History AdoredByTheNetwork / Disney

* As of April 2020, Sky Cinema Disney plays a variety of movies, but three of them play more frequently than others: ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', with the third film being the most common of the trio. Sometimes, the movies will play one after the other, like on Easter 2020, when ''Mulan'', ''Inside Out'' and ''Toy Story 4'' played back-to-back, in that order, followed by a second airing of ''Inside Out''.

** As of February 2023, the Japanese feed loves airing and promoting ''WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/MiraRoyalDetective''. Promos for these two shows air every other commercial break, and, depending on the day of week, can air anywhere from two to four times a day.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' was this for Creator/DisneyChannel from 2009 to 2012, due to the fact that it had performed well over expectations and had gained a massive fanbase. It eventually got to the point where Disney [[DuelingShows compared it]] to ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants.'' However, it seems that as of 2013, this treatment has long died down, that is until 2020, where that treatment for the show came back in full force, as the show aired marathons on Disney Channel and Disney XD (latter of which aired nothing but ''Phineas and Ferb'' for 2 whole days), thrown in the new movie, and it seems like the adoration will never die down again.

* Ever since January of 2019, it's common to see ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' on Freeform's movie schedule.

* Disney XD showed three movies on constant rotation throughout the summer of 2016: ''[[Film/TheMuppets The Muppets]]'', ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity''.

* Given that it's based on Disney's most iconic character, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseFunhouse of course got this treatment. The show, along with the aforementioned ''Spidey'' was advertised ''heavily'' on the block and channel throughout Summer 2021, debuted with a primetime special, received a merchandise line, and was renewed for two additional seasons before its first even finished airing.

* Prime time game show revivals became this once COVID-19 hit. While they were already successful for the network and many of the shows were planned to air regardless, the pandemic left the network with little new shows to air, so game shows aired as many as ''four'' days a week. Most were revivals, including the current incarnations of ''Series/MatchGame'', ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'', and ''[[Series/FamilyFeud Celebrity Family Feud]]'' joined by new versions of ''Series/PressYourLuck'', ''Series/CardSharks'', ''Series/TheChase'', ''Series/SupermarketSweep'', and ''[[Series/WheelOfFortune Celebrity Wheel of Fortune]]''

* During the channel's infancy in the 1980s (when it was known as "The Disney Channel"), Disney Channel would frequently air ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico'' and ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic'' by Creator/{{Sanrio}} immediately after the channel's launch in 1983, typically aired back-to-back. Considering Creator/OsamuTezuka is a huge fan of Creator/WaltDisney (and [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney]] [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts in]] [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse general]]) who actually attend the opening day of [[Ride/DisneyParks Tokyo Disneyland]] on April 15, 1983 around the same period ''Unico in the Island of Magic'' was originally released. This might been Disney's way of expressing gratitude to Tezuka and his personal relationship with The Walt Disney Company. [[note]] During the 1964 New York World's Fair, Tezuka had the once in a lifetime chance to meet Walt Disney and discussed plans on collaborating together. Disney even allowed Tezuka to create a [[Manga/{{Bambi}} manga adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' close to the same period. [[/note]] Even better is that Disney's frequent airings of the Unico films caused the [[Manga/{{Unico}} Unico series]] to gain a [[GermansLoveDavidHasselHoff dedicated cult following with American and Western audiences]], who managed to get the original manga series [[LateExportForYou an official English translation decades later.]]

* As of July 2022, the Japanese feed plays ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' anywhere from four to six times a day.
** Up until 2019, their most-aired show was ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', airing four episodes a day despite only a few episodes of the show being in the channel's rotation.

** Up until 2019, their most-aired show was ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'', airing four episodes a day despite only a few episodes of the show being in the channel's rotation.

* Until Creator/USANetwork and Creator/{{Syfy}} got the cable rights, they ''really'' liked using whatever excuse they could to air their ''Film/HarryPotter'' marathons. Upcoming movies, Christmas, Memorial Day, whatever. Between the length of the films and frequent commercial breaks, "Harry Potter Weekends" lasted up to five days long. In recent times, this fondness for Harry Potter was turned {{Up To Eleven}}, with the so-called weekends seemingly occurring almost once every three weeks! It got to the point that in 2015, the 25 Days of Christmas event had '''TWO''' Harry Potter marathons during the lineup that took up an entire week's worth of programming.

