new "land" featured a stage show called Mickey's Magical TV World and starred the new Disney Afternoon characters. As of today, most of the character walk-arounds have been retired, but costumed TDA characters occasionally make an appearance on board the Mark Twain during the final celebration scene finale of Fantasmic at Disneyland.

The Disney Afternoon Ave actually came to Disneyland before Mickey's Toontown (name based on the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit) ever opened. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 Live-action/animated film produced by Amblin Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company (released This temporary "land" actually used cartoon building fronts to occupy the space leading up to the "it's a small world" attraction and the Fantasyland Theatre, known as the Small World Mall. The Entrance to Baloo's dressing room was actually under the train tracks, where the entrance to Mickey's Toontown is now. Some say that Disney actually used Disney Afternoon Ave as a test, to gauge interest in a Mickey's Toontown concept.

Toon Disney and cancellation of the block

By 1997, The Disney Afternoon was terminated as a formally named series. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar An eighth season, only 90 minutes long, was no longer named The Disney Afternoon or TDA, and was by accounts essentially a simple 90 minute syndicated block of cartoons.

On December 8, 1997, Disney announced the planned launch of Toon Disney, a 24-hour cable cartoon network, effective on April 18, 1998. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Toon Disney is a soon to be defunct 24-hour American Cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that mostly airs Children Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) At the same time local stations found it hard to comply with FCC restrictions on children's advertising in terms of allowed quantity and content and still remain profitable in such blocks. Still FOX, UPN, and WB wanted to try to hold on to children's programming during the week. Disney continued the 90-minute syndicated block until the Fall of 1999, at which time Disney and UPN teamed up for a UPN Kids block. Also, a two-hour Sunday Morning kids' block of shows from Disney aired on UPN stations.

By the 1999-2000 television season, some remnants of The Disney Afternoon package were moved to Saturday mornings, solely on the ABC network, under the name Disney's One Saturday Morning. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. ABC Kids is a four-hour block of Animated television series and Live-action Children's television series, broadcast on the ABC network in Weekdays, the remnants of this block aired on UPN affiliates. By early 2001, One Saturday Morning had begun broadcasting a weekday afternoon spinoff called Disney's One Too, which bore virtually no resemblance to the Disney Afternoon. Disney's One Too was a spinoff of Disney's One Saturday Morning, and resembled The Disney Afternoon.

Many shows formerly featured on The Disney Afternoon continued in syndication as individual shows, or continued in reruns on Toon Disney and The Disney Channel. Toon Disney is a soon to be defunct 24-hour American Cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that mostly airs Children For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world.

Approximate lineup by seasons

Season 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM
One (1990-1991) Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears DuckTales Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers TaleSpin
Two (1991-1992) DuckTales Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers TaleSpin Darkwing Duck
Three (1992-1993) Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers TaleSpin Darkwing Duck Goof Troop
Four (1993-1994) TaleSpin Darkwing Duck Goof Troop Bonkers
Five (1994-1995)1 Darkwing Duck Goof Troop Bonkers (TV series)2 Aladdin
Six (1995-1996) Goof Troop Bonkers Aladdin Gargoyles3
Seven (1996-1997) Darkwing Duck Gargoyles Aladdin Quack Pack4
Eight (1997-1998)5 DuckTales Quack Pack6 101 Dalmatians: The Series none
Nine (1998-1999) 101 Dalmatians: The Series Disney's Doug Hercules: The Animated Series none
  1. Disney attempted to diversify The Disney Afternoon in the 1994-1995 season. Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an American Animated television series that aired in the United States in the mid-1980s through the DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 Goof Troop is an animated television series from the The Walt Disney Company featuring Goofy as a father figure and his bonding with his son Max TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 Goof Troop is an animated television series from the The Walt Disney Company featuring Goofy as a father figure and his bonding with his son Max For other uses of the term Bonkers, please see Bonkers (disambiguation. Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 Goof Troop is an animated television series from the The Walt Disney Company featuring Goofy as a father figure and his bonding with his son Max For other uses of the term Bonkers, please see Bonkers (disambiguation. Aladdin is an Animated television series made by Walt Disney Television which aired from 1994 to 1996 based on the original 1992 feature. Goof Troop is an animated television series from the The Walt Disney Company featuring Goofy as a father figure and his bonding with his son Max For other uses of the term Bonkers, please see Bonkers (disambiguation. Aladdin is an Animated television series made by Walt Disney Television which aired from 1994 to 1996 based on the original 1992 feature. Gargoyles is an American Animated television series created by Greg Weisman. Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 Gargoyles is an American Animated television series created by Greg Weisman. Aladdin is an Animated television series made by Walt Disney Television which aired from 1994 to 1996 based on the original 1992 feature. Quack Pack is an Animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company. DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Quack Pack is an Animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company. Doug was an American animated series that originally aired on Nickelodeon, and starred 6th grader Douglas Yancey Funnie Hercules The Animated Series is an animated series based on the Disney 's 1997 feature film and the Greek myth. It was attempting to make 'Monday Mania', and 'Disney Action Friday', as is implied from the Monday/Friday breakup of slot 3. The format idea did not catch on and was dropped after this season.
  2. The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show was shown on Mondays - and Gargoyles, on Friday, in this slot
  3. The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa ran on Fridays in this slot
  4. The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa ran on Mondays, and The Mighty Ducks, on Fridays, in this slot
  5. The Disney Afternoon/TDA was no longer used as a title; format shortened to 90 minutes
  6. The Mighty Ducks ran Mondays and Tuesdays in this slot

