History Creator / DiscoveryFamily

* ''Series/{{Batman}}''

* ''Bigfoot Presents: ''WesternAnimation/MeteorAndTheMightyMonsterTrucks''

* ''WesternAnimation/MeteorAndTheMightyMonsterTrucks Bigfoot Presents: Meteor And The Mighty Monster Trucks''

The Hub also was slated to air ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin'', ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' in late 2014, but this was abandoned due to the rebrand of Discovery Family.

* ''WesternAnimation/MeteorAndTheMightyMonsterTrucks''

* ''WesternAnimation/PeepAndTheBigWideWorld'' (Now on Creator/PBS stations)

After Discovery Family's launch on October 13, 2014, Discovery fired The Hub's promotional staff and discarded the [=HubWorld=] website in favor of a new website that currently just has a schedule and channel finder. [=HubWorld=]'s older practice of fully streaming episodes in the United States was discarded altogether and later replaced with the Discovery Family GO Android/[=iOS=] app, which streams network programming to persons who subscribe to the channel with certain cable/satellite or OTT providers (with Chromecast support).

In September 2014, it was announced that Discovery Communications would acquire 10% of Hasbro's stake on the network, which means they would take majority control of the network back. Thus, [[NetworkDeath Hub Network would become Discovery Family]], aimed at both kids and their parents. Hasbro still has some influence on the network; while the initial press release stated they would control six hours of daytime programming, this appears to have been expanded to 12 hours. Shows acquired and programmed by Hasbro air from 5am to 5pm Eastern Time (Which means if you live on the East Coast and don't have any means of recording TV programs, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork you're screwed]]).

The rest of the day saw the drama and comedy lineup being thrown out for repeats of Discovery library content, with family-friendly movies in primetime added later on. While ongoing Hasbro-produced cartoons from The Hub are able to continue airing new episodes on Discovery Family, Hasbro decided that ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'', a sequel to ''Transformers Prime'', would air instead of Creator/CartoonNetwork, as the new channel's demographics were seen as less favorable compared to Cartoon Network's male-oriented boy audiences.[[note]]''Robots in Disguise'' would end up being yet another installment of the franchise to be [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed over]] by Cartoon Network; the show was only seen on early Saturday mornings directly after signing off with Creator/AdultSwim with [[InvisibleAdvertising non-existent promotion]].[[/note]]

On April 30, 2009, it was announced that Creator/{{Hasbro}} had acquired a 50% stake in [[Creator/DiscoveryChannel Discovery Kids]] from Discovery Communications, which was in the middle of overhauling its various spin-off channels. At that point Discovery Kids was basically running on auto-pilot, running {{Edutainment Show}}s from the early 2000s that hadn't been refreshed in 10 years, with a mixture of acquired programming and other kid-friendly content from sister channels such as Creator/AnimalPlanet that could fit the network's mission.

On April 30, 2009, it was announced that Creator/{{Hasbro}} had acquired a 50% stake in [[Creator/DiscoveryChannel Discovery Kids]] from Discovery Communications, which was in the middle of overhauling its various spinoff channels. At that point Discovery Kids was basically running on auto-pilot, running {{Edutainment Show}}s from the early 2000s that hadn't been refreshed in years, with a mixture of acquired programming and other kid-friendly content from sister channels such as Creator/AnimalPlanet that could fit the network's mission.

As to be expected with a network partially owned by a toy company, MerchandiseDriven programming was a significant part of the channel's schedule. Along with Hasbro product (including franchises with significant storytelling histories), American Greetings was also a presence on the channel. In addition, they aired reruns of kids/family shows from the '80s and '90s and shows that the [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} big]] [[Creator/DisneyChannel three]] [[Creator/CartoonNetwork children's]] networks had no room for anymore, family-friendly movies, original game shows based on Hasbro's several board game properties (including ''Series/FamilyGameNight'', ''Series/ScrabbleShowdown'' and ''The Game of Life''), and even older classic sitcoms during the evenings such as ''Series/HappyDays'' and ''Series/TheWonderYears''. Their first RealityShow, ''Majors & Minors'', premiered on September 23, 2011. For a while, they even had a sort of ''[=SportsCenter=]'' meets ''Entertainment Tonight'' series called ''[=HubWorld=]'', which mainly focused on Hub-related news (such as recaps of what happened on shows the previous week) as well as celebrity interviews and such-fairly unique for a cable network.

