Playhouse Disney facts for kids

Playhouse Disney is a former brand for a slate of programming blocks and international cable and satellite television channels that were owned by the Disney Channels Worldwide unit of The Walt Disney Company's Disney–ABC Television Group. It originated in the United States as a morning program block on the Disney Channel. Aimed mainly at children aged 0 to 7 years old, its programming featured a mix of live-action and animated series.

The Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel was rebranded as the Disney Junior block on Disney Channel on February 14, 2011. The remaining channels and blocks using the Playhouse Disney brand outside the US relaunched under the Disney Junior brand over the next two years, concluding with the rebranding of the Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel Russia on September 1, 2013.

Programming

The following list below pertains to programs aired on the U.S. block on Disney Channel.

Former programming

Original programming

• Henry's Amazing Animals (April 6, 1997 – December 31, 1999)
• Bear in the Big Blue House (October 20, 1997 – May 6, 2007)
• PB&J Otter (March 15, 1998 – June 20, 2005)
• Rolie Polie Olie (October 4, 1998 – June 2, 2006)
• Out of the Box (October 5, 1998 – September 2, 2005)
• The Book of Pooh (January 22, 2001 – September 4, 2005)
• Stanley (September 15, 2001 – May 16, 2008)
• JoJo's Circus (September 28, 2003 – January 4, 2009)
• The Koala Brothers (October 1, 2003 – May 16, 2008)
• Higglytown Heroes (September 12, 2004 – April 4, 2009)
• Breakfast with Bear (September 2005 – September 15, 2006)
• Little Einsteins (October 9, 2005 – February 13, 2011)
• Charlie and Lola (November 7, 2005 – February 13, 2011)
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (May 5, 2006 – February 13, 2011)
• Handy Manny (September 16, 2006 – February 13, 2011)
• Johnny and the Sprites (October 9, 2005 – June 28, 2009)
• My Friends Tigger & Pooh (May 12, 2007 – February 13, 2011)
• Bunnytown (November 10, 2007 – February 13, 2011)
• Imagination Movers (September 6, 2008 – February 13, 2011)
• Special Agent Oso (April 4, 2009 – February 13, 2011)
• Jungle Junction (October 5, 2009 – February 13, 2011)

Acquired programming

• Donald's Quack Attack (April 6, 1997 – October 19, 1997)
• Goof Troop (April 6, 1997 – October 19, 1997)
• Really Wild Animals (April 6, 1997 – October 19, 1997)
• TaleSpin (April 6, 1997 – October 2, 1998)
• Mickey's Mouse Tracks (April 6, 1997 – June 27, 1999)
• Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (April 6, 1997 – August 29, 1999)
• Welcome to Pooh Corner (April 7, 1997 – May 30, 1997)
• Care Bears (April 7, 1997 - May 30, 1997)
• My Little Pony Tales (April 7, 1997 – May 30, 1997)
• The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (April 7, 1997 – May 30, 1997)
• Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (April 7, 1997 – August 29, 1997)
• DuckTales (April 7, 1997 – August 29, 1997; September 4, 1999 – April 30, 2000; September 4, 2000 – October 31, 2000)
• Adventures in Wonderland (April 7, 1997 – June 5, 1998)
• The Little Mermaid (April 7, 1997 – September 29, 2002)
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (April 7, 1997 – September 1, 2006)
• Katie and Orbie (June 2, 1997 – December 31, 1999)
• Madeline (June 2, 1997 – May 6, 2005)
• Jungle Cubs (September 15, 1997 – September 3, 2000)
• 101 Dalmatians: The Series (October 5, 1998 – July 16, 1999)
• Sing Me a Story with Belle (October 5, 1998 – September 3, 2000)
• Timon and Pumbaa (September 6, 1999 – January 16, 2000)
• Rupert (September 4, 2000 – January 21, 2001)
• The Wiggles (February 5, 2001 – June 12, 2009)
• Anatole (September 2, 2002 – June 27, 2003)
• The Doodlebops (June 17, 2005 – April 4, 2009)
• Doodle Do (March 4, 2006 – February 13, 2011)
• Chuggington (January 18, 2010 – February 13, 2011)
• Timmy Time (December 6, 2010 – February 13, 2011)

