History ScrewedByTheNetwork / DisneyNetworks

** ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' got this treatment: cancelled after the second season to make way for ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', a show closer in look and tone to the movie franchise. Although EMH did pull in good ratings and was critically acclaimed, part of the problem was that [[PeripheryDemographic much of the audience was outside Disney XD's target demographic]].

* WesternAnimation/{{Billy Dilleys Super Duper Subterranean Summer}} seem to have a bad case of being screwed over, when it air on June 3, the episodes were on the app at the same time as regularly aired episodes, which it aired at 7am for every single episode each day until June 15. Reruns were quite rare recently, and on September 24, the series was confirmed canceled after it aired 13 episodes, making it, one of Disney’s short lived series to most of fans.

*** Worth noting that the season 2 finale was advertised as the series finale yet ends on a massive SequelHook that would've been resolved in season 3, and soon after it aired the show up and vanished from the schedule entirely, which made the network being [[AdoredByTheNetwork completely dominated]] by reruns of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (which aired its finale less than a year before ''Wander'' did and actually got reruns of that finale) even more apparent.* ''WesternAnimation/The7D'', much like ''Wander'' above, was canceled in April 2016 during its second season while also suffering the ignominy of having that season's intended 39 episodes shortened to 20.

* ''WesternAnimation/The7D'', much like ''Wander'' above, was canceled in April 2016 during its second season while also suffering the ignominy of having that season's intended 39 episodes shortened to 20.

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* In Asia, Disney's refactoring of Playhouse Disney Asia into Disney Junior Asia inevitably gave the non-Disney programming like ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''WesternAnimation/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' the pink slip. And while they brought in ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' initially after the refactoring, the show barely lasted a season. Disney Junior Asia is now mostly bereft of any non-Disney programming, the only surviving non-Disney programming seems to be Sesame Street, Elmo's World and UK spinoff Furchester Hotel.
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* ''Series/LastManStanding'' started off with a large viewership in its Tuesday night slot but the ratings declined by the end of the first season (the average was about 6 million, which was considered okay but not great). As a result, the show was moved to the FridayNightDeathSlot for a 13 episode season two. However, the ratings actually ''improved'', so more episodes were ordered for the season and it was renewed for a third. The ratings steadily grew with each successive season and by season six, the show was one of ABC's highest rated despite airing on Fridays and getting almost no promotion from the network. But despite an average of 8.1 million viewers per episode (the only scripted series on the network with more was ''Series/ModernFamily''), ABC pulled the plug after season six finished with no warning or a GrandFinale. ABC President Channing Dungey [[http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/16/abc-defends-canceling-last-man-standing/ claimed the reason]] was that the network decided to revamp the Friday night block and there was no room for it on any other night. Tim Allen's ballooning salary might also be to blame; the math for that might work for a Wednesday night show, but not so much for a Friday night show with mediocre critical acclaim. Some (mainly those who don't realize how the economics of television work and politicize everything) also floated the cancellation was due to Tim Allen being a Republican in the age of Trump and was done because of that, but the math of the show (it's owned by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox so ABC got nothing from airing the show besides advertising revenue) probably did it in more than any vendetta (the same season saw the politically-reverse sitcom ''Series/TheRealONeals'' also cancelled based on the same factors). A few weeks later, CMT (which airs its reruns in syndication) tried to pick up the show before the cast was released from their contracts, but found Tim Allen's salary just too large to justify a sixth season.

* ''Series/LastManStanding'' started off with a large viewership in its Tuesday night slot but the ratings declined by the end of the first season (the average was about 6 million, which was considered okay but not great). As a result, the show was moved to the FridayNightDeathSlot for a 13 episode season two. However, the ratings actually ''improved'', so more episodes were ordered for the season and it was renewed for a third. The ratings steadily grew with each successive season and by season six, the show was one of ABC's highest rated despite airing on Fridays and getting almost no promotion from the network. But despite an average of 8.1 million viewers per episode (the only scripted series on the network with more was ''Series/ModernFamily''), ABC pulled the plug after season six finished with no warning or a GrandFinale. ABC President Channing Dungey [[http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/16/abc-defends-canceling-last-man-standing/ claimed the reason]] was that the network decided to revamp the Friday night block and there was no room for it on any other night. However, that still doesn't explain why they didn't cancel one of ABC's less popular shows to make room for it. The speculated reasons range from the show being owned by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox so they received all of the syndication money to the fact that the show was a conservative leaning sitcom that did not fit with the liberal ones the network airs like ''Modern Family'', ''Series/BlackIsh'', and ''Series/TheRealONeals'' and thus was a victim to growing anti-conservative sentiment in Hollywood spurred by the election of Donald Trump.

