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**Hub!** is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that was launched in February 14, 2015. The channel is owned by Bear Bones Entertainment, Hasbro, Mattel and MGA Entertainment, with a minority ownership held by Discovery Communications, NBCUniversal, Walt Disney Television, Sony Pictures Television, ViacomCBS, WarnerMedia and Corus Entertainment. The channel serves as a revival for Hub Network.

## History

On March 12, 2013, Bear Bones Entertainment announced that it would be forming a joint venture with Hasbro, Mattel and MGA Entertainment, along with Discovery Communications, NBCUniversal, 21st Century Fox, Sony, Viacom, Time Warner and Corus Entertainment, to launch an live-action/animation-focused television channel.

On September 17, 2014, the new channel would be named Hub!, when Discovery relaunched Hub Network as Discovery Channel. Hub! was launched on February 15, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time, with the first *Malachi and Friends* episode "Malachi's Best Friends/The Toy!" as its first program.

On the same day of the launch, the network aired its first film, *All Dogs Go To Heaven 2,* and has continued to air movies since then.

## Programming

*Main article: List of programs broadcast by Hub!*
Programming on Hub! includes original series such as  *Hanazuki: Full of Treasures*, *Bratz,* *Transformers: Cyberverse*, *Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy*, *Polly Pocket* (2018), *Barbie: Dreamtopia* and *Monster High: The Adventures of the Ghoul Squad*, as well as acquired programming from its owners.

* ***HubBub*** – Hub! programs series targeted at preschool-age children daily every morning on Monday through Fridays from 8:30 am- 2:00 pm Eastern and Pacific Time (7-10 am during the summer months, other designated school break periods, and on national holidays).
* ***HubHouse*** – a late-night block targeted towards teens and adults, airing every night from 9 p.m. EST to 6 a.m. EST (12 a.m EST to 6 a.m. during Friday and Saturday nights).
* ***Hub!'s One Saturday Morning*** - a Saturday morning block that airs from 6 a.m. EST to 11 p.m.
* ***Hub! Invaded*** - a block that involved a continuing storyline of an alien invasion that ran through five different episodes of five different shows.
* ***Hub!'s Super New Friday!*** - a Friday night block that airs new episodes
* ***Hub!'s Family Movie Night*** - a weekend programming block that aired movies every Saturday and Sunday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
* ***Hangin' with Nicktoons*** - a block that airs exclusively animated Nickelodeon shows from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
* ***Cartoon Cartoons Planets*** - a block that airs exclusively Cartoon Network original shows from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
* ***The Disney Afternoon*** - a block that exclusively airs exclusively animated Disney shows from 3 p.m to 5 p.m.
* ***Canadian Toons*** - a block that exclusively airs exclusively animated Canadian shows from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
* ***DreamWorks on Hub!*** – a block of animated series produced by DreamWorks Animation that airs from 8:00 to 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time, which resulted from NBCUniversal's 2016 acquisition of DreamWorks Animation.

#### Yearly

* ***The Biggest Summer Ever*** - The Biggest Summer Ever block replaces morning programming during the summer vacation period from July to early September, containing some of the channel's popular programs, and daily movies. The block also featured contests.
* ***Creepy Spooky Night*** - This block features Halloween specials and episodes.
* ***Hub!'s Snowy Holiday*** - This block features holiday specials and episodes.

## Idents/Promos

*Main article: Hub!/Idents and promos transcripts*
## Mascot

The mascot is the Hub logo, which looks like a BFDI talking hub.

## Content agreements

* Bear Bones Entertainment
	+ Bear Bones Productions
	+ Sensation Animation
	+ Maloing Entertainment
	+ Riverhood Entertainment
	+ BBToons Originals

* Hasbro
	+ Allspark
	+ Boulder Media
	+ Entertainment One
* Mattel
* MGA Entertainment
* NBCUniversal
	+ Universal Studios (family films only)
	+ DreamWorks Animation
	+ Illumination Entertainment
	+ Universal Animation Studios
* The Walt Disney Company
	+ Walt Disney Pictures (family films only)
		- Walt Disney Animation Studios
		- Disneytoon Studios
	+ Disney Television Animation
	+ Pixar Animation Studios
	+ 20th Century Studios (family films only)
	+ 20th Century Fox Television
	+ Blue Sky Studios
* ViacomCBS
	+ Paramount Pictures (select films only)
		- Paramount Animation
		- Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios/Paramount Cartoon Studios
	+ Nickelodeon
		- Nickelodeon Productions
		- Nickelodeon Animation Studio
		- Nickelodeon Movies
	+ CBS Entertainment Group
		- Cinema Center Films
* WarnerMedia
	+ Warner Bros. Entertainment
		- Warner Bros. Pictures (family films only)
		- Warner Animation Group (select films only)
		- Warner Bros. Animation
	+ Turner Broadcasting System
		- Turner Entertainment
		- Hanna-Barbera
		- Cartoon Network
	+ Corus Entertainment
		- Teletoon
		- YTV
	+ Sony Pictures Entertainment
		- Columbia Pictures (family films only)
		- TriStar Pictures (family films only)
		- Sony Pictures Television
		- Sony Pictures Animation
	+ Sega
	+ Nintendo
	+ Andrews McMeel Publishing
	+ Nelvana
	+ WildBrain
	+ Xilam
	+ Zagtoon
	+ France Télévisions
	+ BBC Worldwide
	+ MGM Holdings
	+ Paws, Inc.
	+ Sanrio
	+ Saban Brands
	+ Portfolio Entertainment
	+ 9 Story Media Group
	+ 41 Entertainment (BKN International)
	+ Nelvana
	+ Studio Deen
	+ BVS Entertainment
	+ Toei Animation
	+ Marathon Animation
	+ Porchlight Entertainment
	+ TMS Entertainment
	+ Capcom
	+ Xilam
	+ Televisa
	+ ITV
	+ El Trece
	+ Paka Paka
	+ Canal 13
	+ 44Toons
	+ Ánima Estudios
	+ American Greetings
	+ Ruby-Spears Productions
	+ Film Roman
	+ Scholastic Entertainment
	+ Fred Wolf Films
	+ Bandai
	+ Group TAC
	+ Cake Entertainment
	+ Archie Comics
	+ The Lego Group
	+ m4e AG
	+ Namco
	+ 4Kids Entertainment

 Schedule

*Main article: Hub!/Schedule*
## TV rating

Note that most of the shows are rated TV-Y7 (and TV-Y7-FV), but there are a few shows that are rated TV-PG (select shows and films only).

* TV-Y (preschool shows)
* TV-Y7 (and TV-Y7-FV, most shows)
* TV-G (some shows and most theatrical films)
* TV-PG (some shows and most theatrical films)