Back to school season is starting off right across Disney television channels, with plenty of new episode premieres for animated favorites through the month of September. These include exciting new installments of DuckTales, Big Hero 6 and Marvel’s Spider-Man, cuddly new deliveries on T.O.T.S. and an extra tasty installment of Muppet Babies. Many of these installments feature fun guest stars, like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kimiko Glenn, Alan Tudyk, Horatio Sanz and Mara Wilson.
Disney TV animation highlights for September:
Tuesday, Sept. 3
3:00-3:30 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) DuckTales “What Ever Happened to Donald Duck?!” Donald and Penumbra must break out of a Moon Prison and send a warning to Earth about a looming invasion. Meanwhile, Dewey and Webby uncover a sinister conspiracy targeting their family. Julie Bowen (ABC’s Modern Family) and Lance Reddick (Bosch) return as Penumbra and General Lunaris, respectively.
3:30-4:00 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) Big Hero 6 The Series “Write Turn Here” Hiro writes a story about Big Hero 6 for a class project. Christy Carlson Romano (Disney Channel’s Kim Possible) returns as Trina.
Wednesday, Sept. 4
3:30-4:00 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) Big Hero 6 The Series “City of Monsters – Part I” Karmi and Hiro team up to help treat someone with genetically engineered parasites. Daniel Henney (Criminal Minds) and Ben Feldman (Superstore) return as Tadashi and Chris, respectively.
Thursday, Sept. 5
3:00-3:30 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) DuckTales “A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!” The kids are pulled into a world made of their wildest dreams. Unfortunately, Lena’s worst nightmare comes true: Magica De Spell is back and coming to reclaim what’s hers. Catherine Tate (Doctor Who), Kimiko Glenn (Orange Is the New Black) and Libe Barer (Sneaky Pete) return as Magic De Spell, Lena and Violet, respectively.
3:30-4:00 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) Big Hero 6 The Series “City of Monsters – Part II” Big Hero 6 must continue to fight off a city overrun with monsters. Mara Wilson (BoJack Horseman) returns as Liv Amara.
Friday, Sept. 6
3:30-4:00 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) Big Hero 6 The Series “Mini-Maximum Trouble” When Fred runs into a string of bad luck, Megan reveals to Hiro that she’s trying to uncover the true identities of Big Hero 6 for her school’s newspaper. Nestor Carbonell (Bates Motel) and Isabella Gomez (One Day at a Time) return as Chief Cruz and Megan, respectively.
Sunday, Sept. 8
9:30-10:00 P.M. EDT (Disney XD) Marvel’s Spider-Man “The Day Without Spider-Man” The Blood Gem accidentally reawakens Gwen Stacy’s dormant spider-powers, turning her into Ghost-Spider.
Monday, Sept. 9
3:00-3:30 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) DuckTales “Timephoon!” When Louie uses Gyro’s Time Tub to steal lost treasures from the past, a mysterious storm in the present sends all of space and time crashing down onto the mansion.
3:30-4:00 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) Big Hero 6 The Series “El Fuego” Professional mech-wrestler El Fuego is intent on becoming the toughest fighter in San Fransokyo and decides he must beat the strongest challenger he can find, Baymax. Horatio Sanz (Saturday Night Live) guest stars as El Fuego.
Tuesday, Sept. 10
3:00-3:30 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) DuckTales “GlomTales!” Glomgold forms his own family made of all of Scrooge’s greatest villains to defeat Scrooge’s family once and for all. Catherine Tate (Doctor Who), Margo Martindale (Sneaky Pete) and Jaime Camil (Jane the Virgin) return as Magica De Spell, Ma Beagle and Don Karnage, respectively.
3:30-4:00 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) Big Hero 6 The Series “The Globby Within” Nega-Globby takes control of Globby’s body to cause chaos around the city. Nestor Carbonell (Bates Motel) and Alan Tudyk (The Tick) return as Chief Cruz and Keri, respectively.
Wednesday, Sept. 11
3:00-3:30 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) DuckTales “The Richest Duck in the World!” Louie, Scrooge and Owlson must escape from an unstoppable monster cursed to hunt down and destroy the richest duck in the world.
3:30-4:00 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) Big Hero 6 The Series “Hardlight” Evil villain Hardlight challenges the Big Hero 6 team to a real-life video game duel. Will Friedle (Boy Meets World) guest stars as Hardlight.
Thursday, Sept. 12
3:00-4:00 P.M. EDT (Disney Channel) DuckTales “Moonvasion!” The moon invades Duckburg, forcing Scrooge to join forces with an unlikely ally in an effort to
save the earth. Meanwhile, Della and the kids search the globe for reinforcements. Lin-Manuel Miranda (Broadway’s Hamilton) returns as Gizmoduck. Selenis Leyva (Orange Is the New Black) returns as Officer Cabrera. Jim Rash (Community) returns as Gyro Gearloose.
Friday, Sept. 13
9:30-10:00 A.M. EDT (Disney Channel) T.O.T.S. “For Lion Out Loud/Porcupine Panic” “For Lion Out Loud” – Pip and Freddy must teach a baby lion the difference between using his indoor and outdoor roar. | “Porcupine Panic” – Pip and Freddy help KC prepare a pokey porcupine for delivery.
Sunday, Sept. 15
9:30-10:00 P.M. EDT (Disney XD) Marvel’s Spider-Man “My Own Worst Enemy” Doc Ock, now in Spider-Man’s body, intends to bring New York City to its knees, but instead finds his newly acquired brain still contains some of Peter Parker’s memories. Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio) returns as Uncle Ben.
Sunday, Sept. 22
9:30-10:00 P.M. EDT (Disney XD) Marvel’s Spider-Man “Critical Update” Doc Ock must adjust to his new life as a hero and is tested by rising crime boss Sand Girl. Sofia Carson (The Descendants franchise) returns as Keemia/Sand Girl.
Friday, Sept. 27
9:30-10:00 A.M. EDT (Disney Channel) T.O.T.S. “The Fearful Flier/Lend Me Your Paw” “The Fearful Flier” – Pip and Freddy help their friend manage his fear of guinea pigs so that he can graduate to the next level at T.O.T.S. | “Lend Me Your Paw” – When Mia gets a thorn stuck in her paw, Pip and Freddy take her to K.C. for help.
10:30-11:00 A.M. EDT (Disney Channel) Muppet Babies “The Great Muppet Cook-Off/Animal and the Egg” “The Great Muppet Cook-Off” – A new friend named Chef comes to visit the playroom and Piggy challenges him to a cook-off.
| “Animal and the Egg” – Animal learns to be gentle when he catches an egg that falls from its nest.
Sunday, Sept. 29
9:30-10:00 P.M. EDT (Disney XD) Marvel’s Spider-Man “A Troubled Mind” Superior Spider-Man is confronted by the Avengers, who suspect that he is not who he claims to be.
