Synergy Loves Company: How Disney Connects to Everything

Good Morning, Miss Bliss debuted on the Disney Channel in 1988, starring Disney legend Hayley Mills as a beloved junior high teacher. It was supposed to be a nostalgic comeback vehicle for the Pollyanna star — a family sitcom that would bring parents and kids together. Instead, it flopped after 13 e...

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. The All-New Mickey Mouse Club, or MMC, ran from 1989 to 1996 on the Disney Channel, filmed at...

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 reall...

Disney Channel has made over 100 Original Movies — 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 Ryan. An...