Toon Disney (2004-2009)



Toon Disney was a 24-hour American cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that aired mostly children's animated television series from 1998 to 2009. It used to be a good channel from 1998-2003, unfortunately, due to Jetix taking up most of its programming time, the channel went downhill during its last years on the air.

Why It Sucked

 * 1) The main reason the channel went downhill was when one of their blocks, mh:besttvshows:Jetix, came in 2004. While it was a decent block, the block chose to expand itself and took up 85% of Toon Disney's programming time.
 * 2) Because of Jetix, the channel didn't have too many original shows and most of the shows it aired were re-airings of other shows, regardless they had already ended or not.
 * 3) Whether it’s Jetix or not, the channel also aired some bad cartoons, like mh:terribletvshows:Teamo Supremo, mh:terribletvshows:The Buzz on Maggie, and mh:terribletvshows:The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show.
 * 4) mh:besttvshows:The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, a live-action show, aired on the channel.
 * 5) Because of its downfall, this unfortunately led to the channel being shut down on February 13, 2009, and being replaced by Disney XD.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) They still aired good/decent Disney cartoons during their final years, whenever it’s not Jetix, such as mh:besttvshows:Darkwing Duck, Gargoyles, mh:besttvshows:Recess, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, mh:besttvshows:The Lion King’s Timon and Pumbaa, Fillmore and House of Mouse. This also includes some cartoons from Disney Channel like mh:besttvshows:The Proud Family, mh:besttvshows:Kim Possible, mh:besttvshows:Lilo & Stitch: The Series and mh:besttvshows:Phineas and Ferb. Some DiC Entertainment cartoons also aired like mh:besttvshows:Sabrina: The Animated Series.
 * 2) They still had their fair share of good marathons, and blocks like "Big Movie Show". The Jetix block, despite the reason the channel went downhill, was also pretty decent.
 * 3) Disney XD turned out to be an awesome replacement, as it was a great channel, had amazing cartoons, as well as great live-action shows that worked better since "Toon" was no longer in the channel’s name, had its programming blocks on fair schedule times, and didn’t make the mistakes that Jetix made.

Reception
While the first 5 years of the channel, from 1998-2003, received mostly positive reception, it went downhill from 2004-2009, and it received mixed to negative reception during its remaining years from old fans of the channel, saying while Jetix was a decent block, they also criticized the block as the main reason as to why the channel went downhill.

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