I never had cable growing up, so the only way to feed my Disney addiction was The Wonderful World of Color and various cartoon compilation shows (with the occasional Disney TV show like Gargoyles or TaleSpin.)
From what I gather though, many of you are unhappy with the current Disney Channel line-up. The tweeny TV shows are something I could do without, and I detested those stupid edited cartoon shorts with sound effects added, whatever those were called. You know, those things that are cut down to about a minute, and are aimed at someone with the attention span of a mayfly on crack.
What kind of lineup would you like to see on The Disney Channel?
Personally, I'd like at least 1 30 minute (or 1 hour) block of old cartoons, unedited, hitting all of the characters and series - Steamboat Mickey, Chip n' Dale, Silly Symphonies, Oswald, the Alice shorts, and so on. Maybe they could have one classic show for the really old B&W stuff, and another for the familiar color (or colorized) shorts. Maybe they could do something like 1-2 Mickey shorts, 1-2 Donald shorts, and 1-2 "other" shorts (Pluto, Goofy, Silly Symphonies, etc.)
Also, I'd love to see a Disneyland Serials hour - Spin & Marty, Hardy Boys, Elfego Baca, The Swamp Fox, Davy Crockett, and so on. Or, these could air as part of the original Disneyland or Mickey Mouse Club episode in which they originally aired (in order of course.)
Speaking of Disneyland, I'd like to see episodes of the old anthology show from the 50s and 60s with Walt hosting, maybe adding the 70s shows as well.
Then, I'd like to see a 80s-current version of the anthology show. Of course, I don't know how much of the anthology show episodes were just airing theatrical or TV movies, those could be skipped.
Zorro, 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage, and other live-action TV shows. ABC style sitcoms (Golden Girls, Scrubs, and so on) might better work on ABC Family or something.
The Mickey Mouse Club - There could be 3 versions - the original 1950s one, the 1970s revival, and the 1990s show.
The Disney Afternoon - either the original programming blocks, or individual shows.
Animated and Live action theatrical movies - If they did animated once a week, they could show all fo them in a year. They could probably do 2-3 live action films a week (or more.) Pixar (and possibly Studio Ghibli) could be included in the mix.
TV movies (like the Absent-Minded Professor remake), Disney Channel Original Movies (old and new), and direct to video titles like The Lion King 1 1/2 could be another block or two. They could also put Disney documentaries here, like Frank & Ollie, Walt: The Man Behind the Myth, and so on.
Disney Nature - a programming block consisting of old and new nature documentaries, like the stuff on True Life Adventures.
There could be room for some of the newer tweenie shows as well, just not necessarily 3 hours of Hanna Montana a day.
What would be your ideal Disney Channel?
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My ideal Disney Channel was about 10-13 years ago (I was around 5 or 6). I remember it like it was yesterday. Me and my 2 brothers lived in one room together with one tiny TV we all had to share other than the slightly bigger TV in our living room. Fortunately, we were active children in that day and played outdoors rather than just watch TV, but I always made time for my favorite Disney cartoons such as:
DuckTales
TaleSpin
Chip N' Dale
Darkwing Duck
Goof Troop
Gargoyles
and I loved falling asleep to B&W classics like Zorro and The Mickey Mouse Club. Glad I had the TV closest to my bed. Those shows had real charm.
So, ya, my ideal Disney Channel has already passed and sadly I will never get to live it again. It really makes me cry for this generation of children. They seriously missed out. I'm so glad I was fortunate to be a 90s kid growing up. Although, I'm actually sort of angry at myself now. When I was a kid I was really grateful for the tiny things we owned and now I'm obsessed with being up to date on all technology.
DuckTales
TaleSpin
Chip N' Dale
Darkwing Duck
Goof Troop
Gargoyles
and I loved falling asleep to B&W classics like Zorro and The Mickey Mouse Club. Glad I had the TV closest to my bed. Those shows had real charm.
So, ya, my ideal Disney Channel has already passed and sadly I will never get to live it again. It really makes me cry for this generation of children. They seriously missed out. I'm so glad I was fortunate to be a 90s kid growing up. Although, I'm actually sort of angry at myself now. When I was a kid I was really grateful for the tiny things we owned and now I'm obsessed with being up to date on all technology.
