Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish! - Family Channel Canada to Shut Down Linear Operations on Wednesday, October 22nd Due To Cable Provider Licensing Issues

Well it's official, children's television in the great white norths of Canada is about to lose another five channels. After almost four decades on the air and 37 years of operations, DHX Media/WildBrain's own cable television networks, Family Channel, Family Jr., Family CHRGD, WildBrain TV and Telemagino are about to officially get killed off the air by the end of Halloween season. The news comes as no surprise as it follows Corus Entertainment's recent shutdown of Disney Junior Canada, Disney XD Canada, Nickelodeon Canada, Disney La Chaine and ABC Spark which all closed last month.

Like with last year's Corus Entertainment cuts, the Family Channel cable linear broadcasting shutdowns are mostly due to DHX WildBrain Media and WildBrain Spark Entertainment have unfortunately been failing to renew the channels' contracts with their own cable provider partners Bell TV Media and Rogers which have been the cable providers for these networks since day one. Unfortunately their contracts have now expired and all five networks have gone bankrupt.

Many people see the death of Family Channel in Canada as a win for quality children's television entertainment as that's what DHX and WildBrain gets for shutting down THEIR Disney networks and ripping them off and then selling Disney networks to Corus Entertainment for which WildBrain has gotten sued multiple times for ripping off Disney's branding over the years.

Family Channel was first launched on September 1st, 1988 and since then it has been considered to be the Canadian equivalent of Disney Channel, most notably for its classic sitcom Life with Derek which still airs reruns on cable and streaming platforms to this very day. In the decades to follow, Family would also launch its Canadian versions of Playhouse Disney in November 2007 and Disney Junior and Disney XD in July 2011, as well as the French PD/DJ counterpart Telemagino in July 2010 and its three Disney copyright infringement channels Family Jr. and Family CHRGD in September 2015 and WildBrain TV in March 2022 respectively.

To mourn the deaths of these other Canadian kids' TV powerhouses, Family and its sister channels have made some special funeral branding to mark the occasion, including a farewell bumper showing off all its previous logos past and present and some words of thanks and gratitude from the brand's stars and in-vision continuity presenters past and present who want to take the time to say thank you for your support and supporting this family of networks after all these years.

Don't worry, the Family brand is still here to stay. Even though the channels are going off the air and getting scrapped for good, you can still find your favorite Disney Canada and Familky Channel content on your local Canadian streaming services. The Canadian versions of Disney Channel, Cartoon Network and Boomerang and original Canadian networks Treehouse TV, Teletoon+ and YTV are also sticking around for a while, so there's still plenty more Canadian linear kids TVin the years to come.

But unfortunately, it's the end of the road for DHX Media/WildBrain's Family Channels saga. From the entire staff at Corus Entertainment and WildBrain Television to all of you, we just want to say a very big thank you for supporting us at Family Channel after 37 years. Without your continued support, this brand of kids TV in Canada wouldn't even exist up until this fateful day.

Thank you for watching and Fartewell to the Fam.

R.I.P.,
Family Channel, Family Jr., Family CHRGD, WildBrain TV, Telemagino,
Playhouse Disney Canada, Disney Junior Canada, Disney XD Canada and ABC Spark
Thursday September 1st, 1988-Wednesday October 22nd, 2025
www.family.ca www.familyjr.ca www.familychrgd.ca www.wildbraintv.com www..telemagino.ca
www.playhousedisney.ca www.disneyjunior.ca www.disneyxd.ca www.abcspark.com

Copyright ©1988-©2025 Family Channels Canada Operations Ltd.
Copyright ©2010-©2025 DHX Media Worldwide Ltd.
Copyright ©2019-©2025 WildBrain Studios Entertainment
Copyright ©MMVII-©MMXXV The Walt Disney Company Enterprises Inc.

NICK or Treat - Nickelodeon's SHOCKtober 2025 Premiere Highlights

Nickelodeon is gearing up for spooky season with a month of spooktacular Halloween premieres!

