Frisbee is an Italian TV channel marketed towards a children audience of 4 to 14-year-olds,
owned by
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, a division of
Warner Bros. Discovery.
History
Frisbee was launched by Switchover Media on 12 June 2010.
[ The channel was marketed at a male audience as a "Channel of Heroes".][
After Switchover was acquired by ]Discovery Communications
Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate based in New York City. Established in 1985, the company operated a group of factual and lifestyle television brands, such as the namesake Discovery Channe ...
, On 30 June 2013 the channel rebranded in order to target a female audience and switched its aspect ratio to 16:9.
Programs
During the beginning of the channel's existence (2011–2013), almost all the programs featured were ex-Jetix
Jetix (stylized as JETIX) was a children's entertainment brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The brand was for a slate of action/adventure-related programming blocks and television channels. Jetix programming mainly originated from the ...
shows acquired from Disney-ABC International Television which meant for the first few years, the channel would not need to acquire any new programming.[ By 2011, the channel began to air reruns of sitcoms, alongside the addition of more modern programming as well.
The current schedule currently focuses on the preschool demographic, featuring shows such as ''Curious George''. Until mid-2019 there was a FRISBEEMINI block which aired shows aimed at preschoolers, however it was removed due to the channel shifting exclusively to that demographic. During the night/]graveyard slot
A graveyard slot (or death slot) is a time period in which a television audience is very small compared to other times of the day, and therefore broadcast programming is considered far less important. Graveyard slots are usually in the early morni ...
s it airs programs present on its sister channel K2, such as ''Oggy And The Cockroaches'' alongside shows from Discovery like ''Cake Boss''.
Current
* '' A Kind of Magic''
* '' Cake Boss''
* '' Curious George''
* ''FloopaLoo, Where Are You?
FloopaLoo, Where Are You? (french: Flapacha, où es-tu?, also simply called ''Floopaloo'') is a French animated series based on an original idea by Xilam's producer, Marc du Pontavice, and developed by Fabien Limousin with designs by Aurore Daman ...
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* ''Gallina Puntolina''
* '' Holiday Baking Championship''
* '' Little People''
* '' Oggy and the Cockroaches''
* '' OOglies''
* ''Paprika''
* '' Ranger Rob''
* ''Super Monsters
''Super Monsters'' is a children's animated television series that premiered on Netflix on October 13, 2017. The series is about a group of preschool kids, whose parents are the world's most famous monsters, trying to master their special powers wh ...
''
* '' Trolls: The Beat Goes On!''
* '' Trolls: TrollsTopia''
* '' True and the Rainbow Kingdom''
* ''Yoko
Yoko may refer to:
People
* Yoko (name), a Japanese feminine given name; variants include Yōko and Yohko
* Yoko Gushiken (具志堅 用高, born 1955), Japanese professional boxer
* Yoko Taro (横尾 太郎, born 1970), Japanese video game ...
''
Former
* '' Doki''
* '' Filly Funtasia''
* '' Hubert and Takako''
* ''Julius Jr.
''Julius Jr.'' is an animated children’s television series based on the characters of the Paul Frank brand. Co-produced by Saban Brands and BrainPower Studio, ''Julius Jr.'' aired on Family Channel and Family Jr. on May 12, 2015. In Canada, an ...
''
* ''Kikoriki
''Kikoriki'', known in the United States as ''GoGoRiki'' or ''BalloonToons'' and in Russia as ''Smeshariki'' (russian: Смешарики), is a Russian animated television series consisting of 307 episodes of 6 minutes and 30 seconds each, aime ...
''
* '' Little Charmers''
* '' Luna Petunia''
* '' Littlest Pet Shop''
* '' Pretty Rhythm''
* '' Rainbow Ruby''
* '' Rat-A-Tat''
* '' Sammy and Company''
* '' Sgt. Frog''
* '' Shopkins''
* ''Space Goofs
''Space Goofs'' (french: Les Zinzins de l'Espace) is a French animated series that was produced by Gaumont Multimedia for its first season and Xilam for its second season, produced for France 3, and broadcast on that network from September 6, ...
