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] is known for its original series. The following is a summary of original series from the Channel's 20+ year history.

==The 1980s==
Disney's first original series is '']'', which was also Disney Channel's first series to be syndicated. The series was mainly a musical series with a cast of kids ages 8 to 13. The series lasted from ] to ] and featured a young ] as one of its many cast members.

Disney Channel premiered a series called '']'', also called ''The New Leave It to Beaver'' in ]. It featured most of the cast from the 1960s classic sitcom that starred Jerry Mathers as Beaver Cleaver, a boy who gets into some pretty funny situations that get him into trouble.

Disney launched '']'' in ] ], a series which would later be known by another name, '']''. The series starred Hayley Mills as Carrie Bliss, a widow who teaches at a junior high school in Indianapolis. The series was initially rejected by NBC but was later accepted by the network following some retooling. The series aired only 13 episodes on Disney. The series is currently syndicated packaged together with the original ''Saved by the Bell'' and its ''College Years'' series. The series featured most of the cast of ''Saved by the Bell'', ] (Zack Morris), ] (Samuel "Screech" Powers), ] (Principal Richard Belding) and ] (Lisa Turtle).

==The 1990s==
Disney premiered '']'', a '90s update of ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' which featured as cast members, ], ] and most notably ], ] and ]. ''MMC'' lasted until 1993.

Disney also aired its own production of ''Avonlea'' from 1993 to 1996.

In 1997, Disney premiered a sitcom (Disney's first Canadian import) called '']'' that starred ] and ] as two teens who were best friends (and next door neighbors) since childhood and also chronicled their own friends and family. The series lasted until 1999.

Disney premiered a couple of game shows during the late 1990s including a television version of the Parker Brothers game '']''.

Disney's Original Series really began developing in the late '90s with the series '']''. Seen by many as sort of a version of '']'' for younger viewers, ''So Weird'' premiered in early 1999 and starred ] as Fiona Phillips (usually referred to as Fi by her friends and family), who always investigated the supernatural. Her brother didn't really believe in the supernatural however but his friend Clu (]) and his brother Carey (]) became part of Fi's journey's.

After the show's second season, DeLizia left the series for unknown reasons, (her character had apparently wanted to live a "normal" life after investigating the supernatural most of her life) she did appear in one last episode and ] joined the series as Annie Thelen, who continued Fi's investigations of the supernatural. Annie's (and Alexz Johnson's) singing talents were explored on a few occasions during her run on the series. The show one of only two Disney Channel Original Series not to feature a "nuclear family" as Fi's rock star mom Molly (]) was a widow.

Disney also premiered ''The Famous Jett Jackson'' in 1999. The series starred ] as the title character, a teenager who starred in the action series ''Silverstone'', a show-within-a-show about a teenage secret agent. Jett wanted to live a normal life away from Hollywood but wanted to keep doing the show, so he (and ''Silverstone'') moved to Jett's old hometown, (the fictional) Wilsted, ]. The pilot showed how much of a celebrity Jett was in his hometown as he had to outrun a mob of fans. He reconnected with his cop father (]), his grandmother (]) and his best friend (]). He also made a new friend in Kayla (], no relation to Hilary Duff of ''Lizzie McGuire''). Jett also kept in touch with his mother (]) back in L.A., who visited Jett in Wilsted on occasion. The show featured some guest appearances by Britney Spears and ]. The series lasted until 2002 and in the same year, the series became the first Disney series to have a movie version titled ''Jett Jackson: The Movie'', appropriately enough.

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