My ideal Disney Channel was during the mid-90's, before the first logo change. Back when they had everything for everyone, and weren't afraid to embrace the Disney heritage.
If it's one thing, just one, that I'd change about Disney today is that I'd remove their heavy emphasis on the tween girl crowd.
If it's one thing, just one, that I'd change about Disney today is that I'd remove their heavy emphasis on the tween girl crowd.
Honestly I don't mind the "tween" shows, I guess cuz I started watching Disney Channel riiigghhtt around the time Hannah Montana started out.
I don't really watch it that much anymore, just because I mainly watch DVDs. But I do wish they'd show something with the Muppets, considering Disney owns them now and they should start promoting the new movie coming out in November.
I don't really watch it that much anymore, just because I mainly watch DVDs. But I do wish they'd show something with the Muppets, considering Disney owns them now and they should start promoting the new movie coming out in November.
But the thing that makes Woody special, is he'll never give up on you... ever. He'll be there for you, no matter what.
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I think it should have classic cartoons for the early morning line-up (rather than this Playhouse Disney garbage), then animated serials in the afternoon (pretty much Disney Afternoon stuff), then newer, tween-aimed shows like Hannah Montana, Suite Life, etc. in the evening. Oh and bring back Vault Disney. 
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To be honest, just reinstate Vault Disney for viewing 9pm onwards, and show theatrically released films and old shorts regularly. They can keep babyish stuff and tween shows for the daytime and early evening if they wish, but I don't think the average twelve year-old will cry because she can't watch Hannah Montana at 11pm.
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What Wondy said. It would be fun, too, to incorporate some '80s stuff into Vault Disney.
Creepy thought -- in 20 years, will people become nostalgic for today's Disney Channel??? I guess it's inevitable.
Creepy thought -- in 20 years, will people become nostalgic for today's Disney Channel??? I guess it's inevitable.
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its already aired several times since it premiered on Disney Channel a few months ago. In fact, it just aired last night!DisneyFan09 wrote:As long as my Disney Channel never shows "Hannah Montana The Movie", then I'm happy.
My ideal Disney Channel was the one I never saw unless I was visiting my grandmother out west or when we had a free preview. Free preview weekends were the best...only happened a few times a year but they actually showed decent films and good shows. No constant repeats of hannah boring-tana or Barf it Up.
And I think back then they aired Haley Mills films, which the current president of Disney channel would probably consider a crime to show cause she's not a teeny bopper.
I personally got Disney in the Fall of 2000, when it was still a premium channel and they still Zorro and Vault Disney. Then things changed....nightly movies got cut down from three to one or two....and more teen shows started popping up. Mickey was demoted from for everyone to for three year olds.
I'd love to see what I got to see when I stayed at a disney world resort...there was an entire channel that showed old cartoon shorts....my niece and two nephews got to see the original Steamboat Willie! They had never seen it before.
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Disney Channel died when they stopped airing movies with Haley mills (Parent Trap and Pollyanna) and fun adventure movies like Swiss Family Robinson. R.I.P. the REAL Disney Channel. Date of Death: When the shows became teenie bopperish.
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Here's what I think:
Something similar to Abc Family is like now and how Disney was like in the 90's together. There would be old Disney cartoons in the morning, following 3 Disney animation/live action features, then original makings-of the preceding features. This channel will not only show Disney greats that we all have come to love, but also the ones we have forgotten about or "underrated."
During the Holidays, a few special fesive treats. At Halloween, it could show a 12 hour marathon of Twilight Zone episodes, then an exclusive making-of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride, followed by airings of "Disney's Halloween Treat" and "A Disney Halloween." On Christmas Eve and Day, it will air "Jiminy Cricket's Christmas," "A Disney Channel Christmas," and "A Disney Christmas Gift" respectively. April could be "Muppet Month." In the Summer, the channel could air 30 of its favorite Disney features, like I will be doing this year.
Oh the Possibilites are Endless!