''
* '' Tickety Toc''
* '' Zack and Quack''
2010–2013 Programming additions
* ''Babar and the Adventures of Badou
''Babar and the Adventures of Badou'' is a computer-animated children's television series that premiered in 2010 based on the characters created by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. The series takes place several years after the original series an ...
'' (''Babar e le avventure di Badou'')
* '' Big Bad Beetleborgs'' (''Beetleborgs - Quando si scatena il vento dell'avventura'')
* ''Braceface
''Braceface'' is an animated television series that aired on Teletoon in Canada and the Fox Family Channel in the U.S. The series was produced by Nelvana and Jade Animation, the show features actress Alicia Silverstone from the movie '' Clueless ...
'' (''Sorriso d'argento'')
* '' Captain Flamingo'' (''Capitan Flamingo'')
* ''The Cosby Show
''The Cosby Show'' is an American television sitcom co-created by and starring Bill Cosby, which aired Thursday nights for eight seasons on NBC between September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on an upper middle-class Africa ...
'' (''I Robinson'')
* ''Diff'rent Strokes
''Diff'rent Strokes'' is an American television sitcom, which aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson ...
'' (''Il mio amico Arnold'')
* ''The Fairly OddParents
''The Fairly OddParents'' is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of Timmy Turner, a 10-year-old boy with two fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda who grant h ...
'' (''Due fantagenitori'')
* ''Family Ties
''Family Ties'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC for seven seasons, premiering on September 22, 1982, and concluding on May 14, 1989. The series, created by Gary David Goldberg, reflected the move in the United States f ...
'' (''Casa Keaton'')
* ''Hamtaro
''Hamtaro'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai about a hamster. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's "Second Grade" magazine in April 1997; more ''Hamtaro'' stor ...
''
* ''The Jeffersons
''The Jeffersons'' is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. ''The Jeffersons'' is one of the longest-running sitcoms in history, ...
'' (''I Jefferson'')
* ''Me and My Monsters
''Me and My Monsters'' is a children's comedy television program from The Jim Henson Company that combines live action and puppetry. The series is a co-production filmed in Australia. It first screened on CBBC on 18 October 2010 and airs on Net ...
'' (''3 mostri in famiglia'')
* '' Michel Vaillant'' (''MIchel Valillant - Tute, caschi e velocità'')
* '' Mirmo!''
* '' Mr. Bean''
* '' Mr. Young'' (''Professor Young'')
* '' My Babysitter's a Vampire'' (''La mia babysitter è un vampiro'')
* '' The New Addams Family'' (''La Nuova Famiglia Addams'')
* '' NPS: No puede ser'' (''Non può essere!'')
* '' Pucca''
* '' Really Me'' (''Miss Reality'')
* '' Sabrina's Secret Life'' (''Sabrina'')
* '' Sgt. Frog'' (''Keroro'')
* ''Stoked
Stoked may refer to:
* ''Stoked'' (video game), an Xbox 360 game
* ''Stoked'' (TV series), a Canadian comedy cartoon
*'' Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator'', a documentary
*''Stoked'' (instrumental), on The Beach Boys album ''Surfin' U.S.A.
...
'' (''Stoked - Surfisti per caso'')
* ''Sweet Valley High
''Sweet Valley High'' is a series of young adult novels attributed to American author Francine Pascal, who presided over a team of ghostwriters to produce the series. The books chronicle the lives of identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefiel ...
''
* ''Total Drama Island
''Total Drama Island'' (sometimes shortened to ''TDI'') is the first season of ''Total Drama'', a Canadian animated comedy television series created by Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch. The series premiered in Canada on Teletoon on July 8, 2007 ...
'' (''A tutto reality: L'isola'')
* ''Tree Fu Tom
Tree Fu Tom is a British live-action/ CGI television series which has been shown on BBC and CBeebies in the UK and Universal Kids and NBC in the USA. It is set in a miniature magical countryside and village area (Treetopolis) on the top of a ...
''
* ''Tutenstein
''Tutenstein'' is an American animated television series, produced by Porchlight Entertainment for Discovery Kids based on the comics by Jay Stephens. The series premiered on November 1, 2003 and ended on October 11, 2008. It features young mummy ...
