Brat (digital network)

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Brat TV
Brat TV logo.png
Type of site
OTT digital media network
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California, United States
Founder(s) Rob Fishman
Darren Lachtman
URL www.brat.com
RegistrationAvailable on YouTube
LaunchedMarch 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)
Current statusActive

Brat (also known as Brat TV) is a digital media network, which was launched in 2017 and is available on YouTube. The network features original shows and is intended for teenagers. The original script features popular teenage social media celebrities in videos ranging from six to twenty-five minutes long. Brat's flagship web series, Chicken Girls , featured many social media influencers. A subsequent movie, based on Chicken Girls, was released later titled as Chicken Girls: The Movie . Brat has also produced shows starring numerous teenage TV and movie stars from Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, such as Anna Cathcart, Francesca Capaldi, and Emily Skinner. Annie Leblanc is the most famous actress of brat TV. She had recently broke up with Asher Angel and may reunite with Hayden Sumerall, her childhood buddy.

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History

Brat was launched in 2017 by television writer Rob Fishman and Darren Lachtman as an online network featuring scripted content, streaming for free on YouTube. [1] [2] The company originally received $2.5 million in seed funding from a range of investors. [1] Fishman saw a gap in the online market for high-quality teenage shows available for free on digital platforms. [3] The content produced by Brat is structured as several short web series starring popular teenage internet celebrities. Fishman noted how the selected social media celebrities all brought their own established audiences to Brat's shows, describing them as "under-leveraged media property". [3] [1] The name of the network was inspired by the "Brat Pack" movies of the 1980s. [3]

On September 5, 2017, Brat premiered Chicken Girls , which is to date Brat's longest running series.

The most viewed episode (not including movies, music videos, trailers, sneak peeks, behind the scenes content, or bonus content) on Brat of all time is season 1 episode 9 of Mani , which is called "I'm the Captain Now". It stands at over 20 million views as of February 1, 2021. The episode originally premiered on December 6, 2017.

In addition to teenage internet celebrities, Brat’s content would also star people who have worked with Disney Channel and Nickelodeon (Brat mainly works with internet celebrities though).

In 2018, Brat premiered 3 shows that were different than its usual single-camera shows: Brat Chat which was a talk show hosted by Indiana Massara and Darius Marcell that premiered in June, The Talent Show [4] which was a competition series to find Brat’s next star (it was hosted by Casey Simpson. The usual set of judges consisted of Sofie Dossi, Bryce Xavier, and Jordyn Jones) that was released in August, and Hotel Du Loone which was a multi-cam sitcom that (like Brat Chat) was released in June. [5] A film based on Chicken Girls was released in 2018 as part of a deal with Studio L, a digital content division of Lionsgate [2] [6] Before the film's release, Brat and Lionsgate amicably canceled their partnership. [7] The film was designed to provide an alternative to what had been covered in the series and premiered in June. [2]

Chicken Girls: The Movie was released in June 2018, and ended up becoming Brat’s most popular video/show/movie/episode of all time, as it has more than 33 million views (as of February 1, 2021).

In December 2018, Brat premiered the Brat Holiday Spectacular starring Mackenzie Ziegler, Jules LeBlanc, Indiana Massara, Sofie Dossi, Aliyah Moulden, Kelsey Cook, Jay Ulloa, Bryce Xavier, Emily Skinner, Darius Marcell, Billy LeBlanc, Paul Arnold, Tristan Tales, and Tiffany Jeneen. [8]

In March 2019, Brat premiered Spring Breakaway starring Jules LeBlanc, Lilia Buckingham, Anna Cathcart, Kianna Naomi, William Franklyn-Miller, Jay Ulloa, Chase Keith, Paul Toweh, and Alex Guzman. [9]

In August 2019, Brat premiered Intern-in-Chief which featured Jules LeBlanc, Kianna Naomi, Kennedy Walsh, Brooke Butler, Riley Lewis, Giorgio Antoniazzi, William Franklyn-Miller, Bryce Xavier, Indiana Massara, Hayley LeBlanc, Matt Sato, Rush Holland, Mads Lewis, and Aliyah Moulden.

