International Broadcasts
Some of The Disney Afternoon's shows also aired on international versions of Disney Channel, Toon Disney and Disney Cinemagic, and on several local channels in various countries. In Europe, blocks similar to The Disney Afternoon were produced, mostly with names which translate in English as "Walt Disney Presents" (not related to the anthology series).
In Edmonton, Canada, the city's then-independent TV station ITV (now Global Edmonton) produced its own version of The Disney Afternoon over roughly the same period as the American program, but only once per week in a two-hour block on Saturday afternoons, though using the same cartoon lineup as the American weekday block. Apart from the animated introduction, the block did not use any Disney-produced wrapper segments, instead using locally-produced live-action segments between programs with host Mike Sobel. ITV (and thus the Sobel-hosted TDA) was at that time also available on cable in various mid-sized and smaller markets across Canada, as far away as St. John's.
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