This is a list of television programs currently and formerly broadcast by the U.S. cable television channel Discovery Family .
Current programming
Original programming
Programming from other WBD networks
Animal Planet
Title
Premiere date
Note(s)
Too Cute
August 18, 2014
Food Network
Programming from Hanna-Barbera
Programming from Warner Bros. Animation
Programming from Netflix
Acquired programming
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
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).
Former programming by Discovery Kids
Original programming
Animated
Live-action
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Date(s) reran
Note(s)
Jaws & Claws
1997
1998
1998–2008
No, Really!
1999
—
Pop-Sci
—
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
2000–07
Outward Bound USA
September 30, 1999
January 5, 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
2003–12
[b]
Prehistoric Planet
October 5, 2002
April 26, 2003
2003–10
Operation Junkyard
February 15, 2003
2003–09
Endurance
June 28, 2008
2008–13
[b]
Scout's Safari
February 7, 2004
2004–11
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High
January 28, 2006
2006–11
Zach's Ultimate Guide
2003
2003–08
Adventure Camp
May 17, 2003
June 14, 2008
2008–12
[b]
Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls
December 3, 2005
2005–11
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
2007–11
[note 1] [b]
Bindi the Jungle Girl
June 9, 2007
December 20, 2008
2008–10
Shorts
Title
Year(s) aired
Note(s)
Factoid
1997–2003
What An Animal!
Braintwister
1998–2003
Double Take
Laboratory
Hugo Takes A D-Tour
1999–2003
Mister Chi Chi's Guide To The Universe
2000–03
Kenny the Shark
2001–04
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
Programming from other WBD networks
Discovery Channel
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Mother Nature
1997
2001
Animal Planet
International WBD networks
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Acorn the Nature Nut
1997
2004
Buck Staghorn's Animal Bites
2001
Syndicated programming
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Lassie
2000
September 9, 2007
Acquired programming
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Wild Guess
1997
2001
Incredible Story Studios
1999
June 27, 2003
Popular Mechanics for Kids
January 1, 2001
September 9, 2007
Screech Owls
February 8, 2001
September 2, 2006
The Saddle Club
January 4, 2002
March 24, 2012
[b]
Mentors
June 7, 2002
September 3, 2006
Mystery Hunters
June 30, 2003
October 9, 2010
Tracey McBean
October 3, 2004
September 28, 2007
Timeblazers
October 4, 2004
June 24, 2011
[b]
Serious
January 2, 2006
Crash, Bang, Splat!
January 7, 2006
October 9, 2010
Grossology
January 13, 2007
June 26, 2011
[b]
Dinosapien
July 7, 2007
March 24, 2012
Ready Set Learn
Original programming
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Date(s) reran
Note(s)
Animal Jam
February 24, 2003
April 11, 2003
2003–07
Hi-5
October 6, 2006
2006–10
Peep and the Big Wide World
April 12, 2004
September 14, 2007
2007–10
[note 2]
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
2008–12
[note 3] [b]
Programming from PBS Kids
Programming from TLC
Acquired programming
Shorts
Title
Year(s) aired
Note(s)
Ready Set Learn Short Stuff
1998–2003
The Paz Show
2003–10
Blocks
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Scary Saturday Night Sleepovers
September 29, 2001
January 7, 2006
Animal Afternoons
2002
2009
The Gaggle
Ready Set Learn
February 24, 2003
October 8, 2010
Real Toons
November 1, 2003
October 9, 2010
@DK
2006
October 10, 2010
Former programming by The Hub Network
An asterisk (*) indicates that the program had new episodes aired on Discovery Family.
Original programming
Animated
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Date(s) reran
Note(s)
The Twisted Whiskers Show
October 10, 2010
November 25, 2010
2010–14
Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures *
September 12, 2015
2015–20
[c]
Transformers: Prime
November 26, 2010
July 26, 2013
2013–23
[c]
G.I. Joe: Renegades
July 23, 2011
2011–15
Dan Vs.
January 1, 2011
March 9, 2013
2013–14
Secret Millionaires Club
October 23, 2011
October 12, 2014
—
Kaijudo
May 5, 2012
December 28, 2013
2013–14
Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot
June 2, 2012
December 8, 2012
2012–14
Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch
October 12, 2013
June 7, 2014
2014–15; 2018
[c]
Live-action
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Date(s) reran
Note(s)
Family Game Night *
October 10, 2010
November 9, 2014
2014–16
[c]
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
[c]
Scrabble Showdown
2012–13; 2018–20
Majors & Minors
September 23, 2011
January 29, 2012
2012–13
Clue
November 14, 2011
November 17, 2011
2011–14
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
—
[c]
Preschool
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Date(s) reran
Note(s)
Maryoku Yummy
October 11, 2010
November 15, 2010
2010–12
Specials
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Date(s) reran
Note(s)
Journey to Fearless
October 22, 2010
October 24, 2010
2010–11
Programming from other WBD networks
Cartoon Network
Kids' WB
HBO
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Fraggle Rock
October 10, 2010
October 4, 2014
Animal Planet
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
The New Batman Adventures
December 6, 2011
November 11, 2013
[5]
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
[c]
Programming from Hasbro
Syndicated programming
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
October 11, 2010
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
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
October 16, 2010
September 2, 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
Step by Step
October 7, 2013
October 12, 2014
Sister, Sister
March 3, 2014
Blossom
July 7, 2014
December 23, 2016
[note 4] [c]
Acquired programming
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Dennis and Gnasher
October 10, 2010
October 6, 2013
Cosmic Quantum Ray
Deltora Quest
December 29, 2013
The WotWots
October 11, 2010
In the Night Garden...