* ''WesternAnimation/PeepAndTheBigWideWorld'' (Now on PBS stations)

* ''WesternAnimation/ToddWorld'' (Now on Creator/{{Qubo}}

* ''Joy Berry'' (music videos on the channel's website)

* ''Lost and Found''
* ''Majors & Minors'' (reality talent singing competition similar to ''American Idol''[[note]]Except that no one gets voted off[[/note]]; only original reality show on The Hub)

* ''Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless'' (3-part documentary about Taylor Swift's ''Fearless'' Tour)

* ''Series/{{Wilbur}}'' (Discovery Kids handover aired once weekly until late June 2012)[[/index]]

After Discovery Family's launch on October 13, 2014, Discovery fired The Hub's promotional staff and discarded the [=HubWorld=] website in favor of a new website that currently just has a schedule and channel finder. [=HubWorld=]'s older practice of fully streaming episodes in the U.S. was discarded altogether and later replaced with the Discovery Family GO Android/[=iOS=] app, which streams network programming to persons who subscribe to the channel with certain cable/satellite or OTT providers (with Chromecast support).

!! Discovery-produced programs airing on Discovery Family during late-day timeslots:

As to be expected with a network partially owned by a toy company, MerchandiseDriven programming was a significant part of the channel's schedule. Along with Hasbro product (including franchises with significant storytelling histories), American Greetings was also a presence on the channel. In addition, they aired reruns of kids/family shows from the '80s and '90s and shows that the [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} big]] [[Creator/DisneyChannel three]] [[Creator/CartoonNetwork childrens']] networks had no room for anymore, family-friendly movies, original game shows based on Hasbro's several board game properties (including ''Series/FamilyGameNight'', ''Series/ScrabbleShowdown'' and ''The Game of Life''), and even older classic sitcoms during the evenings such as ''Series/HappyDays'' and ''Series/TheWonderYears''. Their first RealityShow, ''Majors & Minors'', premiered on September 23, 2011. For a while, they even had a sort of ''[=SportsCenter=]'' meets ''Entertainment Tonight'' series called ''[=HubWorld=]'', which mainly focused on Hub-related news (such as recaps of what happened on shows the previous week) as well as celebrity interviews and such-fairly unique for a cable network.

The Hub also was slated to air ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin'', ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' in late 2014, but this was abandoned after they became Discovery Family.

* ''WesternAnimation/PeepAndTheBigWideWorld''

As to be expected with a network partially owned by a toy company, MerchandiseDriven programming was a significant part of the channel's schedule. Along with Hasbro product (including franchises with significant story-telling histories), American Greetings was also a presence on the channel. In addition, they aired reruns of childrens'/family shows from the '80s and '90s and shows that the [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} big]] [[Creator/DisneyChannel three]] [[Creator/CartoonNetwork childrens']] networks had no room for anymore, family-friendly movies, original game shows based on Hasbro's several board game properties (including ''Series/FamilyGameNight'', ''Series/ScrabbleShowdown'' and ''The Game of Life''), and even older classic sitcoms during the evenings such as ''Series/HappyDays'' and ''Series/TheWonderYears''. Their first RealityShow, ''Majors & Minors'', premiered on September 23, 2011. For a while, they even had a sort of ''[=SportsCenter=]'' meets ''Entertainment Tonight'' series called ''[=HubWorld=]'', which mainly focused on Hub-related news (such as recaps of what happened on shows the previous week) as well as celebrity interviews and such-fairly unique for a cable network.

