Disney Channel Saturday morning block

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Commercial Free Weekend Mornings (formerly called Toonin' Saturdays from 2011 to 2012, Disney Channel Saturday Mornings from 2012 to 2014, Get Animated from 2017 to 2018, and Animation Cram Session from 2018 to 2019) is a weekend program block on the Disney Channel in the United States, consisting of Saturday morning cartoons. The block currently airs original animated programming like Big City Greens, Amphibia, and The Owl House, as well as acquired programming such as Hotel Transylvania: The Series, Bluey and Miraculous. It occasionally shows new episodes of cartoons on Saturday mornings.

History[]

The adoption of a block on Disney Channel coincided with the end of the ABC Kids block, which had aired an outdated loop of Disney Channel original series repeats for several years. ABC and Disney Channel are both owned by The Walt Disney Company; beginning in September 2011, ABC outsourced its educational programming responsibilities to Litton Entertainment, which produces the Weekend Adventure, a block that contains no animated programming.

Disney Channel Saturday Mornings debuted June 18, 2011, as "Toonin' Saturdays", and was rebranded as "Disney Channel Saturday Mornings" in 2012. The block aired shows like Fish Hooks, Phineas and Ferb, Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales, Have a Laugh! and Gravity Falls.

As of 2014, the block is no longer airing in this timeslot. It does not currently air any animated series; it now airs reruns of live-action series after the Disney Junior block on weekdays, Wander Over Yonder, Gravity Falls and Phineas and Ferb were transferred from that block to Disney XD on Disney Channel Friday Night animation block, while Fish Hooks was moved to the regular Disney XD schedule.

The block returned in 2017 as "Get Animated" and features reruns of original series from across Disney's platforms: Elena of Avalor from Disney Junior, Gravity Falls from Disney Channel, Star vs. the Forces of Evil from Disney XD, and acquired series The ZhuZhus. Two and a half months later, The ZhuZhus and Gravity Falls were moved out for another Disney XD program, Milo Murphy's Law and another Disney Channel Program, Tangled: The Series.

Unlike ABC Kids and its predecessors, which were required to comply with E/I restrictions, DC Saturday Mornings (being aired on a cable channel) was not subject to those restrictions.

In May 2017, Star vs. the Forces of Evil and Milo Murphy's Law got moved out, marking the return of The ZhuZhus and a new series named Pat the Dog.

In 2018, all of Disney XD's original animated content moved their premieres to the block, marking the returns of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Gravity Falls and Milo Murphy's Law, as well as the arrival of DuckTales (2017), Big Hero 6: The Series, and Big City Greens.

The block returned in 2018 as “Animation Cram Session” and replaced the Disney Junior weekend morning block. But in the summer of 2019, the block was changed to “Commercial Free Weekend Mornings” in honor of the newest animated series Amphibia and The Owl House.

As of February 16, 2020, reruns of DuckTales and Big Hero 6: The Series have been removed from the block and Disney Channel and were moved back to Disney XD.

Programming[]

Get Animated!/Animation Cram Session/Commercial Free Weekend Mornings (2017–present)[]

Former Programming[]

Toonin' Saturdays era (2011–12)[]

Disney Channel Saturday Mornings era (2012–14)[]

Mini-series[]

References[]

External links[]

• http://disneychannel.com/