Disney Junior is a great channel for young children. It is widely available from streaming services so you don’t need a cable contract to enjoy it. Below we describe all your options.
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Formerly known as “Playhouse Disney,” Disney Junior is The Disney Channel for preschoolers from ages 2 to 7. If you’re a parent of someone in that age range, you likely already know all about Doc McStuffins and are familiar with the phrase “Meeska, mooska, Mickey Mouse!”
Read on to find out how your little ones can watch The Chicken Squad — and your cable bill can cluck off.
What Is Disney Junior
Like its Nickelodeon counterpart, Nick Jr, Disney Junior started out as a daytime programming block on The Disney Channel. TDC had had preschool shows in the morning since it launched in 1983.
But in 1999 they added three new series PB&J Otter, Rolley Polie Olie, and Out of the Box. And they rebranded the whole thing “Playhouse Disney.” Other popular shows from the Playhouse Disney era were Bear in the Big Blue House, The Wiggles, and Handy Manny’s School for Tools.
Plans to launch a Playhouse Disney channel were underway as early as 2001. And a few did debut in other countries. After 14 years, the block was rebranded again as Disney Junior. But US preschoolers wouldn’t get their own Disney Junior channel until 2012.
Inaugural series included Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, the brand new Doc McStuffins, and A Poem Is.
The channel remains a mix of current original animated series (TOTS, Puppy Dog Pals), old Playhouse Disney shows (Handy Manny, Special Agent Oso), and reruns of now-ended Disney Junior shows (Sofia the First, Little Einsteins).
Some notable shows, old and new, from Disney Junior are:
- Doc McStuffins: A girl with a magic stethoscope that can bring toys to life sets up a clinic to treat them, exploring all kinds of wellness and hygiene topics. Features some songs that are constants (“Time for Your Checkup!”), but most are specific to the issue of that episode (going to sleep, brushing your teeth, drinking enough water, washing hands, etc).
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Join Mickey Mouse and the gang as they team up to overcome various challenges using a new set of Mouseketools each episode. Expect your kids to be randomly calling “Oh, Toodles!” after watching. Also, don’t be surprised to find yourself humming the catchy closing theme “Hot Dog!” by They Might Be Giants.
- Mickey Mouse Funhouse: The follow-up to Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures, Mickey Mouse and the Sensational Six (Mickey and friends Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, and Pluto) join up with Funny, a shape-shifting anthropomorphic playhouse, which can teleport them to various lands to go on assorted quests.
- Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures: Originally titled Mickey and the Roadster Racers, this successor to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse features the Sensational Six racing around the local Hot Dog Hills and other race courses around the world.
- Puppy Dog Pals: Follow the adventures of Bingo and Rolly, two pug puppies who use their owner-inventor Bob’s crazy inventions to go on fun missions around the world while he’s at work.
- Spidey and his Amazing Friends: Spider-Man for preschoolers. Friends and fellow spider-themed crime-fighters Peter Parker (aka Spidey), Gwen Stacy (aka Ghost-Spider), and Miles Morales (aka Spin) battle Rhino, the Green Goblin, Doc Ock, and other Spider-Villains while learning life lessons about working together, patience, and creative problem-solving.
- TOTS: Freddy (a flamingo delivery bird-in-training) and his penguin navigator Pip learn to deliver baby animals to their families for the eponymous Tiny Ones Transport Service (T.O.T.S.).
Related Channels
Disney’s media empire is vast, with a further reach than you may realize. In addition to Disney Junior, The Disney Channel, and the tween-centered Disney XD, it also owns ABC and Freeform (originally The Family Channel).
It also has a fifty-fifty partnership with the National Geographic channels. More family-friendly educational content can be found on Discovery Family.
There are also several stations that focus on ages up to three: Disney’s multilingual Baby TV, Duck TV, and the on-demand PlayKids. Other networks for the 3 to 7 group include Nick Jr, Hopster, Kids Street, and PBS Kids. Kids of all ages enjoy the animation of Cartoon Network, Boomerang, NickToons, and Kartoon Channel.
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Stream Disney Junior
The great news for prospective cord-cutters with little Disney Junior fans is that it comes on almost every streaming live TV service, and one of them even includes Disney+ in its subscription price.
