Festive Favourite Shows On Disney Junior And Disney Channel With Special Christmas Episodes
Brand-New Series and Show Seasons to Premiere December and January
This holiday season, Disney Channel and Disney Junior promise to deliver a delightful mix of programming for the whole family. Cozy up and experience the magic of the season with beloved classics, new episodes, heartwarming specials, and exciting brand-new shows to warm hearts and spread holiday cheer. Tune into Disney Channel (DStv Channel 303) and Disney Junior (DStv Channel 309) as the channels bring the joy of the holidays right into your homes.
Earlier this month Disney Channel premiered the brand-new, Klik Klub, a series of local shorts. The Klik Klub is a cool after-school club where a group of kids of different ages hang out and invite invitation their favourite influencers and celebrities into their space for a surprise cook-off and interview. You can catch more episodes through December and January every Friday at 16:50.
On Friday, 15 December leap into the adventurous world of Ladybug and Cat Noir in Miraculous World: Paris, Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir – a special at 17:00. Miraculous holders from another world appear in Paris. They come from a parallel universe where everything is reversed: the holders of the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous’, Shadybug and Claw Noir, are villains, and the holder of the Butterfly Miraculous, Hesperia, is a superhero. Ladybug and Cat Noir will have to help Hesperia face the attacks of her evil doppelgangers and prevent them from taking over Butterfly’s Miraculous. Can our heroes also help Hesperia make Shadybug and Claw Noir better people?
This special will be followed by Miraculous Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Season 5 episodes on Saturday, 16 December from 09:00 and three Miraculous World Specials – Miraculous New York: United Heroez, Miraculous World Paris: Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir and Miraculous World: Shanghai, The Legend of Ladydragon.
On 22 December, we have a DCOM (Disney Channel Original Movie), Once Upon A Snowman at 17:00 – the previously untold origins of Olaf, the innocent and insightful, summer-loving snowman who melted hearts in the Academy Award®-winning 2013 Disney animated feature, Frozen. All is revealed in the all-new Walt Disney Animation Studios animated short that follows Olaf’s first steps as he comes to life and searches for his identity in the snowy mountains outside Arendelle.
For even more DCOM fun, tune in from Monday to Friday from 18 – 22 December from 11:05. Highlights include back-to-back episodes of all the popular Descendants movies. Descendants is the live-action film based on the lives of the teenage children of iconic Disney Villains. Disney Descendants at 11:05, followed by Descendants 2 at 12:50 and Descendants Wicked World at 14:35.
All day-long on Christmas Eve, 24 December, you can enjoy Christmas-themed episodes of all your favourite Disney series, kicking off with Bizaardvark at 06:00 where Paige and Paige invite some deserving kids to Vuugle to celebrate the Christmas holidays. Expect all the classics including Phineas and Ferb, K.C Undercover, Hannah Montana Forever (Season 4) and Stuck in the Middle. Highlights include the special in Hannah Montana Forever when Miley is recording her Christmas special with Sheryl Crow.
In the New Year, Disney Channel welcomes a brand-new show Cars on the Road, on 1 January from Monday – Thursday at 16:55 – a series that sees Lightning McQueen and his best friend Mater head east from Radiator Springs on a cross-country road trip to meet up with Mater’s sister. And then on Friday, 5 January, there’s Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest at 17:00 – in this series Tiana, Moana, Snow White, Rapunzel and Ariel must work together to save their kingdoms.
January also brings with it new episodes of Raven’s Home – on Monday, 8 January with Booker, Neil and Ivy entering their senior year of high school; Alice starts middle school and Raven has a chance to go global as her fashion career hits high gear.
For the little ones, Disney Junior has the enchanting shorts, Mickey’s Christmas Tales Monday – Friday from 18-24 December at 09:00. This charming series sees Mickey and Friends have lots of Christmas fun and in the first episode they want to stay up past bedtime, so they can be awake to surprise Santa when he comes down the chimney. But will they be able to stay awake?
Also, from 18-22 December you can find Christmas-themed episodes of The Lion Guard, Doc McStuffins, PJ Masks and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
On Wednesday, 20 December there’s Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas at 11:00. After a series of mishaps, Mickey, Minnie and the gang are separated all over the world and must try to get back to Hot Dog Hills by Christmas Eve. A mysterious and jolly stranger shows up to tell them about The Wishing Star, which could be the secret to bringing everybody home in time to celebrate together.
It’s cats versus dogs in January as we kick off the New Year on Disney Junior with back-to-back episodes of Bluey and Super Kitties from 09:00 until 10:30 from Monday – Friday, 1-5 January 2024.
And in keeping with the pup theme, Disney Junior premieres a brand-new series Pupstruction – an imaginative, music-filled animated series that follows the adventures of the Pupstruction team — a doggone hard-working construction crew ranging from some of the brawniest breeds to irresistibly cute and playful puppies. Tune in on Monday, 8 January at 17:30 to catch all the fun.
This holiday season, Disney Channel and Disney Junior invite the whole family to create lasting shared memories with its heartwarming and festive programming. Gather your loved ones, enjoy the laughter, and celebrate the magic of the festive season.
