It’s the holiday season and Disney Parks Holiday specials are set to air on ABC, Freeform, and Disney Channel.
The Disney Parks Presents a Disney Channel Holiday Celebration will air on Disney Channel on Friday, December 1 at 8:30 p.m. The special is hosted by Raven-Symoné and Issac Ryan Brown from Raven’s Home.
On ABC you can catch The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration on Thursday, November 30 at 9-11 p.m. This special is hosted by Julianne Hough and Nick Lachey and includes holiday fun from Disney World and Disneyland.
Performances …

The premiere of the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants 2 will be shown simultaneously on five networks within the Disney/ABC Television Group on July 21.
The movie will premiere on Disney Channel, ABC, Disney XD, Freeform, and Lifetime.
The film is the sequel to 2015’s Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants, which was the fifth most watched movie in cable television history.
The stars of the film – Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson, and Booboo Stewart, are making an appearance at the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards on April 30. They’ll be showing …

Freeform recently launched a signing contest where fans can submit a video of themselves singing the theme song from The Fosters, for a chance to be featured on-air during the show’s winter premiere on January 31.
For each contest entry received, Disney and Freeform will donate a book to a child in foster care through First book and the Magic of Storytelling campaign.
Fans can submit their entries at www.TheFostersTV.com.
Entries must be received by 12 p.m. PT on January 24, 2017. The contest is open to fans ages 13 years and older …

The 18th annual 13 Nights of Halloween programming event starts October 19 on Freefrom, formerly ABC Family.
This year’s lineup includes the network television premiere of R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls and the Freeform premiere of Spooky Buddies.
Other programming during the 13 Nights of Halloween include: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Hocus Pocus, Corpse Bride, Addams Family Values, The Addams Family, ParaNorman, Monsters University, Toy Story of TERROR!, The Goonies, and more.
The 13 Nights of Halloween concludes on Monday, October 31.
Fans can also check out the Freeform app and Freeform.com for …

The grand opening of Shanghai Disneyland will be celebrated with a television special airing June 16 on Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney XD.
The television special, Grand Opening Celebration of Shanghai Disney Resort, airs at 8 p.m. ET on those three networks, and again on June 17 at 10 p.m. ET on Freeform.
Sofia Carson (Descendants) will serve as the telecast narrator.
The telecast will feature Disney CEO Bob Iger, nearly 3,000 guests, celebrities, and government officials at Storybook Castle – the heart of Shanghai Disneyland.
Pianist Lang Lang will perform a custom …

ABC Family’s new series, Shadowhunters, is scheduled to premiere on January 12, 2016. A sneak preview of the series, Beyond the Shadows: The Making of Shadowhunters, premieres December 6.
This new “saga series” is based on The Mortal Instruments series of books by Cassandra Clare and follows 18-year-old Clary Fray who discovers that she is a Shadowhunter, a human-angel hybrid who fights demons.
After her mother is kidnapped Clary is thrown into the world of Shadowhunters and comes face to face with fairies, warlocks, vampires, and werewolves.
The series stars Katherine McNamara as …

ABC Family has announced that the network will be rebranded as Freeform in January 2016.
The rebranding is aimed at capturing the essence of the network and the “Becomer” audience who views the network – viewers ages 14-34.
“Freeform evokes the spirit and adventure of our audience,” said ABC Family President Tom Ascheim. “Freeform will deliver new, exciting original content as well as all the favorite shows our viewers already love on ABC Family.”
In a press release ABC Family said the name Freeform “speaks to the mindset and attitude of what the channel has …