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[09/14/11 - 10:18 AM]
Disney Channel Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Among the highlights: "This Is Me," a new interstitial series featuring real-life kids talking about what makes them and their families unique.
[via press release from Disney Channel]

DISNEY CHANNEL CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH NEW INTERSTITIALS HIGHLIGHTING FAMILY TRADITION, A "HANDY MANNY GREAT GARAGE RESCUE" SPECIAL AND A NEW EPISODE OF "SPECIAL AGENT OSO"

Ed O'Neill ("Modern Family"), Freddy Rodriguez ("Ugly Betty"), George Takei ("Star Trek") and Harold Perrineau ("Lost") Guest Star in "Handy Manny" Special, and Rita Moreno ("West Side Story"), Rico Rodriguez ("Modern Family") and Raini Rodriguez ("Prom") Guest Star in "Special Agent Oso" Episode

Disney Channel celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month beginning THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 with a host of original programming, including kid-focused interstitials highlighting family heritage and cultural traditions. A brand new "Handy Manny Great Garage Rescue" special, featuring guest stars Ed O'Neill ("Modern Family"), Freddy Rodriguez ("Ugly Betty"), George Takei ("Star Trek") and Harold Perrineau ("Lost") alongside series star Wilmer Valderrama, will also debut, along with a new episode of "Special Agent Oso" featuring Rita Moreno ("West Side Story"), Rico Rodriguez ("Modern Family") and Raini Rodriguez ("Prom").

Premiering THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 on Disney Channel and Disney Junior, the new interstitial series, "This Is Me," features real-life kids talking about what makes them and their families unique, including favorite foods and traditions that help define their family origins. Disney XD will debut new spots highlighting stars Ryan Ochoa ("Pair of Kings") and Mateo Arias ("Kickin It") discussing their family traditions and role models.

Also on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, Disney Junior will debut a new episode of "Special Agent Oso" (12:30 � 1:00 p.m., ET/PT) featuring guest stars Rita Moreno, Rico Rodriguez and Raini Rodriguez. In the episode titled "For Tamales with Love/Pi�ata Royale," Oso teaches Carmen and her cousins how to make their abuela's (voiced by Moreno) famous tamales and helps Luis (voiced by Rico Rodriguez) and Miguel with a pi�ata for their sister Mariana's (voiced by Raini Rodriguez) quincea�era.

The new 45-minute special, "Handy Manny Great Garage Rescue," premiering MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 (1:00-1:55 p.m., ET/PT), follows loveable handyman Manny Garcia (voiced by Valderrama) and his talking tools. They travel to Concrete Falls to help Manny's brother, Rub�n (voiced by Freddy Rodriguez), save the family's auto repair shop before Mayor Johnson (voiced by O'Neill) tears it down. Takei and Perrineau also guest star as residents of Concrete Falls. On Monday, September 19, DisneyJunior.com will launch a new "Handy Manny Great Garage Rescue" micro-site featuring the new game, "Handy Manny's Fix it Fast Garage," where kids can help Manny and the tools fix up old cars by identifying the problem and picking the correct tool out of Manny's toolbox. The site also features new recipes and crafts themed to the episode.

Disney Channels Worldwide is a portfolio of 100 kid-driven, family inclusive entertainment channels and/or channel feeds available in 169 countries in 35 languages, spanning Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior, Disney Cinemagic, Hungama and Radio Disney brands. Through cable, satellite and digital terrestrial television channels and a strategic partnership with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television for the third-party distribution of Disney-branded kids' programming across the globe, Disney Channels Worldwide reaches hundreds of millions of viewers. Disney Channel properties continue to rapidly expand into new markets across the world, playing a key role in introducing the Disney brand to new consumers.





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· KICKIN' IT (DISNEY XD)
· LOST (ABC)
· MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
· PAIR OF KINGS (DISNEY XD)
· UGLY BETTY (ABC)




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