List of Facebook Watch original programming

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Facebook Watch is a service that provides streaming of videos hosted by Facebook and access to "Facebook Original" series, shows that receive funding from Facebook. The service officially launched as Facebook Watch on August 10, 2017.

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For short-form videos, Facebook originally had a budget of roughly $10,000–$40,000 per episode, [1] though renewal contracts have placed the budget in the range of $50,000–$70,000. [2] Long-form TV-length series have budgets between $250,000 to over $1 million. [2] The Wall Street Journal reported in September 2017 that the company was willing to spend up to $1 billion on original video content through 2018. [3] [4] In April 2023, Meta announced that they were scaling back on originals entirely, having already stopped developing scripted originals in 2020. [5]

Original programming

Drama

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
SKAM Austin Teen drama April 27, 20182 seasons, 18 episodes18–50 min.Ended
Five Points Teen drama June 4, 20182 seasons, 20 episodes10–17 min.
Sacred Lies Anthology drama July 27, 20182 seasons, 20 episodes28–34 min.
Turnt Teen drama August 1, 20181 season, 40 episodes7–18 min.
Sorry for Your Loss Drama September 18, 20182 seasons, 20 episodes26–32 min.Ended [6]
The Birch Horror drama October 11, 20192 seasons, 17 episodes11–19 min.Ended
Limetown Drama October 16, 20191 season, 10 episodes21–31 min.Ended [6]
Stereoscope Horror drama August 21, 20201 season, 10 episodes11–19 min.Ended
Mira Mira Horror drama January 15, 20211 season, 10 episodes11–19 min.

Comedy

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Strangers Comedy drama September 4, 20172 seasons, 17 episodes12–27 min.Ended
Queen America Dark comedy November 18, 20181 season, 10 episodes25–31 min.

Adult Animation

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Human Kind Of Comedy September 16, 20181 season, 21 episodes4–10 min.Ended
Liverspots and Astronots Comedy October 18, 20181 season, 21 episodes4–10 min.
Human Discoveries Comedy July 16, 20191 season, 10 episodes30 min.

Unscripted

Docuseries

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Humans of New York: The Series Human interest August 29, 20171 season, 13 episodes13–24 min.Ended [7]
12 Hours With Music October 8, 20211 season, 4 episodes12–14 min.Ended
Bill Murray & Brian Doyle-Murray's Extra Innings Sports/Comedy November 20, 20171 season, 10 episodes9–11 min.
Tom vs Time Sports January 25, 20181 season, 6 episodes14–21 min.Ended [8]
Fly Guys Sports February 2, 20181 season, 10 episodes12–15 min.Ended
Behind the Wall: Bubba Wallace Sports February 15, 20181 season, 8 episodes11–16 min.
Inside the Madness: Kentucky Basketball Sports February 17, 20181 season, 10 episodes20–29 min.
I Am More: OBJ Sports September 14, 20181 season, 16 episodes5–11 min.
Most Incredible Homes Real estate November 4, 20181 season, 5 episodes12 min.
365 Days Of Love Human interest January 1, 20191 season, 365 episodes1–3 min.
Mormon Love Mormonism January 13, 20191 season, 1 episode15 min.
9 Months with Courteney Cox Pregnancy January 22, 20193 seasons, 60 episodes10–20 min.Ended [9]
Curse of Akakor Mystery August 11, 20191 season, 12 episodes30 min.Ended
Simone vs HerselfSportsJune 15, 20211 season, 7 episodes14–25 min.
JoJo Goes [10] AdventureJune 23, 20221 season, 8 episodes14–18 min.

Game shows

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Confetti Trivia game July 11, 20181 season, 132 episodes24–33 min.Ended
What's in the Box? Trivia game September 26, 20181 season, 8 episodes15 min.
School'd by Scary Mommy Trivia game February 14, 20191 season, 24 episodes20–31 min.
Outside Your Bubble Trivia game February 20, 20191 season, 15 episodes26–32 min.

