The Best TV Shows on Family Channel

Every Family Channel Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Family Channel’s extensive portfolio includes more than 20 shows, spanning the years from 1990 to 2025. As of July 2026, we’ve curated over 20 of Family Channel’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. For top-tier entertainment, Family Channel delivered The Little Flying Bears and Are You Afraid of the Dark? in 1990 and 1992.

  • Holly Hobbie
    Holly Hobbie (2018)8.4

    Holly's a 13-year-old singer-songwriter who's got her best friends and close-knit family by her side, but she's dreaming of ways to save the world - even if it's starting in her own backyard.

  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?
    Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1992)8.2

    This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each episode opens with members of the Midnight Society at their secret spot in the woods, where they prepare their fire and the night's storyteller announces the title of the his or her offering. However, the cameras soon leave the storyteller and switch to the tale being told.

  • Franny's Feet
    Franny's Feet (2003)7.3

    Franny Fantootsie tries on shoes brought to her grandfather's shop for repair, and each pair takes her on magical adventures all over the world. From tropical shores to the North Pole, Franny meets new people and animal friends with every step.

  • The Next Step
    The Next Step (2013)7.2

    Follow the lives of an elite group of young dancers who train at The Next Step Studio.

  • Backstage
    Backstage (2016)7.2

    A group of “very talented” teenagers sing, dance, and perform their way to the top at the famous Keaton School of the Arts! From the disappointments of failure, to the new friendships and crowning achievements, being a student at Keaton means you're on the path to becoming a star!

  • Creeped Out
    Creeped Out (2017)7.2

    A masked figure known as "The Curious" collects tales of dark magic, otherworldly encounters and twisted technology in this kids anthology series.

  • African Skies
    African Skies (1992)7.0

    Catherine Bach plays Margo Wells Dutton, 37, a graduate of McGill University in Montreal and now a widowed businesswoman. Trained as a structural engineer, she takes the reins of a multinational corporation, Canoco, for her father-in-law, Marcus Dutton (Robert Mitchum). When she is in Africa, they communicate through satellite-linked computers. Her 16-year-old son, Rory (Simon James), attends class via computer, works on the ranch and is caretaker for the household, Victoria Lodge.

  • Life with Derek
    Life with Derek (2005)7.0

    Life with Derek is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on Family and VRAK.TV in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on Family on September 18, 2005, and ran for four seasons, ending its run on March 25, 2009. The series starred Michael Seater and Ashley Leggat as the two oldest children in a stepfamily. It ended with 70 episodes and one spin-off television film, entitled Vacation with Derek.

  • Open Season: Call of Nature
    Open Season: Call of Nature (2023)7.0

    Follow best friends Boog, a lovable, risk-averse grizzly bear, and Elliot, a fast-talking, "act-first, think-later" deer. When the pair discover an abandoned summer camp in the middle of nowhere, they embark on a brave and hilarious adventure to create a new place to live where animals get to embrace their inner wild!

  • Lana Longbeard
    Lana Longbeard (2025)7.0

    Lana is a super-feisty, forward-thinking and passionate 12-year-old girl, who is also the heir to her father’s adventuring ship, the Mighty Windbreaker. Along with her captain dad and his diverse crew (an orc, a dwarf, a barbarian and a cyclops), she sails across the Ten Realms, dreaming of becoming one of the greatest adventurers of all time. But first, she must overcome some challenging obstacles: impulsivity, stubbornness, extreme curiosity, disdain for rules… and a love of pancakes. All the best things about her!

  • JoJo's Circus
    JoJo's Circus (2003)6.9

    Jojo the clown and her pet lion Goliah live and play in the whimsical world of Circus Town, where they have lots of fun adventures and learn how to become circus performers.

  • Supernoobs
    Supernoobs (2015)6.8

    Tyler, Kevin, Shope and Roach get their hands on battle balls, granting each of them their own powers like psychic abilities, super strength, transformation, or weather manipulation. They then learn of viruses from space are coming to infect the planet and its up to them to destroy them and save the Earth.

  • Degrassi: Next Class
    Degrassi: Next Class (2016)6.8

    Follow a group of high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors from Degrassi Community School, a fictional school in Toronto, Ontario, as they encounter some of the typical issues and challenges common to a teenager's life.

  • Franklin
    Franklin (1997)6.7

    Franklin is an Canadian educational animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The television series was named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle. It was produced by PolyGram Television, Alphanim, LuxAnimation, Nelvana, Neurones Enterprises, Reader's Digest for Young Families, TF1, Funbag Animation Studios, Europool, Mini TFO, and Family Channel, and syndicated by Summit Entertainment.

  • The Adventures of the Black Stallion
    The Adventures of the Black Stallion (1992)6.6

    After being shipwrecked on a remote desert island, courageous, young Alec Ramsay and a wild Arabian stallion named the "Black," form an irrevocable bond that continues after their rescue. Now teammates in the horse-racing circuit, they are poised to take the racing world by storm. No one else can ride the stunning fire and silk stallion but Alec; and though the Black's spirit is untamed, his speed is unmatched and he is swiftly becoming the fastest racehorse in the world.

  • The Little Flying Bears
    The Little Flying Bears (1990)6.3

    The series focuses on a rare species of little bears with wings that live in the magical forest in a utopian cooperative community. The little flying bears together with their friends, took on themselves the task to defend their forest from pollution. However, their efforts, very often, are disturbed by two weasels, Skulk and Sammy, which strive to pollute the forest. Every so often the weasels receive help from Slink the snake. The three always strive to find new ways to disturb the harmony of the forest but their plans are destroyed always by the bears. The bears are always attentive to the advices of the old bear, Plato (who is too old to fly) and his friend Ozzy the owl. This cartoon helps children realize the importance of protecting the environment. The series shows the harmful effects of pollution and fires as well as the important role of the ecosystem.

  • Papa Beaver's Storytime
    Papa Beaver's Storytime (1993)5.7

    Collection of tales based on the Père Castor series of French children's stories. Papa Beaver's Storytime is an animated television series which tells of Papa Beaver, a caretaker, a father figure, but most importantly, a storyteller. The show starts out with some type of disagreement between the children, who then turn to Papa Beaver for a solution. He begins telling them some stories which are somehow related to the situation the children are in, the stories are either a fable or a fairytale ultimately telling the morality of the story to teach them a lesson about their actions they have done before the story began.

  • King
    King (2005)5.7

    When the Wright family moves into their new home, Russel is surprised to find a secret passage under his bed. This passage leads him and his dog Gus to the world of Under, where he discovers he is the new King and that Gus can talk! Russel and Gus quickly befriend the people and creatures of this mysterious land. Bob Wire and his evil team are continually conspiring to steal Russel's crown and become all-powerful rulers of the land.

  • Polly Pocket
    Polly Pocket (2018)5.5

    The series, based on the doll of the same name, will feature a young girl called Polly who has a magical locket that allows her and her friends to shrink down to a tiny size.

  • Raising Expectations
    Raising Expectations (2016)2.0

    Paige and her husband Wayne have worked hard at raising their five children. They succeeded four times! With Emmett around, every day without a visit from rescue workers in hazmat suits is a win!