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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- Fubo: With 150+ channels, it offers something for everyone. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.
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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!”
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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:
| SuperKitties – Bundle of Bitsies; Frantic Flyer 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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| SuperKitties – Bundle of Bitsies; Frantic Flyer 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 – Is There a Plumber in the House?; A Fish Tale When Funny needs a plumber, he tries to distract the gang with errands to avoid a visit from the funhouse doctor; Funny takes everyone to Big Fish Swamp to go fishing. |
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| Mickey Mouse Funhouse – Ducks Inn Trouble!; Polka Dots and Don'ts The gang travels to Majestica for a delicious pancake breakfast, but they discover a problem when they arrive; Minnie needs to find something special to wear to Funny's party. |
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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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| Morphle and the Magic Pets – Gobblefrog; The Perfect Day It's up to the kids to calm Gobblefrog down before he gobbles up the entire town; Mila wants to celebrate Louis and Gianna's first Parents' Day, but things don't go as planned. |
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| Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends – Stolen WEB-Quarters; Spideys in Space! When Zola takes over WEB-Quarters, Team Spidey must decide whether to destroy it to save the city; Team-Spidey goes to the moon in their new Web-Spinner suits. |
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| Bluey – Keepy Uppy; Magic Xylophone; Shadowlands Bluey, Bingo and Mum enjoy a game of Keepy-Uppy around the house; Bluey and Bingo squabble over their magic xylophone; Coco keeps taking shortcuts while playing Shadowlands. |
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| 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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| SuperKitties – Museum Mayhem; Big Dig Lab Rat and Ginny learn what makes their art special; Sparks learns to share his upset feelings. |
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| SuperKitties – Museum Mayhem; Big Dig Lab Rat and Ginny learn what makes their art special; Sparks learns to share his upset feelings. |
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| Mater's Tall Tales – Radiator Springs 500 1/2 Mater and Lightning McQueen share adventures. |
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| Bluey – The Weekend; BBQ; Fruitbat Bingo gets upset when Dad is too distracted to notice a walking leaf; Bingo makes the world's best side salad; Bluey dreams about being a nocturnal fruit bat. |
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| Bluey – Horsey Ride; Hotel; Bike The kids stage a horsey wedding; Bluey, Bingo and Dad play a game of Hotel; Bluey struggles to ride her bike and won't give up. |
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| Mickey Mouse Funhouse – Ready to Play, Ruthie!; Goofy Dogs! When a new player who won't share causes his players to quit, Pete calls the gang to play a baseball game; Goofy helps Lunar Clarabelle learn to make hot dogs. |
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| Pupstruction – Pizza-struction; Baby Builders The Pupstruction crew help chef Bonetelli make a giant pizza for a big bunny birthday party; Pupstruction needs to create a day care center that is fun enough to keep baby builders busy. |
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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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| Firebuds – Hubcap Heist; Food Truck Fiasco Bo and the Firebuds must stop a pair of wily art thieves; the Firebuds help Fernando the Food Truck get to his café in time for the lunch rush. |
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| Bluey – Unicorse; Born Yesterday; Curry Quest Bluey can't get to sleep, so Mum reads her a story; Dad pretends he was born yesterday; Bingo and Dad brave a magpie protecting its nest. |
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| Bluey – Backpackers; The Adventure; Copycat Bluey and Bingo are worn as Mum and Dad's backpacks; Bluey and Chloe embark on a quest to save the kingdom; while playing copycat, Bluey finds a hurt budgie. |
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| Bluey – See Saw; Movies; Grandad 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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| SuperKitties – Have a Ball; Zsa-Zsa Zoom When Ginny gets a boo-boo, Sparks, Buddy and Bitsy have to learn to work as a team without her; The SuperKitties help Peanut get Nadia's stolen toy car back from Zsa-Zsa. |
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| Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends – The Friendly Neighborhood; Flight of the Butterflies After Zola steals the community center's party, the community works together to get it back; Team Spidey has to figure out where Sandman is hiding a migration of butterflies. |
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| Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends – Bug in the System; Test Your Super Strength Doc Ock sends her favorite octo-bot, CAL, to infiltrate WEB-Quarters with a new invention; Spidey reminds Hulk to use self-control after Rhino challenges him to a strength contest. |
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| Pupstruction – Luna's Bad Hair Day; Happy Maya's Day Luna avoids a haircut because she's never had one before, but learns it can be fun; Phinny helps Bailey build her Mother's Day gift but struggles to complete his own in time. |
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| Bluey – Turtle Boy; Onesies; Tradies Bingo finds a toy turtle at the playground and wants to take him home; Mom's sister Brandy comes over for a visit; Bluey and Bingo hide under the house and spy on two mysterious tradies working in the backyard. |
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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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| Dino Ranch – Bathtime for Bopper; Min Flies Solo Clover is eager to help Min bathe the dino-mites, but stubborn Bopper wants to stay dirty; when Maggie hurts her wing, Min needs to copy Jon and Miguel's skills to help her. |