THE BOSS BABY: BACK IN BUSINESS (NEW SERIES!!!)
FRI October 3rd S01E01 (Series Premiere)
FRI October 10th S01E02 
FRI October 17th S01E03 
FRI October 24th S01E04 
FRI October 31st S01E05 
All times 5:30PM ET/4:30c

DORA THE EXPLORER: SAY HOLA TO ADVENTURES
FRI October 10th S10E08 "Halloween's Been Swiped CANCELLED!/The Pumpkin Party Mystery"
All; times 10:00AM ET/9:00c

DORA THE EXPLORER: DORA'S MERMAID ADVENTURES PODCAST
MON October 13th S01E03 
MON October 27th S01E04 
MON November 10th S01E05 
MON November 24th S01E06 
MON December 8th S01E07 
MON December 22nd S01E08 
MON January 5th S01E09 
MON January 19th S01E10 (Season 1 Finale)
All times 10:00AM ET/9:00c

GABBY'S DOLLHOUSE
WEDS October 1st S04E12 "Grandma CatRat" (Season 4 Finale)
All times 5:30PM ET/4:30c

THE NEIGHBORHOODD (Nick@Nite only)
THURS October 9th S06E01 
THURS October 9th S06E02 
THURS October 9th S06E03 
FRI October 10th S06E04 
FRI October 10th S06E05 
FRI October 10th S06E06 
FRI October 10th S06E07 
SAT October 11th S06E08 
SAT October 11th S06E09 
SAT October 11th S06E10 (Season 6 Finale)
All times 4:30AM ET/3:30c

NFL SLIMETIME V
WEDS October 1st S05E04 "Week 4"
WEDS October 8th S05E05 "Week 5"
WEDS October 15th S05E06 "Week 6"
WEDS October 22nd S05E07 "Week 7"
WEDS October 29th S05E08 "Week 8"
WEDS November 5th S05E09 "Week 9"
WEDS November 12th S05E10 "Week 10"
WEDS November 19th S05E11 "Week 11"
WEDS November 26th S05E12 "Week 12"
WEDS December 3rd S05E13 "Week 13"
WEDS December 10th S05E14 "Week 14"
WEDS December 17th S05E15 "Week 15"
WEDS December 24th S05E16 "Week 16: Jingle All the PLAYS"
WEDS December 31st S05E17 "Week 17: Auld Lang SLIME"
WEDS January 7th S05E18 "Week 18"
WEDS January 14th S05E19 "Week 19"
WEDS January 21st S05E20 "Week 20"
WEDS January 28th S05E21 "Week 21"
WEDS February 4th S05E22 "Week 22"
SUN February 8th S05E23 "Nickelodeon at Super Bowl 60 LX"
WEDS February 11th S05E24 "Week 23: Post Super Bowl Highlights" (Season 5 Finale)
All times 7:30PM ET/6:30c

THE PATRICK STAR SHOW (WATCH IT OR ELSE!!! >:()
FRI October 3rd 
FRI October 10th 
FRI October 17th 
FRI October 24th 
All times 7:00PM ET/6:00c

PAW PATROL
FRI October 3rd S11E27-28 "Valiente: A Tracker Story"
FRI October 17th S12E "Pups Save the Haunted Farms"
FRI November 28th S11E29-30 "A PAW Patrol Christmas Carol" (Season 11 Finale)
All times 12:00PM ET/11:00AMc

NICK JR.'S RIDE AND SING
THURS October 2nd S01E02 
THURS October 9th S01E03 
THURS October 16th S01E04 
THURS October 23rd S01E05 
THURS October 30th S01E06 
THURS November 6th S01E07 
THURS November 13th S01E08 
THURS November 20th S01E09 
THURS November 27th S01E10 (Season 1 Finle)
All times 3:00PM ET/2:00c

RUBBLE & CREW
FRI October 10th S03E14 
All times 12:30PM ET/11:30AMc

SONIC PRIME
SAT October 4th 
SAT October 11th 
SAT October 18th 
SAT October 25th 
All times 9:00AM ET/8:00c

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
FRI October 3rd S15E "The HAUNTED Bucket"
FRI October 10th 
FRI October 17th 
FRI October 24th 
FRI October 31st 
All times 5:00PM ET/4:00c

SUPERHERO DUPER BUNNY LEAGUE
SAT October 4th S01E14 
SAT October 11th S01E15 
SAT October 18th S01E16 
SAT October 25th S01E17 
All times 9:30AM ET/8:30c

THE THUNDERMANS: UNDERCOVER
WEDS October 1st S05E24 "The Mastermind Unmasked" (Part 1 of 2)
WEDS October 8th S05E25 "The Mastermind Unmaske" (Part 2 of 2)
WEDS November 26th S05E26 "It's The Most THUNDERful Time of the Year!" (Reboot Season Finale)
All times 7:00PM ET/6:00c

TIM REX IN SPACE
FRI October 3rd S01E10 
All times 9:30AM ET/8:30c

WYLDE PAK
FRI October 3rd S01E14
All times 7:30PM ET/6:30c

Please note that this schedule is incomplete and has yet to be finalized.