* The network spent the spring and summer of 2013 coming out with news on everything on the network, including a spelling bee game show (never actually launched- it would've been their first real game show since Fox took over in 1998) and the ''Series/TheHills'' clone ''The Vineyard'' (quietly gone after one season), except for news about the fate of ''Series/{{Bunheads}}'', which had their first season come to an end in February of that year. The network waited five months and through multiple questions from fans and television critics to announce the show's cancellation in the dog days of July, leading to consternation among the fans of the show, and did no favors to the cast, who were stuck waiting to see if it was coming back and were unable to commit to the 2013-14 pilot season without news either way. It also had the opposite effect of having those who like ''Bunheads'' root against the new shows ''Series/TheFosters'' and ''Series/{{Twisted}}'' in the infinitesimal hope that they'd bomb so they'd get their show back; both shows did well and came back in the winter (though ''Twisted'' ended up plunging and was canceled at the end of its winter half-season). It also lead to questions as to why Freeform just doesn't expand their original programming efforts to another night so they don't have to deal with this.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow'' The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show]] was hit with this in its final years before Creator/CartoonNetwork gained the exclusive rights to the shorts in 2000. Of course, it didn't help that ABC had at that point been bought by [[Creator/{{Disney}} WB's greatest rival]], and was somewhat awkwardly squeezed in between Disney's ''Creator/OneSaturdayMorning'' stuff; not only that, but it was frequently preempted in favor ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' and afternoon sports, and many affiliates dropped it altogether.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show]] was hit with this in its final years before Creator/CartoonNetwork gained the exclusive rights to the shorts in 2000. Of course, it didn't help that ABC had at that point been bought by [[Creator/{{Disney}} WB's greatest rival]], and was somewhat awkwardly squeezed in between Disney's ''Creator/OneSaturdayMorning'' stuff; not only that, but it was frequently preempted in favor ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' and afternoon sports, and many affiliates dropped it altogether.

* In Asia, Disney's refactoring of Playhouse Disney Asia into Disney Junior Asia inevitably gave the non-Disney programming like ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''WesternAnimation/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' the pink slip. And while they brought in ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' initially after the refactoring, the show barely lasted a season. Disney Junior Asia is now mostly bereft of any non-Disney programming.

Creator/DisneyChannel had a rule that instantly screws over any show it likes: the [[SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon 65-episode rule]]. Sixty-five is the absolute minimum number of episodes to be produced before a show can be officially syndicated. Once a show hits that milestone, it's very unlikely to be renewed by Disney Channel, unless it has been proven to be a major CashCowFranchise for the channel or any of its siblings. Many shows have fallen victim to this rule. In recent years, Disney Channel has decided in favor of a four-season rule (i.e, their shows can only last no more than four seasons). While virtually all of Disney Channel's shows have fallen into this, some shows are lucky enough to either get two or three.

As evidenced by the existence of this page, there are other ways for Disney Channel to screw over a show, and they aren't the only network owned by Disney to be guilty of doing so.

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* If you fall in love with a series that airs on Disney, the odds are you can say goodbye to ever getting full-season releases (or maybe even a DVD release, period). The best you can hope for are "best-ofs" or reedited movie editions, as per ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. There have been a few exceptions (specifically ''Kim Possible'', ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'', and ''Series/LizzieMcGuire''), but only a few. Let's just say don't hold your breath for a Blu-ray of anything on Disney Channel...
* On Disney Channel Asia, any live-action shows (that are produced by Disney) get screwed in order to make way for more animated shows. It gets worse when they bring Malaysian-produced lowbrow entertainment like ''Upin & Ipin'', ''Boboiboy'', ''Waktu Rehat'', etc. Whether your show is ''Hannah Montana'', ''Suite Life'', ''Shake It Up'', ''Jessie'' or ''Austin & Ally'', it'll get screwed too even if they're very popular.
** It's the same situation with the Japanese counterpart. Animated shows [[note]] most of which are made by Disney themselves, but some non-Disney cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' as well as anime like ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}}'' have aired as well.[[/note]] air all day long, and the live-action shows only play at night. Even movie airings are not spared from this, as most of the movies the channel airs are animated films.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' was once AdoredByTheNetwork. But Walt Disney Television decided to end the series in 2001, not for any issue with ratings (actually, the ratings for the show were for a while, '''the''' highest rated Saturday morning cartoon), but because there was a policy to end a show once it reached 65 episodes. And it doesn't matter ''how'' popular it was, it ''had to'' end with 65. This policy was likely a product of the later years of Michael Eisner's time as Disney CEO, and was probably designed to get the series to the point it could be syndicated, then sell off the rights and reap the financial rewards.