Something similar to Abc Family is like now and how Disney was like in the 90's together. There would be old Disney cartoons in the morning, following 3 Disney animation/live action features, then original makings-of the preceding features. This channel will not only show Disney greats that we all have come to love, but also the ones we have forgotten about or "underrated."
During the Holidays, a few special fesive treats. At Halloween, it could show a 12 hour marathon of Twilight Zone episodes, then an exclusive making-of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride, followed by airings of "Disney's Halloween Treat" and "A Disney Halloween." On Christmas Eve and Day, it will air "Jiminy Cricket's Christmas," "A Disney Channel Christmas," and "A Disney Christmas Gift" respectively. April could be "Muppet Month." In the Summer, the channel could air 30 of its favorite Disney features, like I will be doing this year.
Oh the Possibilites are Endless!
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I've actually thought about this a LOT....
I would bring back Wonderful World of Disney and air it on Disney Channel on Saturday or Sunday nights.
It would consist of themes like "Animation" "Family" and "Adventure".
Under my ideal Disney, lame movies like Sharkboy and lavagirl would never air again. Movies would air every night again.
There would be a better balance of show premieres.....currently new shows premiere on Fridays and Sundays.....however, on Sundays they have been airing hours of repeats right after new episodes (they could start the new episodes earlier, drop the repeats and air movies instead).
Walt Era/Walt Produced movies would air regularly (and tweens would just have to learn to watch these. I have a niece who thanks to me actually enjoys the Haley Mills Parent Trap. Two years ago I rented Pollyanna from iTunes for my trip to Disney World and she watched most of it on the iPod. She's at least OPEN to the Walt era films).
Awesome Animation:
There would be an hour set aside either every day or at least once a week that would be commercial/break free and it would consist of full, unedited classic Mickey, etc, shorts. There would be no more insulting of these great cartoons by putting them to music like the lame-o brothers or hannah bortana.
Classic animated movies would air more often. No more of this "one time only! Cinderella to air!".
They did well last year when they aired Snow White and Beauty and the Beast. Let's see more of that. NO DTV sequels allowed (except for Enchanted Christmas)
Change movie surfers from a few minutes segment to a show. The show would consist of interviews, behind the scenes and other information, both new movie releases (it took them forever to get the Secretariat short report out, but I saw the stupid DTV Chihuauha sequel segment of short report several times!) theatrical and DVD. Instead of coming soon, it'd have the actual RELEASE date IF KNOWN. It'd consist of a combination of the "super short/really short reports" and the older movie surfers segments (how they used to do that show). It would air once a week.
Bring back Kim Possible, cause I LOVED that show and when they moved it to late night (we're talking it was on at 12:30 AM) I could never watch it. Then they dropped it completely. They could bring it back as part of the animation afternoon (a separate animation afternoon than the mickey, etc, shorts).
They would stop making lame new shows that consist of singing, dance shows and the like. So, yes, Shake it up would get the axe as would any new shows that are about singing and dancing. They need to make more family comedy shows. Good Luck Charlie is a step in the right direction.
No more MARATHONS of shows....that gets out of hand.
I bet Nick won the ratings last night cause of their show House of Anubis' finale event. Disney's choice was 90 minutes of shake it up, all repeats of course.
Disney is trying to do better....they are premiering BOLT next friday, only TWO Years after its premiere on DVD. It took them THREE years to air Enchanted (theaters 2007 ---- premiere on Disney 2010. However, USA Network had already premiered the movie months before.....this needs to stop....Disney should get the privilege first BEFORE anyone else. And yes, that's before ABC Family, which takes more commercial breaks than anyone (Whenever they air Lion, Witch and Wardrobe, they take an hour of commercials. The movie is 2 1/2 hours at most). Disney did great when they aired this movie....they aired it commercial/break free when it premiered.
If they are going to have Wiztober, they must air the older movies like Mom's Got a Date and Phantom of the Megaplex. Neither of these aired in 2010. Maybe add in some disney cartoons that are Halloween themed, but the FULL version, NOT the "Short" version.
as I said in my first post, Mickey has been demoted to for preschoolers AND also, he has been turned into a CGI character....is it really necessary to use CGI that much? I don't think so.