International

On September 28, 1999, the Playhouse Disney brand was extended internationally with the launch of a self-branded block on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland. On September 29, 2000, Disney Television International expanded the block with the launch of a channel in the country alongside the launch of Toon Disney and Disney Channel +1 on the Sky Digital platform. On April 4, 2009, Egmont Group launched a companion Playhouse Disney magazine in the United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland that focused on the channel's four most popular shows: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Handy Manny and Little Einsteins. Each issue included "to do" pages and suggested activities for parents and children based on an educational theme. The Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel UK & Republic of Ireland was eventually disposed of in July 2004 after reducing hours of programming. The Playhouse Disney channel available there, however, continued to air until it was replaced by Disney Junior on May 7, 2011.

On November 30, 2007, Astral Media launched a Canadian version of Playhouse Disney Channel under a brand licensing agreement with Disney-ABC Television Group; the channel operated as a multiplex channel of Family Channel, which had long maintained a programming distribution agreement with Disney Channel for the domestic rights to the U.S. channel's series until January 2016. A Canadian-French version of Playhouse Disney was launched on July 5, 2010, also by Astral Media. The English & Canadian-French channels were both replaced by Disney Junior on May 6, 2011.

List of international channels and blocks

Market	Type	Formerly	Launch date	Replaced by	Replaced date
United Kingdom	Channel	Block on Disney Channel	September 29, 2000	Disney Junior	May 7, 2011
	+1 timeshift channel	N/A	November 3, 2007	Disney Junior +1
	Block on ABC1	N/A	Summer 2006	N/A	September 26, 2007
United States	Block on Disney Channel	N/A	February 1, 1999	Disney Junior	February 14, 2011
Spain	Channel	N/A	2001	Disney Junior	June 2011
Middle East & North Africa	Block	N/A	2010	Disney Junior	April 1, 2011
Asia	Block	N/A	June 1, 2004	Disney Junior	July 11, 2011
Australia	Block on Seven Network	N/A	2003	N/A	N/A
	Block on Disney Channel	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Channel	N/A	December 2005	Disney Junior	May 29, 2011
France	Channel	N/A	November 2, 2002	Disney Junior	2011
	HD simulcast channel	N/A	2009	Disney Junior	2011
	Block	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hong Kong	Channel	N/A	April 2, 2004	Disney Junior	July 11, 2011
Singapore	Channel	N/A	2004	Disney Junior	July 11, 2011
Indonesia	Channel	N/A	2004	Disney Junior	July 11, 2011
Germany	Channel	N/A	November 10, 2004	Disney Junior	July 14, 2011
Thailand	Channel	N/A	January 2005	Junior	July 11, 2011
Cambodia	Channel	N/A	June 20, 2005
Vietnam	Channel	N/A	2005
Philippines	Channel	Block	December 2005
South Korea	Channel	N/A	May 2006	Disney Junior	July 11, 2011
India	Block on Disney Channel	N/A	2006	Disney Junior block	2011
Argentina	Block on an Artear channel	N/A	2007	N/A	N/A
Canada (operated by Astral Media)	Channel	N/A	November 30, 2007	Disney Junior	May 6, 2011
	French language channel (Playhouse Disney Télé)	N/A	July 5, 2010	Disney Junior	N/A
Latin America	Channel (three feeds)	N/A	June 1, 2008	Disney Junior	April 1, 2011
Central and Eastern Europe	Channel & Block	Jetix Play	2010	Disney Junior UK	N/A
Poland	Channel		September 1, 2010	Disney Junior	2010
Czech Republic  Slovakia	Block		2010	Disney Junior UK	N/A
Italy	Channel	N/A	2005	Disney Junior	2011
	+1 timeshift channel	N/A	2009	Disney Junior +1	2011
Netherlands  Flanders	Channel	N/A	May 3, 2010	Disney Junior	September 10, 2011
	Block on Disney Channel	N/A

Slogans

• "Learning is powered by imagination" (February 1, 1999 – October 6, 2002)
• "Imagine and Learn" (October 7, 2002 – March 30, 2007)
• "Every day there’s something new" (March 31, 2007 – February 13, 2011)

Images for kids

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  The logo used from 2002-2011.

See also

In Spanish: Playhouse Disney para niños