This 2015 made-for-cable movie is one of Disney Channel’s biggest recent hits – and is about to spawn a sequel, Friday’s Descendants 2, which is being firebombed simultaneously on ABC, Freeform and Lifetime, as well as the Disney Channel. That’s an awful lot of hype, but Disney feels this movie musical, a live-action comedy about the next-generation offspring of classic Disney animated villainesses, has all the makings of a lucrative and long-running franchise. Dove Cameron stars as Mal (pictured), the rebelliously non-rebellious daughter of Maleficent – and to get to know her better in these days leading up to the sequel, Disney Channel is repeating the original Descendants movie in prime time every night this week, including tonight.