1997

Northern Lights

Bear in the Big Blue House

Under Wraps

The following is an overview of events that have occurred in the year 1997.

Previous Year	Current Year	Next Year
1996	1997	1998

Shows

Series premieres

Playhouse Disney

• October 20 - Bear in the Big Blue House

Acquired shows (syndicated)

• June 2
  • Katie and Orbie
  • Madeline
• September 13
  • Growing Pains
  • Muppets Tonight
• September 14 - Dinosaurs
• September 15
  • Brotherly Love
  • Jungle Cubs

Movies

Disney Channel Premiere Films

• February 25 - The Paper Brigade
• August 23 - Northern Lights

Disney Channel Original Movies

• October 25 - Under Wraps

People

Births

• January 17 - Jake Paul (actor on Bizaardvark)
• March 21 - Martina Stoessel (actress on Violetta and Soy Luna, singer, dancer & model)
• May 21 - Kevin G. Quinn (actor on Bunk'd, Adventures in Babysitting & singer)
• May 25 - Jake Short (actor on A.N.T. Farm, Mighty Med & Lab Rats: Elite Force)
• July 15 - Leo Howard (actor on Kickin' It, Lab Rats and Shake It Up)
• August 5
  • Adam Irigoyen (actor on Shake It Up and singer, rapper & dancer)
  • Olivia Holt (actress on Shake It Up, Girl vs. Monster and I Didn't Do It, & singer)
• August 16 - Piper Curda (actress on A.N.T. Farm, I Didn't Do It, Liv and Maddie, Teen Beach 2 & singer)
• October 8 - Bella Thorne (actress on Wizards of Waverly Place, Shake It Up, Frenemies and K.C. Undercover, voice actress on Phineas and Ferb, singer, dancer & model)
• October 23 - Zach Callison (actor on Hannah Montana and voice actor on Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess and Sofia the First)
• October 28 - Sierra McCormick (actress on Hannah Montana, A.N.T. Farm and Jessie)

Events

• March 22 - Disney Channel launched in France.
• April 2 - Disney Channel launched in Middle East and North Africa.