Editing Toon Disney (section)

==History==
Toon Disney was launched on April 18, 1998, at 3:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]], in honor of [[Disney Channel]]'s 15th anniversary by [[Disney Branded Television|Disney Channel, Inc.]] on digital tiers of [[DirecTV]], [[Marcus Cable]], and [[EchoStar]]. The first program to air on the network was ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' from ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'' (1940). At 7:00&nbsp;p.m. ET that day, Toon Disney launched a block called "The Magical World of Toons". The block originally featured Disney animated features, specials, and shorts. Over the next five months, Toon Disney furthered its programming to cable subscribers such as [[Americast]]. At its launch, the channel shared half of its assigned series with Disney Channel.<ref name=awm>{{cite news|title=Toon Disney Launch.|url=http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.2/3.2pages/3.2television.html|access-date=February 26, 2014|newspaper=Animation World Magazine|date=May 1998|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306081347/https://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.2/3.2pages/3.2television.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The channel had no advertising until its viewership reached a set number.<ref name="ks2"/> On January 31, 1999, the channel aired the "[[Timon & Pumbaa (TV series)|Pumbaa]] Bowl" marathon as [[Super Bowl XXXIII]] counterprogramming.<ref name="toon Disney timeline 2003">{{cite web | url= http://psc.disney.go.com/abcnetworks/toondisney/games/toon_timeline/index.html | title=Toon Disney Timeline 1998-2003 | work=Toon Disney| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031210222834/http://psc.disney.go.com/abcnetworks/toondisney/games/toon_timeline/index.html | archive-date=December 10, 2003}}</ref>

By September 2000, the channel was expected to reach 20 million subscribers and would start showing advertising. Ad sales were provided by [[Disney–ABC Television Group#Disney Kids Network|Disney Kids Network]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hettrick |first=Scott |title=Stay Toon-ed For Ads On Disney Spinoff Channel |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4832586-1.html |access-date=April 12, 2014 |newspaper=All Business |date=February 25, 2000 |agency=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321115957/http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4832586-1.html |archive-date=March 21, 2009 |url-status=unfit }}</ref>

In June 2001, Toon Disney launched the "Most Animated Kid Search". In September 2002, eight new shows joined the line-up as part of Toon Disney's fall schedule.<ref name="toon Disney timeline 2003"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.awn.com/news/toon-disney-premieres-eight-new-series-fall-2002|title=Toon Disney Premieres Eight New Series In Fall 2002|work=Animation World Network|access-date=September 26, 2018|language=en|archive-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722041535/https://www.awn.com/news/toon-disney-premieres-eight-new-series-fall-2002|url-status=live}}</ref> In commemoration of the network's fifth anniversary in April 2003, the channel held the "Toon Disney's Magical Adventure Sweepstakes" in which three winners along with three family members would win a trip to [[Disneyland Resort]] to see ''Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular''.<ref name="toon Disney timeline 2003"/>

On February 14, 2004, the [[Jetix]] programming block began on Toon Disney and [[Freeform|ABC Family]] as a part of the Jetix programming alliance of ABC Networks Group, Fox Kids Europe, and Fox Kids Latin America.<ref name=ds>{{cite news|last=Welsh|first=James|title=Fox Kids to be rebranded as Jetix|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a12962/fox-kids-to-be-rebranded-as-jetix.html|access-date=February 24, 2014|newspaper=Digital Spy|date=January 9, 2004|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215014/http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a12962/fox-kids-to-be-rebranded-as-jetix.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=amag>{{cite news|last=Ball|first=Ryan|title=Toon Disney Launches Jetix, Live Card Game|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/toon-disney-launches-jetix-live-card-game/|access-date=March 3, 2014|newspaper=Animation Magazine|date=February 13, 2004|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327223510/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/toon-disney-launches-jetix-live-card-game/|url-status=live}}</ref> The block consisted of the entire acquired [[Fox Kids]]/[[Saban Entertainment]] action library as the result of a acquisition by [[The Walt Disney Company]] in the summer of 2001, as well as some original programming. Some shows, including ''[[The Legend of Tarzan (TV series)|The Legend of Tarzan]]'', and ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' aired under both the Toon Disney and Jetix monikers.

The Toon Disney/Big Movie Show premiere of the 2004 film ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'' on December 22, 2006, was the channel's highest primetime rating with 1.35 million viewers. On January 27, 2007, Toon Disney launched its weekend afternoon programming block, "The Great Toon Weekend."<ref name=am>{{cite news|last=Ball|first=Ryan|title=Toon Disney has 'Great Toon Weekend'|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/toon-disney-has-great-toon-weekend/|access-date=April 4, 2014|newspaper=Animation Magazine|date=January 12, 2007|archive-date=April 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420085444/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/toon-disney-has-great-toon-weekend/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 6, 2008, [[Disney General Entertainment Content|Disney-ABC Television Group]] announced they would rebrand Toon Disney in early 2009 as [[Disney XD]], which would be aimed at children, mostly boys, from ages 6 and up. The final pre-[[Disney XD]] program to air on the channel was ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1996 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' episode "Doomed" at 11:30&nbsp;p.m. ET on February 12, 2009, as part of Jetix, while the first [[Disney XD]] program was the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "[[Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together]]" on February 13, 2009, at 12:00 midnight ET.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2010 |orig-date=February 12/13, 2009 |title=End of Toon Disney us/jetix usa Start Of Disney XD usa |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWrApN5G720 |access-date=March 11, 2011 |website=[[YouTube]] |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302194717/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWrApN5G720 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=TV Listings for - February 13, 2009 - TV Tango |url=http://tvtango.com/listings/2009/02/13 |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=tvtango.com |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311051052/http://tvtango.com/listings/2009/02/13 |url-status=live }}</ref>