During this era, the channel essentially served as a SpiritualSuccessor to what's currently [[Creator/ABCFamily Freeform]], specifically the early '90s Family Channel days (game shows, older family-friendly sitcoms and other programming) and to the "Twister" era of Fox Family (off-the-wall cartoons, often imported from Canada, and reruns of older, well-remembered cartoons). Due to the prevalence of Hasbro's '80s franchises on the channel, like ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', it had a substantial PeripheryDemographic of 20-35 year olds. The surprise favorite of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' (carrying its own wide demographic spread) also helped to bolster the rebooted channel's newfound success. Likewise, the channel hosted one of the most well-received incarnations of ''Transformers'' to date: ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.

As to be expected with a network partially owned by a toy company, MerchandiseDriven programming was a significant part of the channel's schedule. Along with Hasbro product (including franchises with significant story-telling histories), American Greetings was also a presence on the channel. In addition, they aired reruns of childrens'/family shows from the '80s and '90s and shows that the [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} big]] [[Creator/DisneyChannel three]] [[Creator/CartoonNetwork childrens']] networks had no room for anymore, family-friendly movies, original game shows based on Hasbro's several board game properties (including ''Series/FamilyGameNight'', ''Series/ScrabbleShowdown'' and ''The Game of Life''), and even older sitcoms during the evenings such as ''Series/HappyDays'' and ''Series/TheWonderYears''. Their first RealityShow, ''Majors & Minors'', premiered on September 23, 2011. For a while, they even had a sort of ''[=SportsCenter=]'' meets ''Entertainment Tonight'' series called ''[=HubWorld=]'', which mainly focused on Hub-related news (such as recaps of what happened on shows the previous week) as well as celebrity interviews and such-fairly unique for a cable network.

On a darker note, The Hub was infamous for making the videos hosted on its website a ugly case of NoExportForYou. They have pinned the blame on Hasbro Studios' international licensing deals with other networks including: Turner Broadcasting (of Creator/CartoonNetwork and Boomerang) in some countries, Lagardère Active (of CanalJ, Tiji and Guili) in France, Tiny Pop in the UK, Nelonen (and Fox Finland for ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'') in Finland, Hasbro's licensing partners in Japan ([=TakaraTomy=] for ''Transformers Prime'' and Bushiroad for ''MLP'', both through Creator/TVTokyo and its affiliates), Disney Channel in Spain, and Creator/{{Corus Entertainment}} (Creator/{{YTV}}, Creator/TreehouseTV, and Creator/{{Teletoon}}) in Canada.

In September 2014, it was announced that Discovery Communications would acquire 10% of Hasbro's stake on the network, which means they would take majority control of the network back. Thus, [[NetworkDeath Hub Network would become Discovery Family Channel]], aimed at both kids and their parents. Hasbro still has some influence on the network; while the initial press release stated they would control six hours of daytime programming, this appears to have been expanded to 12 hours. Shows acquired and programmed by Hasbro air from 5am to 5pm Eastern Time (Which means if you live on the East Coast and don't have any means of recording TV programs, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork you're screwed]]).

The rest of the day saw the drama and comedy lineup being thrown out for repeats of Discovery library content, with family-friendly classic movies in primetime added later on. While ongoing Hasbro-produced cartoons from The Hub are able to continue airing new episodes on Discovery Family, Hasbro decided that ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'', a sequel to ''Transformers Prime'', would air instead on Creator/CartoonNetwork, as the new channel's demographics were seen as less favorable compared to Cartoon Network's male-oriented boy audiences.[[note]]''Robots in Disguise'' would end up being yet another installment of the franchise to be [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed over]] by Cartoon Network; the show was only seen on early Saturday mornings directly after Creator/AdultSwim with [[InvisibleAdvertising non-existent promotion]].[[/note]]

After Discovery Family's launch on October 13, 2014, Discovery fired The Hub's promotional staff and discarded the [=HubWorld=] website in favor of a new site that currently just has a schedule and channel finder. [=HubWorld=]'s old practice of fully streaming episodes in the U.S. was discarded altogether and later replaced with the Discovery Family GO Android/[=iOS=] app, which streams network programming to persons who subscribe to the channel with certain cable/satellite or OTT providers (with Chromecast support).