* Hoo boy. ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''. It was ahead of its time in every way. And ABC and its censors ''absolutely hated it''. They canned it after its second season. By the season finale, that feeling of contempt for creativity had become mutual as far as the writers were concerned:

Creator/DisneyChannel had a rule that screws over any show it likes. It's called the [[SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon 65-episode rule]], 65 being the absolute minimum number of episode produced before it can be officially syndicated. After 65 episodes, the show's very unlikely to be renewed by Disney, unless it has been proven to be a major CashCowFranchise for the network (or its sister channels Disney Junior and Creator/DisneyXD). Many shows have fallen victim to this rule. However, Disney recently changed over to a four-season rule (i.e, their shows can only last no more than four seasons). Virtually all of Disney's shows have fallen into this, though some shows are lucky to either get two or three.

* Back when Fox bought out the channel, it cancelled all their original shows on at the time- including Creator/JayWolpert's ''Series/ShoppingSpree'' (which was actually his longest running show- [[SarcasmMode at a season-and-a-half!]]) and ''[[Series/ShopTilYouDrop The New Shop Til You Drop]]'' (which did get revived again on the former PAX TV, though the series had a major retool in 2003 that turned it into a pile of crap).

''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' originally got just one season despite becoming one of Creator/HannaBarbera[='=]s most-recognized cartoons. Why, you ask? Well, around the time the show was in production, ABC had just caught up to rival NBC and got into color television. ''The Jetsons'' was selected to be the first color program on the network (which was fitting, since the show was a vision of the future and thus needed a futuristic technology to go with it), but color television sets were still hard to come across in UsefulNotes/TheSixties. ABC gave affiliates the option to broadcast ''The Jetsons'' either in color or black-and-white, but since many ABC affiliates didn't have the money or technology to upgrade to color television, they chose the latter option. This meant that the only stations that did broadcast the series in color [[EpicFail were ABC's owned-and-operated stations, and even those markets didn't have many residents with color televisions]]. This killed any attempt of the show's ratings to eclipse that of fellow H-B staple ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', which aired on the same network and didn't need color since the show's setting was the complete opposite of ''The Jetsons'', and ABC decided to put more focus on ''The Flintstones'' and cancel ''The Jetsons''. The show later found new life in syndication during the color television boom in the late 60's, leading to it getting UnCanceled for two more seasons two decades later.

