List of Pixar television series

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Pixar Animation Studios is an American CGI film production company based in Emeryville, California, United States.

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The following is a list of all the television series or specials that Pixar has released or plan on releasing. Some of the television productions are produced by Pixar, while others are based on the studio's films.

Television series

Released

TitleSeasonsEpisodesYear(s)FranchiseNetworkRef(s)
Premiere dateEnd date
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 162October 2, 2000January 13, 2001 Toy Story UPN / ABC [1] [2]
Cars Toons 215October 27, 2008May 20, 2014 Cars Toon Disney (season 1) / Disney Channel (season 1–2) [3] [4]
SparkShorts 111January 18, 2019PresentN/A YouTube (season 1) / Disney+ (season 1–present) [5]
Forky Asks a Question 110November 12, 2019January 10, 2020Toy StoryDisney+ [6]
Pixar In Real Life111November 12, 2019September 4, 2020Various [7]
Inside Pixar120November 13, 2020May 21, 2021 [8]
Pixar Popcorn 111January 22, 2021 [9] [10]
Monsters at Work 220July 7, 2021Present Monsters, Inc. Disney+ (season 1) / Disney Channel (season 2–present) [11] [12]
Dug Days 16September 1, 2021June 16, 2023 Up Disney+ [13]
Cars on the Road 19September 8, 2022Cars [14] [15]
A Real Bug's Life210January 24, 2024Present A Bug's Life [16] [17]
Lego Pixar: BrickToons15September 4, 2024Various [18]
Dream Productions 14December 11, 2024 Inside Out [19]

Upcoming

TitleSeasonsEpisodesYear(s)FranchiseNetworkRef(s)
Premiere date
Win or Lose 18February 19, 2025N/ADisney+ [20] [21]

Television specials

TitlePremiere dateFranchiseNetworkRef(s)
Toy Story of Terror! October 16, 2013Toy StoryABC [22]
Toy Story That Time Forgot December 2, 2014 [23]

Cancelled projects

A Tin Toy Christmas

A half-hour television special, serving as a sequel to the short Tin Toy (1988) was considered, but Pixar felt convinced they could produce a feature film instead. [24] The project later became Toy Story (1995).

1906 TV series

In 2005, Brad Bird was collaborating with Pixar, Disney, and Warner Bros. on a live-action film and television series adaptation of James Dalessandro's novel 1906 . [25] [26] In 2010, Disney and Pixar left the project due to script problems and an estimated budget of $200 million. [27]

Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs: To Protect and Serve

At the 2013 Disney D23 Expo, it was announced that a fifth episode of the television series Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs, entitled To Protect and Serve, was in production. [28] [29]

Untitled Win or Lose follow-up series

A follow-up television series of Win or Lose was in development, but it was quietly cancelled. [30] [31] [32]

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