Disney Plus Star Channel is a game changer in regards to what you can watch on Disney Plus As long as Disney Plus comes to your area, the Disney Plus catalog will grow exponentially

Announced in December 2020, the Disney Plus Star channel will add a huge amount of TV shows and movies to the streaming service This means that Star will bring stronger parental controls to Disney Plus

The Walt Disney Company owns far more content than what is available on Disney Plus In the US, however, Disney already has a way to distribute licensed shows and movies on Hulu (which it owns) and elsewhere So Disney decided to add a new section (or channel) to Disney Plus outside the US

And you don't even have to do anything to get it, except have a Disney Plus accountThe Star channel is in the same row as the Disney, Marvel, National Geographic, Pixar, and Star Wars icons Star Channel appears in the same row as Disney, Marvel, National Geographic, Pixar, and Star Wars icons

This means that Disney Plus has many of the same Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, and Disney movies that are already there, plus many that are not quite PG This includes many shows that Americans can watch on Hulu - since Hulu is only in the US

including "Love, Victor," a series that was originally titled "Love, Simon" and almost landed on Disney Plus in the US Included in the list Not all Hulu shows are coming, and the gender-swapped "High Fidelity" series, which followed a similar trajectory to "Love, Victor," is not coming to Star

"Grey's Anatomy," "Pretty Woman," and "The Favourite" will also air on Hulu, but none of them are "family-friendly" So how does this work?

The Disney Plus Star channel will not come to the US, but will be available virtually everywhere else The first to launch will be in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada

Star Channel will transition to Disney Plus in select international markets on February 23

And since Star is not an optional add-on, it comes with a price increase In the UK, the monthly fee will go from £599 to £799 and the annual fee from £5999 to £7990 If you want to prolong this price increase, purchase an annual subscription at the current rate by February 23

Active subscribers will keep their existing payment price until August 23, 2021 If your membership expires during this period, it will be renewed at the higher price

The monthly price for Australia will be AU$899 to AU$1199 and the annual payment will be AU$8999 to AU$11999

Disney Plus' Star channel will feature content that is not aimed at children, such as Family Guy, The Savages, Super Troopers, and 24 This means that Disney Plus is getting serious about parental controls

Currently, user accounts can be restricted by age rating and parental accounts can be locked with a PIN number Neither option is available to US Disney Plus users, as it is more or less unnecessary

Let's say you don't have children or your taste in movies doesn't lean toward Disney-owned films Sure, Star Wars and Marvel movies are fun, but are they worth paying for every month?

Star Channel makes Disney Plus a little more adult oriented and a little less niche Without losing the treasure trove of family-friendly content that has earned this streaming service millions of subscribers

We have obtained a complete list of launch dates for Star Channel content in the UK and Ireland However, not all of these TV shows and movies may be available in all regions, as the selection of stations may vary by region

In addition to the shows and movies listed below, Star's also has huge Hulu exclusives debuting in the UK, like the Dopesick miniseries and new content from Kardashian Jenners

Four of the shows are listed as Star Originals, but are actually from other sources Big Sky is on ABC in the US, while Helstrom, Solar Opposites, and Love, Victor are Hulu Originals

And while much of this list consists of familiar Hulu shows ("American Dad," "Prison Break," "How I Met Your Mother"), there is more than just Hulu's back catalog [For example, "The Hot Zone" (starring Julianna Margulies and Noah Emmerich) is available on DirecTV On Demand in the US, and "Valley of the Boom" (starring Steve Zahn, Bradley Whitford, and Ramone Morris) on Fubo and DirecTV