* When the second season of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'''s English dub began airing on Disney XD, it was set at the 1:00 P.M. slot. Sure, that's not so bad during the ''summer'', but even ''after'' the summer it continued to stay in the 1:00 P.M. slot while the target audience was at school, and eventually they began pushing back episodes on and on.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'' had aired between Saturday and Friday nights at 9:00 for its first season, until Disney changed the date from Saturday/Friday nights to Monday afternoons at 5:00 for its second season.
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''. The show was initially picked up by Disney Channel in 2012 and began airing regularly in September 2013. Disney Channel treated it well for the remainder of the year. Then in January 2014, Disney Channel began showing less reruns of the show, eventually on January 25, 2014, after a rerun of "The Bounty" all reruns of the show were removed from the schedule. Even episodes scheduled to air in February 2014, were pulled from airing.
** A few weeks later, the network announced the show would air new episodes on Disney XD, but said episodes would air on the ''Disney XD on Disney Channel'' block starting in July 2014. Then the entire show was removed from the block, and the network entirely, in February 2015, and hasn't aired since then, leaving 3 episodes from season 1 and the entire second season unaired. When the show was up for renewal after its second season, Disney XD decided it couldn't afford to continue the series after eighty episodes, so it was canceled despite protests from fans as well as series creator Creator/CraigMcCracken. The backlash was so bad that fans resorted to [[SendingStuffToSaveTheShow setting up multiple petitions at Change.org calling for Disney XD to reverse course]].
*** Worth noting that the season 2 finale was advertised as the series finale yet ends on a massive SequelHook that would've been resolved in season 3, and soon after it aired the show up and vanished from the schedule entirely, which made Disney XD being [[AdoredByTheNetwork completely dominated]] by reruns of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (which aired its finale less than a year before ''Wander'' did and actually got reruns of that finale) even more apparent.
* Despite being based on one of their properties, Disney Channel rarely airs ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' anymore, and, when they do, it's just the same 6 episodes over and over again. It's gotten to the point that they've been more heavily promoting [[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTheSeries a new series created by one of their competitors]] than one actually made by them.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons'', a British animated show that portrayed the knights of King Arthur's Court as a bunch of incompetent dragons, was aired on Disney for a while, but was dropped in a time slot that was so late at night/early in the morning that it was rarely seen before being quietly scuttled away.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'', a well-animated Flash series about a hot-rod gang defending Motorcity from Detroit Deluxe's dictatorship. The show received the axe before the first season even finished being aired! Not only that, but reruns weren't aired untill ''2015''. (which may not sound so bad, except the series concluded in ''January 2013'').
* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' got postponed several months only seven episodes in, got postponed another month three episodes after that, and got shunted to a ''midnight'' timeslot on Mondays upon its return. It didn't get renewed for a second season, and the final three episodes did not air.
* Cartoons based on Marvel Comics have, in recent years, been hit with his. For some shows, most notably ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' and ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'', this was due to Disney taking over Marvel and, as such, axing any TV show that requires them to pay another company for. For other shows, such as ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' though, they just silently end the series without any announcement. ''Evolution'' is notable for the final season, which while resolving the Apocalypse plot arc that had been building up since season 2, had a notably shorter episode count (with just ''nine'' episodes, compared the previous seasons which had an average of around double that), and was filled with several one shot story episodes that, really, ended with a lot of loose plot threads. Steven Gordon, Evolution's head character designer and occasional director and writer, has stated that, while he believes the show ended well, he does have some hard feelings for Marvel's decision to end it, as he noted they didn't appear to really care for the show at all despite many of the show's aspects and a [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} certain original character]] later being adopted by Marvel's writers later.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' got this treatment: cancelled after the second season to make way for ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', a show closer in look and tone to the movie franchise. Although EMH did pull in good ratings and was critically acclaimed, part of the problem was that [[PeripheryDemographic much of the audience was outside Disney XD's target demographic]].
* Despite having a strong narrative and greatly improving with the second season, the television adaption of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' was canceled despite a very obvious SequelHook at the end of season 2. According to one of the crew that worked on the show, this was because the new higher-ups didn't like the show's premise and [[NetworkDecay wanted to make way for more live-action sitcoms on Disney Channel]]. The fact that Creator/GregWeisman worked on the show's second season should be no surprise at this point.
* Many of Disney XD's Canadian imports tend to get this. For example, ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' is a classic example of executives being given broadcasting rights, but then forgetting about it. New episodes of the show aired at ''midnight'' with reruns being aired at 4 in the morning. Rumours say that the cause of this was because the executives decided that [[{{Hell}} the implications of the show's setting]] were too [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids kid-unfriendly]], although the more likely culprit was simply that network executives treating it like many Canadian imports (regardless of quality) -- cheap timeslot filler. Whatever the case, it ended after two seasons, the latter which had heavy SeasonalRot due to this trope.
* When the second season of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'''s English dub began airing on Disney XD, it was set at the 1:00 P.M. slot. Sure, that's not so bad during the ''summer'', but even ''after'' the summer it continued to stay in the 1:00 P.M. slot while the target audience was at school, and eventually they began pushing back episodes on and on.
* Shows not produced by Disney (particularly those produced in Canada) tend to have a very hard time lasting more than a season on Disney networks that ''aren't'' Disney Junior. For several examples, the summer of 2013 had Disney XD bring in four new shows: ''WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures'', the 2013 ''WesternAnimation/{{Max Steel|2013}}'' cartoon and Creator/{{Teletoon}}'s ''WesternAnimation/PackagesFromPlanetX'' and ''WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom'', none of which were produced by Disney. By the next year, ''Max Steel'' and ''Pac-Man'' were the only shows that lasted on the network for more than one season, but after they were renewed, Disney XD suddenly had no interest in either show anymore and dumped both of them. The producers of both shows moved the programs to Creator/{{Netflix}} and iTunes, where they remain moderately successful. One would have to wonder if Disney has a dislike for Canadian animation.
* ''WesternAnimation/The7D'', much like ''Wander'' above, was canceled in April 2016 during its second season while also suffering the ignominy of having that season's intended 39 episodes shortened to 20.
* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'' likewise suffered from Disney XD's 2nd season curse: Started off great, then episodes got delayed, barely any advertisements, and finally was quietly cancelled to which the show ended on a cliffhanger (though at least wrapped up its storylines with Mirror Julian and the Sorcerer).
* ''WesternAnimation/RightNowKapow'' is another bad example, despite the novelty of a Creator/WarnerBros cartoon premiering on a Disney network. Right from the beginning, Disney XD acted like they wanted nothing to do with it, placing it in a weeknight timeslot at 9 p.m. with little promotion, which showed in the ratings. When character designer Alex Schubert [[http://www.toonzone.net/forums/threads/right-now-kapow-news-discussion-thread.5598951/page-5#post-85313881 announced its cancellation after a single season]], he cited DXD's preference towards home-grown series, a criteria which ''Right Now Kapow'' doesn't fall under.
* The Disney XD two-season curse continues with ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' becoming its latest victim. After the first season finished its run, the show went oddly quiet and wasn't seen at all for at least a year. When it finally returned for a second season, it was barely advertised, had half the episode count the first season did and was burned off within the whole month of July 2017, and was not reran afterwards. Makes one wonder why they even bothered to bring it back at all if they were just going to rush through it. Even ''Wander's'' last season was showcased better.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'', a well-animated Flash series about a hot-rod gang defending Motorcity from Detroit Deluxe's dictatorship. The show received the axe before the first season even finished being aired! Not only that, but reruns weren't aired untill ''2015''. (which may not sound so bad, except the series concluded in ''January 2013''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'', a well-animated Flash series about a hot-rod gang defending Motorcity from Detroit Deluxe's dictatorship. The show received the axe before the first season even finished being aired! Not only that, but reruns weren't aired untill ''2015''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'', a well-animated Flash series about a hot-rod gang defending Motorcity from Detroit Deluxe's dictatorship. The show received the axe before the first season even finished being aired!

