Disney's One Too

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Disney's One Too
Disney's One Too logo.jpg
Disney's One Too logo taken on the promotion at UPN
Premiered September 5, 1999 (1999-09-05)
Closed August 29, 2003 (2003-08-29)
Channel UPN
Origin  United States
Format Children's programming block
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Runtime 2 hours
Replaced by {{{replaced_by}}}
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Disney's One Too was a children's programming block that airs on Sunday mornings and weekday afternoons on UPN. It was a spinoff of Disney's One Saturday Morning, and resembled The Disney Afternoon.

[edit] History

In January 1998, UPN began talks with The Walt Disney Company to run a daily two-hour Disney kids block[1] but the talks with Disney were called off a a week later do to a dispute over branding the block and deciding how much E/I programming Disney would provide, UPN then began talks with Nickelodeon[2] At which time UPN made a deal with Saban Entertainment to program the block on Sunday mornings.[2][3]

In March 1998, UPN resumed talks with Disney[4] and in April 1998, UPN made a deal with Disney to air Disney programming on Sunday mornings and weekday afternoons.[5] The new lineup, a sister block to Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC, would be called Disney's One Too. Originally announced as "Whomptastic," (though changed due to it being a word used in Recess as a substitute for "sucks") the block debuted on September 5, 1999.[6]

The name Disney's One Too was in use during the block until September 1, 2002 where it was rebranded Disney's Animation Weekdays (whereas Disney's One Saturday Morning became ABC Kids).

Disney's One Too was also seen on Disney's Canadian affiliate, Family Channel.

Many shows formerly featured on Disney's One Too continued in reruns on Toon Disney and The Disney Channel. The block's last airdate was September 5, 2003, leaving UPN as the only network without children's programming.

UPN was not the first "big six" network to drop children's programming. NBC became the first network to drop children's programming entirely in 1992, when it was replaced by a live-action teen programming block called TNBC. However, the children's programming returned in 2002 on NBC, with the major six networks airing children's programming. The WB and UPN merged to form The CW in 2006, leaving The CW to air the Kids' WB block up until 2008, when it was replaced by The CW4Kids. This left MyNetworkTV (a new 2006-established network) to still not air children's programming. However, the Fox network (who also owns MyNetworkTV) dropped the 4KidsTV block entirely on December 27, 2008, leaving News Corporation's two American networks as the only networks to not air children's programming altogether.

[edit] Approximate lineup by seasons

Date Range 8:00am (Sun)/3:00pm (Mon-Fri) 8:30am (Sun)/3:30pm (Mon-Fri) 9:00am (Sun)/4:00pm (Mon-Fri) 9:30am (Sun)/4:30pm (Mon-Fri)
September 5, 1999–September 1, 2000 Hercules Doug Sabrina, the Animated Series Recess
September 3, 2000–August 31, 2001 Pepper Ann Sabrina, the Animated Series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Recess
September 2, 2001-August 30, 2002 The Weekenders/Sabrina: The Animated Series Recess Buzz Lightyear of Star Command The Legend of Tarzan
September 1, 2002-August 29, 2003 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Recess Digimon The Legend of Tarzan

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hontz, Jenny (Jan. 21, 1998). "Disney kids to play UPN"Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117466892.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  2. ^ a b Hontz, Jenny (Jan. 27, 1998). "UPN kids pick Nick, not Mouse"Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117467104.html?categoryid=18&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  3. ^ Katz, Richard (Jan. 29, 1998). "Marvel, Saban set kids shows for UPN"Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117467216.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  4. ^ Hontz, Jenny (Mar. 26, 1998). "UPN, BV discuss kids block"Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117469171.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  5. ^ Hontz, Jenny; Littleton, Cynthia (Apr. 17, 1998). "UPN, Disney in kidvid block deal"Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117469874.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  6. ^ Pursell, Chris (July 19, 1999). "Mouse brands UPN kidvid"Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117743063.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=. Retrieved 2009-08-13. 
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