DuckTales on the Disney Channel renewed for a 3rd season.

The Disney Channel (DStv 303) has renewed DuckTales for a third season that will start in 2019.

The rebooted version of DuckTales follows the adventures of the famous  trillionaire Scrooge McDuck and his michievous grandnephews Hewey, Dewey, and Louie.

DuckTales is executive produced by Matt Youngberg and produced by Disney Television Animation.

FIRST LOOK. Disney reveals the first image of the new animation version of DuckTales that will start on Disney XD in 2017.

The Walt Disney Company through its Disney Television Animation division has revealed the first image of how the new DuckTales will look that will start on Disney XD (DStv 304) in 2017.

Disney is resetting and restarting DuckTales that saw 100 episodes made between 1987 and 1990.

The Disney film Big Hero 6 is also being turned into an animation TV series that will also start in 2017 on Disney XD. The Lion Guard, based on The Lion King will start in April on Disney Junior (DStv 309).

The new DuckTales, just like the original, will revolve around the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his three grand nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie.

Other DuckTales characters include Duckworth, Gyro Gearloose, Launchpad McQuack, Flintheart Glomgold, Magica DeSpell, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys,Mrs Beakley and Webbigail Vanderquck.

"DuckTales has a special place in Disney's TV animation history," says Marc Buhaj, the senior vice president for programming and general manager of Disney XD.

"It drew its inspiration from Disney legend Carl Bark's comic books and through its storytelling and artistic showmanship, set an enduring standard for animated entertainment that connects with both kids and adults."

"Our new series will bring that same energy and adventurous spirit to a new generation".

Disney Junior on DStv adds a treasure trove of terrific 80's TV shows; showing Gummi Bears, DuckTales now daily from the beginning.

Dashing and daring, courageous and caring  ... Disney Junior (DStv 309) is adding the top kids TV hits The Adventures of the Gummi Bears and DuckTales - high-quality and terrific 80's children's shows - to its daily schedule which is sure to delight a brand-new audience of younger viewers and have their parents watching with nostalgic joy.

Disney opened its TV vault to broadcast a television treasure trove of high-quality and terrific 80's childrens shows from October on weekdays on Disney Junior which DStv subscribers will want to record on their PVR's and keep.

DStv subscribers can now tune in to Disney Junior to watch incredible animation shows hailing from a TV time three decades ago when Disney's cartoon theme songs were as catchy and iconic as the incredible characters and animation stories.

The high-quality New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh just started with a rebroadcast at 12:05 on weekdays on Disney Junior right from the first episode following the loveable honey obsessed bear and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, with a theme song as whimsically beautiful as the stories.

Then there's The Adventures of the Gummi Bears with new episodes on weekdays at 15:40 on Disney Junior which just started from the beginning of its six season run and which was Disney's first major serialized animated television series, and considered one of the best, if not the best, of Disney's 80's TV animation shows.

With a rich mythology, endearing characters and extremely memorable and sing-along-able theme tune, viewers follow the adventures of a group of legendary bears who drink Gummiberry juice, bounce around and save their home Gummi Glen and the kingdom of Dunwin from the bad Duke Igthorn.

Disney Junior also added DuckTales on weekdays at 16:35 also starting from the very first episode of the 100 produced, following (complete with catchy "Life is like a hurricane" theme song) Scrooge McDuck's great-nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie experiencing "Indiana Jones"-type inspired adventures.

The Adventures of the Gummi Bears is repeated weekdays at 19:45, DuckTales is repeated on weekdays at 20:35 on Disney Junior.