Oh and speaking of that show,....once the Disney Junior station gets up and ready......Disney Junior would be REMOVED from Disney Channel. The time slots usually consist of more than one episode of the same show, UGH.
Current Tween shows on Disney:
Good Luck Charlie
Wizards**
Shake It up
Sonny
Suite Life**
Hannah*
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Sonny doesn't have a daily time slot and season 2 has been over since January 2nd...and it is still a favorite of some people....it airs sporadically and even when it airs, they haven't aired episodes from Season 1 in almost a year. They seem to be airing the same episodes over and over and over (from season 2....I am getting sick of the Sonny with a Song episode).
Animated Shows that aren't Disney Junior:
Phineas and Ferb
Fish Hooks
Fish Hooks is dumb. Phineas and Ferb is cute and hilarious at times.
They do air some movies at like 3 AM weekends....but how do they expect to get viewers when the most of the ones that would watch them are FAST ASLEEP? I've had to set my recorder to record such movies since they never air in prime time (like the Jennie Project and You Lucky Dog w/ Kirk Cameron).
A few months ago, they aired Motocrossed in prime time. I recorded it since its not on DVD. I did the same when the Zenon movies aired at 3 AM....I recorded them while I was asleep, then dubbed them to DVDs.
okay, anyone else?
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I would bring back Wonderful World of Disney and air it on Disney Channel on Saturday or Sunday nights.
It would consist of themes like "Animation" "Family" and "Adventure".
Under my ideal Disney, lame movies like Sharkboy and lavagirl would never air again. Movies would air every night again.
There would be a better balance of show premieres.....currently new shows premiere on Fridays and Sundays.....however, on Sundays they have been airing hours of repeats right after new episodes (they could start the new episodes earlier, drop the repeats and air movies instead).
Walt Era/Walt Produced movies would air regularly (and tweens would just have to learn to watch these. I have a niece who thanks to me actually enjoys the Haley Mills Parent Trap. Two years ago I rented Pollyanna from iTunes for my trip to Disney World and she watched most of it on the iPod. She's at least OPEN to the Walt era films).
Awesome Animation:
There would be an hour set aside either every day or at least once a week that would be commercial/break free and it would consist of full, unedited classic Mickey, etc, shorts. There would be no more insulting of these great cartoons by putting them to music like the lame-o brothers or hannah bortana.
Classic animated movies would air more often. No more of this "one time only! Cinderella to air!".
They did well last year when they aired Snow White and Beauty and the Beast. Let's see more of that. NO DTV sequels allowed (except for Enchanted Christmas)
Change movie surfers from a few minutes segment to a show. The show would consist of interviews, behind the scenes and other information, both new movie releases (it took them forever to get the Secretariat short report out, but I saw the stupid DTV Chihuauha sequel segment of short report several times!) theatrical and DVD. Instead of coming soon, it'd have the actual RELEASE date IF KNOWN. It'd consist of a combination of the "super short/really short reports" and the older movie surfers segments (how they used to do that show). It would air once a week.
Bring back Kim Possible, cause I LOVED that show and when they moved it to late night (we're talking it was on at 12:30 AM) I could never watch it. Then they dropped it completely. They could bring it back as part of the animation afternoon (a separate animation afternoon than the mickey, etc, shorts).
They would stop making lame new shows that consist of singing, dance shows and the like. So, yes, Shake it up would get the axe as would any new shows that are about singing and dancing. They need to make more family comedy shows. Good Luck Charlie is a step in the right direction.
No more MARATHONS of shows....that gets out of hand.
I bet Nick won the ratings last night cause of their show House of Anubis' finale event. Disney's choice was 90 minutes of shake it up, all repeats of course.
Disney is trying to do better....they are premiering BOLT next friday, only TWO Years after its premiere on DVD. It took them THREE years to air Enchanted (theaters 2007 ---- premiere on Disney 2010. However, USA Network had already premiered the movie months before.....this needs to stop....Disney should get the privilege first BEFORE anyone else. And yes, that's before ABC Family, which takes more commercial breaks than anyone (Whenever they air Lion, Witch and Wardrobe, they take an hour of commercials. The movie is 2 1/2 hours at most). Disney did great when they aired this movie....they aired it commercial/break free when it premiered.