October 6, 2013
Animal Mechanicals
May 31, 2013
Wizards vs Aliens
May 27, 2013
June 15, 2013
SheZow
June 1, 2013
January 31, 2016
[note 5] [c]
Teenage Fairytale Dropouts
May 31, 2014
November 26, 2014
[c]
Acquired programming from Cartoon Network
Blocks
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Hub Family Movie
October 10, 2010
October 12, 2014
Hub Primetime
October 11, 2010
HubBub
September 2, 2011
Huboom!
May 31, 2013
Former programming by Discovery Family
Original programming
Animated
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
2019–23
Hanazuki: Full of Treasures
December 1, 2018
May 4, 2019
2019–20
Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy
January 5, 2019
June 5, 2021
2021–23
My Little Pony: Pony Life
November 7, 2020
May 22, 2021
[6] [7] [8] [9]
Live-action
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
[10]
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
[11]
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
[12]
The Game Plane *
September 29, 2015
March 22, 2016
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
[13]
Reno, Set, Go!
June 19, 2017
November 13, 2017
Wild Days of Summer
June 3, 2018
June 24, 2018
[14]
Bake It Like Buddy
September 8, 2018
February 16, 2019
Shorts
Specials
Programming from other WBD networks
TLC
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Girl Starter
May 4, 2017
June 8, 2017
International WBD networks
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
The Incredible Food Race
September 7, 2016
October 12, 2016
Programming from Netflix
Syndicated programming
Acquired programming
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Horrible Histories
April 10, 2015
May 1, 2015
The Jungle Book
July 11, 2015
March 25, 2018
Holly Hobbie & Friends
September 12, 2015
March 4, 2016
[18]
The New Adventures of Peter Pan
June 5, 2016
November 5, 2017
Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood
July 3, 2016
March 3, 2019
Game of Homes
September 6, 2016
October 23, 2017
[19]
The Renovation King
October 25, 2016
The Dengineers
January 3, 2017
January 31, 2017
Post My Party
Zak Storm
October 14, 2017
May 26, 2019
Bubu and the Little Owls
February 17, 2019
December 26, 2020
[20]
Pirata & Capitano
June 16, 2019
May 31, 2022
[21]
The Polos
July 6, 2019
September 6, 2020
[22] [23]
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
November 16, 2019
August 27, 2023
[24] [25]
Blocks
Title
Premiere date
Finale date
Note(s)
Discovery Family Movies
October 13, 2014
November 16, 2019
Summer Splash
June 11, 2016
August 27, 2017
Sing-A-Long Sundays!
September 11, 2016
October 1, 2017
Frightober
October 3, 2016
October 31, 2016
My Little Pony Summer Karaoke!
June 16, 2018
September 1, 2018
Summer Surprises
July 6, 2018
August 31, 2018
Special programming
Title
Initial broadcast date
Notes
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
September 1, 2013
My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade
August 8, 2014
[26]
My Little Pony Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow
[27]
My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure
[28]
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks
October 17, 2014
My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas
December 13, 2014
[29]
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
April 4, 2015
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games
September 26, 2015
Doki Rocks Rio
August 5, 2016
[30]
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
Kong: King of the Apes
December 6, 2019
[31]
Tarzan and Jane: Genesis
December 13, 2019
Tarzan and Jane: Tale of Two Jungles
December 21, 2019
See also
Notes
^ First run ended in May 2010. Reruns resumed on June 4, 2011 and ended on December 25, 2011.
^ Seasons 1-3 only
^ First run ended on October 8, 2010. Reruns resumed on June 6, 2011 and ended on June 25, 2012.
^ First run ended on October 12, 2014. Reruns resumed on April 2, 2016 and ended on December 23, 2016.
^ First run ended on October 5, 2014. Reruns resumed on November 22, 2015 and ended on January 31, 2016.
^ a b Ended but still airing reruns.
^ a b c d e f g h i j Also aired on The Hub
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Also aired on Discovery Family
References
^ "Discovery Family May 2019 Programming Highlights" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-23.
^ Franks, Nico (July 5, 2019). "Discovery Family takes 41 toons". C21 Media .
^ "Discovery Family OCTOBER 2019 PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS" (PDF) .
^ https://media-prod.press.discovery.com/ugc/highlights/August_2014_Highlights_FINAL.pdf
^ https://dcanimated.com/2011/11/the-hub-the-new-batman-adventures-network-premiere-coming-december-2011/
^ "'My Little Pony' to launch new animated series and toy line — see exclusive first look". EW.com . Retrieved 2019-11-14 .
^ "My Little Pony Pony Life ⭐️ NEW ⭐️ Pony Life Trailer | MLP Pony Life | Coming Summer 2020 - 60s". YouTube .
^ "MIP Month! Global TV & Streaming News". 7 October 2020.
^ 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 .
^ "Jesus: The Untold Story - Series - TV Tango".
^ "Dinosaurs: The Untold Story - Series - TV Tango".
^ "Why We Do Stuff! - Series - TV Tango".
^ "Secrets of America's Favorite Places - Series - TV Tango".
^ "Discovery Family June 2018 Programming Highlights" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-20.
^ "Discovery Family July 2019 Programming Highlights" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-06-20.
^ "Discovery Family September 2020 Programming Highlights" (PDF) . Discovery Family .
^ "Discovery Family April 2020 Programming Highlights" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-19.
^ "Hasbro News". 18 February 2016.
^ Albert, Jared (August 3, 2016). "Discovery Family Channel Expands Its Home & Food Programming Slate This September With New Series Game of Homes And The Incredible Food Race". discovery.com . Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2021.
^ "Discovery Family February 2019 Programming Highlights" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-04-22.
^ "Discovery Family June 2019 Programming Highlights" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-04-22.
^ "Multiple Deals Secured for MarcoPolo Learning's STEAM Educational Television Series "The Polos"". The Futon Critic . June 18, 2019.
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