* ''TabletopGame/TheGameOfLife''[[index]]

On April 30, 2009, it was announced that Creator/{{Hasbro}} had acquired a 50% stake in [[Creator/DiscoveryChannel Discovery Kids]] from Discovery Communications, which was in the middle of overhauling its various spinoff channels. At that point Discovery Kids was basically running on auto-pilot, running {{Edutainment Show}}s from the early 2000's that hadn't been refreshed in years, mixed in with acquired programming and other kid-friendly content from sister channels such as Creator/AnimalPlanet that could fit the network's mission.

The resulting joint venture [[NetworkDeath changed the channel's name]] to The Hub on October 10, 2010 (following a marathon of ''WesternAnimation/KennyTheShark'', which was carried over upon the revamp). Discovery oversaw ad sales and distribution, while Hasbro was responsible for programming. The network continued to use the Discovery Kids strategy of tagging its educational programming as meeting FCC educational and informational programming guidelines. An on-screen logo lists it as E/I on electronic program guide listings despite the E/I policy being targeted wholly to broadcast stations, with cable networks completely excluded from E/I regulations.

As to be expected with a network half-owned by a toy company, MerchandiseDriven programming was a significant part of the channel's schedule. Along with Hasbro product (including franchises with significant story-telling histories), American Greetings was also a presence on the channel. In addition, they aired reruns of childrens'/family shows from the 80's and 90's and shows that the [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} big]] [[Creator/DisneyChannel three]] [[Creator/CartoonNetwork childrens']] networks had no room for anymore, family movies, original game shows based on Hasbro's numerous board game properties (including ''Series/FamilyGameNight'', ''Series/ScrabbleShowdown'' and ''The Game of Life''), and even older shows during the evenings such as ''Series/HappyDays'' and ''Series/TheWonderYears''. Their first RealityShow, ''Majors & Minors'', premiered on September 23, 2011. For a while, they even had a sort of ''[=SportsCenter=]'' meets ''Entertainment Tonight'' series called ''[=HubWorld=]'', which mainly focused on Hub-related news (such as recaps of what happened on shows the previous week) as well as celebrity interviews and such- fairly unique for a cable network.

During this era, the channel essentially served as a SpiritualSuccessor to what's currently [[Creator/ABCFamily Freeform]], specifically the early 90s Family Channel days (game shows, older family-friendly sitcoms and other programming) and to the "Twister" era of Fox Family (off-the-wall cartoons, often imported from Canada, and reruns of older, well-remembered cartoons). Due to the prevalence of Hasbro's 80's franchises on the channel, like ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', it had a substantial PeripheryDemographic of 20-35 year olds. The surprise hit of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' (carrying its own wide demographic spread) also helped to bolster the rebooted channel's newfound success. Likewise, the channel hosted one of the most well-received incarnations of ''Transformers'' to date: ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.

On a darker note, The Hub was infamous for making the videos hosted on its website a nasty case of NoExportForYou. They have pinned the blame on Hasbro Studios' international licensing deals with other networks including: Turner Broadcasting (of Creator/CartoonNetwork and Boomerang) in some countries, Lagardère Active (of CanalJ, Tiji and Guili) in France, Tiny Pop in the UK, Nelonen (and Fox Finland for ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'') in Finland, Hasbro's licensing partners in Japan ([=TakaraTomy=] for ''Transformers Prime'' and Bushiroad for ''MLP'', both through Creator/TVTokyo and its affiliates), Disney Channel in Spain, and Creator/{{Corus Entertainment}} (Creator/{{YTV}}, Creator/TreehouseTV, and Creator/{{Teletoon}}) in Canada.

