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Kids Incorporated hit Disney Channel screens in 1986, ran back-to-back with MMC every weekday, and quietly became the longest-running show in the network's history. But Disney didn't own it. MGM did. And when a theme park deal went sour between the two companies, one of these shows got the full Disn...

Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, Christina Aguilera, and Keri Russell all got their start on the same Disney soundstage. Here's how one show accidentally built pop culture's biggest names. Want more deep dives like this? check out my Club 33 series on Patreon: https://patreon.com/syn...

They're Hollywood royalty now. But before the Oscars, the Emmys, and the billion-dollar franchises... they were in a Disney Channel Original Movie. From Bella Swan to Walter White, from Johnnie Cochran to Grandma Aggie…some of the biggest names in entertainment got their start (or just had a really ...

Disney Channel has made Tons of Original Movies! DCOMS like Halloweentown, High School Musical, Descendants. But there's one they pretend never happened. The very first one. Northern Lights premiered on August 23rd, 1997. It stars Academy Award winner Diane Keaton. It was executive produced by Meg R...

Coke and Pepsi didn't just fight in grocery stores. For 35 years, the real battlefield was Disneyland. Before Coca-Cola became the only soda in the happiest place on Earth, the park was split down the middle. Pepsi got Frontierland and Adventureland. Coke owned Main Street and Fantasyland. And one c...