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Movies

Esquire Network and Discovery Family Channel celebrate “Back to the Future Day” with BTTF film marathon

Despite all the false memes you may have seen shared by your Facebook friends over the years, the actual date that Marty McFly arrived in the future from 1985, according to the movie Back to the Future Part II, is Oct. 21, 2015 (at 4:29pm, if you want to be really precise). And that date is now, finally, just around the corner, and there have been all sorts of commemorations and remembrances by and for fans, from Universal Studios creating a funny faux trailer for Jaws 19, which was showing in BTTF‘s vision of 2015; to people wondering with amazement if the Chicago […]

My Little Pony
Animation

My Little Pony Challenges American Pharaoh in The Belmont Stakes

Ooooh, those Ponies! They may be sweet, who knew that beneath their Cutie Marks live the hearts of fierce competitors? (I know that hearts are not located in pony haunches, but go with me on this.) The four-legged crew of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic have their eyes on the prize of the 2015 Belmont Stakes and while I know nothing about the sport of Animated Pony Racing, but I do know the voracity of MLP fans. If there’s any way fan support equates to victory, I’d place my bets on the Bronies!   We know that MLP would […]

Documentary

“Meerkat Manor” returning (sort of)

Animal Planet’s cute “docu-soap” hit from about a decade back, Meerkat Manor, is being packaged with reversioned footage from the first two seasons and a new narrator for two 90-minute specials debuting on sister network Discovery Family Channel in June. Meerkat Manor: The Monarchy Begins, and Meerkat Manor: The Monarchy Under Attack will air June 2 and 9, respectively. As you can tell from the photo above, the repackaging is inspired by Downton Abbey, as new narrator Rupert Graves explains the drama in the “Whiskers Mob” of meerkats that became viewer favorites (hopefully the post-Edwardian garb will not be CGIed onto the real meerkats). […]

Strawberry Shortcake
Animation

First Look: Exclusive Clip From Strawberry Shortcake, Season 4!

Big news, fans of adorable cartoons with delicious-sounding names, Season 4 of Strawberry Shortcake’s Berry Bitty Adventures will introduce three new characters — twins Sweet and Sour Grapes, and Apple Dumplin’— all characters from past series! The new season premieres Saturday June 20 at 12:30 PM EST / 11:30 AM CST on the Discovery Family Channel, and follows the charming — and slightly mischievous — adventures of friends Strawberry Shortcake, Blueberry Muffin, Lemon Meringue, Raspberry Torte, Orange Blossom, Plum Pudding, Cherry Jam and their new friends Sweet and Sour Grapes and Apple Dumplin’. In the premiere episode, titled “Berry Double Trouble,” […]

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Family

“My Dog’s Crazy Animal Friends” Premieres on Discovery Family Channel

This Thursday, Discovery Family is premiering a new series that profiles the world’s most unusual animal friendships. In My Dog’s Crazy Animal Friends, playful pups form bonds with some of the most unexpected members of the animal kingdom. Each week, back-to-back episodes (episode descriptions below) will warm your heart and get your tail wagging! In an exclusive clip shared with Channel Guide Magazine, we meet a darling doggie who has found a striped playmate who’s a pretty wild cat! It’s pretty marvelous to watch these two different species interact and find common ground through play. It reminds me of how easily children make friends at a […]

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Season 5
Animation

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Season 5 Premiere!

Your long wait for original episodes if over, pony fans! Dust off your Rainbow Dash gear, because it’s Ponytime! Season 5 of the wildly popular cartoon series, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic premieres April 4 with two back-to-back episodes. In the Season 5 premiere of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, the Mane 6: Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Applejack travel to a seemingly utopian village where every pony has given up their cutie marks. The town’s leader, Starlight Glimmer, assures the Mane 6 that the ponies in this village are happy in their lives […]

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Animation

My Little Pony Special: A Very Minty Christmas

Attention, Bronies and wishful residents of Ponyville, your favorite equines have a new ponyventure in time for Christmas! My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas premieres December 13 at 7pmET on Discovery Family.  Make sure to set your DVR too: after you watch it once, you and your loved ones will clamor to watch it again and again. The hour-long family adventure features two new songs that will make you forget all existence of a certain Disney princess with a panache for spewing ice from her frigid fingers — this winter, it’s going to be all about the ponies. Since […]

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Animation

New Season of Transformers Rescue Bots Premieres Nov. 1

I was a huge fan of Transformers when I was a kid. I remember my best birthday was when I turned 7 and I received the Transformers Buzzsaw, Grapple and Inferno. I was pretty sure that my friends were the best friends in the universe. The theme song to the 1980’s cartoon is still among my favorites and I will forever make that Kee-kah-koh-kuh sound whenever I am folding/ bending/ or changing the shape of anything (and this happens quite frequently at Casa de Freeze). I also sometimes to it just to annoy my kids. Now, a new generation of […]