The rest of the day saw the drama and comedy lineup being thrown out for repeats of Discovery library content, with family-friendly classic movies in prime-time added later on. While ongoing Hasbro-produced cartoons from The Hub are able to continue airing new episodes on Discovery Family, Hasbro decided that ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'', a sequel to ''Transformers Prime'', would air instead on Creator/CartoonNetwork, as the new channel's demographics were seen as less favorable compared to Cartoon Network's male-oriented boy audiences.[[note]]''Robots in Disguise'' would end up being yet another installment of the franchise to be [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed over]] by Cartoon Network; the show was only seen on early Saturday mornings directly after Creator/AdultSwim with [[InvisibleAdvertising non-existent promotion]].[[/note]]

* ''Tracey McBean''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}''[[index]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus''

* ''WesternAnimation/TimeWarpTrio''[[/index]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSaveUms''
* ''WesternAnimation/ToddWorld'' (Now on Creator/{{Qubo}})

After Discovery Family's launch on October 13, 2014, Discovery fired The Hub's promotional staff and discarded the [=HubWorld=] website in favor of a new site that currently just has a schedule and channel finder. [=HubWorld=]'s old practice of fully streaming episodes in the U.S. was discarded altogether, and was later replaced with the Discovery Family GO Android/[=iOS=] app, which streams network programming to persons who subscribe to the channel with certain cable/satellite or OTT providers (with Chromecast support).

After Discovery Family's launch on October 13, 2014, Discovery fired The Hub's promotional staff and discarded the [=HubWorld=] website in favor of a new site that currently just has a schedule and channel finder. [=HubWorld=]'s old practice of fully streaming episodes in the U.S. was discarded altogether.

During this era, the channel essentially served as a SpiritualSuccessor to what's currently [[Creator/ABCFamily Freeform]], specifically the early 90s Family Channel days (game shows, older family-friendly sitcoms and other programming) and to the "Twister" era of Fox Family (off-the-wall cartoons, often imported from Canada, and reruns of older, well-remembered cartoons).

Due to the prevalence of Hasbro's 80's franchises on the channel, like ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', it had a substantial PeripheryDemographic of 20-35 year olds. The surprise hit of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' (carrying its own wide demographic spread) also helped to bolster the rebooted channel's newfound success. Likewise, the channel hosted one of the most well-received incarnations of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' to date: ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.

In 2013, the channel randomly re-named itself the Hub Network. Around that time, they hired [[http://www.nickandmore.com/2013/03/15/hub-nabs-disney-exec-for-programming/ former Disney Channel executive Nikki Reed to bring more live-action programming]]. While the news '''DID NOT''' go over well with fans (especially fans of ''MLP''), ultimately, The Hub wasn't able to move away from animation.

In September 2014, it was announced that Discovery Communications would acquire 10% of Hasbro's stake on the network, which means they would take majority control of the network back. Thus, [[NetworkDeath Hub Network would become Discovery Family Channel]], aimed at both kids and their parents. Hasbro still has some influence on the network; while the initial press release stated they would control six hours of daytime programming, this appears to have been expanded to 12 hours. Shows acquired and programmed by Hasbro air from 5am to 5pm Eastern Time (Which means, if you live on the East Coast and don't have any means of recording TV programs, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork you're bored]]).

The rest of the day saw the drama and comedy lineup being thrown out for repeats of Discovery library content, with family-friendly classic movies in prime-time added later on. If it hasn't already been considered this, there is a new possibility for the network to fall into [[NetworkDecay decay]]. While ongoing Hasbro-produced cartoons from The Hub are able to continue airing new episodes on Discovery Family, Hasbro decided that ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'', a sequel to ''Transformers Prime'', would air instead on Creator/CartoonNetwork, as the new channel's demographics were seen as less favorable compared to Cartoon Network's male-oriented boy audiences.[[note]]This may turn out to be a bad decision in the long run, as ''Robots in Disguise'' ended up being yet ANOTHER one of Cartoon Network's shows to be [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed over]] by ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' reruns.[[/note]]

After Discovery Family's launch on October 13, 2014, Discovery fired The Hub's promotional staff and discarded the [=HubWorld=] website in favor of a new site that currently just has a schedule and channel finder. [=HubWorld=]'s old practice of fully streaming episodes in the U.S. was discarded altogether. (Not that ''MLP'' viewers were doing so, as Hasbro is more judicious with Website/YouTube episode upload blocks than other media companies.)

* ''WesternAnimation/DiveOllyDive'' (Now on Creator/{{Kabillion}})

* ''WesternAnimation/ToddWorld''