I'm fairly sure that Jessie is the only* live-action Disney Channel show where the protagonist or titular character is canonically an adult human.

If you include non-humans, then Stan from Dog with a Blog is the second adult protagonist, albeit a dog.

*Raven's Home stars Raven-Symoné as an adult in-canon, but I'm reluctant to include it since it is a spin-off of Raven's teenage character in That's So Raven.

If you accept movies and works where there is a shared protagonist role, then you could count Freaky Friday and I assume its spin-offs.

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makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 138d (2 replies)

There was an Emperor's New Groove show and Kuzco is an adult

Mesa@programming.dev · 3 pts · 138d

The Emperor's New Groove is such a great movie. I actually mentioned watching it to my family a few days ago.

But yeah, cartoon characters in general are a bit of a toss-up, and their ages are hardly ever quite clear. I thought of all the Disney princess movies and decided to specify "live-action" in the title.

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 138d

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 138d (1 reply)

Apparently there was almost a show about Arwen from Suite Life of Zack and Cody but Disney passed on it in favour of Wizards of Waverly Place

Mesa@programming.dev · 4 pts · 138d

Acceptable decision

Mesa@programming.dev · 4 pts · 138d

If you couldn't tell, I was like a mid-gen Disney Channel viewer.

Mesa@programming.dev · 3 pts · 138d

Actually, there are probably quite a few movies. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids comes to mind.