Discovery Family's first 2025 schedule

[FirePuppy]

Looks like Discovery Family is changing its schedule again to start off 2025. It will look like this:

6:00 AM - Transformers Rescue Bots
7:00 AM - The Smurfs
8:00 AM - Jabberjaw
8:30 AM - Baby Looney Tunes (replacing Petronix Defenders)
9:00 AM - The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
10:00 AM - Lucas the Spider
10:30 AM - S.M.A.S.H!
11:00 AM - Littlest Pet Shop
11:30 AM - Pound Puppies
12:00 PM - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (3 hours)
3:00 PM - Summer Camp Island
4:00 PM - Steven Universe

No word on the weekend schedule yet; that will be posted in 3 days from now. But either way, yes, we're losing Petronix Defenders after 2024, and Baby Looney Tunes is coming back in its place. And still, Hasbro's shows remain completely untouched since the very beginning of 2024.

 

[SpecialColorfull]

Looks like Discovery Family is changing its schedule again to start off 2025. It will look like this:

6:00 AM - Transformers Rescue Bots
7:00 AM - The Smurfs
8:00 AM - Jabberjaw
8:30 AM - Baby Looney Tunes (replacing Petronix Defenders)
9:00 AM - The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
10:00 AM - Lucas the Spider
10:30 AM - S.M.A.S.H!
11:00 AM - Littlest Pet Shop
11:30 AM - Pound Puppies
12:00 PM - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (3 hours)
3:00 PM - Summer Camp Island
4:00 PM - Steven Universe

No word on the weekend schedule yet; that will be posted in 3 days from now. But either way, yes, we're losing Petronix Defenders after 2024, and Baby Looney Tunes is coming back in its place. And still, Hasbro's shows remain completely untouched since the very beginning of 2024.

What do you mean by that?

 

[Corwin Haught]

What do you mean by that?

Hasbro's involvement in this channel has been basically an afterthought since Brian Goldner's 2021 death and the attending succession to Chris ***** to CEO where he has basically gutted their media business in the years since. Keeping that portion of the DFC schedule unchanged is almost a natural consequence of this (just this week it was announced that they wouldn't co-finance any more films).

 

[FirePuppy]

Here's the first weekend schedule for 2025 on DFC:

6:00 AM - The Adventures of Chuck & Friends
7:00 AM - Hanni and the Wild Woods
8:00 AM - Lucas the Spider
9:00 AM - Petronix Defenders
9:30 AM - S.M.A.S.H!
10:00 AM - Jabberjaw
10:30 AM - The Smurfs
11:30 AM - The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
12:30 PM - Summer Camp Island
1:30 PM - Steven Universe

That's right, the whole weekend schedule is not seeing a single change whatsoever. Which also means all five of Hasbro's remaining shows throughout 2024 are still under Discovery Family's brutal oppression for at least another 3 months. And of course, Petronix Defenders isn't actually leaving the channel; it's now only on weekends.

 

[Stumpos]

That's right, the whole weekend schedule is not seeing a single change whatsoever. Which also means all five of Hasbro's remaining shows throughout 2024 are still under Discovery Family's brutal oppression for at least another 3 months. And of course, Petronix Defenders isn't actually leaving the channel; it's now only on weekends.

Okay, you really need to stop claiming Discovery Family is this "magical opposing force" that's somehow harming those shows. Nothing bad is happening to those shows. As stated thousands of times, they already have legal ways to watch anyway outside DFC.

 

[FirePuppy]

Okay, you really need to stop claiming Discovery Family is this "magical opposing force" that's somehow harming those shows. Nothing bad is happening to those shows. As stated thousands of times, they already have legal ways to watch anyway outside DFC.

You just officially hurt my feelings with those words.

 

[SpecialColorfull]

You just officially hurt my feelings with those words.

I really hate to DO THIS to you because I am also very sensitive but if just saying this hurts you you need a thicker skin.

 

[Moe]

You just officially hurt my feelings with those words.

I think @Stumpos is just try to help you and they don't means to hurt your feeling. I know that you expressed the frustration with DFC and I can understand - can't blame on you at all. I had numbers of members here criticized me and they didn't hurt me at all.

