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On April 30, 2009, it was announced that Hasbro had acquired a 50% stake in [[Discovery Channel|Discovery Kids]] from Discovery Communications, which was in the middle of overhauling its various spinoff channels. At that point Discovery Kids was basically running on auto-pilot, running [[Edutainment Show|Edutainment Shows]] from the early 2000's that hadn't been refreshed in years, mixed in with acquired programming such as ''[[Goosebumps]]'' and other kid-friendly content from sister channels such as [[Animal Planet]] that could fit the network's mission.
 
The resulting joint venture changed the channel's name to The Hub on October 10, 2010 (following a marathon of ''[[Kenny the Shark (Animation)|Kenny the Shark]]'', which was carried over upon the revamp). Discovery oversees ad sales and distribution, while Hasbro is responsible for programming. The network continues to use the Discovery Kids strategy of tagging its educational programming as meeting FCC educational and informational programming guidelines. An on-screen logo lists it as E/I on electronic program guide listings despite the E/I policy being targeted wholly to broadcast stations, with cable networks completely excluded from E/I regulations.
 
As to be expected with a network half-owned by a toy company, [[Merchandise-Driven]] programming is a significant part of the channel's schedule. Along with Hasbro product (including franchises with significant story-telling histories), American Greetings is also a presence on the channel. In addition, they air reruns of childrens'/family shows from the 80's and 90's and shows that the big three childrens' networks have no room for anymore, family movies, original game shows based on popular board games such as Pictionary, The Game Of Life and Scrabble, and even older shows during the evenings such as ''[[Happy Days (TV)|Happy Days]]'' and ''[[The Wonder Years]]''. Their first [[Reality Show]], ''Majors & Minors'', premiered on September 23rd, 2011.
 
Due to the prevalence of Hasbro's 80's franchises on the channel, like [[Transformers]], it has a substantial [[Periphery Demographic]] of 20-35 year olds. The surprise hit of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' (carrying its own wide demographic spread) also helped to bolster the rebooted channel's newfound success. Likewise the channel is hosting one of the most well-recieved Transformers reboots to date, ''[[Transformers Prime (Animation)|Transformers Prime]]''.
 
Infamous for making the videos hosted on its website a nasty case of [[No Export for You]]. They have pinned the blame on the international licensing deals with other networks, most notoriously Time Warner (who is pretty much out to screw programming based on Hasbro's franchises over, and because of Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears owning the rights to many of the Hasbro tie-in shows it made for Hasbro in the 80's, holds those shows in a limbo), making many people wish that they'd just scrap their existing licensing deals and launch internationally already.
 
Rebranded in 2014 to "[[Discovery Family]]".
 
Not to be confused with a [[Hub Level]].
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==== Shows Created for The Hub: ====▼
 
{{examples|Shows aired on The Hub include:}}
▲==== Shows Created for The Hub: ====
* ''The Adventures of Chuck & Friends''
* ''[[The Aquabats Super Show|The Aquabats! SuperShow!]]''
* ''[[Care Bears (Franchise)|Care Bears]]: Welcome to Care-A-Lot'' (Premiering Summer 2012)
* ''[[Clue (TV series)|Clue]]''
* ''[[Dan Vs (Animation).|Dan Vs]].''
* ''[[Family Game Night]]''
* ''The Game of Life''
* ''[[G.I. Joe: Renegades (Animation)|G.I. Joe Renegades]]''
* ''Hubworld''
* ''[[Kaijudo (Animationanimation)|Kaijudo]]''
* ''Majors & Minors'' (reality talent competition similar to ''American Idol''<ref>Except that no one gets voted off</ref>; first original reality show on The Hub)
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''
* ''[[Pictureka]]''
* ''[[Pound Puppies (Animation)|Pound Puppies]]''
* ''Scrabble Showdown''
* ''Secret Millionaires Club''
* ''Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless'' (3-part documentary about Taylor Swift's ''Fearless'' Tour)
* ''[[Transformers Prime (Animation)|Transformers Prime]]''
* ''[[Transformers Rescue Bots (Animation)|Transformers Rescue Bots]]''
 
 
==== Syndicated shows that are airing, or have aired on The Hub: ====▼
 
▲==== Syndicated shows that are airing, or have aired on The Hub: ====
* ''[[Animal Mechanicals (Animation)|Animal Mechanicals]]''
* ''[[AreAnimal You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?Mechanicals]]''
* ''[[AtomicAre BettyYou (Animation)|AtomicSmarter BettyThan a 5th Grader?]]''
* ''[[BatmanAtomic (TV)|BatmanBetty]]''
* ''[[Batman Beyond(TV (Animationseries)|Batman Beyond]]''
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated SeriesBeyond]]''
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]''
** ''The New Batman Adventures''
* ''[[Conan the Adventurer (Animationanimation)|Conan the Adventurer]]''
* ''[[Cosmic Quantum Ray (Animation)|Cosmic Quantum Ray]]''
* ''[[Deltora Quest (Literature)|Deltora Quest]]'' (the channel's only anime series so far)
* ''[[Dennis the Menace UK|Dennis and Gnasher]]''
* ''Dinosapien''
* ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV)|Doogie Howser, M.D.]]''
* ''[[Endurance]]''
* ''[[Family Ties (TV)|Family Ties]]''
* ''[[Fraggle Rock (TV)|Fraggle Rock]]''
* ''[[The Future Is Wild (Franchise)|The Future Is Wild]]''
* ''[[G.I. Joe (Franchise)|G.I. Joe]] A Real American Hero'' (Sunbow)
* ''[[Goosebumps]]''
* ''[[Grossology (Animation)|Grossology]]''
* ''[[Growing Up Creepie (Animation)|Growing Up Creepie]]''
* ''[[Happy Days (TV)|Happy Days]]''
* ''[[The Haunting Hour the Series]]''
* ''[[Honey I Shrunk the Kids (TV series)|Honey I Shrunk the Kids]]'' (the series)
* ''In The Night Garden''
* ''[[Jem (Animation)|Jem]] and the Holograms''
* ''[[Kenny the Shark (Animation)|Kenny the Shark]]''
* ''[[Laverne and Shirley (TV)|Laverne and Shirley]]''
* ''[[Maryoku Yummy (Animation)|Maryoku Yummy]]''
* ''[[Meerkat Manor (TV)|Meerkat Manor]]''
* ''[[Men in Black (Animationanimation)|Men in Black]]'' (the series)
* ''[[Mork and Mindy]]''
* ''[[My Little Pony G 3 (Animation)|My Little Pony G 3]]'' (not on the channel itself, but on its website)
* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''
* ''[[The Saddle Club]]''
* ''[[Strawberry Shortcake (Animation)|Strawberry Shortcake]]'s Berry Bitty Adventures''
* ''[[The Superhero Squad Show (Animation)|The Superhero Squad Show]]''
* ''[[Time Warp Trio (Animation)|Time Warp Trio]]''
* ''[[The Transformers (Animationanimation)|The Transformers]]''
* ''The Twisted Whiskers Show''
* ''[[Where Onon Earth Is Carmen Sandiego (Animation)?|Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego]]''
* ''[[Wilbur]]'' (Once-weekly holdover from Discovery Kids, airing in the wee morning hours of Monday)
* ''[[The Wonder Years]]''
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