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This is a list of television programs broadcast by the U.S. cable television channel Discovery Family.

Current programming

This is a list of television programs currently broadcast by Discovery Family.

Acquired programming

Animated series

Title Premiere date Note(s)
Petronix Defenders October 15, 2022
S.M.A.S.H. February 18, 2023
Hanni and the Wild Woods April 1, 2023
The Smurfs August 7, 2023

Programming from Warner Bros. Animation

Title Premiere date Note(s)
Baby Looney Tunes May 1, 2023
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries May 6, 2023

Programming from Animal Planet

Title Premiere date Note(s)
Too Cute August 18, 2014

Programming from Food Network

Title Premiere date Note(s)
Kids Baking Championship December 4, 2018

Programming from Netflix

Title Premiere date Note(s)
Super Monsters October 19, 2019 [1][2]

Repeats of ended series

Animated series

Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic October 10, 2010 October 12, 2019 2019–present
Pound Puppies November 16, 2013 2013–present
The Adventures of Chuck and Friends October 15, 2010 January 9, 2012 2012–present
Transformers: Rescue Bots December 17, 2011 October 22, 2016 2016–present
Littlest Pet Shop November 10, 2012 June 4, 2016 2016–present
My Little Pony: Pony Life November 7, 2020 May 22, 2021 2021–present [3][4][5][6]

Live-action series

Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
Cake Boss May 18, 2019 April 11, 2020 2020–present [note 1] [note 2] [7]

Former programming

This is a list of programs that have formerly aired on Discovery Kids (1996–2010), The Hub Network (2010–2014), and Discovery Family (2014–present).

Discovery Kids

Original programming

Animated series
Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
Kenny the Shark November 1, 2003 February 19, 2005 2005–12; 2017–22 [a][b]
Tutenstein October 11, 2008 2008–December 30, 2012 [a]
Time Warp Trio July 9, 2005 July 15, 2006 2006–June 26, 2011
Growing Up Creepie September 9, 2006 June 21, 2008 2008–May 29, 2011
The Future Is Wild October 13, 2007 July 5, 2008 2008–June 24, 2012
Live-action series
Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
Jaws & Claws 1997 1998 1998–2008
The Adventures of A.R.K. 1998 2000 2000–03
Bonehead Detectives of the Paleoworld 1998 1998–2010
Mega Movie Magic 1998 2000 —
Real Kids, Real Adventures 2000–03
Outward Bound USA 1999 2003 2003–09
Sci Squad 1999 1999–2003
Sail Away May 26, 2001 July 7, 2001 2001–05
Ultimate Guide to the Awesome October 21, 2001 November 6, 2004 2004–09
Truth or Scare October 27, 2001 January 4, 2003 2003–October 29, 2012 [a]
Prehistoric Planet October 5, 2002 April 26, 2003 2003–10
Operation Junkyard February 15, 2003 2003–09
Endurance June 28, 2008 2008–July 21, 2013 [a]
Scout's Safari February 7, 2004 2004–June 25, 2011
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High January 28, 2006 2006–June 25, 2011
Zach's Ultimate Guide 2003 2003–08
Adventure Camp May 17, 2003 November 23, 2008 2008–March 25, 2012 [a]
Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls December 3, 2005 2005–June 25, 2011
Jeff Corwin Unleashed September 13, 2003 January 24, 2004 2004–08
Skunked TV July 24, 2004 August 1, 2004
Darcy's Wild Life October 2, 2004 March 18, 2006 2006–10
Flight 29 Down October 1, 2005 August 25, 2007 2007–December 24, 2011 [note 3] [a]
Bindi the Jungle Girl June 9, 2007 December 20, 2008 2008–10
Dinosapien July 7, 2007 August 11, 2007 2007–March 24, 2012 [a]
Preschool series
Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
Animal Jam February 24, 2003 January 17, 2005 2005–07
Hi-5 October 6, 2006 2006–10
Peep and the Big Wide World April 12, 2004 September 14, 2007 2007–10
ToddWorld November 8, 2004 June 10, 2008 2008
Hip Hop Harry September 25, 2006 June 26, 2008 2008–10
Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks July 1, 2008
Wilbur April 16, 2007 March 21, 2008 2008–June 25, 2012 [note 4] [a]
Short-form programming
Title Year(s) aired Note(s)
Factoid 1997–2003
What An Animal!
Braintwister 1998–2003
Double Take
Laboratory
Ready Set Learn Short Stuff
Hugo Takes A D-Tour 1999–2003
Mister Chi Chi's Guide To The Universe 2000–03
Kenny the Shark 2001–04
The Paz Show 2003–10
Specials
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Saving a Species 2004 January 20, 2008
Byou August 19, 2006 September 2, 2006
A Year on Earth December 3, 2006 December 10, 2006

