Porn played on Disney Channel in N.J.

Associated Press

MIDDLETOWN -- Children here got more than they bargained for when they tuned into "Handy Manny" on the Disney Channel this week. Now cable giant Comcast is investigating how hardcore pornography was broadcast during a popular cartoon program.

Customer Paul Dunleavy would also like to know. He was stunned Tuesday morning to find his 5-year-old son watching something other than a cartoon about a bilingual Latino handyman, Manny Garcia, and his talking tools.

"It was two people doing their thing, it was full-on and it was disgusting," the Middletown father of three told The New York Daily News for today's newspapers.

"I couldn't believe it," he said. "We try to do the right thing to protect our kids from this stuff, and then they broadcast it on children's TV."

Comcast spokesman Fred DeAndrea confirmed the programming error occurred around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. He described it as an "isolated issue in a local New Jersey facility."

"We automatically detected the issue and it was corrected promptly. We apologize to any customer who experienced an issue yesterday morning," said DeAndrea, who said the mistake was made by his company, not Disney.

DeAndrea declined to provide the duration of the pornography broadcast, how many homes it reached, how the mistake happened and whether anyone will be disciplined for the X-rated error.

A Disney Channel spokeswoman said the company has asked Comcast for assurances that appropriate measures were taken to prevent such offensive incidents from happening again.

"We value the trust that parents have in our programming and certainly take yesterday's regrettable program disruption extremely seriously," said Disney Channel spokeswoman Karen Hobson. "Comcast has taken full responsibility for this situation, and we understand that they are currently working to determine the root cause of the incident."

Dunleavy told The Daily News that he received an apology directly from Comcast.

Wow, that's surprising, but, I still find it a bit...amusing at the same time, I hate to say. I think I'm amused, because I'm imagining the reactions of the kids, and the questions they probably had after seeing what they saw.

really eh ..damm i missed that..should of had my tivo on..LOL JUST KIDDING ...those poor poor kids omg

oh my, this kids are scarred, i wonder how the parents are going to explain all of it

When screw ups like that happen, I just have to laugh. Its just funny. "Whoops! That's not Its So Raven. Thats what Daddy watches in the dark." ;)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

I bet more people will be tuning into Disney now. Yes I realize that was horrible, but just imagining the scenario is enough to make me giggle evily.

Hahaha, yeah...That made me laugh.

Nice, now I don't feel as guilty for wanting to laugh at this situation.

I wonder if this is going to be mentioned on Talk Soup this weekend for "What are the kids watching" segment. lol

Wow this is truly disturbing...the times keep on a changin

thats so raven is now thats so porn hah aww..

How does one explain a ball gag to a child? Or that woman or man was tied up? Do you tell them they were playing cops and robbers?

Lets hope the traumatized kids forget this expirience

I honestly find it funny.. Yes, it sucks for the kids who had to see it, but it's eventually going to be something they learn about in life.. Better to be in their own homes by their parents, then by some random teacher with a textbook..

I think ball gags should be used normally. Shuts people up. Not for sexual reasons, just for some peace and quiet. Kid screaming in a fancy restuarant, slap a ball gag on em. Nice quiet dinner. Got people talking in a theater. Ball gag em! Now you can hear the dialogue, not John Q. Dumbass's running commentary. ;)

On the plus side, it'll make it a little easier for the parents to explain where babies come from. They can just tell them "remember that episode of Handy Manny?"

Does anyone else think that this sounds like a porn itself?

lets get the kids learning what vaginas and penises r early lol

lets get the kids learning what vaginas and penises r early lol

that is if they dont know allready...

Wow, watchin porn on Disney? Doesnt get any better... mommy and daddy got some 'splainin' to do with the kids.

Still, porn on Disney... I cant get that outta my head - its just to funny LMAO!:D

It's sad that it happened and all,

But you can't convince me that in at least, a sick and twisted way, that this isn't just hilarious.