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| Dino Ranch – The Great Dinosaur Getaway; Dino Ranch Rocks Both the Ranchers and the dinos must have the confidence to work separately to be reunited; the Cassidy's party set-up is foiled by the jilted Tinhorns, who think they weren't invited. |
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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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| Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures – Caution: Kids at Work!; The Snoozy Doozy Pet and Breakfast! It's Mini-Mechanics Day, and Mickey's number one fan can't wait to get to work; the Happy Helpers are busy pet-sitting while everyone heads to the Fancy Fine Dining Food Festival. |
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| Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures – Mickey's New Mouse House; Millie and Melody's Sleepover! Mickey and his pals finish building Mickey's new house; Millie and Melody have a birthday sleepover at Minnie and Daisy's vacation house. |
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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 – Keepy Uppy; Magic Xylophone; Shadowlands Bluey, Bingo and Mum enjoy a game of Keepy-Uppy around the house; Bluey and Bingo squabble over their magic xylophone; Coco keeps taking shortcuts while playing Shadowlands. |
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| 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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| Bluey – The Weekend; BBQ; Fruitbat Bingo gets upset when Dad is too distracted to notice a walking leaf; Bingo makes the world's best side salad; Bluey dreams about being a nocturnal fruit bat. |
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| Mickey and the Roadster Racers – Abra-ka-Goof!; Happy Birthday Helpers! Goofy turns a Gordon Gear into a rabbit; the Happy Helpers go on a wild ride to chase down a birthday cake. |
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| Mickey and the Roadster Racers – The Goofy Race!; Cuckoo for Cuckoo Clocks! Goofy designs the first ever Goofy Race; when Cuckoo Loca's cuckoo clock is broken, Minnie and Daisy decide to get her a new one. |
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| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Goofy in Training Goofy's friends teach him about directions to help him with an obstacle course. |
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| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Happy Birthday, Toodles Mickey and friends try to keep a surprise party secret. |
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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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| Bluey – Promises; Magic; Mini Bluey Bluey keeps breaking her promises; Bluey teaches Bingo how to use magic; Bluey teaches Bingo to be more like him. |
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| Bluey – Pizza Girls; Tina; Whale Watching Bluey and Bingo make mud pizzas; Bluey and Bingo's giant, invisible friend, Tina; Bluey promises her customer Bingo the best tour ever. |
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| Doc McStuffins – Get Set to Get Wet; Loud Louis Doc helps Melinda Mermaid learn the importance of knowing how to swim; Doc gives her toy phone Louie a check-up when she worries that his voice is too loud. |
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| Bluey – Show and Tell; Wild Girls; The Decider 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 – Minnie and Daisy's Flower Shower Minnie and Daisy board the Glove Balloon in an effort make rain clouds so they can water their gardens. |
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| Pupstruction – Pirate Party; A Playful Playground The Pup Crew builds a pirate ship, but Bobby Boots mistakes this for a real treasure hunt; Pupstruction tries to build a playground that will make all the kids happy. |
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| Mickey Mouse Funhouse – Goofy's Birthday in Space! Goofy must practice patience when his birthday party keeps getting interrupted by Rocket Mouse's Outer Space emergencies. |
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| Firebuds – The Drive Along; Rescue Club Rangers The Firebuds join Axl's trambulance dad on a ride-along; the Firebuds try to earn Rescue Club badges by completing a forest rescue course. |
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| Bluey – Dragon Bluey asks Dad to help her draw a dragon for her story, but Dad's not very good at drawing. |
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| SuperKitties – Jumbo Rat; New Friend Fiasco Bitsy's small size saves the day when a giant lab rat steals all the jelly in the city; Cat Burglar devises a plan to take every sparkly collar in Kittydale. |
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| Bluey – Granny Mobile / Space / Cubby 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 – Faceytalk; Ragdoll; Fairytale Bluey and Bingo love to video chat; Dad agrees to buy ice cream; Dad tells a real-life fairy tale. |
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| Bluey – Early Baby; Hospital; Daddy Putdown Rusty interrupts Bluey's game at playgroup; Doctor Bluey operates on a cat in Dad's tummy; Bluey misses Mum when she goes out for the night. |
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| Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends – Spin Saves the Day; Water Woes Spin accidentally puts his own arm to sleep with his arachno-sting. |
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| Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends – Hide & Seek; Whale of a Time Team Spidey and The Thing must stop Gobby from using invisibility to cause trouble in the city; Team Spidey must stop Doc Ock's mechanical whale from disrupting the real whales. |
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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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| Mickey Mouse Funhouse – Saving Major Green!; Minnie Safari The gang plants trees on Arbor Day and helps save Funhouse Forest's oldest tree; Minnie becomes frustrated when she can't find the elusive Cat-O-Spots on a safari with the gang. |
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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