Acquired programming

Animated series
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Tracey McBean October 3, 2004 September 28, 2007
Grossology January 13, 2007 June 26, 2011 [a]
Live-action series
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Acorn the Nature Nut 1997 2004
Buck Staghorn's Animal Bites 2001
Mother Nature
No, Really! 1999
Pop-Sci
Wild Guess
Incredible Story Studios 1999 June 27, 2003
Lassie 2000 September 9, 2007
Popular Mechanics for Kids January 1, 2001
Screech Owls February 8, 2001 September 2, 2006
The Saddle Club January 4, 2002 March 24, 2012 [a]
Mentors June 7, 2002 September 3, 2006
Mystery Hunters June 30, 2003 October 9, 2010
Timeblazers October 4, 2004 June 24, 2011 [a]
Serious January 2, 2006
Crash, Bang, Splat! January 7, 2006 October 9, 2010
Preschool series
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Chicken Minute October 7, 1996 1998
Iris, The Happy Professor
Kitty Cats
Little Star
Brum February 24, 2003 December 31, 2006
The Magic School Bus February 28, 2010
The Save-Ums! April 13, 2007
Timothy Goes to School August 23, 2004 December 31, 2006
Balamory September 5, 2005 September 22, 2006

Programming from Animal Planet

Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Animal Planet Zooventure 1997 July 2, 2005
Croc Files January 1, 2001 June 23, 2008

Programming from TLC

Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Bingo and Molly 1998 August 30, 2002
Pappyland February 21, 2003
Salty's Lighthouse
Skinnamarink TV
Nini's Treehouse September 25, 2000

Blocks

Title Year(s) aired Note(s)
Saddle Club Sundays 2002–09
Animal Afternoons 2002–06
The Gaggle
Scary Saturday Night Sleepovers
Ready Set Learn 2003–10
Real Toons
@DK 2006–10

The Hub Network

Original programming

Animated series
Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
The Twisted Whiskers Show October 10, 2010 November 25, 2010 2010–February 28, 2014
Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures September 12, 2015 2015–20 [b]
Maryoku Yummy October 11, 2010 November 15, 2010 2010–May 31, 2012
Transformers: Prime November 26, 2010 July 26, 2013 2013–23 [b]
G.I. Joe: Renegades July 23, 2011 2011–15
Dan Vs. January 1, 2011 March 9, 2013 2013–October 3, 2014
Secret Millionaires Club October 23, 2011 October 12, 2014 —
Kaijudo May 5, 2012 December 28, 2013 2013–October 12, 2014
Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot June 2, 2012 December 8, 2012 2012–October 5, 2014
Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch October 12, 2013 June 7, 2014 2014–15; 2018 [b]
Live-action series
Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
Family Game Night October 10, 2010 November 9, 2014 2014–16 [b]
Pictureka! October 11, 2010 January 17, 2011 2011–13; 2019–20
The Haunting Hour: The Series October 29, 2010 November 29, 2014 2016
Hubworld November 5, 2010 October 29, 2011 —
The Game of Life September 3, 2011 April 15, 2012 2012–14; 2018–19 [b]
Scrabble Showdown 2012–13; 2018–20
Majors & Minors September 23, 2011 January 29, 2012 2012–May 26, 2013
Clue November 14, 2011 November 17, 2011 2011–June 8, 2014
The Aquabats! Super Show! March 3, 2012 January 18, 2014 2014
Spooksville October 26, 2013 May 17, 2014
Kid President: Declaration of Awesome June 21, 2014 August 9, 2014
Parents Just Don't Understand August 23, 2014 November 30, 2014 — [b]
Specials
Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
Journey to Fearless October 22, 2010 October 24, 2010 2010–December 30, 2011

