Disney Genuinely Never Expected High School Musical to Work as a Movie, and Then It Became the Channel’s Single Biggest Original Hit Ever Made

On January 20, 2006, a Disney Channel movie about a basketball captain who secretly wants to sing pulled in 7.7 million ...
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Disney Channel Hails Record-Breaking Ratings for 2006

most-watched basic cable network in prime time in the U.S. for 2006, topping third-place TNT by 6 percent, the kids’ network has announced. Disney ends the year as the number one cable network in ...
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Inside the Disney Channel’s brutal fame factory and how far Zac Efron, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez really had to go to win roles: book

A 17-year-old Zac Efron had to undergo a dramatic makeover to get cast in "High School Musical." ©Disney Channel/Courtesy Everett Collection Zac Efron was not the obvious choice to star in “High ...
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Disney Channel Games (2006-2008)

The 2006 version of the Games was the first competition held. The 2006 series began airing in the United States on June 10, 2006, along with the So Hot Summer! 2006. It was later aired in the United ...