Vault Disney

Vault Disney is an American broadcasting subchannel owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company. Named after the former Disney Channel block that aired from 1997-2002, Vault Disney's late night schedule changed to feature only Disney-produced television series and specials (such as Zorro,Spin and Marty, The Mickey Mouse Club and the Walt Disney anthology television series), along with older Disney television specials. Older Disney feature films also were part of the lineup from 1997 to 2000, but aired in a reduced capacity. The block also featured The Ink and Paint Club, an anthology series featuring classic Disney animated shorts, which became the only remaining program on the channel to feature these shorts by 1999, upon the removal of Quack Pack from the schedule. The channel discontinued the block in September 2002, in favor of running reruns of its original and acquired series during the late evening and overnight hours (which comparative to the adult-focused Vault Disney, are aired at children and teenagers, an audience that is typically asleep during that time period). In addition to running classic programming from the Disney inventory, Vault Disney also airs recently ended series on their main channels (Disney, Disney XD and Playhouse Disney).

History
"Vault Disney" debuted in September 1997, five months after Disney Channel's first major rebrand, replacing the Disney Nighttime lineup. Originally airing only on Sunday nights from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time, Vault Disney expanded to seven nights a week in September 1998 (the Monday through Saturday editions of the block at this time aired from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Eastern/Pacific; the start time of the block as a whole was moved uniformally to midnight daily in September 1999). The classic programming featured during the late night schedule changed to feature only Disney-produced television series and specials (such as Zorro,Spin and Marty, The Mickey Mouse Club and the Walt Disney anthology television series), along with older Disney television specials. Older Disney feature films also were part of the lineup from 1997 to 2000, but aired in a reduced capacity. The block also featured The Ink and Paint Club, an anthology series featuring classic Disney animated shorts, which became the only remaining program on the channel to feature these shorts by 1999, upon the removal of Quack Pack from the schedule. The channel discontinued the block in September 2002, in favor of running reruns of its original and acquired series during the late evening and overnight hours (which comparative to the adult-focused Vault Disney, are aired at children and teenagers, an audience that is typically asleep during that time period).

Return of Vault Disney
With the additions of The WB Classics, and TNT Classics, the Walt Disney Company decided to bring back Vault Disney as a stand-alone channel. In addition to the classic programming, to complete the Vault Disney schedule, the company added series that recently ended on the main channels, including That's So Raven, Good Luck Charlie, The Suite Life of Zach & Cody (as well as it's spinoff, The Suite Life on Deck), and ANT Farm. So the channel launched back into business in 2014, and after being in a handful of affiliates (mostly owned by ABC), Vault Disney became available throughout the nation.