* From 2012 to 2014, the channel would take any chance it could to show ''Series/{{JESSIE}}'' when their other shows or Disney Junior programming wasn't airing, showing up to eight times a day. The spin-off ''Series/{{Bunkd}}'' also got similar treatment. This treatment have been taken UpToEleven in recent years where it has become the most played show of the channel, despite ending in 2015 (Cartoon Network have a similar problem with ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''). During spring 2019, it was on almost every hour from 3pm-10pm. By the end of year, its sudden overplaying was justified as one of its stars Cameron Boyce passed away from epilepsy on July 6. As of this writing, it is still the most played show on the channel, despite the fact that the Ross kids are long gone from ''Bunk’d'' (although Emma returned to one episode in the season 5 premiere). Speaking of which, ''Bunk’d'' became the first Disney Channel sitcom to get five seasons.

** 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.

* 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 managed to get a DVD release even as Disney starts to shy away from physical media.

* These days, ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' is the most adored animated show on Disney Channel. This is due to the fact that show is more episodic than the other Disney cartoons, which are mostly story driven, making them hard to rerun (but they air more on Disney XD instead).

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraRoyalDetective'', ''WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}'', anything related to ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'', ''WesternAnimation/PuppyDogPals'', and to a lesser extent ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks''. They constantly air on Disney Channel, get insane amounts of promotion, and are the only shows Disney Junior seems to care about these days. By 2021, only 4 shows (Puppy Dog Pals, TOTS, Bluey, and Sofia The First) are playing on the Disney Junior block on the main channel (including one show that already ended back in 2018), while the rest now air exclusively on the Junior channel. It should be worth noting that Disney Junior channel now gets higher ratings than Disney Channel itself.

* Australian acquired series ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'' wasn't expected to do much for the network, but ended up dethroning ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'' as the network's most successful acquired show. It has a few slots everyday, is the first non-Canadian acquisituon to air on both the block and the channel in years, has been treated better than [[WesternAnimation/TheRocketeer an in-house program that premiered around the same time]], and is included in the network's promotions alongside [[WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}} the newest]] [[WesternAnimation/MiraRoyalDetective originals]]. As of August 2021, the show is the most-aired preschool program on both the Disney Junior block and channel. The show's popularity in the United States has also lead to it getting slots on the main channel outside the (shrinking) Disney Junior block.

* During the channel's infancy in the 1980s (when it was known as "The Disney Channel"), Disney Channel would frequently air ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico'' and ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic'' by Creator/{{Sanrio}} immediately after the channel's launch in 1983, typically aired back-to-back. Considering Creator/OsamuTezuka is a huge fan of Creator/WaltDisney (and Disney in general) who actuallty attend the opening day of [[Ride/DisneyParks Tokyo Disneyland]] on April 15, 1983 around the same period ''Unico in the Island of Magic'' was originally released. This might been Disney's way of expressing gratitude to Tezuka and his personal relationship with The Walt Disney Company. [[note]] During the 1964 World's Fair, Tezuka had the once in a lifetime chance to meet Walt Disney and discussed plans on collaborating together. Disney even allowed Tezuka to create a [[Manga/{{Bambi}} manga adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' close to the same period. [[/note]] Even better is that Disney's frequent airing of the Unico films caused the [[Manga/{{Unico}} Unico series]] to gain a [[GermansLoveDavidHasselHoff dedicated cult following with American and Western audiences]], who managed to get the original manga series an official english translation decades later.

** When Adult Swim and Creator/{{TBS}} finally lost the rights to the first 15 seasons of ''Family Guy'' in September 2021, Disney made damn sure to take advantage of it on their networks fast. FXX airs the show for four hours straight in primetime aside from Wednesdays and Thursdays, where new episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' and ''Series/{{Cake}}'' air. In addition, Freeform's marathon block of the show on Fridays has expanded to ''10 hours'', at the expense of FXX not airing the show that day. The show is loved by FXX so much that sister channel FX started airing it on Saturday mornings, making it one of three acquisitions airing on the network. Also, the marathons on Sunday now have a theme to it, much like their blocks of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' on that day.

* Disney XD loved their anime during the mid-to-late 2010s. Look at ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' and ''{{Franchise/Beyblade}}'' on their app and website around that time and you'll find more episodes of one of these shows than all their original shows combined. There were also quite a few reruns through the week on the main channel. However, as of 2021, Disney XD's linear network has removed all anime from its schedule; but still streams it through its DisneyNOW service.

* Game show revivals became this once COVID-19 hit. While they were already successful for the network and many of the shows were planned to air regardless, the pandemic left the network with little new shows to air, so game shows aired as many as ''four'' days a week. Most were revivals, including the current incarnations of ''Series/MatchGame'', ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'', and ''[[Series/FamilyFeud Celebrity Family Feud]]'' joined by new versions of ''Series/PressYourLuck'', ''Series/CardSharks'', ''Series/TheChase'', ''Series/SupermarketSweep'', and ''[[Series/WheelOfFortune Celebrity Wheel of Fortune]]''