''
* ''Wipeout __NOTOC__
Wipe out or wipeout may refer to:
Media Music
* "Wipe Out" (instrumental), a 1963 hit surf-rock song by The Surfaris
** ''Wipe Out'' (album), the 1963 album containing the song
Television
* ''Wipeout'' (1988 game show), an American t ...
'' (''Wipeout - Pronti a tutto!'')
* '' W.I.T.C.H.''
Launch programming
* ''Action Man
Action Man is an action figure launched in Britain in 1966 by Palitoy as a licensed copy of Hasbro's American "movable fighting man", G.I. Joe.
Action Man was originally produced and sold in the United Kingdom and Australia by Palitoy Ltd of ...
'' (''New Action Man'')
* '' Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'' (''Le avventure di Sonic'')
* '' The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' (''Le avventure di Super Mario'')
* '' Bad Dog''
* ''Big Wolf on Campus
''Big Wolf on Campus'' is a Canadian television series created by Peter A. Knight and Christopher Briggs that ran from 1999 to 2002. The central plot revolves around a teenage boy named Thomas "Tommy" P. Dawkins, who was bitten by a werewolf durin ...
'' (''Un lupo mannaro americano a scuola'')
* '' Dragon Booster''
* ''Go! Go! Itsutsugo Land
is a Japanese anime series that originally aired in Japan during 2001 and 2002 on TBS. The series is about five quintuplets who have many adventures together.
The series has been dubbed into English by The Ocean Group as ''Let's Go Quintuple ...
'' (''5 gemelli diversi'')
* ''Goosebumps
''Goosebumps'' is a series of children's horror fiction novels by American author R. L. Stine, published by Scholastic Corporation, Scholastic Publishing. The protagonists in these stories are tweens or young teens who find themselves in scary ...
'' (''Piccoli brividi'')
* '' Iznogoud'' (''Chi la fa, l'aspetti! - Iznogoud'')
* '' Jim Button'' (''Jim Bottone'')
* ''Little Mouse on the Prairie
''Little Mouse on the Prairie'' () is a 26 episode animated series made by the cooperation of the US and China, loosely based on the '' Serendipity'' book by Stephen Cosgrove with the same title. The story features a city mouse named Osgood Dee wh ...
'' (''Tiritere e ghirigori per due topi in mezzo ai fiori'')
* '' Mad Jack the Pirate'' (''Mad Jack'')
* '' MegaMan NT Warrior''
* ''Monster Jam
Monster Jam is a live motorsport event tour operated by Feld Entertainment. The series began in 1992, and is sanctioned under the umbrella of the United States Hot Rod Association. Events are primarily held in North America, with some additio ...
''
* ''My Parents Are Aliens
''My Parents Are Aliens'' is a British children's television sitcom that was produced for eight series by Yorkshire Television and aired on ITV from 8 November 1999 to 18 December 2006.
Overview
The show primarily follows the lives of three ...
'' (''Papà e mamma sono alieni'')
* '' NASCAR Racers''
* '' Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation'' (''Tartarughe Ninja: l'avventura continua'')
* '' Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'' (''L'Uomo Ragno e i suoi fantastici amici'')
* ''Power Rangers
''Power Rangers'' is an entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise '' Super Sentai''. Produced first by Saban Entertainment, second by BVS ...
''
** '' Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue''
** ''Power Rangers Time Force
''Power Rangers Time Force'' is a television series and the ninth season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 24th Super Sentai series '' Mirai Sentai Timeranger'', running for 40 half-hour episodes from February to November 2001. ...
''
** '' Power Rangers Wild Force''
* '' RoboRoach''
* '' Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist'' (''Oliver Twist'')
* '' Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams'' (''80 sogni per viaggiare'')
* ''Sophie & Virginia'' (''Sophie e Vivianne - Due sorelle e un'avventura'')
* '' Transformers: Armada''
* '' VR Troopers''
* '' Walter Melon'' (''Walter eroe a tempo perso'')
* '' What's With Andy?'' (''Andy il re degli scherzi'')
* '' The Why Why Family'' (''La famiglia dei perché'')
* '' Wunschpunsch''
* ''X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in 1970 due to ...
''
Notes
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Children's television networks
Television channels in Italy
Italian-language television stations
Former subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company
Television channels and stations established in 2010
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