Saturday Mornings

Some of these cartoons, when originally airing on Disney Afternoon also had Saturday morning episodes that were being broadcast for ABC and CBS. The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show is an Animated television series, created by Walt Disney Television in 1993 as a spin-off of The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa is a Disney Animated television series that originally aired from 1995 to 1999. The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa is a Disney Animated television series that originally aired from 1995 to 1999. Mighty Ducks is a half-hour Disney Animated series that aired on ABC and The Disney Afternoon in the fall of 1996 Mighty Ducks is a half-hour Disney Animated series that aired on ABC and The Disney Afternoon in the fall of 1996 The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. When the Saturday morning run ended for the first 4 of these shows, the episodes would be part of the Disney Afternoon package. These are:


Gargoyles does not fall into this category because only the third season episodes subtitled The Goliath Chronicles aired during the 1996-1997 season on ABC, while The Disney afternoon was only showing reruns of the first 2 seasons. Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Goof Troop is an animated television series from the The Walt Disney Company featuring Goofy as a father figure and his bonding with his son Max Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Aladdin is an Animated television series made by Walt Disney Television which aired from 1994 to 1996 based on the original 1992 feature. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa is a Disney Animated television series that originally aired from 1995 to 1999. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Mighty Ducks is a half-hour Disney Animated series that aired on ABC and The Disney Afternoon in the fall of 1996 Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears continued running on Saturday mornings during the 1990-1991 season on ABC, but ABC was only showing new episodes while the Disney afternoon was also showing only reruns. Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an American Animated television series that aired in the United States in the mid-1980s through the

Video Games

Many of the Disney Afternoon shows were made into video games.

External links

Gargoyles is a Platform game released for the Sega Genesis, based on the Cartoon of the same name, developed and published by The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990 DuckTales is a Video game based on the Disney animated TV series of the same name. The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by The is a handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. DuckTales 2 is a Video game based on the TV Series DuckTales, and is a sequel to the original DuckTales game The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by The is a handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. TaleSpin is a Video game released by Capcom on the NES, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, Sega Game Gear, and The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by The is a handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990 The Sega Game Gear is a Handheld game console which was Sega 's response to Nintendo 's Game Boy. The, known as TurboGrafx-16 in the USA is a Video game console developed by the Nippon Electric Company (NEC and released in Japan on October Goof Troop is an Action-adventure game, developed and released by Capcom in 1993 for the Super NES and based on the TV series by the The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by Darkwing Duck is a Video game based on the Disney Television series Darkwing Duck. The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by The is a handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The, known as TurboGrafx-16 in the USA is a Video game console developed by the Nippon Electric Company (NEC and released in Japan on October The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was The Sega Game Gear is a Handheld game console which was Sega 's response to Nintendo 's Game Boy. The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based Video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986.
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