August 17

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1986 - Luxo, Jr.

Films

• 1990 - Taking Care of Business

Television

• 1990 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film The Little Kidnappers premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2001 - The Disney Channel Original Movie Jumping Ship premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2004 - Teamo Supremo premieres on Toon Disney with the series finale episode "The Governor's Analyst!/The Gauntlet's New Gloves!".
• 2005 - The W.I.T.C.H. episode "The Final Battle" premieres.
• 2007
  • High School Musical 2, a Disney Channel Original Movie premieres on Disney Channel in the United States. A sneak peek at the new Phineas and Ferb series is also shown after the movie with the episode "Rollercoaster".
  • The Hannah Montana episode "Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2012
  • The Doc McStuffins episodes "Doctoring the Doc/Hot Pursuit" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Gravity Falls episode "Irrational Treasure" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • Shake It Up: Made in Japan premieres on Disney Channel, ending the series' second season.
• 2015
  • The Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero episodes "Plantywood: City of Flora/Boone's Apprentice" premiere on Disney XD.
  • The Star vs. the Forces of Evil episodes "Mewnipendance Day/The Banagic Incident" premiere on Disney XD.
  • The Wander Over Yonder episodes "The Fremergency Fronfract/The Boy Wander" premiere on Disney XD.
• 2018
  • The Elena of Avalor episode "All Kingdoms Fair" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney Jr. on August 4).
  • The Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episodes "Super-Charged!/Super-Charged: Mickey's Monster Rally" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Muppet Babies episodes "Bunsen Knows All/Doctor Fozzie" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The PJ Masks episodes "Nobody's Sidekick/Armadylan Menace" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Fancy Nancy episodes "La Danse of Friendship/Shoe La La!" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2020 - The PJ Masks episodes "Romeo's Space Machine/Newton and the Ninjas" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2024
  • The Primos episodes "Summer of the 13th Primo/Summer of Cuadros" & "Summer of Tater Luna/Summer of El Chu-PAW-Cabra" premiere simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD.
    • "Summer of the 13th Primo/Summer of Cuadros" was released early on Disney+ on July 26.

Streaming

• 2022
  • Hamster & Gretel is added to Disney+ with three new episodes released before premiering on Disney Channel:
    • "Superhero Sibling Rivalry/Close Shave"
    • "Cheer Cheer Bang Bang/La Ballad of La Cebolla"
    • "Comic Shop Copycat/Neigh, It Ain't So!"
• The High School Musical: The Musical: The Series episode "No Drama" premieres on Disney+.

Online

• 2024 - The How NOT to Draw short "Grunkle Stan Comes to Life" is released on Disney Channel's YouTube channel.

Theme park happenings

• 1955 - Aunt Jemima Pancake House opens in Frontierland at Disneyland.
• 1998 - Captain EO closes at Disneyland Paris.

Home media

• 1999
  • Belle's Tales of Friendship
  • Hercules: Zero to Hero
• 2004 - Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
• 2010
  • My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Bedtime with Pooh
  • Ugly Betty: The Complete Fourth and Final Season (ABC Studios)
  • Cougar Town: The Complete First Season (ABC Studios)
  • The Last Song

Books

• 2009 - Disney-Pixar Ultimate Sticker Book

Character debuts

• 2007 - Phineas Flynn, Ferb Fletcher, Candace Flynn, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, Perry the Platypus, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, Linda Flynn-Fletcher, Major Monogram, Jeremy Johnson

People

Births

• 1786 - Davy Crockett † (American politician)
• 1882 - Charles Judels † (actor)
• 1916 - Pat McNalley † (make-up artist)
• 1920 - Maureen O'Hara † (actress and singer)
• 1961 - Takashi Aoyagi (Japanese literature scholar, college professor, and voice actor)
• 1964 - Michael Surrey (animator and character designer)
• 1970 - Tammy Townsend (actress and singer)
• 1991 - Austin Butler (actor, singer, and model)
• 2011 - Carson Minniear (actor and voice actor)