Saturday Disney

Saturday Disney
Saturday Disney title card used from 31 March 2012 onwards
Genre	Children's show
Presented by	List of Presenters
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	27
No. of episodes	1,366
Production
Location(s)	Brisbane, Queensland (1990–1999) Sydney, New South Wales (1999–2016)
Running time	120 minutes (1990-2012) 180 minutes (2012–2016) (incl. commercials)
Production company(s)	Buena Vista Television (1990-2000s)
Release
Original network	Seven Network (1990–2016) 7TWO (2012–2016) 7flix (2016)
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	27 January 1990 – 24 September 2016
Chronology
Preceded by	Seven's Super Saturday
External links
Website

Saturday Disney was a long running Australian children's television program which aired on the Seven Network in Australia for over 26 years, with the first episode going to air on 27 January 1990. The show was a television block which aired on Saturday mornings, consisting mainly of Disney television series dispersed between hosted content. The original presenters were Jeniene Mapp, James Sherry and Sofie Formica, and the final presenters were Nathan Morgan, Candice Dixon and Teigan Nash. Many hosts have gone on to achieve successful careers in Australian television.

Saturday Disney was originally filmed at BTQ-7 from 1990 until 1999 when it moved to Seven's Sydney station, ATN-7.

On 5 September 2009, the show celebrated its 1,000th episode.

Saturday Disney aired its final episode on 24 September 2016.

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Part of the Seven Network's output deal and long running relationship with Disney in the late 1980s was to adopt a local program to feature new animated series such as DuckTales mixed with local studio segments. This was part of an international franchise of programs in the global market to be named The Disney Club, the Australian version to be located in Brisbane. The producers of this version convinced Disney to allow them to use the Saturday Disney title to avert confusion with The Mickey Mouse Club, a title which seemed dated. The original set was designed to reflect Queensland architecture and make the viewers feel like they were visiting a friend's house on a Saturday morning. The set has since changed several times, the current set being introduced in February 2007. Saturday Disney was originally filmed at BTQ-7 from 1990 until 1999 when it moved to its current production base at ATN-7 in Sydney. It was originally produced by Buena Vista Television in conjunction with Seven.