Acquired programming

Animated series
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Dennis and Gnasher October 10, 2010 October 6, 2013
Cosmic Quantum Ray
Atomic Betty December 29, 2013
Deltora Quest
Men in Black: The Series June 1, 2012
The WotWots October 11, 2010 December 29, 2013
Animal Mechanicals May 31, 2013
The Transformers January 28, 2022 [b]
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero May 30, 2022
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? October 16, 2010 September 2, 2012
Jem and the Holograms May 28, 2011 November 15, 2015 [b]
Conan the Adventurer May 31, 2011 October 16, 2011
The Super Hero Squad Show January 30, 2012 January 29, 2015 [b]
G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 July 9, 2012 February 28, 2014
SheZow June 1, 2013 January 31, 2016 [note 5] [b]
Teenage Fairytale Dropouts May 31, 2014 November 26, 2014 [b]
Live-action series
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Fraggle Rock October 10, 2010 October 4, 2014
In the Night Garden... October 11, 2010 October 6, 2013
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show September 13, 2013
Family Ties September 26, 2014
The Wonder Years August 31, 2012
Doogie Howser, M.D. May 26, 2013
Happy Days September 26, 2014
Laverne & Shirley January 12, 2014
Batman September 1, 2012
Goosebumps September 6, 2011 October 5, 2014
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? September 19, 2011 September 13, 2013
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch April 2, 2012 March 28, 2014
The Facts of Life March 22, 2013
Mork & Mindy January 12, 2014
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman June 3, 2012 May 25, 2014
ALF June 4, 2012 October 12, 2014
Sliders September 3, 2012 August 30, 2014
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation January 12, 2013 December 28, 2013
Who's the Boss? April 1, 2013 July 12, 2013
Wizards vs Aliens May 27, 2013 June 15, 2013
Step by Step October 7, 2013 October 12, 2014
Sister, Sister March 3, 2014
Blossom July 7, 2014 December 23, 2016 [note 6] [b]

Programming from Cartoon Network

Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Transformers: Animated July 9, 2012 February 28, 2014

Programming from Warner Bros. Animation

Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Batman Beyond October 10, 2010 February 28, 2014
Batman: The Animated Series September 6, 2011 November 29, 2013
Superman: The Animated Series September 3, 2012 February 28, 2014
Animaniacs (1993) November 4, 2012 October 10, 2014
Tiny Toon Adventures July 1, 2013 June 27, 2015 [b]

Programming from Animal Planet

Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Meerkat Manor October 10, 2010 March 24, 2012

Blocks

Title Year(s) aired Note(s)
Hub Family Movie 2010–14
Hub Primetime
HubBub 2010–11
Huboom! 2010–13