If they are going to have Wiztober, they must air the older movies like Mom's Got a Date and Phantom of the Megaplex. Neither of these aired in 2010. Maybe add in some disney cartoons that are Halloween themed, but the FULL version, NOT the "Short" version.
as I said in my first post, Mickey has been demoted to for preschoolers AND also, he has been turned into a CGI character....is it really necessary to use CGI that much? I don't think so.
Oh and speaking of that show,....once the Disney Junior station gets up and ready......Disney Junior would be REMOVED from Disney Channel. The time slots usually consist of more than one episode of the same show, UGH.
Current Tween shows on Disney:
Good Luck Charlie
Wizards**
Shake It up
Sonny
Suite Life**
Hannah*
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Sonny doesn't have a daily time slot and season 2 has been over since January 2nd...and it is still a favorite of some people....it airs sporadically and even when it airs, they haven't aired episodes from Season 1 in almost a year. They seem to be airing the same episodes over and over and over (from season 2....I am getting sick of the Sonny with a Song episode).
Animated Shows that aren't Disney Junior:
Phineas and Ferb
Fish Hooks
Fish Hooks is dumb. Phineas and Ferb is cute and hilarious at times.
They do air some movies at like 3 AM weekends....but how do they expect to get viewers when the most of the ones that would watch them are FAST ASLEEP? I've had to set my recorder to record such movies since they never air in prime time (like the Jennie Project and You Lucky Dog w/ Kirk Cameron).
A few months ago, they aired Motocrossed in prime time. I recorded it since its not on DVD. I did the same when the Zenon movies aired at 3 AM....I recorded them while I was asleep, then dubbed them to DVDs.
okay, anyone else?
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Disney Channel died when they stopped airing movies with Haley mills (Parent Trap and Pollyanna) and fun adventure movies like Swiss Family Robinson. R.I.P. the REAL Disney Channel. Date of Death: When the shows became teenie bopperish.
Haha of course! Hannah Montana is their Saved By the Bell, Full House and Boy Meets World. It's weird looking at it that way and I wonder if adults thought those shows were just as horrible when I was young.pinkrenata wrote:Creepy thought -- in 20 years, will people become nostalgic for today's Disney Channel??? I guess it's inevitable.
I don't really think Disney should be running older programming. Black and white live action stuff, old cartoons.. none of that will propel the company forward. I think they should looking into making new shows that aren't solely directed towards a 13 year old girl.
They can mix it up a bit, though. When I was younger, they would air older shows like The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Tom & Jerry, alongside newer ones like Dexter's Laboratory, Animaniacs and Are You Afraid of the Dark. I don't recall anybody complaining about that.Patrick wrote: I don't really think Disney should be running older programming. Black and white live action stuff, old cartoons.. none of that will propel the company forward. I think they should looking into making new shows that aren't solely directed towards a 13 year old girl.
"There are two wolves and they are always fighting. One is darkness and despair. The other is light and hope. Which wolf wins? Whichever one you feed." - Casey Newton, Tomorrowland
Well now they do.estefan wrote:They can mix it up a bit, though. When I was younger, they would air older shows like The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Tom & Jerry, alongside newer ones like Dexter's Laboratory, Animaniacs and Are You Afraid of the Dark. I don't recall anybody complaining about that.Patrick wrote: I don't really think Disney should be running older programming. Black and white live action stuff, old cartoons.. none of that will propel the company forward. I think they should looking into making new shows that aren't solely directed towards a 13 year old girl.
That's why older cartoons got their own separate channel, Boomerang. Same thing happened with older live action shows that used to play on cartoon network at night (I Dream of Jeanie, Bewitched ect.) They created another channel called TV Land just for them because they're for a different audience. I have nothing against older shows but I think it's unrealistic to think Disney could show them anymore.. Especially to the kids that watch the current Disney channel or Nickelodeon. iCarly, Big Time Rush, Hannah, Wizards .. it's just a different time.But its realistic to turn the channel into one that's barely recognizable? Where the oldest theatrical film that has ever been shown is The Incredible Journey from the 1990s? Where Haley Mills movies never air anymore? Where they'd rather show HalloweenTown three or four times instead of showing some other halloween themed movies? Where Monsters Inc has not aired in several years? Or A Bugs Life? They're finally airing the Toy Story movies again after a several year absence. One time, using the schedule for disney channel on its website, I made a list of all the movies they aired during a month and it was NOT pretty....