Shows

Current shows

TitlePremiere dateNo. seasonsSource(s)
Chicken Girls September 5, 20177 [10]
Zoe Valentine January 16, 20192 [11] [12]
Crown Lake June 20, 20192 [13]
Sunnyside UpDecember 3, 20191Brat (September 14, 2019), Sunnyside Up|
Crazy FastDecember 4, 20191Brat (September 13, 2019), Crazy Fast |
Stage FrightMarch 26, 20201Brat (February 9, 2020), Stage Fright |
Attaway GeneralMay 20, 20202Brat (February 9, 2020), Attaway General |

Films

TitlePremiere dateSource(s)
Chicken Girls: The Movie June 29, 2018 [14]
Brat Holiday SpectacularDecember 21, 2018 [15]
Spring Breakaway March 15, 2019 [16]
Intern-in-Chief August 23, 2019

Former programming

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TitlePremiere dateFinale dateSeasonsSource(s)
Single-camera series
MisshapsDagger-14-plain.pngJune 12, 2017August 7, 20171 [17]
Cody & LexyDagger-14-plain.pngJuly 27, 2017August 17, 20171 [18]
KeysDagger-14-plain.pngJuly 29, 2017February 16, 20181 [19]
Mani August 30, 2017April 8, 20205 [20]
Spot The DogAugust 31, 2017September 23, 20171 [21]
Flunky's UpsetSeptember 27, 2017November 2, 20171 [22]
Attaway AppealSeptember 28, 2017November 10, 20171 [23]
AfterschooledJanuary 11, 2018February 8, 20181 [24]
OvernightsMarch 2, 2018March 30, 20181 [25]
Total Eclipse April 5, 2018September 3, 20205 [26]
BrobotApril 16, 2018May 14, 20181 [27]
DirtMay 4, 2018March 1, 20192 [28]
Baby Doll RecordsJune 4, 2018July 16, 20181 [29]
Boss CheerJune 21, 2018February 21, 20192 [30]
A Girl Named JoJuly 3, 2018August 6, 20193 [31]
On The RopesFebruary 25, 2019April 15, 20191 [32]
StuckMarch 27, 2019May 15, 20191 [33]
Red RubyApril 29, 2019June 10, 20191 [34]
Rooney’s Last RollNovember 11, 2020December 2, 2020
Talk show
Brat ChatJune 3, 2018December 16, 20181 [35]
Sketch comedies
My Not So Sweet 16Dagger-14-plain.pngJuly 7, 2017July 7, 20171 [36]
Too Cool For SchoolDagger-14-plain.pngJuly 8, 2017July 22, 20171 [37]
Multi-camera series
Hotel Du LooneJune 27, 2018August 22, 20181 [38]
Reality series
The Pain of PaintingDagger-14-plain.pngJuly 19, 2017August 9, 20171 [39]
ShelteredDagger-14-plain.pngJuly 21, 2017August 11, 20171 [40]
Chicken Girls: The DocuseriesOctober 1, 2020November 12, 2020
Competition series
The Talent ShowAugust 27, 2018October 11, 20181 [41]

Brat had also filmed shows called Turnt and Theater Kids, [42] but they aren’t on the Brat channel. The former aired on Facebook, while the latter never aired at all.

Other media

Other channels

B-Sides

In February 2020, Brat launched a YouTube channel called B-Sides dedicated original songs by Brat stars, as well as covers of existing songs.

Yearbook

In February 2020, Brat launched a YouTube channel called Yearbook that features Brat’s stars in different series of videos, often interviews or recaps:

  • Best Day Ever
  • Chemistry
  • Dear Diary
  • Honor Roll
  • @me
  • Meet My Pet
  • Portrait Mode
  • Sip or Spill
  • Study Hall
  • Tuesday Tea

Some of Yearbook’s videos had been posted on Brat’s IGTV.

Books

In March 2019, Brat partnered with Sky Pony Press to release a junior novel based on the Chicken Girls series, entitled "Rhyme and the Runaway Twins". [43]

IGTV

Podcast

In August 2019, Brat partnered with Art19 to produce a set of podcasts, the first of which served as a spin-off of Attaway Appeal. [44]

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