October 2023 Programming Highlights

Sunday, Oct. 1
Original Special – Premiere on Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD
“Mickey and Friends Trick or Treats”
(7:00-7:30 p.m. EDT) Additional Airings All Month Long!
Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Daisy are trick-or-treating when Donald spies the spookiest mansion he’s ever seen and assumes it has the best treats. After he convinces his friends to risk a visit, the owner, Witch Hazel, casts a spell that turns them into their costumes.
TV-Y7

Friday, Oct. 6
Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Junior
Mickey Mouse Funhouse “Stink, Stank, Stunk!/Dia de los Muertos” (2-15)
(10:00-10:30 a.m. EDT on Disney Channel/12:05-12:25 p.m. EDT on Disney Junior)
“Stink, Stank, Stunk!” – When Mickey and the gang try to rid Majestica of a mysterious smell, they discover the Grand Pumpkin must be returned to Halloweenville before it rots away.

“Dia de los Muertos” – The gang celebrates Día de los Muertos in Mexico City.
TV-Y

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Junior
SuperKitties “Cheesenado/Talented Troublemaker” (1-26)
(10:30-11:00 a.m. EDT on Disney Channel/1:25-1:55 p.m. EDT on Disney Junior)
“Cheesenado” – Bitsy learns to say goodbye to Renata and her robin babies when they have to fly away.

“Talented Troublemaker” – The SuperKitties stop Mr. Puppypaws from cheating in the talent contest.
TV-Y

Saturday, Oct. 7
Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD
Big City Greens “Bad Dad/Junk Junkie” (4-03)
(8:00-8:30 a.m. EDT)
“Bad Dad” – Cricket and Tilly get to know their grandpa while Nancy scrambles to find him a job.

“Junk Junkie” – Desperate to ensure his family’s future security, Bill becomes a hoarder.
TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD
Kiff “I Like To Move It!/Hive Got An Idea” (1-21)
(9:00-9:30 a.m. EDT)
“I Like To Move It! – Kiff and Barry agree to move a piano for Helen in exchange for a wish, but can’t agree on the wish.

“Hive Got An Idea” – Kiff shows a new kid around school but can’t stop his family from interfering.
TV-Y7

Sunday, Oct. 8
Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel
Villains of Valley View “Guitar Hero” (2-17)
(8:00-8:30 p.m. EDT)
Jake reveals his secret talent is playing guitar, but Amy won’t let him join her band. Eva, Vic and Colby try to babysit an infant and pet sit Robert’s police dog at the same time.
TV-Y7 FV

Friday, Oct. 13
Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Junior
Pupstruction “The Mayor Mover/Bobby’s Balloon Blunder” (1-16)
(8:00-8:30 a.m. EDT on Disney Channel/11:40 a.m.-12:10 p.m. EDT on Disney Junior)
“The Mayor Mover” – When Lloyd goes out of town, Pupstruction builds a cart with wheels to help move the mayor around.

“Bobby’s Balloon Blunder” – Lickety Split builds a hot air balloon but gets stuck and asks the crew for help.
TV-Y

Saturday, Oct. 14
Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD
Big City Greens “Handshaken/Coffee Mates” (4-04)
(8:00-8:30 a.m. EDT)
“Handshaken” – After being mocked for his handshake, Cricket trains for a Western-style handshake duel.

“Coffee Mates” – Gloria combines her work life and social life by hiring her friends as employees.
TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD
Kiff “You Can’t Handle the Tooth!/Blooper Quest” (1-22)
(9:00-9:30 a.m. EDT)
“You Can’t Handle the Tooth” – Kiff has a lot to do today, but brushing her tooth is not on the list.

“Blooper Quest” – Kiff, Barry and the crew set out to make a movie so they can have a fun blooper reel, but blooping is hard.
TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel
Hamster & Gretel “Nano a Nano/The Ultimate History of Dr. MedusaSaurus” (1-24)
(10:00-11:00 a.m. EDT)
“Nano a Nano” – On a school trip to a robot factory, Gretel encounters a nanobot.

“The Ultimate History of Dr. MedusaSaurus” – Gretel and Bailey meet a strange paleontologist at a museum.
TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD
Hailey’s On It! “I Know What You Did Last Slumber/Lady and the Trampoline” (1-17)
(11:00-11:30 a.m. EDT)
“I Know What You Did Last Slumber” – When Hailey’s innocent sleepover prank goes awry, she must choose to live with the guilt or come clean.

“Lady and the Trampoline” –  When Hailey must face her fear of trampolining, she learns not to let worries about her appearance get in the way of fun.
TV-Y7

Sunday, Oct. 15
Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel
Villains of Valley View “Bad Influence” (2-19)
(8:00-8:30 p.m. EDT)
Feeling overwhelmed by the pressures of being a superhero, Starling threatens to quit. Amy’s helpful advice backfires.
TV-Y7 FV

Saturday, Oct. 21
Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD
Big City Greens “Iced/Chipped Off” (4-05)
(8:00-8:30 a.m. EDT)
“Iced” – Gramma butts heads with Nick when he crashes her special family hockey outing.