Disney should be having programming for everyone, not just three year olds through 12 year olds. I can't stand Hannah or Shake it Up. I'll watch wizards on occasion, same with suite life on deck (how many of you watched the twister part 3 just to see London's dad?) but usually when I am bored. I like Good Luck Charlie and Sonny with a Chance. And I like Phineas and Ferb. I can't stand Fish Hooks.
I don't like High School Musical or its lame sequels. I don't like Camp Rock or its sequel cause I can't stand the Jonas brothers.n I am not the audience they are aiming for, but I am a Disney fan. Except for the recent series House of Anubis, and Fairly OddParents, I NEVER watch Nickelodeon anymore (spongebob central). Nick isn't the Nick I grew up with...I don't want Disney to go the same way...
I watched Disney Channel sporadically when I was a kid since in was a premium channel; free preview weekends and grandma's house was about all I saw of it. Then I personally got it in 2000 and it slowly decayed to the channel it is now.
They need to create programming blocks for preschoolers, teens and tweens , then one for families on the weekends and a nostalgic block for those who like the older films and the full versions of the shorts.
Disney should be having programming for everyone, not just three year olds through 12 year olds. I can't stand Hannah or Shake it Up. I'll watch wizards on occasion, same with suite life on deck (how many of you watched the twister part 3 just to see London's dad?) but usually when I am bored. I like Good Luck Charlie and Sonny with a Chance. And I like Phineas and Ferb. I can't stand Fish Hooks.
I don't like High School Musical or its lame sequels. I don't like Camp Rock or its sequel cause I can't stand the Jonas brothers.n I am not the audience they are aiming for, but I am a Disney fan. Except for the recent series House of Anubis, and Fairly OddParents, I NEVER watch Nickelodeon anymore (spongebob central). Nick isn't the Nick I grew up with...I don't want Disney to go the same way...
I watched Disney Channel sporadically when I was a kid since in was a premium channel; free preview weekends and grandma's house was about all I saw of it. Then I personally got it in 2000 and it slowly decayed to the channel it is now.
They need to create programming blocks for preschoolers, teens and tweens , then one for families on the weekends and a nostalgic block for those who like the older films and the full versions of the shorts.
Disney Channel died when they stopped airing movies with Haley mills (Parent Trap and Pollyanna) and fun adventure movies like Swiss Family Robinson. R.I.P. the REAL Disney Channel. Date of Death: When the shows became teenie bopperish.
My ideal Disney Channel would be like what it is now but with Vault Disney added back into late nights, and maybe a couple of older programs added in the day time.
I don't think any of the kidcoms go beyond occasionally amusing myself, but as long as they and their accompanying music continues to sell, I don't see why they should take them off. Disney has obviously found a market with the channel and as long as the cash cow keeps milking out just fine, they can do whatever they want.
I do want to see more of a focus on animation on the channel however. With the recent success of Phineas & Ferb and Fish Hooks, that seems likely to happen. I know they have at least one new series coming down along the pipeline and there's plenty of cartoons on XD, so I'd keep up with that. These, and maybe the odd non-messed with Disney short or two would be just fine in my book.
I don't think any of the kidcoms go beyond occasionally amusing myself, but as long as they and their accompanying music continues to sell, I don't see why they should take them off. Disney has obviously found a market with the channel and as long as the cash cow keeps milking out just fine, they can do whatever they want.
I do want to see more of a focus on animation on the channel however. With the recent success of Phineas & Ferb and Fish Hooks, that seems likely to happen. I know they have at least one new series coming down along the pipeline and there's plenty of cartoons on XD, so I'd keep up with that. These, and maybe the odd non-messed with Disney short or two would be just fine in my book.