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EXCLUSIVE: With Asian Pacific American Heritage Month kicking off on May 1, Disney Junior will debut three new episodes and a new short-form interstitial series of Mira, Royal Detective with one of the episodes featuring the voices of Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory) and Rizwan Manji (Schitt’s Creek). Mira, Royal Det…

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Kanter, EVP, Content and Creative Strategy, Disney Channels Worldwide, who launched and built Disney's preschool TV channel Disney Junior, will leave the company at the end of January 2021 after two decades. Gary Marsh, President and Chief Creative Officer for Disney Channels Worldwide, with whom…

Disney Junior has given an early season 2 renewal to animated, mystery-adventure series Mira, Royal Detective, ahead of its anticipated spring 2020 debut. The news was announced today by Joe D’Ambrosia, SVP Original Programming and general manager, Disney Junior, during a special advance screening of the series in…

Well, this is awkward timing. During Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment’s panel at Disney’s D23 Expo on Friday evening, the company announced a new original preschool animated series for Disney Junior, Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends. Set to debut in 2021, it marks the first full-length Marvel series for…

Ahead of the Season 2 premiere, Disney Junior has ordered a third season of its hit Emmy-nominated preschooler series Muppet Babies. Since its premiere in March 2018, the revival series, which chronicles the playroom antics of a young Kermit the Frog, Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal and Summer Penguin, has garnered…

EXCLUSIVE: T.O.T.S. doesn’t premiere until next month, but Disney Junior today ordered a second season of the children’s toon and added Vanessa Williams and Megan Hilty to the voice cast. Aimed at ages 2-7, the comedy follows the adventures of best friends Pip and Freddy, a tenacious penguin and a kind-hearted…

Joe D’Ambrosia is expanding his role of senior vice president, original programming Disney Junior with a promotion to general manager. D’Ambrosia will continue to be responsible for all development and production of Disney’s original programming content for kids 2-7 as well as acquisitions for the preschooler…

Disney Junior has launched production on Mira, Royal Detective, an animated series set for 2020 that will give young’uns a look at Indian culture and customs. With voice work by such familiar names as Freida Pinto, Kal Penn, Aasif Mandvi and Sarita Choudhury, the series follows Mira (newcomer Leela Ladnier), a brave…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your morning report: A host of Broadway actors have been recruited for guest voice roles on Season 3 of Disney Junior’s The Lion Guard. Among those headed from the Main Stem to the Pride Lands are Christopher Jackson and Heather Headley, who will sing a duet as Makini the mandrill’s parents Fikiri…

Disney Junior got some fancy ratings for the premiere of its new toon series. The cable net said today that Fancy Nancy opened with 258,000 viewers and a 3.4 rating among girls 2-5, its best premiere in that target demo since Elena of Avalor on July 22, 2016. The July 13 premiere of the series also was the No. 1…

EXCLUSIVE: Five weeks before the Fancy Nancy series premiere, Disney Junior has ordered second season of the toon based on the children’s books by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser. The family comedy, which debuts July 13, centers on Nancy (Mia Sinclair Jenness), a high-spirited 6-year-old whose zest and…

Disney Junior has given the green light to T.O.T.S., an animated comedy for kids age 2-7, for premiere in 2019. Created by Travis Braun (Disney Junior’s Vampirina and Disney Channel’s upcoming series Fast Layne), T.O.T.S. is about the hilarious adventures of best friends Pip and Freddy, a tenacious penguin and a…