“Chipped Off” – Chip Whistler recounts what happened to him since “Chipocalypse Now.”
TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD
Kiff “When You Mow You Mow/Harry’s Maturity Crisis” (1-23)
(9:00-9:30 a.m. EDT)
“When You Mow You Mow” – Reggie is the first kid in Table Town to mow his own lawn, and Kiff wants to be the second.

“Harry’s Maturity Crisis” – When Harry runs away, Barry and Kiff do anything they can to bring him back.
TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel
Hamster & Gretel “No Sprain, No Gain/Finding Professor Ex” (1-25)
(10:00-11:00 a.m. EDT)
“No Sprain, No Gain” – Kevin is stuck at home with a sprained ankle as the rest of the gang tries to stop a strange jewel thief.

“Finding Professor Ex” – When Professor Exclamation goes missing, Gretel and Nordle try to find him.
TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD
Hailey’s On It! “Scott’s on a Roll/Bye Bye Birdies” (1-18)
(11:00-11:30 a.m. EDT)
“Scott’s on a Roll” – In a competition where the winner has a sandwich named after them, Hailey is pitted against Scott.

“Bye Bye Birdies” –  When Hailey must be truthful for a day, she ends up delivering a comedy roast.
TV-Y7

Sunday, Oct. 22
Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel
Villains of Valley View “A Tale of Two Havocs” (2-15)
(8:00-8:30 p.m. EDT)
Havoc and Flashform go to Centropolis to stop an imposter from stealing Havoc’s identity. Eva and Vic manipulate Hartley’s charity auction.
TV-Y7 FV

Saturday, Oct. 28
Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD
The Ghost and Molly McGee “Welcome to NecroComic-Con / Fit to Print” (2-16)
(8:00-8:30 a.m. EDT)
“Welcome to NecroComic-Con” – Ollie struggles to have the difficult conversation with his parents and reveal that he is friends with a ghost.

“Fit to Print” – When the school newspaper is in danger of shutting down, Molly goes on a mission to save it.
TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD
Kiff “Silly Moods/Chatterley vs Chatterley” (1-24)
(9:00-9:30 a.m. EDT)
“Silly Moods” – A trip to Table Town Museum is threatened when Kiff and Barry get into a silly mood.

“Chatterley vs Chatterley” – When a leftover slice of pizza goes missing in the Chatterley home, they must settle the matter in family court.
TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel
Hamster & Gretel “Bayou Barb/The Great Pillow War” (1-26)
(10:00-11:00 a.m. EDT)
“Bayou Barb” – The Grant Gomez family goes on a bayou vacation where they encounter a local legend.

“The Great Pillow War” – Kevin and Gretel battle it out in a huge pillow fight.
TV-Y7

Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD
Hailey’s On It! “Frankly Fabulous/The Pin is Mightier Than the Swole” (1-19)
(11:00-11:30 a.m. EDT)
“Frankly Fabulous” – Hailey enters Frank the Flamingo into a bird show and they run into his former mean trainer.

“The Pin is Mightier Than the Swole” –  Expert bowler Hailey struggles with a list item that requires her to lose to her dad at bowling.
TV-Y7

Sunday, Oct. 29
Original Series – Episode Premiere on Disney Channel
Villains of Valley View “The Return” (2-18)
(8:00-8:30 p.m. EDT)
When a supervillain threatens the Maddens, they join together to fight. It looks like they may be on the losing end until an unlikely ally comes to their rescue.
TV-Y7 FV

Tuesday, Oct. 31
Disney Channel Original Movie
“Halloweentown”
(11:00 a.m.-12:35 p.m. EDT)
This comedy-adventure follows Marnie and her younger siblings as they return with their estranged grandmother, a good witch (Debbie Reynolds), to her home in Halloweentown, where witches, goblins, vampires and the like lead very normal lives. On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns that she comes from a witch family and that she, too, is a witch. She also discovers that an evil force is plotting to take over Halloweentown, and she must help her mother and grandmother to save the day.
TV-PG

Disney Channel Original Movie
“Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge”
(12:35-2:05 p.m. EDT)
Kimberly J. Brown reprises her role as Marnie in the bewitching sequel to the Halloween favorite. Grandmother Aggie sweeps Marnie and Sophie off to Halloweentown to investigate a series of strange occurrences. They discover that an angry warlock has taken the book and plans to permanently turn every human into whatever costume they are wearing at midnight on Halloween. It’s a race against time, as Marnie must use her skills to defeat the young warlock threatening to change Halloweentown for eternity.
TV-PG

Disney Channel Original Movie
“Halloweentown High”
(2:05-3:40 p.m. EDT)
Now that the portal has been opened, much to the chagrin of some in Halloweentown, Marnie sets up a sort of exchange program, bringing a group of Halloweentown students to attend her human high school. She inadvertently bets the Cromwell magic that no harm will come to the students, and when strange things start happening, Marnie and her family must get to the bottom of things and protect the students from the legendary Knights of the Iron Dagger — at the same time, save their own powers.
TV-PG

Disney Channel Original Movie
“Return to Halloweentown”
(3:40-5:20 p.m. EDT)
When Marnie goes off to Witch University, she gets a lot more than she bargained for as she deals with an ancient prophecy, sinister students, and an evil plot that threatens to destroy everything she cares about unless she can uncover the secret in her family’s past that can save Halloweentown.
TV-PG

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Nancy Insua
Nancy.Insua@disney.com