Disney Channel Original

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Disney Channel

Disney Channel (originally The Disney Channel from 1983 to 1997) is an American basic cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship property of owner Disney Channels Worldwide, a unit of the Disney–ABC Television Group, itself a unit of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

The channel's programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. Disney Channel – which formerly operated as a premium service – originally marketed its programs towards families, and then at younger children by the late 1990s. Most of its original programming is aimed at children ages 6–14, while its Disney Junior programs are targeted at younger children ages 2–7.

As of February 2015, Disney Channel is available to approximately 96.2 million pay television households (82.7% of households with at least one television set) in the United States.

History

Conception (1977–83)

List of Disney Channel Original Movies

Many television films have been produced for the U.S. cable network, Disney Channel, since the service's inception in 1983. In its early years, they were referred to as Disney Channel Premiere Films, and later Premears. From late 1997 onwards, such productions have been branded under the Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOM) banner.

Most hit films were subsequently released on VHS, DVD, or, more recently, Blu-ray. However, many more in the DCOM library have never been released in any home video format. Before, DCOMs were released on DVD months after they premiered on Disney Channel, but after Princess Protection Program aired, the DCOM DVDs have been released one week after they premier on Disney Channel. Also, although DCOMs have been produced in widescreen HD format since mid-2005, the 2009 release of Princess Protection Program became the first DCOM to receive a widescreen DVD transfer.

The highest-rated premiere for the brand came in August 2007, when High School Musical 2 set a record for basic cable with 17.2 million viewers. The second highest-rated premiere is held by Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, which premiered with 11.4 million viewers. Other major DCOM franchises include Camp Rock, The Cheetah Girls, Twitches, Halloweentown, Teen Beach, and the Zenon trilogy.

Anne McClain

Anne Charlotte McClain (born June 7, 1979) is a NASA astronaut from the class of 2013.

Anne McClain is a Major in the U.S. Army. Her hometown is Spokane, Washington. She is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (BS Mechanical Engineering); the University of Bath (MS Aerospace Engineering) and the University of Bristol (MS International Security), both in the United Kingdom while on a Marshall Scholarship. McClain is an OH-58 helicopter pilot, and a recent graduate of U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

Following selection of Group 21, she is the youngest NASA astronaut.

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Major McClain, 2013

Major McClain, 2013

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China Anne McClain

China Anne McClain (born August 25, 1998) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is a current member of the sister girl group McClain. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, China's career began in 2005 when she was seven years old acting in the movie The Gospel (2005). She also played China James in Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls (2007), along with Idris Elba and her two sisters. However, she became nationally known after 2007, when she joined the cast of the series Tyler Perry's House of Payne as Jazmine Payne.

In 2010, she co-starred in Grown Ups (2010) as Charlotte McKenzie. McClain became internationally known after starring in the Disney Channel original television series A.N.T. Farm, landing the role as Chyna Parks, from 2011 to 2014. Disney released the soundtrack of the television series A.N.T. Farm on October 11, 2011. McClain sings six songs and two solos with her sisters on the soundtrack, which debuted in the Billboard 200 at number 29 with 14,000 copies sold in its first week. On the soundtrack, McClain sung her version of Taio Cruz's Dynamite. The release containing the song "Calling All the Monsters" reached the eighty-sixth spot on the Billboard Hot 100.