At the absolute minimum 1983-1997 is one era, and 1997-2003 is another.
When they bought ABC, they were raking it in.
Nonsense! I grew up of Disney Channel of the 80's and 90's. The Hannah Montana era is terrible.
No offense, but you seem to think everything is terrible. What do you like (aside from Bone)? I’m not trying to be condescending, but it seems like the majority of your posts are about something sucks. I respect your opinions, but I’m just curious about why you seems to hate just about everything.
To be fair, most of the shows I fond memories of from that era of Disney were second run. I remember watching reruns of Disney Afternoon shows, New Adventure of Winnie the Pooh, My Little Pony, and Care Bears as well as classic Disney shorts the most.
You obviously don't read the majority of my posts. I like about half of the things discussed on Anime Superhero. My reviews are measured, thorough, and fair. I give an equal amount of things I watch rave reviews as I do horrible reviews for things I hate. Hamilton for instance is one thing I love. My reviews to Stargirl, Star Trek: Picard, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and The Orville are also overwhelmingly positive, as are my reviews for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The DCAU, the Muppets, Sesame Street, Farscape, Twin Peaks, The Simpsons, Futurama, the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and The Next Generation, The Lords of the Rings films, Wallace and Gromit, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Transformers Prime, Haven, The Shawshank Redemption, Community, Veronica Mars, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks And Recreation, Ed Wood, Beetlejuice, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Red Dwarf, 12 Monkeys: The Series, Fantasia, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Gargoyles, Gummi Bears, TaleSpin, Dinosaurs, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Pulp Fiction, Dick Tracy (1990), The Rocketeer (Film), The Crying Game, Mulholland Dr, Wolverine and the X-Men, Lost, Fringe, Duck Dodgers, The Looney Tunes Show, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Disney Comics, Calvin and Hobbes, Bloom County, Bone, Stephen King books, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats Of NIMH, A Wrinkle In Time, and Harry Potter books.
No doubt the Hanna Montana era is terrible. But if you exclude the Disney Channel originals that were actually dry runs for Disney Afternoon shows like Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck, the majority of the programming was underwhelming. Outside of classic Disney cartoon reruns, you had an exercise program with Mickey Mouse, Dumbo's Circus, and Welcome to Pooh Corner. I can't really argue with somebody who thinks those were high quality children's entertainment because that's a ludicrous argument on its face. I seem to recall liking Kids Incorporated back in the day, but I imagine I would be underwhelmed by it as an adult, as I am all 80's kidcoms. The reason I think Disney switched to basic cable is that they realized there was really nothing on it that was worth most people paying money for in the 1980's and 90's.
Funny you should mention that, because Disney was the primary reason my parents got premium cable back in the early ‘90’s.
It's hard to imagine they had a lack of a library considering a lot of vintage Walt-era stuff aired back then on the US channel (like Disney's Wonderful World of Color). I do however remember seeing the schedule puffed up with numerous acquired shows back in the early '90s, like Care Bears and The Raccoons though.
I can't speak for the early '80s, but I remember it was common in households by the early '90s among people with children.
There is a lot of nostalgia for the 80s and 90s Disney cartoons, just not for the Disney Channel series. This is also somewhat true for Nickelodeon: there is a lot more nostalgia for the 90s Nicktoons than for its 90s series.
