20 Best Family TV Shows to Stream Right Now
Find 20 family-friendly TV picks to stream now, from Pokémon and SpongeBob to The Middle, Over the Garden Wall, and more for every age.
If you’re searching for a lineup that works for mixed ages, these picks make it easy to find something everyone can enjoy together. From the whimsical adventure of Over the Garden Wall and the long-running fun of Pokémon to the easy laughs of SpongeBob SquarePants and The Middle, this list balances comfort, nostalgia, and fresh energy. Families who want a little heart can settle in with Little House on the Prairie, while fans of bigger laughs may prefer Malcolm in the Middle or America’s Got Talent. You’ll also find newer options like Ninjago: Dragons Rising alongside short-form, animated, and live-action favorites that fit different moods and schedules. With 20 titles to choose from, this guide makes family streaming nights simpler.
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Coven Academy
action & adventure · comedy · drama · fantasy · horror · kids & family · mystery & thriller · romance
Teen witch apprentices band together to defend New Orleans against an approaching dark force.
Directed by Aprill Winney, Shannon Kohli, Alexis Ostrander, Amanda Row, Tim FederleCast Malina Pauli Weissman, Malachi Barton, Jordan Leftwich, Ora Duplass, Louis ThresherDisney PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Over the Garden Wall
Won 2 Emmys
animation · short · adventure · comedy · drama · family · fantasy · horror · mystery
Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, Wirt and Greg must travel across this strange land, in hope of finding their way home. Join them as they encounter surprises and obstacles on their journey through the wood.
Directed by Nate CashCast Elijah Wood, Collin Dean, Melanie Lynskey, Christopher Lloyd, Samuel RameyAmazon Prime VideoHuluDisney PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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The Amazing Race
Won 15 Emmys 108 nominations
adventure · family · reality-tv · sport
This reality competition sees teams embark on a trek around the world to amazing destinations where they must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical. Only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning the race and the $1 million prize.
Directed by Bertram van Munster, Phil Keoghan, Adam VetriCast Arnold Chun, Gurmit Singh, Joe Rocketshoes Dillon, Duman Nursilinov, Kevin R. HershbergerHuluParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
3 Emmy nominations
animation · comedy · family
Join the Peanuts gang for a timeless adventure as Charlie Brown preps for a party, Snoopy sets his sights on the Red Baron, and Linus patiently awaits a pumpkin patch miracle.
Directed by Bill MelendezCast Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Sally Dryer, Cathy Steinberg, Ann AltieriApple TV PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Pokémon
action & adventure · animation · comedy · drama · fantasy · kids & family · science-fiction
Join Ash accompanied by his partner Pikachu, as he travels through many regions, meets new friends and faces new challenges on his quest to become a Pokémon Master.
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Wonka's The Golden Ticket
kids & family · reality tv
In this one-of-a-kind reality competition, lucky players step inside Wonka's Chocolate Factory to face unpredictable games, tests and temptations.
Directed by Alicia Bader, Marty Denholm, Kate Douglas-Walker, Rich Kim, Peter LeesonCast Ash Hodgkinson, Rusty Goffe, Tiffany Sarich, Mitchell Marion, Dane NoonanNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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SpongeBob SquarePants
10 Emmy nominations
animation · comedy · family · fantasy
Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into all kinds of trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy, the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.
Directed by Vincent Waller, Dave Cunningham, Sherm Cohen, Alan Smart, Stephen HillenburgCast Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Mr. LawrenceAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Shark Tank
Won 5 Emmys 28 nominations
family · game-show · reality-tv
Aspiring entrepreneurs pitch various business ideas to "The Sharks" -- tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoons -- in hopes of landing an investment.
Directed by Ken Fuchs, Craig Spirko, Alan Carter, Don Weiner, Mark BurnettCast Phil Crowley, Jason Burns, Maris Croatto, Nathan Jones, Natasha HaleviHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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PAW Patrol
animation · adventure · comedy · family
Marshall, Rocky, Rubble, Zuma and Skye are doing their best to protect the people of their town. Led by Ryder, a tech-savvy 10-year-old boy, each of them is equipped with special equipment and together they help anyone who finds themselves in trouble. No task is too big for them and no puppy is too small.