- FuboTV: Fubo’s got the sports, but it’s also a lot more, including Disney Junior and the other two Disneys, Freeform, Nat Geo, and Nick/Nick Jr, plus about a hundred other channels for $79.99/mo. This also includes 1000 hours of cloud DVR storage and streaming on up to 10 devices at once. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial. (FuboTV review)
- Sling TV: This modular-styled service is the exception. Neither of its $40.00/mo base packages have Disney Junior. Sling Orange has The Disney Channel, Freeform, and ESPN, but you have to spring for the Kids Extra for Disney Junior (you also get Disney XD, Boomerang, Duck TV, and more). It’s not that bad, though, since Extras are only $6 additional per month. The real downside is that Sling Orange only lets you stream on one screen at a time. Save 50% on your first month of Sling TV. (Sling TV review)
- DIRECTV STREAM: The former AT&T TV is another one that has all three Disney channels in its base Entertainment Package for $79.99/mo. Plus it has Freeform, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and more. For some reason, you have to get the next tier up (Choice, $108.99/mo) to get Nick Jr too. All plans come with unlimited cloud DVR on online signup and streaming on unlimited devices. (DIRECTV STREAM review)
- Hulu + Live TV: Disney owns (most of) Hulu, so you get Disney Junior, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Freeform, and the Nat Geo channels. And you get Nickelodeon and Nick Jr, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang too. But the real score is that Disney+ and ESPN+ are both included in the $76.99/mo subscription, along with Hulu’s library of on-demand entertainment, and unlimited cloud DVR (9 month storage). Try one month for $76.99. (Hulu + Live TV review)
- Vidgo: Has tons of family-friendly and kid-focused channels in its lineup. It’s got Disney Junior and Nick Jr, as well as Disney Channel, Disney XD, Freeform, Nickelodeon, Kids Street, Nat Geo, and more in its Plus plan for $69.99/mo. Try one month for $20. (Vidgo review)
- YouTube TV: Includes all the Disney channels, including Disney Junior, for $72.99/mo. Overall offers a service similar to Hulu + Live TV — worse in some ways and better in others.
On-Demand
If your kids prefer their entertainment on-demand (and what kid doesn’t?), you could check out these always-available alternatives:
- Hulu: Not as much Disney Junior as you might expect, since Hulu is owned by Disney. But it does currently have five seasons of Doc McStuffins, one season of the Spanish version Doctora Juguetes, two seasons of the 2015 Miles of Tomorrowland, and English and Spanish versions of Pikwik Pack. Hulu by itself starts at $6.99/mo (with ads), or $12.99 without, and is included with Hulu + Live TV automatically.
- YouTube: Disney Junior’s YouTube channel is mostly clips and music videos but does have at least a handful of full episodes of Alice’s Wonderland Bakery, Mira Royal Detective, Spidey and his Amazing Friends, and more, as well as 30-60 minute compilations of kids’ songs and nursery rhymes. Best of all, it’s free.
- Purchase Movies/Seasons Online: You can buy movies or seasons of series from a variety of online stores, such as Amazon Prime Video, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, and the Apple iTunes Store.
- Disney Now App: Finally, you can also watch Disney Junior shows on the Disney Now website and app, but you’ll need to log in with a TV provider account.
Streaming Devices to Watch Disney Junior
The streaming services provide apps for the most popular devices:
- Amazon Fire TV
- Android mobile
- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iOS (iPhone,iPad)
- Roku
- Web browsers.
All the services support Android TV-powered devices with the odd exception of DIRECTV STREAM. Similarly, all support Samsung smart TVs except Vidgo.
Other than DIRECTV STREAM and Vidgo, they all support Xbox gaming consoles. Hulu and YouTube support most PlayStation units. And Hulu supports the Nintendo Switch.
There are other devices supported. Check out our streaming reviews for complete details.