* The Disney XD two-season curse continues with ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' becoming its latest victim. After the first season finished its run, the show went oddly quiet and wasn't seen at all for at least a year. When it finally returned for a second season, it was barely advertised, had half the episode count the first season did and was burned off within the whole month of July 2017. Makes one wonder why they even bothered to bring it back at all if they were just going to rush through it. Even ''Wander's'' last season was showcased better.

Creator/DisneyChannel had a rule that screws over any show it likes. It's called the [[SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon 65-episode rule]], 65 being the absolute minimum number of episode produced before it can be officially syndicated. After 65 episodes, the show's very unlikely to be renewed by Disney, unless it has been proven to be a major CashCowFranchise for the network (or its sister channels Disney Junior and Creator/DisneyXD). Many shows have fallen victim to this rule. However Disney recently changed over to a four-season rule (i.e, their shows can only last no more than four seasons). Virtually all of Disney's shows have fallen into this, though some shows are lucky to either get two or three.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''. The show was initially picked up by Disney Channel in 2012, and began airing regularly in September 2013. Disney Channel treated it well for the remainder of the year. Then in January 2014, Disney Channel began showing less reruns of the show, eventually on January 25, 2014, after a rerun of "The Bounty" all reruns of the show were removed from the schedule. Even episodes scheduled to air in February 2014, were pulled from airing.

*** Worth noting that the season 2 finale was advertised as the series finale yet ends on a massive SequelHook that would've been resolved in season 3, and soon after it aired the show up and vanished from the schedule entirely, which made the network being [[AdoredByTheNetwork completely dominated]] by reruns of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (which aired its finale less than a year before ''Wander'' did and actually got reruns of that finale) even more apparent.

Creator/DisneyChannel had a rule that screws over any show it likes. It's called the [[SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon 65-episode rule]], 65 being the absolute minimum number of episode produced before it can be officially syndicated. After 65 episodes, the show's very unlikely to be renewed by Disney, unless it has been proven to be a major CashCowFranchise for the network (or its sister channels Creator/DisneyJunior and Creator/DisneyXD). Many shows have fallen victim to this rule. However Disney recently changed over to a four-season rule (i.e, their shows can only last no more than four seasons). Virtually all of Disney's shows have fallen into this, though some shows are lucky to either get two or three.

