Last week’s summer premiere of animated series “Gravity Falls” has set a Disney XD record for viewership. According to Nielsen’s Live+ 3 estimates, the July 13 episode “A Tale of Two Stans” averaged 2 ...

“Hoo-ha,” “Chub,” and “Lucifer” are just a few terms that had employees at Disney’s Standards & Practices (S&P) clutching their pearls when reading script pitches for the classic series Gravity Falls.

In the summer of 2012, Disney Channel started airing its most unique show yet. It was a sci-fi, mystery, horror-lite cartoon inspired by everything from Twin Peaks to The X-Files. We’re talking, of ...