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

Current programming

Original programming

Title Premiere date Note(s)
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic October 10, 2010
Pound Puppies
The Adventures of Chuck and Friends October 15, 2010
Transformers: Rescue Bots December 17, 2011
Littlest Pet Shop November 10, 2012
Cake Boss October 16, 2014

Programming from other WBD networks

Animal Planet

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

Food Network

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

Programming from Hanna-Barbera

Title Premiere date Note(s)
The Smurfs August 7, 2023
Paddington Bear October 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
Looney Tunes December 4, 2023

Programming from Netflix

Title Premiere date Note(s)
Super Monsters October 19, 2019

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
Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
Kenny the Shark November 1, 2003 February 19, 2005 2005–12; 2017–22
Tutenstein October 11, 2008 2008–12
Time Warp Trio July 9, 2005 July 15, 2006 2006–11
Growing Up Creepie September 9, 2006 June 21, 2008 2008–11
The Future Is Wild October 13, 2007 July 5, 2008 2008–12
Live-action
Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
Jaws & Claws 1997 1998 1998–2008
No, Really! 1999 N/A
Pop-Sci N/A
The Adventures of A.R.K. 1998 2000 2000–03
Bonehead Detectives of the Paleoworld 1998 1998–2010
Mega Movie Magic 1998 2000 N/A
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
Prehistoric Planet October 5, 2002 April 26, 2003 2003–10
Operation Junkyard February 15, 2003 2003–09
Endurance June 28, 2008 2008–13
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
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
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
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Animal Planet Zooventure 1997 July 2, 2005
Croc Files January 1, 2001 June 23, 2008
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
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
Serious January 2, 2006
Crash, Bang, Splat! January 7, 2006 October 9, 2010
Grossology January 13, 2007 June 26, 2011
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
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
Programming from PBS Kids
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Pappyland 1998 February 21, 2003
The Magic School Bus February 24, 2003 February 28, 2010
Timothy Goes to School August 30, 2004 December 31, 2006
Programming from TLC
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Bingo and Molly 1998 August 30, 2002
Salty's Lighthouse February 21, 2003
Skinnamarink TV
Nini's Treehouse September 25, 2000
Acquired programming
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 Save-Ums! April 13, 2007
Balamory September 5, 2005 September 22, 2006
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
Transformers: Prime November 26, 2010 July 26, 2013 2013–23
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 N/A
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
Live-action
Title Premiere date Finale date Date(s) reran Note(s)
Family Game Night* October 10, 2010 November 9, 2014 2014–16
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 N/A
The Game of Life September 3, 2011 April 15, 2012 2012–14; 2018–19
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 N/A
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
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Transformers: Animated July 9, 2012 February 28, 2014
Kids' WB
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Men in Black: The Series October 10, 2010 June 1, 2012
HBO
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Fraggle Rock October 10, 2010 October 4, 2014
Animal Planet
Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Meerkat Manor October 10, 2010 March 24, 2012
Bad Dog! August 17, 2014 August 22, 2014
It's Me or the Dog
America's Cutest

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
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

Programming from Hasbro

Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
The Transformers October 11, 2010 January 28, 2022
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero May 30, 2022
Jem and the Holograms May 28, 2011 November 15, 2015
Conan the Adventurer May 31, 2011 October 16, 2011
G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 July 9, 2012 February 28, 2014

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

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
Teenage Fairytale Dropouts May 31, 2014 November 26, 2014

Acquired programming from Cartoon Network

Title Premiere date Finale date Note(s)
Atomic Betty October 10, 2010 December 29, 2013
The Super Hero Squad Show January 30, 2012 January 29, 2015

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
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
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
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
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
Reno, Set, Go! June 19, 2017 November 13, 2017
Wild Days of Summer June 3, 2018 June 24, 2018
Bake It Like Buddy September 8, 2018 February 16, 2019
Shorts
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

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

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

Syndicated programming

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
Undercover Boss May 16, 2017 November 28, 2018
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition April 26, 2020 September 25, 2022

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
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
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
Pirata & Capitano June 16, 2019 May 31, 2022
The Polos July 6, 2019 September 6, 2020
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures November 16, 2019 August 27, 2023

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
My Little Pony Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow
My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks October 17, 2014
My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas December 13, 2014
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
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
Tarzan and Jane: Genesis December 13, 2019
Tarzan and Jane: Tale of Two Jungles December 21, 2019

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