Katana VentraIP

Playhouse Disney

Playhouse Disney was a brand of programming blocks and international cable and satellite television channels that were owned by the Disney Channels Worldwide unit (now Disney Branded Television) 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 at two to five years of age,[1] its programming featured a mix of live-action and animated series.

For the brand's successor, see Disney Junior.

Country

United States

Nationwide

Burbank, California, United States

English
Spanish (via SAP audio track)

October 20, 1997 (1997-10-20) (as Disney Channel Little Kids)
February 1, 1999 (1999-02-01) (as Playhouse Disney)

February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)
(replaced by Disney Junior)
2011–2013 (International)

Disney Channel Little Kids (1997–1999)

tv.disney.go.com/playhouse (Redirects to Disney NOW)

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 three years, concluding with the rebranding of the Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel Russia on September 1, 2013.

Movie Time Monday

A Bug's Life

– a preschool-targeted digital cable and satellite network that originated as a program block on Nickelodeon from 1988 to 2009 and a channel since 2009.

Nick Jr. Channel

– a defunct preschool-targeted digital cable and satellite network. It has since rebranded as a youth audience channel, Universal Kids, as of 2017.

Sprout (TV channel)

– the successor, a channel that is based on Playhouse Disney and has been airing since 2011 as a television block on Disney Channel and a channel since 2012.

Disney Junior

(Archive)

Official website