History AdoredByTheNetwork / Disney

* Before ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to midnight slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel highly played promos for the show before it's premiere and every show on the channel it had very high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel, Disney Junior and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were highly promoted in the summer of 2012, Disney Channel aired sneak-peeks, it had a marathon of sixth episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games on the website and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* Since it premiered on the network in 2006, ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has played almost every weekend on the channel. It also tends to air every Thanksgiving, possibly as a nod to [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant another film by]] Creator/BradBird that used to be frequently shown around this time.

* On the Sunday after the channel has a Creator/{{Pixar}} movie premiere, the channel will always show either ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' or ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', or sometimes both, in the case of the Sunday after ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'''s premiere.

* Speaking of Disney Channel India, ''Doraemon'' is not the only show they've hyped up. One of their original series, ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'', got contests on Facebook and Instagram around the time it was to premiere. A whopping 12 episodes aired on the premiere date of May 14th, 2018, and the show dominated the channel's schedule for a lot of that week, with them proceeding to slap it on numerous timeslots on Disney Channel (and later Disney Junior) since then.

* In [[UsefulNotes/AustralianMedia Australia]], the rotation for Foxtel Movies Disney mainly aired [=DCOMs=] (especially ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' or ''Film/CampRock''), ''Series/HannahMontana TheMovie'', ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1998}}'', ''Film/{{Freaky Friday|2003}}'', and ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''. While it did play films from the Disney Animated Canon (and their sequels) and Pixar at times, they're mainly shafted to late-night viewings. The channel was discontinued in November 2019 because of low ratings outside of teenage girls, and in preparation for the launch of Creator/DisneyPlus, but had a final marathon that includes the ''High School Musical'' films. The channel's number was then reused as a channel dedicated to teen romance films, opening with 'Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', but as of April 2021, the ''High School Musical'' films and ''Film/Zombies2018'' have been playing on the rebranded channel.

** Up until they were acquired by HBO in 2014, ABC Family played the first two ''Film/HomeAlone'' movies quite often. They've started doing this again after HBO's rights expired, and Disney acquiring [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Fox]], thus giving them ownership of the franchise.

* Being both a [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] adaptation, and a show whose lead is their [[CashCowFranchise most lucrative]] [[Franchise/SpiderMan character]], it's no surprise that ''WesternAnimation/SpideyAndHisAmazingFriends'' was adored right out the gate. The show received a huge marketing push from Disney, receives constant promotion on the channel and block, got renewed for a second season mere days after premiering and a third before its first season even finished airing, and managed to get a DVD release even as Disney starts to shy away from physical media.

* It goes without saying that while [[Creator/{{Disney}} the]] [[Creator/{{Pixar}} massive]] [[Creator/MarvelComics back]] [[Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} catalog]] [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios of]] [[Creator/NationalGeographicChannel content]] are what make up the majority of Creator/DisneyPlus's offerings, the "originals" are considered the true selling points.
** The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and ''Franchise/StarWars'' series in particular tend to rack up the most hype and attention. Shows like ''Series/TheMandalorian'' and ''Series/{{Wandavision}}'' managed to receive tons of promotional efforts from Disney, and are tremendously prominent in advertisments of the service.

* In [[UsefulNotes/AustralianMedia Australia]], the rotation for Foxtel Movies Disney mainly aired [=DCOMs=] (especially ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' or ''Film/CampRock''), ''Series/HannahMontana TheMovie'', ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1998}}'', ''Film/{{Freaky Friday|2003}}'', and ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''. While it did play films from the Disney Animated Canon (and their sequels) and Pixar at times, they're mainly shafted to late-night viewings. The channel was discontinued in November 2019 because of low ratings outside of teenage girls, and in preparation for the launch of Creator/DisneyPlus, but had a final marathon that includes the ''High School Musical'' films. The channel's number was then reused as a channel dedicated to teen romance films, opening with ''The Literature/{{Twilight}} Saga'', but as of April 2021, the ''High School Musical'' films and ''Film/Zombies2018'' have been playing on the rebranded channel.

** After their adoration of ''Casper'', ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' and its' sequels, along with the remake of the film, seemed to get this treatment. In 2022, the films aired 29 times throughout the month of October, while ''Hocus Pocus'' aired only 13 times.

* For some reason, starting in December 2012, [[Creator/ABCFamily Freeform]], Creator/DisneyChannel, and Creator/DisneyXD constantly went through a phase where they would air ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', a non-Disney movie, '''every single month''', 2 times in a row. Creator/Freeform would sometimes do a double-feature presentation, Creator/DisneyChannel would give it limited commercial interruption (like most movies that air on the channel), and Creator/DisneyXD would air it both early and late. The irony is that the film is owned by Creator/{{Universal}}, one of their major rival companies. Meanwhile, the Disney-owned channel ABC, Teletoon, HBO, Cinemax, Creator/{{ITV}} and the Spanish-language network Telemundo have aired this movie as well, with the latter being the only one actually owned by Universal. But by the end of June 2017, NBC finally aired it and promoted the sequels with some awkward time cuts. While the Disney Channel and Disney XD airings have since been scaled back considerably, both ''Despicable Me'' and now ''Despicable Me 2'' are still a mainstay on Freeform; getting aired as often as once a week on the channel (and usually shown back to back). Not only that, but ''Despicable Me 3'' and ''Minions'' also get aired in a similar pattern.

* ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' has been treated like royalty by ABC. It's promoted in many places, including movie theaters, shopping malls and online websites, is promoted on all of their other shows and gets marathons when new episodes aren't airing, which is very rare for a first-run broadcast TV show, to the point that even Creator/NickAtNite got the syndication rights to air the show- which gained high ratings for them!
** The series has also got more syndication rights on Creator/{{FOX}}, Creator/MyNetworkTV, and Creator/TheCW affiliates in the United States too, thanks to Tribune. All the networks love playing the show as well, giving it high promotion.

* Ever since the ABC buyout of The Family Channel (known as Fox Family when it happened), you can't watch the channel each Christmas without seeing ''Film/TheSantaClause'' or the live-action version of ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''. Formerly, Film/{{Elf}} was adored until it was acquired by HBO after the 2020 holiday season. ''Eloise at Christmastime'' got this treatment early on, but it disappeared soon after.
** Up until they were acquired by HBO in 2014, ABC Family played the first two ''Film/HomeAlone'' movies quite often. They've started doing this again after HBO's rights expired, and Disney acquiring Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, thus giving them ownership of the franchise.

** After losing the rights to several Warner Bros owned movies and specials such as ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'' to AMC in 2018, Freeform acquired the rights to air ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' and ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' alongside their annual Creator/{{CBS}} broadcasts. They now show it at least twice per season as part of their annual Christmas programming. ''Rudolph'', ''Frosty'' and many other Rankin/Bass specials were previously played in heavy rotation from the late 90s until the end of the TurnOfTheMillennium. A new special was produced without the involvement of Rankin/Bass in 2008: ''A Miser Brothers Christmas''.

* As a general rule of thumb, whenever a new show premieres on Disney Channel or the Disney Junior block, they will often play nothing but the first episode of the show for the first few weeks of its run, even if other episodes air during that time. One notable example was when they played the PilotMovie of ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' ''almost every day after it premiered'', usually paired up with the episode "What The Hair?". The only exceptions to this treatment were ''WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheRoadsterRacers'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'', both of which had 6 episodes played during their premiere weeks.

** These have [[ScrewedByTheNetwork unfortunately dropped off after its subsequent seasons]].

* Before ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to midnight slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel highly played promos for the show before it's premiere and every show on the channel it formerly had very high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel, Disney Junior and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were highly promoted in the summer of 2012, Disney Channel aired sneak-peeks, it had a marathon of sixth episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games on the website and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* Before ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to midnight slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel highly played promos and ads for the show before it's premiere and every show it formerly had very high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel, Disney Junior and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were highly promoted in the summer of 2012, Disney Channel aired sneak-peeks, it had a marathon of sixth episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games on the website and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* Before ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to midnight slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel highly played promos and ads for the show, it formerly had very high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were highly promoted in the summer of 2012, Disney Channel playing sneak-peeks, it had a marathon of sixth episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games on the website and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* Before ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to midnight slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel highly played promos and ads for the show, it formerly had very high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were highly promoted in the summer of 2012, Disney Channel sneak-peeks, it had a marathon of sixth episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games on the website and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* Before ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to midnight slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel highly sponsored promos and ads for the show, it had formerly high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were highly promoted in the summer of 2012, Disney Channel sneak-peeks, it had marathons of the first seven episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games on the website and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* Before ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to midnight slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel highly sponsored promos and ads for the show, it had formerly high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were highly promoted in the summer of 2012, Disney Channel sneak-peeks, it had marathons of the first seven episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* Before ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to midnight slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel played promos and ads for the show, it had formerly high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were highly promoted in the summer of 2012, Disney Channel sneak-peeks, it had marathons of the first seven episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* Before ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to late night slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel played promos and ads for the show, it had formerly high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were highly promoted in the summer of 2012, Disney Channel sneak-peeks, it had marathons of the first seven episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'': Before the series started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to late night slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel played promos and ads for the show, it had formerly high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were highly promoted in the summer of 2012, Disney Channel sneak-peeks, it had marathons of the first seven episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'': Before the series started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to late night slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel played promos and ads for the show, it had formerly high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were commonly promoted in the summer of 2012, Disney Channel sneak-peeks, it had marathons of the first seven episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'': Before the series started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to late night slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel played promos and ads for the show, it had formerly high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were commonly promoted in the summer of 2012, had sneak-peeks, it had marathons of the first seven episodes and the special Scars, it had 2 flash games and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'': Before the series started being suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to late night slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel played promos and ads for the show, it had formerly high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were commonly promoted in the summer of 2012, had sneak-peeks, it had marathons of the first seven episodes and it's special Scars, it had 2 flash games and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'': Before suddenly getting [[ScrewedByTheNetwork postponed and moved to late night slots]] it was a occasional favorite and one of the popular animated shows of Disney XD in 2012 the channel played most promos and ads for the show, it had formerly high ratings, the promos played on Creator/DisneyChannel and even on the evening hours of Creator/{{ABC}} the first seven episodes were commonly promoted in the summer of 2012, had sneak-peeks, it had marathons of the first seven episodes and it's special Scars, it had 2 flash games and minigames were added for a once limited time on ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''.