Disney Junior to switch SoapNet in March

Disney Junior Disney Funnel has confirmed a launch date due to its new 24-hour preschool funnel. Disney Junior will replace SoapNet of satellite and cable systems during the night time on Friday, March 23. The completely new cable network, a spinoff of Disney Channel's Disney Junior block, will launch while using new animated series Doc McStuffins. That relate, of a six-year-old girl who nurses her sick toys to health, is among several new programs that may make their debut on Disney Junior. Among the other new shows going to the funnel inside the next season: Gaspard and Lisa, which concentrates on two youthful young puppies in the French neighborhood Guess Simply How Much I Like You, using the book of the title Sofia the initial, a TV movie and series of a princess and Oki's Oasis, a western of a cat cat sheriff, voiced by Mandy Moore. Disney Junior also plans a weekend movie evening (named the Magical Arena of Disney Junior) and may bring over its quantity of interstitials referred to as a Poem Is... read by Laura Linney, Viola Davis, Jessica Alba, Owen Wilson and Liev Schreiber. Current series Mike as well as the Never Land Pirates, Jesse Duck Clubhouse, Little Einsteins and Handy Manny may even work on Disney Junior. The funnel joins an progressively competitive preschool cable marketplace, where it'll face offered by Nick Junior., Sprout and Qubo, among others. Disney Junior was already accessible in 28 the areas outdoors in the U.S. In beginning the funnel, Disney states it's broadening the primary focus from kids age 2-5 to kids 2-7 - a demo it calls "preschool plus." The business has furthermore triggered a "council of academic experts" to influence the channel's curriculum. "This marks the beginning of a sea alteration of the 'preschool plus' television landscape," states Gary Marsh, leader and Boss of Disney Channels Worldwide. "The response to the Disney Junior programming block remains very positive." Numerous audiences will still receive SoapNet after March 22, only must be handful of satellite and cable handles Disney continue being completed. Once people deals are completed, SoapNet will completely shut lower. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!