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The Mandalorian, Loki, Encanto, The Simpsons

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Handmaid's Tale, How I Met Your Father, The Bachelor, Bob's Burgers

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Disney told us that, like the Netflix engine, the Disney Plus interface will adapt to the types of content that you watch over time.  On the branded pages as well as the home page, the rows of icons are titled according to genre and help to hone the content to your requirements.

With only a few notable exceptions, Netflix is losing a host of Disney and Marvel content to the service, meaning if you or the little ones want to watch Daredevil or Liv and Maddie, for example, you'll need a Disney Plus subscription. If you're a cord-cutter, especially one with children, then Disney Plus is likely a must-have. It's the best streaming service for kids, but appeals to older viewers too. The big question: Is it worth the money to you?

In comparison, kids' profiles work to surface content suitable to younger viewers and has a brighter, blue background.  It can't be set to a kids profile, but you can turn autoplay off or on or alter the main language. The only real way to configure Disney Plus is through user profiles, and by default your Primary profile offers access to all of the content.

The group, whose shares have fallen 80% this year, made adjusted profit before tax of 22 million pounds ($24.9 million)in the year to August 31 2022, in line with guidance that was lowered last month and down from the pandemic boosted 193.6 million pounds made in 2020-21.

It is also worth noting that some of the content on Disney Plus may have changed since you last watched it elsewhere. For instance, The Simpsons is currently only available in widescreen, with no 4:3 option for older seasons that were not HD native. So as you can see in the video below, it's not perfect. The Han-shot-first scene in the original Star Wars movie, A New Hope, has apparently been edited yet again.

There's a ton of Marvel, a bucketful of , a boatload of 4K HDR video and Dolby Atmos surround sound. The catalog continues to grow with additions such as Turning Red, Encanto, Hocus Pocus 2, Moon Knight and Agatha: House of Harkness and more. In contrast to the meager selection of shows offered by Apple TV Plus at launch, Disney hit the ground running with 500 movies and 7,500 TV shows on its first day.

And at $8 a month, it's still one of the best values in streaming. Its first Marvel Cinematic Universe-set series WandaVision quickly became one of the most popular shows worldwide. Its marquee original series, The Mandalorian, gave fans Baby Yoda theories, merchandise and memes. All this success has Netflix and other big names taking notice.

It has a massive catalog of popular TV shows and movies you can't find anywhere else, a well-designed app and an affordable price without making you watch any ads. For those reasons it deserves CNET's Editors' Choice Award. Disney Plus lacks the steady firehose of new, original TV found on Netflix, for example, but it still belongs in the top tier of streaming services. Whether it allows you to ditch Hulu or  depends on your budget and priorities.

Original programs like The Mandalorian, Loki and The World According to Jeff Goldblum are fun, but it's the programming spanning almost 100 years that will likely encourage users to renew their subscriptions each month. Disney Plus is fun, easy to use and relatively affordable.