Disney Junior will reboot its Emmy Award-winning series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in 2025 as part of a slate of new and returning content announced Friday (August 18).

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.0, a new iteration of the series that ran from 2006 to 2016 on the Disney Channel, will see the clubhouse expand with a brand-new area just for Minnie Mouse as well as the addition of new characters, according to the network. 

Disney Junior also announced two Halloween-themed Mickey Mouse specials, including Mickey and Friends Trick or Treats, debuting October 1 on Disney Junior, Disney Channel and Disney XD, and Mickey Mouse Funhouse, premiering September 26. The network will offer other holiday-themed specials based its originals shows, including SuperKitties (September 25), Pupstruction (September 27), and Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends (September 15).

On the casting front, Disney Junior has tapped Raven’s Home star Mykal-Michelle Harris to voice the lead role of Ariel in the upcoming Disney Junior Ariel series debuting in 2024. Also lending their voices to the series are actors Taye Diggs and Amber Riley.

Also, the network’s animated Robogorbo series premiering in 2024 will feature the voices of such stars as Cynthia Erivo, Valerie Bertinelli, Alan Cumming, Susan Kelechi Watson, and Dule Hill. 

Disney Junior also announced the September 6 premiere of short-form special, Doc McStuffins: The Doc & Bella Are In, as well as the November sophomore season premiere of Firebugs, and the November 8 debut of new Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures episodes.

Disney Junior will bring back its Peabody Award-winning animated series Doc McStuffins for a fifth season, with the new season launching Oct. 26 on Disney Channel, the network said Thursday.

The series, which follows young girl who aspires to be a doctor like her mom and communicates with and heals toys, will return with new episodes, bringing its overall total to more than 150 episodes, shorts and specials, according to network executives. Disney Junior in December will also air The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special, which will also air on Disney Channel, ABC and Freeform throughout the holiday season, said the network. 

Disney Junior has greenlit a fifth season of its animated series Doc McStuffins, the network said Wednesday.

The series, about a young African-American girl who aspires to be a doctor like her mom, is a top 10-rated preschool show among key demographics and averages 16 million views on the Disney Junior app, VOD and Hulu, said network officials.

The series has won a Peabody Award and inspired the Artemis Medical Society, an organization of 4,700 women physicians of color from around the world that looks to inspire young girls.

"Doc McStuffins is an unmistakable example of our commitment to powerful storytelling that enriches and enlightens kids,” Nancy Kanter, executive vice president and general manager, Disney Junior Worldwide said in a statement. “I can think of no other children's television show in recent history that has touched as many lives and made the kind of impact around the world that Doc has. Our viewers have forged a deep connection with this series and are very vocal about how strongly they believe in these characters. We are excited to share with them many more stories about Doc and her toys when season five begins airing in 2018."

Disney Junior has greenlit two new animated series Vampirina and Puppy Dog Tails, the network announced Friday.

Vampirina, executive-produced by Doc McStuffins creator Chris Nee, tells the story of a young vampire girl who faces the joys and trials of being the new kid in town when her family moves from Transylvania to Pennsylvania, according to network officials.

Puppy Dog Tails, created by comedian Harland Williams, centers on two fun-loving pug puppies whose thrill-seeking appetites take them on daily adventures around their neighborhood and beyond.

Both shows will premiere in 2017, said network officials.

"Five years ago, we launched Disney Junior with the goal of providing inspired storytelling and aspirational characters that would resonate with our young audience and their parents and caregivers, while also introducing age appropriate social-emotional concepts and other key learnings relevant to kids age 2-7,” said Nancy Kanter, executive vice president, Original Programming and General Manager, Disney Junior Worldwide in a statement.

“Our programming has upheld these values and we are pleased to introduce two new series that are sure to do the same."

Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time, Fox’s Cosmos and two HBO original films were among the Peabody Award winners announced Thursday (April 23) in the categories of children’s programming, documentary, education and public service.

In the children's category, Disney Junior’s educational Doc McStuffins joined Adventure Time as an honoree.

HBO's Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown and The Newburgh Sting were honored alongside Neil deGrasse Tyson'sCosmos reboot in the documentary category.

The 74th annual Peabody Awards presentation is May 31; Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Saturday Night Live) will host.

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Disney-ABC Television Group has granted Hulu exclusive subscription video-on-demand rights to Disney Jr.'s Doc McStuffins; it is the network's first content deal with the over-the-top service.

Hulu has also acquired the exclusive SVOD rights to all episodes of Disney Jr.'s Bunnytown as well as non-exclusive streaming rights to all episodes of Handy Manny.

The three Disney Jr. titles will be available commercial-free in Hulu's Kids section this spring, the company said. Doc McStuffins's first-season episodes will be released together, while subsequent seasons of the Emmy-nominated show will be available for streaming after the last live episode of each season airs.

Disney Jr. will highlight real-life health professionals as part of a Doc McStuffins weekly programming block airing later this month.

The Sept. 22 to Sept. 26 programming stunt, Doc McStuffins: School Of Medicine, will run feature back to back episodes of the hit series as well as interstitials featuring medical professionals that have specialties that mirror those from the series, said Disney executives.

Medical professionals highlighted in the interstitials are members of the Artemis Medical Society -- created by several women physicians of color around the series -- including Dr. Letitia Bradford, an orthopedic surgeon in California's Salinas Valley; and Dr. Angela U. Tucker, a family medicine practitioner in Columbus, Ohio.  Also featured in the interstitials are dentist Dr. David Kang and nurse practitioner Bill Kenny, both of Children's Hospital Los Angeles; and Christian Sequeira, a Los Angeles-based Emergency Medical Technician.

 Disney Studios this Tuesday will also release a Doc McStuffins: School of Medicine DVD with an exclusive Doc McStuffins dress up playset featuring the African-American cartoon character in her different specialty outfits.

On Friday (Sept. 12) the WATCH Disney Junior TV Everywhere service will launch over 30 microgames focused on different doctor specialties for kids to play and earn their own Doc McStuffins: School of Medicine certificate, said network officials.