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Today’s Disney Junior Schedule
Here is today’s schedule in Eastern Time:
| Bluey – Chest; Omelette; Pass the Parcel Dad tries to teach Bluey how to play chess, but Mom thinks she is still too young; Bingo helps Mom make an omelette for Dad's birthday; Lucky's Dad is outraged that modern Pass the Parcel has a present in every layer. |
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| Dino Ranch – Pterodackattack!: Sonny the Kid Miguel builds a dam on the creek to create a dino watering hole, and the ranch is suddenly marauded by wild pterodactyls; the infamous dino rustler Sonny the Kid threatens to ruin her friends' big day, so Min volunteers to guard the Dino Airport. |
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| Dino Ranch – A Dino Mite Graduation; Eye in the Sky The baby Dino Mites aren't ready for Flapsy to move to the Pterosaur Barn; Pteddy's resistance to wearing vision-improving goggles jeopardizes the Dino Ranchers. |
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| Bluey – Exercise; Stickbird; Relax The adventures of a Blue Heeler puppy, Bluey, who lives with her mother, father and sister; her energy and lovable spirit gets her into all kinds of funny and unpredictable situations. |
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| Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures – Hard Hat Diggity Dog!; Hair-Raising Helpers! Mickey enlists his friends to use their mixed-up construction vehicles to rebuild the playground for Bitsy's birthday party; Pearl has nothing to wear to a family dance. |
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| Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures – It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Hot Dog Hills!; Happy Friend-iversary! Buddy McBilly is so happy that he makes it his job to make sure everyone in town is happy too; Minnie and Daisy set up a surprise party for Cuckoo Loca. |
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| Bluey – Squash; Charades; Bingo Bluey and Bigno help Uncle Stripe and Bandit play squash and spend the day with Nana; Bingo has to learn to play alone. |
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| Bluey – Hammerbarn; Feather Wand; Dance Mode The Heelers take a trip to Hammerbarn; Bingo has an idea for a new game; Dad eats Bingo's last chip. |
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| Bluey – Phones; Pavlova; Rain Bluey and Bingo play restaurant with Grandad; the kids play Café so Bingo can eat Pavlova; Bluey tracks mud into the house. |
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| Bluey – Fairies; Work; Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound Invisible mischievous fairies infest the house; Bluey, Bingo and Dad play "Work!"; Bluey and Dad lift Bingo's spirits. |
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| Mickey and the Roadster Racers – Super-Charged!; Super-Charged: Mickey's Monster Rally Professor Von Drake super-charges Mickey's roadster, giving it super-speed and a few surprises; Mickey and the gang must chase after Pete's truck, which was accidentally transformed into a Monster Truck. |
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| Mickey and the Roadster Racers – Hi, Jinx!; Pete's Junkyard Helpers Mickey and Emmy Lou meet Jinx the cat and get the gang to help find the kitty a new home; the Happy Helpers run Pete's junkyard while he takes his Mama to lunch for her birthday. |
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| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Mickey's Fishy Story The gang takes Goldy the goldfish to the jungle waterfall in the hopes of finding her a swimming buddy; Jungle Pete helps. |
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| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Mickey's Fishy Story The gang takes Goldy the goldfish to the jungle waterfall in the hopes of finding her a swimming buddy; Jungle Pete helps. |
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| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Mickey's Springtime Surprise Mickey and friends celebrate the first day of spring by looking for specially decorated eggs. |
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| Bluey – Trampoline; The Dump; Zoo Dad plays trampoline games with Bluey and Bingo; Dad is planning on throwing out Bluey's old drawings; Bingo causes chaos at Bluey's backyard zoo. |
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| Bluey – Shops; The Pool; Blue Mountains Bluey plays a game of "Shops" with her friends; a pool trip is a blast, until Dad forgets everything; the Heeler family plays a game and goes on an adventure. |
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| Bluey – Teasing; Shaun; Daddy Robot The girls convince Mum that Dad is a Big Teaser; Bluey struggles to train her new pet; Daddy Robot helps Bluey and Bingo tidy the playroom. |
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| Doc McStuffins – Baby Names; Night Night, Lala The family chooses a name for the new baby; the new baby toy has a hard time adjusting to her new home. |
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| Bluey – TV Shop; Dragon; Slide The adventures of a Blue Heeler puppy, Bluey, who lives with her mother, father and sister; her energy and lovable spirit gets her into all kinds of funny and unpredictable situations. |