Discovery Family

Original programming

Animated series
Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
Blazing Team: Masters of Yo Kwon Do November 13, 2015 September 9, 2017 2017–22
Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own April 14, 2018 January 26, 2019 2019–22
Hanazuki: Full of Treasures December 1, 2018 May 4, 2019 2019–20
Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy January 5, 2019 June 5, 2021 2021–23
Live-action series
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Survival of the Weirdest October 13, 2014 November 17, 2014
Buying the Galaxy October 14, 2014 October 28, 2014
Extreme Engineering: Big Reveals November 18, 2014
That's Superhuman! October 22, 2014 November 19, 2014
Big, Bigger, Biggest: Supersized October 28, 2014 November 18, 2014
How the Earth Got Its Shapes November 24, 2014 January 4, 2015
Jesus: The Untold Story December 26, 2014 [8]
Ancient Case Files January 2, 2015 February 6, 2015
Explosive! January 6, 2015 January 27, 2015
Hand Made History February 24, 2015
Dinosaurs: The Untold Story March 16, 2015 March 23, 2015 [9]
My Dog's Crazy Animal Friends April 9, 2015 May 14, 2015
The World's Most Outrageous Pets May 7, 2015
Weird, Wild and Deadly April 15, 2015 May 20, 2015
American Family vs. Wild June 3, 2015 July 8, 2015
From Wags to Riches with Bill Berloni August 6, 2015 August 27, 2015
Animals Lol August 7, 2015 September 17, 2015
Surprising Lives of Billionaires September 2, 2015 June 11, 2018
Babies Behaving Badly September 4, 2015 November 27, 2015
Why We Do Stuff? October 2, 2015 [10]
Beasts Behaving Badly October 16, 2015 December 4, 2015
Lost & Found with Mike & Jesse November 11, 2015 January 3, 2016
Secrets of America's Favorite Places July 3, 2016 August 21, 2016 [11]
Wild Days of Summer June 3, 2018 June 24, 2018 [12]
Reno, Set, Go! June 19, 2017 November 13, 2017
Bake It Like Buddy September 8, 2018 February 16, 2019
Short-form programming
Title Year(s) aired Note(s)
My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Summertime Shorts 2017
Specials
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls June 24, 2017 July 8, 2017

Acquired programming

Animated series
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
The Jungle Book July 11, 2015 March 25, 2018
Holly Hobbie & Friends September 12, 2015 March 4, 2016 [13]
The New Adventures of Peter Pan June 5, 2016 November 5, 2017
Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood July 3, 2016 March 3, 2019
Zak Storm October 14, 2017 May 26, 2019
Bubu and the Little Owls February 17, 2019 December 26, 2020 [14]
Pirata & Capitano June 16, 2019 May 31, 2022 [15]
The Polos July 6, 2019 September 6, 2020 [16][17]
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures November 16, 2019 August 27, 2023 [18][19]
Live-action series
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin December 8, 2014 July 5, 2015
Funniest Pets & People January 8, 2015 March 31, 2017
Horrible Histories April 10, 2015 May 1, 2015
The Game Plane September 29, 2015 March 22, 2016
Game of Homes September 6, 2016 October 23, 2017 [20]
The Renovation King October 25, 2016
The Incredible Food Race September 7, 2016 October 12, 2016
The Dengineers January 3, 2017 January 31, 2017
Post My Party
Undercover Boss May 16, 2017 November 28, 2018
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition April 26, 2020 September 25, 2022 [21]

Programming from TLC

Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Girl Starter May 4, 2017 June 8, 2017

Programming from Netflix

Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Luna Petunia July 1, 2019 September 6, 2020 [22]
Popples
True and the Rainbow Kingdom August 2, 2020 July 30, 2021
The Ponysitters Club September 5, 2020 December 26, 2021 [23]

Blocks

Title Year(s) aired Note(s)
Call of the Wild Mondays 2014
That's Genius Tuesdays
Discovery Family Movies 2014–19
Fur-tastic Thursdays 2015
Dino Madness
Summer Movie Madness
Pawgust
Bring Us Back to the Future
12 Days of Our Christmas
Summer Splash 2016
Pawesome Saturdays
Frightober
Sing-A-Long Sundays! 2016–17
My Little Pony Summer Karaoke! 2018
Summer Surprises

Special programming

Original specials

Title Initial broadcast date Notes
The Hub Network
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls September 1, 2013
Discovery Family
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks October 17, 2014
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games September 26, 2015
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legends of Everfree October 1, 2016
The Making of My Little Pony: The Movie September 30, 2017
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Forgotten Friendship February 17, 2018
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship July 6, 2018
My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever October 27, 2018
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Spring Breakdown March 30, 2019
My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip June 29, 2019
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Sunset's Backstage Pass July 27, 2019
My Little Pony: A Decade of Pony October 11, 2019
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Holidays Unwrapped November 2, 2019

