13 Facts About Disney Afternoon

Disney Afternoon, sometimes abbreviated as TDA, was a created-for-syndication two-hour programming block of animated television series.

Disney Afternoon's block had four half-hour segments, each of which contained an animated series.

The Disney Afternoon itself featured unique animated segments consisting of its opening and "wrappers" around the cartoon shows.

Disney Afternoon originally ran from September 10,1990, to August 29,1997.

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.

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Disney Afternoon set up a Sunday meeting at his house days consisting of creatives.

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.

The Disney Afternoon kept these shows, added Gummi Bears and TaleSpin, and premiered on September 10,1990, via Disney's syndication arm Buena Vista Television.

However, as Chip 'n Dale was being launched, Disney Afternoon was in the process of purchasing Los Angeles independent station KHJ-TV from RKO General.

In 1998, Disney Afternoon reached a deal to program a new children's block for UPN, Disney Afternoon's One Too, as a replacement for that network's internal UPN Kids block.

Some of The Disney Afternoon's shows aired on international versions of Disney Channel, Toon Disney, Disney Junior and Disney Cinemagic, and on several local channels in various countries.

In Europe, blocks similar to The Disney Afternoon were produced, mostly with names which translate in English as "Walt Disney Presents".

Apart from the animated introduction, the block did not use any Disney Afternoon-produced wrapper segments, but instead used locally produced live-action segments between programs with host Mike Sobel.