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Between 1986 and 1998, films made up most Disney Channel's evening and overnight schedule.

It now only airs films usually each afternoon and in primetime Monday through Thursday nights.

Many of the channel's earliest original movies ( particularly those made from 1997 to 2002 ) have seldom been aired by Disney Channel in recent years, except for some holiday-themed movies ; in January 2009, the channel began airing these older original movies on Friday and Saturday nights at 3 am ET / PT ; since June 2010, movies also air on Sundays in late night and since July 2010, the movies start at 2: 30 am ET / PT and some of the late-night weekend movies are aired without promo breaks.

A Disney Channel Original Movie used to air twice in a row on the night of its premiere ; this tradition ended with the January 2006 premiere of High School Musical.

Encore presentations of Disney Channel Original Movies however, still sometimes air on the channel in prime time on the Saturday and Sunday after its original Friday night debut ( Camp Rock, Dadnapped, Starstruck, and Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars are the only exceptions to this rule ).

Camp Rock and Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior are currently the only DCOMs to air on a non-Disney Channel branded network domestically as they have both aired on sister channel ABC Family, and Camp Rock has also aired on ABC as part of The Wonderful World of Disney.

On September 13, 2010, Disney Channel began airing theatrically released films in a 4: 3 letterbox format on the channel's primary SD feed, broadcasting them in a similar manner to how they are aired on the HD feed, although theatrical movies shot with an aspect ratio of 2. 35: 1 or 2. 40: 1 are panned and scanned to fit an HDTV screen to eliminate screen burn-in on plasma displays.