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[[File:Disney_XD_Logo.png|thumb|The logo of Disney XD.]]'''Disney XD''' is an American television channel owned by [[Wikipedia:The Walt Disney Company|The Walt Disney Company]]. It airs the [[Doraemon (2005 anime)|2005 anime]] dub of Doraemon from July 7, 2014 to Present. The 2nd season started June 2015.
[[File:Disney_XD_Logo.png|thumb|The logo of Disney XD.]]'''Disney XD''' is an American television channel owned by [[Wikipedia:The Walt Disney Company|The Walt Disney Company]]. It airs the [[Doraemon (2005 anime)|2005 anime]] dub of Doraemon from July 7, 2014 to Present. The 2nd season started June 2015.
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==History==
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[[File:Logo Disney XD.svg|thumb|left|200px|Logo used from 2009-2015. Used alternatively with the current logo on occasion.]]
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Disney XD was launched on February 13, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]], with the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together!" as its first program. The channel debuted its first original series, ''[[Aaron Stone]]'', at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time that day; the first part of the two-part premiere episode aired simultaneously on Disney XD and Disney Channel. New animated series included in the channel's initial lineup were ''[[Kid vs. Kat]]'' and ''[[Jimmy Two Shoes]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Haugsted|first=Linda|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110616202259/http://www.multichannel.com/article/161701-Disney_XD_Unwraps_On_Friday_The_13_th.php|title=Disney XD Unwraps on Friday the 13th ''(Archive)''|date=January 7, 2009|work=MultiChannel News|accessdate=2013-12-02}}</ref>
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The network took over the channel space of [[Toon Disney]], an animation-focused channel that debuted on April 18, 1998, which eventually launched a live-action/animation block called [[Jetix]] in 2004; Jetix channels outside of the United States were relaunched under the Disney XD brand starting with the [[France]]-based service on April 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/?p=14241 |title = French Jetix becomes Disney XD |publisher = Broadband TV News | date = 2009-02-16 }}</ref> Many of the channel's programs – particularly animated series – previously aired on Toon Disney, mainly as part of the Jetix program block, which ran on Toon Disney until that channel's shutdown. Disney XD carries the same name as an unrelated mini-site and media player on [[Disney.com]], which stood for [[Disney Xtreme Digital]],<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-157749732.html Disney to offer safe social site for kids], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' (via HighBeam Research), January 17, 2007.</ref> though it has been stated that the "XD" in the ''channel''{{'}}s name does not have an actual meaning.
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The channel's first original television movie, ''[[Skyrunners]]'', premiered on November 27, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moody|first1=Annemarie|title=Production Begins on Disney XD's Skyrunners, Weta Handles Creatures|url=http://www.awn.com/news/production-begins-disney-xds-skyrunners-weta-handles-creatures|accessdate=November 15, 2014|work=Animation World Network|date=April 7, 2009}}</ref> On April 1, 2012, Disney XD launched a block called "[[Marvel Universe]]," as a result of Disney's 2009 acquisition of [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Entertainment]].<ref name=ut/> In mid-2012, Disney created ''Disney Shows'', a [[YouTube]] channel that hosts episodes of Disney Channel and Disney XD series and shorts (Disney XD series available on the channel include ''[[Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil]]'', ''[[Kickin' It]]'', ''[[Pair of Kings]]'', and ''[[Zeke and Luther]]'').<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Shows|url=http://www.youtube.com/disneysshows|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 19, 2013}}</ref>
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==Programming==
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{{See also|List of programs broadcast by Disney XD|}}
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Disney XD's schedule currently consists largely of live-action and animated programs aimed at pre-teens and young teenagers, primarily original series as well as reruns of several programs from sister network Disney Channel. In addition to full-length live-action and animated original series, the channel also debuts short series similar to those seen on Disney Channel during commercial breaks (such as ''Team Smithereen'', ''Run, Alien, Run!'' and ''[[Marvo the Wonder Chicken]]''), which serve as filler for programs scheduled to end during the half-hour and last usually around two to three (and sometimes as much as fifteen) minutes. The channel also airs a youth-oriented "plays of the week" countdown segment called ''SportsCenter High-5'', which is produced by [[ESPN]]'s ''[[SportsCenter]]'' and airs periodically between shows; it also airs a short series featuring edited segments of ABC's ''[[Wipeout (2008 U.S. game show)|Wipeout]]''. Often, these shows are televised in the last two minutes of the program, with the exception of the ''Disney XD Shortstop'', or following the ending of a movie.
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A notable aspect of Disney XD's original series is that they tend to feature predominately male casts, and as such, its original programs feature very few females as main characters (with most live-action originals typically featuring only one female in its main cast, an exception to this was the 2012-2014 sitcom ''[[Crash & Bernstein]]'', & ''[[Kirby Buckets]]'', which featured a predominately female cast) in comparison to Disney Channel's original programs, which tend to feature an equal or nearly equal amount of main characters of either gender.
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New episodes of animated original series are usually aired on Monday nights, while new episodes of live-action original series air on Wednesday nights. In addition, Disney XD airs original [[List of Disney Channel Original Movies|made-for-TV movies from Disney Channel]] and theatrically released feature films, but unlike Disney Channel, Disney XD typically does not air these movies in [[prime time]]; instead, films generally air during the late afternoon hours at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time with [[double feature]]s airing a few times a week.