Acquired specials

Title Initial broadcast date Notes
The Hub Network
My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade August 8, 2014 [24]
My Little Pony Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow [25]
My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure [26]
Discovery Family
My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas December 13, 2014 [27]
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) April 4, 2015
Doki Rocks Rio August 5, 2016 [28]
Kong: King of the Apes December 6, 2019 [29]
Tarzan and Jane: Genesis December 13, 2019
Tarzan and Jane: Tale of Two Jungles December 21, 2019

Notes

  1. ^ Originally aired on TLC
  2. ^ Only the final season
  3. ^ First run ended in May 2010. Reruns resumed on June 4, 2011 and ended on the last air date.
  4. ^ First run ended on October 8, 2010. Reruns resumed on June 6, 2011 and ended on the last air date.
  5. ^ First run ended on October 5, 2014. Reruns resumed on November 22, 2015 and ended on the last air date.
  6. ^ First run ended on October 12, 2014. Reruns resumed on April 2, 2016 and ended on the last air date.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Also aired on The Hub
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Also aired on Discovery Family

References

  1. ^ "Discovery Family takes 41 toons".
  2. ^ "Discovery Family OCTOBER 2019 PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS" (PDF).
  3. ^ "'My Little Pony' to launch new animated series and toy line — see exclusive first look". EW.com. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  4. ^ "My Little Pony Pony Life ⭐️ NEW ⭐️ Pony Life Trailer | MLP Pony Life | Coming Summer 2020 - 60s". YouTube.
  5. ^ "MIP Month! Global TV & Streaming News". 7 October 2020.
  6. ^ Discovery Family [@discoveryfamily] (October 12, 2020). "Good things come in small packages! The brand-new series My Little Pony: Pony Life is coming to Discovery Family on Saturday, November 7 at 11:30AM ET! #MyPonyLife #MyLittlePony #PonyLife #MLP" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Discovery Family May 2019 Programming Highlights" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Jesus: The Untold Story - Series - TV Tango".
  9. ^ "Dinosaurs: The Untold Story - Series - TV Tango".
  10. ^ "Why We Do Stuff! - Series - TV Tango".
  11. ^ "Secrets of America's Favorite Places - Series - TV Tango".
  12. ^ "Discovery Family June 2018 Programming Highlights" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Hasbro News". 18 February 2016.
  14. ^ "Discovery Family February 2019 Programming Highlights" (PDF).
  15. ^ "Discovery Family June 2019 Programming Highlights" (PDF).
  16. ^ "Multiple Deals Secured for MarcoPolo Learning's STEAM Educational Television Series "The Polos"". The Futon Critic. June 18, 2019.
  17. ^ "Discovery Family July 2019 Programming Highlights" (PDF).
  18. ^ "Discovery Family picks up 41E IPs".
  19. ^ "Discovery Family November 2019 Programming Highlights" (PDF).
  20. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20211016054158/https://cf-media.press.discovery.com/ugc/press/2016/08/08/103555/DFC_Game_of_Homes__The_Incredible_Food_Race_Press_Release_-_Final.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  21. ^ "Discovery Family April 2020 Programming Highlights" (PDF).
  22. ^ "Discovery Family July 2019 Programming Highlights" (PDF).
  23. ^ "Discovery Family September 2020 Programming Highlights" (PDF). Discovery Family.
  24. ^ "50 Hour "My Little Pony" Mega Mare-athon Runs August 4 – August 8, 2014". Anime Superhero Forums. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  25. ^ "50 Hour "My Little Pony" Mega Mare-athon Runs August 4 – August 8, 2014". Anime Superhero Forums. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  26. ^ "50 Hour "My Little Pony" Mega Mare-athon Runs August 4 – August 8, 2014". Anime Superhero Forums. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  27. ^ "Discovery Family Premieres My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas December 13 At 7 P.M." PR Newswire (Press release). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  28. ^ "Discovery Family - Bumpers and Promos (August 5, 2016)". YouTube.
  29. ^ "Discovery Family December 2019 Programming Highlights" (PDF).
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