Reality

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Ball in the Family Sports August 29, 20176 seasons, 116 episodes14–26 min.Ended
Returning the Favor Reality August 29, 20173 seasons, 36 episodes18–26 min.Ended [11]
Make Up or Break Up Reality September 7, 20172 seasons, 26 episodes18–41 min.Ended
Win This House! Reality September 29, 20171 season, 8 episodes32–57 min.
No Script with Marshawn Lynch Sports/Comedy October 12, 20171 season, 8 episodes11–15 min.
RelationShipped Reality competition November 9, 20172 seasons, 38 episodes13–29 min.
BackCourt: Wade Sports November 20, 20171 season, 5 episodes6–11 min.
The Tattoo Shop Reality March 15, 20181 season, 8 episodes13–16 min.
Bear Grylls: Face the Wild Nature March 21, 20181 season, 10 episodes19–27 min.
Help Us Get Married Reality May 3, 20181 season, 12 episodes21–30 min.
Huda Boss Reality June 12, 20182 seasons, 18 episodes16–24 min.
Sneaker Hustle Reality August 26, 20181 season, 4 episodes14–18 min.
Troy The Magician Reality September 5, 20181 season, 5 episodes6–7 min.
You Kiddin' Me Comedy September 22, 20181 season, 10 episodes13–15 min.
Big Chicken Shaq Reality October 6, 20181 season, 8 episodes15–20 min.
Double Take Comedy October 24, 20181 season, 6 episodes12–15 min.
Will Smith's Bucket List Reality February 27, 20191 season, 6 episodes21–22 min.

Variety

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Von Miller's Studio 58 Sports/Pop culture January 31, 20181 season, 8 episodes21–23 min.Ended
Red Table Talk Talk show May 7, 20185 seasons, 129 episodes19–35 min.Ended [12]
Profile Talk show July 22, 20181 season, 62 episodes16–40 min.Ended
Inspiring Life with Lewis Howes Talk show August 6, 20181 season, 16 episodes14–19 min.
After After Party Late-night talk show August 13, 20181 season, 30 episodes11–15 min.
Steve on Watch Talk Show January 6, 20201 season, 30 episodes11–15 min.
Red Table Talk: The Estefans Talk show October 7, 20201 season, 20 episodes24–33 min.

Continuations

TitleGenrePrev. network(s)PremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
I Want My Phone Back (seasons 2–3) Game show Comcast WatchableAugust 29, 20172 seasons, 20 episodes9–12 min.Ended
Loosely Exactly Nicole (season 2) Comedy MTV December 20, 20171 season, 10 episodes17–20 min.
The Real Bros of Simi Valley (seasons 2–3) Comedy Independent (via YouTube)November 30, 20182 seasons, 21 episodes13–17 min.
The Real World (season 33) (plus 2 international editions) Reality MTV June 13, 20191 season, 12 episodes30 min.

News programming

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Fox News Update News program July 16, 20181 season, 311 episodes3–13 min.Ended
Anderson Cooper Full Circle News programJuly 16, 20181 season, 133 episodes7–26 min.Moved to CNN+
Mic Dispatch News programJuly 17, 20181 season, 55 episodes5–19 min.Ended
At What Cost?News programJuly 18, 20181 season, 26 episode3–7 min.
Undivided ATTN: News programJuly 18, 20181 season, 25 episodes2–5 min.
Quartz News News programJuly 19, 20181 season, 26 episodes5–10 min.
More in Common News programJuly 21, 20181 season, 21 episodes3–7 min.
On LocationNews programAugust 6, 20181 season, 160 episodes5–7 min.
An Imperfect UnionNews programAugust 22, 20181 season, 21 episodes5–10 min.
Business Insider TodayNews programSeptember 4, 20181 season, 220 episodes8–10 min.
Real America with Jorge Ramos News programSeptember 6, 20181 season, 19 episodes5–20 min.
Chasing Corruption News programSeptember 18, 20181 season, 10 episodes7–10 min.
NowThis MorningNews programSeptember 24, 20183 seasons, 124 episodes3–27 min.
Consider ItNews programOctober 4, 20181 season, 13 episodes12–23 min.
Cut Through The NoiseNews programNovember 29, 20181 season, 6 episodes6–8 min.