* Disney Junior originally looked like they were unscrewing ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'' by putting it back on air after not wanting to air repeats of the show for years. Then they proceeded to royally screw it over again by preempting it for ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverLandPirates'' reruns in November of 2013, then putting it on at 2:30AM on Sundays before it was replaced with ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts''.

* In October of 2014, ''WesternAnimation/HenryHugglemonster'' was screwed over by Disney Junior for more airings of ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'', just when merchandise had come out for the show. It now only airs during the early morning hours except on weekends, and let's face it: kids sleep late on weekends and when they wake up, chances are the family would go out on a day trip instead of staying home and watching TV.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'' had aired between Saturday and Friday nights at 9:00 for its first season, until Disney changed the date from Saturday/Friday nights to Monday afternoons at 5:00 for its second season.
* After treating ''Nina Needs to Go!'' greatly in its first two seasons, Disney canned the show on the Disney Junior on Disney Channel block for ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverLandPirates'' shorts, Big Block Sing Song, and the Palace Pets shorts.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''. The show was initially picked up by Disney Channel in 2012, and began airing regularly in September 2013. Disney Channel treated it well for the remainder of the year. Then in January 2014, Disney Channel began showing less reruns of the show, eventually on January 25, 2014, after a rerun of "The Bounty" all reruns of the show were removed from the schedule. Even episodes scheduled to air in February 2014, were pulled from airing.
** A few weeks later, the network announced the show would air new episodes on Disney XD, but said episodes would air on the ''Disney XD on Disney Channel'' block starting in July 2014. Then the entire show was removed from the block, and the network entirely, in February 2015, and hasn't aired since then, leaving 3 episodes from season 1 and the entire second season unaired. When the show was up for renewal after its second season, Disney XD decided it couldn't afford to continue the series after eighty episodes, so it was canceled despite protests from fans as well as series creator Creator/CraigMcCracken. The backlash was so bad that fans resorted to [[SendingStuffToSaveTheShow setting up multiple petitions at Change.org calling for Disney XD to reverse course]].
*** Worth noting that the season 2 finale was advertised as the series finale yet ends on a massive SequelHook that would've been resolved in season 3, and soon after it aired the show up and vanished from the schedule entirely, which made the network being [[AdoredByTheNetwork completely dominated]] by reruns of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (which aired its finale less than a year before ''Wander'' did and actually got reruns of that finale) even more apparent.

* After treating the show nicely for five years, ''WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins'' was only shown between 4:00 A.M. and 7:00 A.M. on the Disney Junior block, and it didn't help that it and Baby Einstein were ScrewedByTheLawyers.

* In 2016, ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'', despite having great DVD and merchandise sales as well as being the flagship show of Disney Junior, got cancelled because it wasn't performing as well as the other Disney Junior shows like ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' and even newer shows on rival channels like ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' [[note]] which constantly appears in Nielsen's top 10 preschool shows despite being aimed at the 6-12 demographic[[/note]] and because Disney wanted to make a spin-off of it aimed at an older audience. Many parents were understandably upset by this change.

* Despite being based on one of their properties, Disney Channel rarely airs ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' anymore, and, when they do, it's just the same 6 episodes over and over again. It's gotten to the point that they've been more heavily promoting [[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTheSeries a new series created by one of their competitors]] than one actually made by them.
* The Disney XD two-season curse continues with ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' becoming its latest victim. After the first season finished its run, the show went oddly quiet and wasn't seen at all for at least a year. When it finally returned for a second season, it was barely advertised, had half the episode count the first season did and was burned off within the whole month of July 2017. Makes one wonder why they even bothered to bring it back at all if they were just going to rush through it. Even ''Wander's'' last season was showcased better.

* The Disney XD two-season curse continues with ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' becoming its latest victim. After the first season finished its run, the show went oddly quiet and wasn't seen at all for at least a year. When it finally returned for a second season, it was barely advertised, had half the episode count the first season did and was burned off within the whole month of July 2017. Makes one wonder why they even bothered to bring it back at all if they were just going to rush through it. Even ''Wander's'' last season was showcased better.
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