Topic summary
Disney Junior
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Disney Jr..
Network and block launches
Disney Junior first launched as a programming block on Disney Channel on February 14, 2011. The Disney Junior channel was originally scheduled to launch in January 2012, but on July 28, 2011, the Disney-ABC Television Group postponed the channel's launch date to an unspecified date in early 2012, then on January 9, 2012, the Disney-ABC Television Group announced that Soapnet's closing date for most cable providers was scheduled for March 22, 2012. Disney Junior's 24-hour subscription channel counterpart officially launched the following day on March 23, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Programming featured on the channel's initial lineup included Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Doc McStuffins (which premiered around this time); the channel also aired new episodes of the short-form series A Poem Is. as well as the weekend movie block, the Magical World of Disney Junior.