The BEST Discovery Family shows of all time

Every Discovery Family show, ranked

We've compiled the average episode rating for every Discovery Family show to compile this list of best shows!

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8.82
281 votes

#1 - Transformers: Rescue Bots

Meet the Rescue Bots! Chase, Heatwave, Blades, and Boulder are given a very important mission by Optimus Prime: Protect and learn about mankind. Stationed undercover on a technologically advanced island called Griffon Rock, they team up with a family of first responders, including a Chief Police Man: Charlie Burns, a Fire Fighter: Kade Burns, a Helicopter Pilot: Dani Burns, and a Construction Engineer: Graham Burns. With help from Cody Burns, the Burns family's youngest, the Rescue Bots keep the peace and keep people safe in their new home. And along the way, they learn what it really means to be a hero.

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8.43
3707 votes

#2 - My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Princess Celestia sends her star pupil, the bookish unicorn Twilight Sparkle, to Ponyville to improve her socialization skills. Twilight quickly makes five new four-legged friends: Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity. Each instilled with the respective spirits of magic, honesty, loyalty, laughter, kindness and generosity, the animals learn that by working together they can achieve the most important element of all: harmony.

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8.09
171 votes

#3 - My Little Pony: Equestria Girls

Full-time students and part-time magical pony-girls, the Equestria Girls are always ready to save the day with the Magic of Friendship!

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8.01
397 votes

#4 - R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series

"R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour" is an anthology series aimed at kids and teens, and inspired by the stories of horror master R.L. Stine. Each thirty minute episode is a tale of horror and suspense, invariably involving a supernatural element. Disdaining gore and overt violence, the episodes rely on sharp story telling and imaginative cinematic techniques to evoke chills, thrills and scares.

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7.96
156 votes

#5 - Strange Days at Blake Holsey High

There is something weird going on at Blake Holsey High. Something paranormal. When Josie Trent is sent to a private prep school she must come face to face with things that cannot be explained easily, but with the help of friends and one science teacher maybe surviving school won't be that hard.

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7.75
265 votes

#6 - Littlest Pet Shop (2012)

The series follows Blythe Baxter, a young girl living with her air pilot father, Roger. Forced to move out from her suburban hometown following her father's promotion, she moves into an apartment located in a crowded city. Their complex is located above the eponymous Littlest Pet Shop -- a pet store that also serves as a day camp for numerous pets -- where Blythe works as a fashion designer. Her adventure begins when she discovers that she alone can miraculously understand and talk to the pets that regularly stay at the shop, in addition to most other animals on the planet. As she and the pets spend time together, they find the pet shop jeopardized by a larger pet store managed by Fisher Biskit and his snooty twin daughters, Whittany and Brittany Biskit. To avoid being dispersed, the pets convince Blythe to remain an employee. The pets who reside in the day camp of the store are Pepper, a wisecracking skunk passionate about comedy; Minka, a bouncy spider monkey with a flair for painting and visual arts; Penny Ling, a sensitive giant panda interested in rhythmic gymnastics; Russell, a hedgehog who is often the self-appointed leader of his animal bunkmates; Sunil, a mongoose and magician hopeful; Vinnie, a clumsy gecko obsessed with dancing; and Zoe, a diva-like dog with a talent for singing. Other human characters include Mrs. Twombly, owner of the shop and Blythe's boss, and Youngmee Song, Sue Patterson, and Jasper Jones, Blythe's schoolmates.

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6.72
548 votes

#7 - Cake Boss

Buddy Valastro is one of the most successful and renowned cake artists in the United States. Master baker of Carlo's City Hall Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey, Buddy is the cake boss.

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5.75
32 votes

#8 - My Little Pony: Pony Life

My Little Pony: Pony Life looks at the funny side of friendship. The new center of the world is Sugarcube Corner – just like going to a friend’s house after school, this is our ponies’ home away from home. Here, Pinkie Pie serves up frosted cupcakes to the best customers in the world— her friends! Pony Life episodes feature hilarious “slice of life” stories that modern kids can relate to. The series is loaded with magic, including a mysterious source of potions that Pinkie keeps hidden behind the bakery counter and breaks out when the need arises.

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