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| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Mickey's Mousekeball Professor Von Drake shows the Clubhouse pals a high-tech new game, Floatin' Fun-Time Mousekeball! But when the ball escapes, the game takes to the skies! |
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| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Mickey's Color Adventure The Rainbow Color Machine runs low on colors. |
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| Mickey Mouse Funhouse – The Enchanted Tea Party; Unhappy Campers The gang goes to a tea party and Goofy and Daisy both find a perfect spot; the gang accidentally disturbs a raccoon and her babies at their campsite. |
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| Firebuds – Fire Tower Frenzy; What's Cookin' The Firebuds visit a mountaintop Fire Tower to help look out for forest fires; flash teams up with Chef Fernando and Chef Al in a bake-and-race competition for charity. |
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| SuperKitties – Bitsy Bellyache; Lost Spark After Sparks falls off his SuperKitty Kit, the SuperKitties help him get the courage to ride it again; Bitsy eats too many treats and can't help the team stop Lab Rat. |
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| Bluey – Musical Statues; Stories; Puppets Mum gets everyone to play musical statues. |
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| Bluey – School Friends Bluey has fun and plays various games with her school friends. |
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| Pupstruction – Home Stinky Home; Dump Truck Dilemma When Pupstruction rebuilds its headquarters thanks to a foul smell, everyone has big ideas for what the new HQ should be; Phinny accidentally breaks Grandma Dee's beloved dump truck. |
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| Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends – Freeze, It's Dock Ock! / Go, Go, Jeff Doc Ock's new invention turns people into frozen statues; Team Spidey must save Jeff when he accidentally tries on Spidey's new Web-Spinner boots. |
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| Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends – Tiny Car Caper; Toothy Fairy Tricks Zola shrinks the city's cars...and Detective Stacy! Rhino mistakes Wasp for the Tooth Fairy. |
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| SuperKitties – Fruit Loot; Buddy Wanna-Be The SuperKitties stop Zsa-Zsa from stealing all the oranges in Kittydale; Bitsy wants to be strong like Buddy but learns she's pawesome just the way she is. |
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| Mickey Mouse Funhouse – Mickey the Brave! Mickey, Minnie and their friends are playing Knights and Dragons when they start wondering if dragons are good or bad, and Funny takes them to the Kingdom of Majestica to find out. |
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| Mickey Mouse Funhouse – Festival of Heroes!; I Wander Where Warbler Went? At the Festival of Heroes, Mickey, Minnie, and friends learn that Pete the Mighty is mighty fearful of a lot; Wanda Warbler gets a mysterious invitation to adventure. |
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| Firebuds – Fire Tower Frenzy; What's Cookin' The Firebuds visit a mountaintop Fire Tower to help look out for forest fires; flash teams up with Chef Fernando and Chef Al in a bake-and-race competition for charity. |
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| Morphle and the Magic Pets – Morphle Monster Truck; Mega Chickie Jordie wins a ride-along contest with Mila's monster truck-driving hero Crashley Crankshaft; the Bandits run away with Jordie's stuffie. |
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| Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends – Mother's Day Mayhem; Not-So-Fun House Doc Ock's escape from jail interrupts the Spidey Team's Mother's Day picnic; Miles must make big decisions to save his mom from Green Goblin's not-so-fun-funhouse. |
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| Bluey – Library; Swim School; Bin Night Muffin plays the game of library her way; Mum, Dad and Bingo must pass swim school; Bluey, Bingo and Dad always take out the bins. |
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| Bluey – The Quiet Game / Postman / Cafe Bluey and Bingo play The Quiet Game; when Mum and Dad have a disagreement, Bluey makes Dad write a love letter to Mum; in the park, Bluey meets a new playmate, Winnie. |
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| SuperKitties – Bird Bop; Pickle Problem The SuperKitties stop ZsaZsa from making everyone watch her music video; when Pickles keeps lying, the SuperKitties don't believe him when he sees a Cat Burglar stealing. |
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| Mater's Tall Tales – Unidentified Flying Mater Mater's UFO friend is captured by the military. |
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| Bluey – The Show; Tickle Crabs; Escape The adventures of a Blue Heeler puppy, Bluey, who lives with her mother, father and sister; her energy and lovable spirit gets her into all kinds of funny and unpredictable situations. |