Remember - when you play soccer and Stumpos is on your team, and both of you know to do team work. That's same for online discussion here. What are your thought about DFC? shows? channel operation? The Hub? Share your experience that your grow up with DFC, Discovery Family, The Hub.

I fondly remember The Hub in early 2010s and I think that was one of best era for this channel.

I can see a schedule changes for DFC is very much minimal and I do think that may change if WBD decides to divest DFC and sell to other company, so Hasbro may get out for good.

 

[Stumpos]

As others said, I wasn't trying to be mean. I was just pointing out that complaining about DFC having Hasbro shows isn't gonna help and isn't doing anything to impact legal watching of those shows.

 

[SpecialColorfull]

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Discovery Family Channel is doing sorta well.

 

[Stumpos]

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Discovery Family Channel is doing sorta well.

Better than Disney XD at least and close to Teen Nick in ratings. As much as you'd expect given it's now just an extension of Cartoon Network ever since the merger.

 

[FirePuppy]

Discovery Family Channel is doing sorta well.

But, at the very least, they are doing something bad. Looney Tunes, despite no longer even airing on the channel as of November 30, 2024, still has its commercials frequently airing on it.



The thumbnail of this video shows a portion of one of the Looney Tunes commercials.

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And according to Philo TV, it says "Not Available" on the Looney Tunes page, and it's My Little Pony that's airing at 1PM, not Looney Tunes.

 

[Stumpos]

But, at the very least, they are doing something bad. Looney Tunes, despite no longer even airing on the channel as of November 30, 2024, still has its commercials frequently airing on it.

How is that a bad thing?

 

[Moe]

But, at the very least, they are doing something bad. Looney Tunes, despite no longer even airing on the channel as of November 30, 2024, still has its commercials frequently airing on it.



The thumbnail of this video shows a portion of one of the Looney Tunes commercials.

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Why pay more for TV? Start your Philo free trial and enjoy live TV plus on-demand content starting at just $25/month. Stream hit shows, movies, and more.

www.philo.com

Watch My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Streaming on Philo (Free Trial)

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic on Philo. Princess Celestia sends her star pupil to Ponyville to improve her socialization skills.

www.philo.com

And according to Philo TV, it says "Not Available" on the Looney Tunes page, and it's My Little Pony that's airing at 1PM, not Looney Tunes.

In my opinion, 22,000 viewers watch on Discovery Family is very bottom like a rock and 10 years ago, it was over 100,000+ viewers if include adult viewers. Big network like Nickelodeon and Disney Channel got over 100,000-300,000 average viewers with much higher for special programming like football game on Nickelodeon.

https://archive.fo/JGDiy#selection-1385.23-1385.149

Discovery Family does go up and down, depends on quarters.

 

[Stumpos]

In my opinion, 22,000 viewers watch on Discovery Family is very bottom like a rock and 10 years ago, it was over 100,000+ viewers if include adult viewers. Big network like Nickelodeon and Disney Channel got over 100,000-300,000 average viewers with much higher for special programming like football game on Nickelodeon.

https://archive.fo/JGDiy#selection-1385.23-1385.149

Discovery Family does go up and down, depends on quarters.

It's like that for every cable channel nowadays where they're all way past their prime.

And keep in mind DFC has the same level of availability as Boomerang, Nicktoons, Disney XD, Disney Junior, and Nick Junior so it's closer to them in ratings now.

 

[Moe]

It's like that for every cable channel nowadays where they're all way past their prime.

Yes, they are past their prime but I can't comprehend about how say 22,000 is good numbers. Those kind of numbers for people who don't have a place to watch, beside DFC, especially on Philo if Nickelodeon and their 3 sister networks aren't good - much more spamming than DFC.

Customers on Spectrum has no access to Disney XD and Disney Junior. My grandma is on Spectrum and can't tune to Freeform, however FX air Christmas movies like Home Alone 1 and 2 yesterday.

And keep in mind DFC has the same level of availability as Boomerang, Nicktoons, Disney XD, Disney Junior, and Nick Junior so it's closer to them in ratings now.

Yes, they are on most expensive cable tier.