Disney+ is a streaming service by The Walt Disney Company, which streams Disney-owned original content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, 20th Century Fox (who still has a deal with HBO until 2022), and National Geographic channels. It started as a domestic service for US, Canada and the Netherlands in fall 2019, but gradually expanded internationally afterwards. The service operates alongside ESPN+ and Hulu (which Disney owns a 67% majority stake in and take full control of it by Disney) in addition to selling a bundle containing the three-tier package, with Hulu including the service as an add-on.
On August 17th 2022, the first 5 pairs of episodes of the first season of Hamster & Gretel ("Empower Failure/Oakey Dokey" - "Comic Shop CopyCat/Neigh, It Ain't So!") were added to Disney+ US.[1] Subsequent episodes of Season 1 are being released in batches as well:
- "Saturday Homecoming Fever/Dr. Eelgood" - "U.F. UH-OH!" Parts I and II, added on October 27, 2022
- "Grounded/Sleepover with the Enemy" - "For Whom the Belle Trolls/An Arthouse Divided", added on February 8, 2023
- "The Litigator vs. The Luchador/Strawberry Fest Forever" - "My Invisible Friend/The Bitter Sitter", added on March 18, 2023
- "Let's Sea What You've Got/Churro's Day Out" - "La Sombrerona/Two Girls, A Guy and the Council of Düm", added on August 16, 2023
- "Nano a Nano/The Unnatural History of Dr. MedusaSaurus Ph.D." - "Shush Hour/I Was a Teenage Mad Scientist", added on November 15, 2023
- "Too Many Crooks/President Fred" - "Exclamation Strikes Back", added on January 10, 2024
On September 18th 2024, the first 8 pairs of episodes of the second season ("Hakuna Ma Kevin/The Great American Telenovela"- "The Silence of the Tchotchkes/A Car is Born") have been added to Disney+ US as well.[2]