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| Bluey – TV Shop; Dragon; Slide The adventures of a Blue Heeler puppy, Bluey, who lives with her mother, father and sister; her energy and lovable spirit gets her into all kinds of funny and unpredictable situations. |
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| Mickey Mouse Funhouse – For Pete's Sake!; Minnie Golf The gang helps Pete the Mighty try to sculpt a statue of himself out of a mountainside, only to be thwarted by Careabelle's magic; Minnie and Martian Minnie play mini golf. |
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| Pupstruction – Hush Puppies; Beach Day Build-Off Phinny struggles to build quietly for a family whose chinchilla neighbor needs to sleep; Bobby Boots wants to show up Pupstruction in front of the mayor, but his attempt backfires. |
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| Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends – Freeze, It's Dock Ock! / Go, Go, Jeff Doc Ock's new invention turns people into frozen statues; Team Spidey must save Jeff when he accidentally tries on Spidey's new Web-Spinner boots. |
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| Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures – The Ganguls; Bad Eggs Nash's Jedi friends set out to find her missing speeder; Hap's kitchen is overrun by creatures. |
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| Bluey – Helicopter; Octopus; Baby Race Bluey and her friends play a game of helicopter with a tree stump; Chloe tries to teach her dad to improvise and play Bluey's game of Octopus at home; Mum reminisces about Bluey and Judo as babies, where it was a race to see who would walk first. |
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| Bluey – Ice Cream / Bad Mood / Double Babysitter Bluey and Bingo want a lick of each other's ice cream; Bingo is playing Bad Mood with Dad; two babysitters turn up to look after Bluey and Bingo. |
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| Bluey – Shops; The Pool; Blue Mountains Bluey plays a game of "Shops" with her friends; a pool trip is a blast, until Dad forgets everything; the Heeler family plays a game and goes on an adventure. |
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| Morphle and the Magic Pets – The Fun Zone; Morphle Ball Mila wants to attend two fun activities at the same time, so she enlists help to pull off the impossible; Morphle breaks the rules to help Mila win the neighborhood ball game. |
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| SuperKitties – Dancing Piggy; Super Helpers The SuperKitties must rescue Wiggles, their new dancing robo-piggy, from Zsa-Zsa before the Kittydale Dance Party; Bitsy cheers on Pickles as he learns something new. |
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| Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends – Ock Tower; Outsmarted by Art Spidey and Iron Man must take back Stark Tower from Doc Ock; Hulk and Miles have to find new ways to stop Sandman after he figures out how to avoid their signature moves. |
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| Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends – Electro's Gotta Glow; Black Cat Chaos When Electro steals the city's electricity, Team Spidey uses new Glow Tech to stop her; after Black Cat steals Tony's Iron Man suit, Tony needs Spidey's help to get it back. |
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| Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures – Lys and the Snowy Mountain Rescue; Attack of the Training Droids The Jedi herd creatures; the kids must stop droids. |
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| Bluey – Teasing; Shaun; Daddy Robot The girls convince Mum that Dad is a Big Teaser; Bluey struggles to train her new pet; Daddy Robot helps Bluey and Bingo tidy the playroom. |
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| Bluey – Musical Statues; Stories; Puppets Mum gets everyone to play musical statues. |
Wrapping Up
So if you have a Junior Mouseketeer in the house, you don’t have to overpay for the (Play)House of Mouse. Just sign up for one of the streaming services above and you can say TTFN to your cable bill — minus the FN.
For the complete Disney experience, we recommend Hulu + Live TV.
FAQs
What’s the difference between Nick Jr and Disney Junior?
Disney is a bit less education-oriented. The company felt that Nickelodeon was over-contorting itself to shoehorn more fact-based educational content into its shows, such as shapes, colors, ABCs, and counting. With more resources to teach those kindergarten prep skills available on mobile devices, toys, and computers, Disney deliberately chose to put more emphasis on storytelling, with lessons on sharing or listening well organically embedded in the plots, but fun and engaging stories taking priority.
With more of a focus on the story, Disney shows are more likely to have an actual villain (often a bumbling, less scary version of a classic Disney villain, like Jake and the Never Land Pirates‘ Captain Hook and Smee), as opposed to Nick Jr’s “Let’s solve this puzzle/mystery/adventure together!” motif.
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