Sports programming

TitleGenrePremiereSeasonsLengthStatus
Live: Stadium College Football College football September 2, 20172 seasons, 25 episodes174–226 min.Ended
Live: Stadium College Basketball College basketball November 11, 20171 season, 66 episodes91–153 min.
WWE Mixed Match Challenge Professional wrestling January 16, 20182 seasons, 26 episodes22–35 min.
MLB Live Baseball April 4, 20181 season, 25 episodes173–297 min.
JBA League Basketball June 21, 20181 season, 20 episodes123–175 min.
BIG3 on FOX Basketball June 22, 20181 season, 9 episodes42–46 min.
PGA Tour Live Golfing June 23, 20181 season, 8 episodes259–279 min.
Nitro World Games Action sports August 10, 20181 season, 28 episodes394 min.
Golden Boy Fight Night Boxing August 11, 20181 season, 5 episodes154–191 min.
Friday Night Poker Poker September 21, 20181 season, 1 episode272 min.
Lucha Capital Professional wrestling October 31, 20181 season, 5 episodes112–125 min.

Exclusive international distribution

These television shows, even though Facebook lists them as Facebook Watch originals, are shows that have been aired in different countries, and Facebook has bought exclusive distribution rights to stream them in other various countries. They may be available on Facebook Watch in their home territory and other markets where Facebook Watch does not have the first run license, without the Facebook Watch Original label, some time after their first-run airing on their original broadcaster.

English localized title (Original title)GenreOriginal BroadcasterOriginal RegionFacebook Watch exclusive regionSeasonsRunLanguage
Professional Fighters League (PFL) [13] Sports/Mixed martial arts NBCSN United States All other markets22018 – 2019English
La Liga Sports, Association football Movistar LaLiga Spain Indian subcontinent 22018 – 2021 [14] English

References

  1. ↑ Patel, Sahil (May 25, 2017). "Facebook recruits its top publishers for exclusive shows". Digiday . Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Patel, Sahil (November 30, 2017). "Bigger budgets, fewer shows: Facebook's deals for Watch are changing". Digiday . Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ Seetharaman, Deepa (September 8, 2017). "Facebook Is Willing to Spend Big in Video Push". The Wall Street Journal . Dow Jones & Company . Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ Krishna, Swapna (September 8, 2017). "Facebook may spend $1 billion on original video in 2018". Engadget . Oath Inc. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ White, Peter (April 26, 2022). "Meta Content Exec Mina Lefevre Leaves As Facebook Watch Ends Originals; 'Red Table Talk' Being Shopped". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (January 16, 2020). "Facebook Cancels 'Sorry For Your Loss' & 'Limetown' As It Scales Back Scripted Efforts Amid Unscripted Push". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Final episode of Humans of New York: The Series". Facebook. November 16, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  8. ↑ Emery, Debbie (March 12, 2018). "'Tom vs Time' Director on Why the Obsession Around Brady and Gisele Is 'Out of Control'". The Wrap. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  9. ↑ White, Peter (May 12, 2022). "Courteney Cox Shopping Ample-Produced Pregnancy Docuseries '9 Months' After Facebook Watch Pulls Plug". Deadline. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  10. ↑ Rude, Mey (May 20, 2022). "JoJo Siwa Is Getting a Brand New Docuseries JoJo Goes This Summer". Out . Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Returning the Favor: Mike Rowe discusses why show was cancelled". 2 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Meta Content Exec Mina Lefevre Leaves As Facebook Watch Ends Originals; ‘Red Table Talk’ Being Shopped," from Deadline, 4/26/2023
  13. ↑ "PFL Reaches Exclusive Distribution Agreements With NBC Sports Group And Facebook". Professional Fighters League. January 29, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  14. ↑ "La Liga returns to traditional TV in India as Facebook deal ends". Reuters. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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