Thread:RRabbit42/@comment-36036561-20180709105323/@comment-961279-20180710154518

Companies like this often only have a contract to carry a TV show for a certain amount of time, just like how a movie will first premiere on HBO, then later move over to Showtime, Cinemax or another channel.

Disney's also a little different in they still have the attitude that they put TV shows and movies in their "vault" so that when they re-release them about five or ten years later, they will "be fresh for new generations of young children". It's a holdover from when there was a lot more control over how and when people could watch something. You really didn't know when something was going to be in re-runs, or you had to buy the VHS tape or DVD before it wasn't available any more.

Now, we've got other options: DVRs, on demand video, iTunes/Amazon/Hulu/Netflix, etc., where the person makes the decision about when they'll watch something.

So, all I can say is either get the episodes on iTunes or else wait until Disney signs another contract with a streaming company to put the episodes back online.