Many

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s have been produced for

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, an American family-oriented basic cable channel and former

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since its launch on April 18, 1983. Until October 1997, films were released under the banner name of Disney Channel Premiere Films; since then, the films are currently released under the Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) banner. Most of these films were subsequently released on VHS,

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, or, more recently,

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. However, many more entries in the Disney Channel film library were never released in any home video format. Originally, the films were released on DVD months after their Disney Channel premieres, but beginning with ''

Princess Protection Program ''Princess Protection Program'' is a 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie, directed by Allison Liddi-Brown and starring Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. The script was written by Annie DeYoung from a story by Annie DeYoung and David Morgasen. The fil ...

'' in 2009, DVDs for DCOMs have been released one week after their television premieres. Also, although DCOMs have been produced in widescreen HD format since mid-2005, the 2009 release of ''

'' became the first DCOM to appear in widescreen DVD viewing format. The highest-rated premiere for the banner/brand came in August 2007, when ''

High School Musical 2 ''High School Musical 2'' is a 2007 American musical television film written by Peter Barsocchini and directed by Kenny Ortega. The 70th Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM), it is the sequel to ''High School Musical'' (2006) and the second inst ...

'' set a record for basic cable with 17.2 million viewers. The second highest-rated premiere is held by '' Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie'', which premiered with 11.4 million viewers. Other major DCOM franchises include ''

Camp Rock ''Camp Rock'' is a 2008 American musical television film directed by Matthew Diamond from a screenplay by Karin Gist, Regina Hicks, Julie Brown, and Paul Brown. The 73rd Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM), the film stars Demi Lovato, Joe Jo ...

'', '' The Cheetah Girls'', '' Twitches'', '' Halloweentown'', the '' Teen Beach'' films, the '' Zenon'' trilogy, and the '' Descendants'' series. During the

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holiday weekend of 2016, Disney Channel began to air many older DCOMs in a specialized

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in celebration of its 100th film, ''

Adventures in Babysitting ''Adventures in Babysitting'' (also known as ''A Night on the Town'' in certain countries) is a 1987 American teen comedy film written by David Simkins and directed by Chris Columbus in his directorial debut. It stars Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coo ...

''. Disney Channel broadcast all previous 99 Disney Channel Original Movies that came before it, beginning with the 51 most popular films airing over the four-day weekend, beginning May 27, 2016 and continuing throughout the following month until the June 24 premiere of the aforementioned 100th Disney Channel Original Movie.

Disney Channel Premiere Films

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Disney Channel Original Movies

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Upcoming Disney Channel Original Movies

Notable non-Disney Channel Original Movie films

The following films were not originally premiered under the "Disney Channel Original Movie" label, though they were sometimes later promoted as such: * '' Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars'' (March 26, 2010) * '' 16 Wishes'' (June 25, 2010) * ''

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'' (June 15, 2019)

Highest-rated Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) premieres

Top 10

While ''

Descendants 2 ''Descendants 2'' is an American musical fantasy television film. It premiered as a Disney Channel Original Movie on July 21, 2017, and was simulcast on Disney-owned networks ABC, Disney XD, Freeform, Lifetime, and Lifetime Movies. It is th ...

'', which aired in July 2017, only drew 5.3 million viewers on the Disney Channel, it was simultaneously aired on the

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broadcast network (where it drew an average of 2.4 million viewers) and four other cable channels (

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, Freeform, Lifetime, and

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) as well, and drew a combined viewership of 8.9 million across all six television networks.

Within a calendar year

References

External links

Available DCOMs
on

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DCOM menu
on Disney Channel shows website

at Ultimate Disney * {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Disney Channel Original Movies

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