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Unlike Disney Channel (and similarly, fellow sister network [[Disney Junior]]) – whose advertising comes in the form of [[Promo (media)|program promotions]], [[underwriting|underwriter sponsorships]], and interstitials for Disney films, home video and game releases produced by the channel<ref name="Disney No-Ads">[http://variety.com/2003/tv/features/now-that-duff-s-had-enough-1117887469/ Now that Duff's had enough...: is it time for Disney Channel to cash in and rethink no-ads strategy?], ''[[Daily Variety]]'', June 6, 2003. Retrieved April 15, 2013.</ref> – Disney XD operates as an advertiser-supported service running traditional [[television commercial]]s in addition to promotions for the channel's shows.
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==Programming blocks==
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===Current===
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*'''''Marvel Universe''''' – "Marvel Universe" is a block of animated series produced by [[Marvel Animation]] that airs Sundays from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, which resulted from The Walt Disney Company's 2009 acquisition of [[Marvel Entertainment]]. The block launched on April 1, 2012, with the premiere of ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', followed by returning series ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]''. It also features 5 short series using short-form animated and live-action interstitials.<ref name=ut>{{cite news|last1=Truitt|first1=Brian|title='Ultimate Spider-Man' leads Disney XD's new superhero series|url=http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/kids/articles/20120307ultimate-spider-man-disney-xd-cartoon-series.html|accessdate=November 15, 2014|work=AZ Central|agency=USA TODAY|publisher=Gannett|date=March 7, 2012}}</ref> Programs currently featured in the block are ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' (which also aired on Disney Channel from April 2012 to October 2013), ''[[Avengers Assemble (TV series)|Avengers Assemble]]'', and ''[[Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.]]''.<ref name=cbr>{{Cite news | url= http://www.comicbookresources.com:8080/?page=article&id=45663 | title=Marvel Calls "Avengers Assemble" On DisneyXD | date=May 23, 2013 | accessdate=June 9, 2013}}</ref> Disney XD's international channels in [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]] and [[Africa]] launched Marvel-supplied blocks in the summer 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Peter|title=Disney XD launches Marvel block across EMEA|url=http://tbivision.com/news/2012/06/disney-xd-launches-marvel-block-across-emea/9073/|accessdate=August 5, 2014|work=TBI Vision|publisher=Informa Telecoms & Media|date=June 26, 2012}}</ref> The announced [[Guardians of the Galaxy (TV series)|Guardians of the Galaxy]] animated series based on the film is expected to join the block in 2015.<ref name=thr>{{cite web | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guardians-galaxy-animated-tv-series-739981 | title='Guardians of the Galaxy' Animated TV Series Coming in 2015 | last=Ng | first=Philiana| work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=October 10, 2014 | accessdate=October 10, 2014 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6TEM71K1h |archivedate=October 10, 2014 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
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**"Marvel Mash-Up", featuring [[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends|old]] [[The Marvel Super Heroes|Marvel]] [[The New Fantastic Four|cartoons]] [[The Incredible Hulk (1982 TV series)|mas]][[Iron Man (TV series)|hed]] [[Spider-Man (1981 TV series)|up]] with new twists
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**"Fury Files"
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*Radio Disney personality Morgan Tompkins hosted
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**"Animated Reality", a look the stunt work for the films
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**"What Would It Take?", the science and tech of superheroes
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**"Master Class", with [[Joe Quesada]], Marvel's chief creative officer, shows behind-the-scenes of creating comics<ref name=ut/>
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*'''''Randomation Animation''''' – ''Randomation Animation'' was a morning animation block on Saturdays from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, which debuted on July 13, 2013. Programs featured in the block include ''[[Packages from Planet X]]'', ''[[Camp Lakebottom]]'', ''[[Max Steel (2013 TV series)|Max Steel]]'', ''[[Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja]]'', and ''Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wolfe|first1=Jennifer|title=Disney XD Kicks Off 'Randomation' Block|url=http://www.awn.com/news/disney-xd-kicks-randomation-block|accessdate=August 5, 2014|work=Animation World Network|date=July 12, 2013}}</ref>
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==Related services==
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| align="center" width="200pt" |'''Disney XD HD''' || Disney XD HD is a [[High-definition television|high definition]] simulcast of the Disney XD channel that broadcasts in the [[720p]] resolution format (the recommended HD format for the Disney-ABC Television Group's broadcast and cable properties); the HD feed launched with the [[standard-definition television|standard definition]] feed of the channel on February 13, 2009. Disney XD's original programming is produced and broadcast in HD, along with feature films, Disney Channel original movies made after 2005 and select episodes, films and series produced before 2009. The HD feed is carried regionally on most cable providers (such as [[Time Warner Cable]], [[Cablevision]], [[Cox Communications]] and [[Comcast Xfinity]]), [[IPTV]] providers [[Verizon FiOS]] and [[AT&T U-verse]] and nationally on satellite provider [[DirecTV]].
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| align="center" width="200pt" |'''Disney XD On Demand''' || Disney XD On Demand is the channel's [[Video on demand|video-on-demand]] service, offering select episodes of Disney XD's original series and certain acquired programs to digital cable and IPTV providers.
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| align="center" width="200pt" |'''Watch Disney XD''' || Offers live and on-demand streaming of Disney XD content online and through [[mobile app]]s. The service requires users to [[TV Everywhere|authenticate]] with a login from a participating television service provider.
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==International channels==
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{{see also|Disney XD (Europe)}}
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Disney XD, similarly born of a merger between Jetix and Toon Disney, is available around the world.
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://disneyxd.disney.com}}
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* [http://www.disneyabcpress.com/disneyxd/ Disney XD Press]
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