Family (TV Channel) - Programming

Programming

Family produces its own original programming, in addition to airing many series and original movies from the U.S. cable network Disney Channel, along with reruns of two now-defunct flagship series from the U.S. channel Nickelodeon (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Zoey 101), and one current series from Australia's Network Ten (The Elephant Princess). Though the majority of Family's international programming comes from Disney Channel, some Nickelodeon live-action series ran on the channel in the past, this was even as YTV strengthened its programming ties with Nickelodeon during the 2000s; Nickelodeon's programming has now largely migrated to YTV (and its sister channel Nickelodeon). In April 2012, Pair of Kings was the last Disney XD series to move completely to Family's Canadian sister channel of the same name.

Family broadcasts episodes of its programming in order by the program's production code number, instead of the order of their original broadcast run on American and other foreign channels; many times this places episodes out of order storyline-wise, as many shows film episodes out of order. The network also utilizes an "off-the-clock" schedule for programming airing between 1 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. ET, with series airing during that period running in timeslots of 23-27 minutes, usually concurrent with the program's original runtime without commercials or promos included, as such promo breaks on Family between programs are generally of limited length during the overnight and morning hours.