September 17

Theatrical releases[ ]

Shorts[ ]

• 1954 - Once Upon a Wintertime (reissue)
• 2002 - Mike's New Car is released with Monsters, Inc. DVD and VHS.

Films[ ]

• 2004 - Mr. 3000 (Touchstone Pictures)
• 2021 - The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight Pictures)

Television[ ]

• 1961 - Walt Disney Presents airs for the last time on ABC.
• 1978 - Part 2 of "NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney" premieres.
• 1988 - The Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "Music Hath Charms/Dress for Success" premieres on NBC.
• 1990 - The TaleSpin episode "Molly Coddled" premieres in syndication.
• 1991
  • Home Improvement premieres on ABC (Touchstone Television).
  • The Darkwing Duck episode "Comic Book Capers" premieres in syndication.
• 1992 - The Goof Troop episode "Slightly Dinghy" premieres in syndication.
• 1993
  • The Bonkers episode "The Cheap Sheep Sweep" premieres in syndication.
  • The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Earth's Crust" premieres in syndication.
  • The Disney Channel Premiere Film Airborne premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 1994
  • The Little Mermaid episode "Scuttle" and the Aladdin episode "Raiders of the Lost Shark" premiere on CBS. This is the first Aladdin episode to premiere on the network.
  • The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Bones and Muscles" premieres in syndication.
• 1995 - The Brotherly Love episode "Such A Bargain" premieres on NBC.
• 1996 - The Quack Pack episode "The Germinator" premieres in syndication.
• 1997 - The 101 Dalmatians: The Series episodes "Oozy Does It/Barnboozled" premiere in syndication.
• 1999 - The Timon & Pumbaa episodes "Timon in Love/Kahuna Potato" premiere in syndication.
• 2000 - The Even Stevens episode "After Hours" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2002
  • 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter premieres on ABC (Touchstone Television).
  • The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "First Day at Mouse School" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2004 - The That's So Raven episode "My Big Fat Pizza Party" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2006 - The Handy Manny episodes "Tight Squeeze/Julieta's Monster" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
• 2008 - The Imagination Movers episode "The Un-Party" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2010 - WALL-E premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2012
  • The Disney XD series Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja premieres with the episodes "Last Stall on the Left" (which originally premiered as a preview on August 13) and "Got Stank?"
  • The Kickin' It episode "The Chosen One" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2013 - The Henry Hugglemonster episodes "Paint the Town/Henry, Incorporated" premiere on the Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney Jr. on April 26).
• 2016
  • The Ultimate Spider-Man episode "Return to the Spider-Verse (Part 4)" premieres on Disney XD.
  • The Lab Rats: Elite Force episode "The Rock" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2017 - DuckTales premieres on the Disney Channel with the special "Woo-oo!" (originally premiered on Disney XD on August 12).
• 2018
  • The Fancy Nancy episodes "Nancy's Devine Sleepover/Nancy's Sacré Bleu Fondue" premiere on the Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney Jr. on August 3).
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Gargoyle Gals/Supermarket Scandal" premiere on Disney XD (originally premiered on the Disney Channel on July 16).
• 2021
  • The T.O.T.S. episodes "Cute as a Button/It Takes a Village" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The PJ Masks episodes "Teeny Weeny to the Rescue/Invisible Munki-Gu" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Muppet Babies episodes "Scooter MVP/Rizzo for Mayor" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Gabby Duran & the Unsittables episodes "Welcome to the Club" and "Dinas and Dougs" premiere on the Disney Channel.
• 2022 - The Hamster & Gretel episodes "The Opposite of Smart/Birthday Besties" premiere on the Disney Channel.
• 2023
  • The Villains of Valley View episode "Hidden Hero" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Bunk'd episode "Coop D'etat" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2025
  • The Me & Winnie the Pooh episode "Rabbit and the Tiny Carrot" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • The Firebuds episodes "My Van Vinny/Training Tower Tumult" premiere on Disney Jr.

Streaming[ ]

• 2025
  • Electric Bloom is released on Disney+.
  • Elio is released on Disney+.

Shorts[ ]

• 2021 - Nona premieres on Disney+.

Online[ ]

• 2022 - The Hamster & Gretel Theme Song Takeover episode "Kevin's Theme Song Takeover" is released on Disney Channel's YouTube channel.

Music[ ]

• 2002 - Disneymania

Video games[ ]

• 2002 - Kingdom Hearts is released for PlayStation 2.

Home media[ ]

• 2002
  • Monsters, Inc.
  • 40 Days and 40 Nights (Miramax Home Entertainment)
• 2013
  • Sofia the First: Ready to Be a Princess
  • Nashville: The Complete First Season (ABC Studios)
• 2019 - X-Men: Dark Phoenix (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) (Note: This is the first Fox home media release to use Disney-branded Multi-Screen Edition artwork. From this film onwards, Disney handles future TCFHE releases, including selected MGM films and Annapurna Pictures films until June 2020, but they remain uncredited as TCFHE are currently in operational and act as the division of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)

Books[ ]

• 2013 - 5-Minute Spider-Man Stories
• 2019 - The Art of Disney Costuming: Heroes, Villains, and Spaces Between

People[ ]

Births[ ]

• 1899 - Perce Pearce † (writer and producer)
• 1904 - Jerry Colonna † (musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, and trombonist)
• 1917 - Bob Broughton † (visual effects artist)
• 1928 - Roddy McDowall † (actor, film director, photographer, and voice artist)
• 1948 - John Ritter † (actor)
• 1960 - Kevin Clash (actor, puppeteer, producer, and director)
• 1963 - James Urbaniak (actor and voice actor)
• 1970 - Jim Conroy (actor and voice actor)
• 1991 - Mena Massoud (actor)
• 1992 - Danny Ramirez (actor)
• 1994 - Denyse Tontz (actress and singer)
• 1999 - Daniel Huttlestone (actor and singer)

Deaths[ ]

• 1994 - Iris Adrian (actress and dancer)