Directed by Charles E. Bastien, Paul H. Brown, Jamie Whitney, Dipesh MistryCast Ron Pardo, Lilly Noelle Bartlam, Kallan Holley, Justin Paul Kelly, Devan CohenNetflixAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Batman: The Animated Series
Won 1 Emmy
animation · action · adventure · crime · family · mystery · sci-fi
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
Directed by Kevin Altieri, Boyd Kirkland, Frank Paur, Dan Riba, Dick SebastCast Kevin Conroy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Bob Hastings, Loren Lester, Robert CostanzoAmazon Prime VideoMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Heartland
drama · family
Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
Directed by Dean Bennett, Chris Potter, Grant Harvey, Eleanore Lindo, Ken FilewychCast Amber Marshall, Michelle Morgan, Shaun Johnston, Chris Potter, Graham WardleNetflixHuluPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Avatar: The Last Airbender
Won 1 Emmy 2 nominations
animation · action · adventure · family · fantasy · mystery
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
Directed by Oh Seung-hyun, Giancarlo Volpe, Ethan Spaulding, Lauren MacMullan, Dave FiloniCast Dee Bradley Baker, Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack De Sena, Dante BascoNetflixParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Eerie, Indiana
adventure · comedy · drama · family · fantasy · horror · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
Teenage weirdness investigator Marshall Teller adventures through his new small-town home with his friends, geeky Simon Holmes and mysterious Dash X.
Directed by Joe Dante, Bob Balaban, Bryan Spicer, Tim Hunter, Sam PillsburyCast Omri Katz, Justin Shenkarow, Mary-Margaret Humes, Francis Guinan, Julie CondraAmazon Prime VideoFreeveeMore details on IMDb → -
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Halloweentown
adventure · comedy · family · fantasy
On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself battling wicked warlocks, evil curses, and endless surprises.
Directed by Duwayne DunhamCast Debbie Reynolds, Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman, Phillip Van DykeHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Halloween Baking Championship
family · reality-tv
The country's top bakers battle it out to create Halloween's spookiest and most-irresistible treats. From spider cupcakes, cheesecake coffins and witch finger cookies to towering confections of terror, these bakers must prove their skills to the judges to land the $25,000 prize and the title of Halloween Baking Champion!
Directed by Matthew BartleyCast Jonathan EliasMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Little House on the Prairie
Won 4 Emmys Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1978) · 17 nominations
drama · family · romance · western
When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Directed by Michael Landon, William F. Claxton, Maury Dexter, Victor French, Leo PennCast Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, Sidney GreenbushAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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The Beverly Hillbillies
7 Emmy nominations
comedy · family
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
Directed by Joseph Depew, Richard Whorf, Robert M. Leeds, Guy Scarpitta, Ralph LevyCast Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr., Raymond BaileyAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumFreeveeMore details on IMDb → -
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians
action · adventure · family · fantasy
Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus's master bolt and stop an all-out war. With the help of his friends Annabeth and Grover, Percy's journey will lead him closer to the answers he seeks: how to fit into a world where he feels out of place, and who he's destined to be.
Directed by James Bobin, Jet Wilkinson, Anders Engström, Jason Ensler, Catriona McKenzieCast Walker Scobell, Leah Sava' Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Charlie Bushnell, Dior GoodjohnDisney PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Bluey
animation · family
Bluey is an inexhaustible six year-old Blue Heeler dog, who loves to play and turns everyday family life into extraordinary adventures, developing her imagination as well as her mental, physical and emotional resilience.
Directed by Richard Jeffery, Joe Brumm, Beth Harvey, Claire Renton, Tony WalshCast David McCormack, Melanie Zanetti, Brad Elliott, Dan Brumm, Myf WarhurstDisney PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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The Legend of Korra
animation · action · adventure · family · fantasy · sci-fi
Avatar Korra, a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition, is on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar. In this story, the Avatar struggles to find balance within herself.
Directed by Ian Graham, Colin Heck, Joaquim Dos Santos, Ki Hyun Ryu, Melchior ZwyerCast Janet Varney, Jeff Bennett, Dee Bradley Baker, P.J. Byrne, David FaustinoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb →
Wrapping Up
The right family show can turn an ordinary evening into a shared ritual, whether you want something silly, sentimental, adventurous, or easy to put on after dinner. This collection brings together animated classics, comforting comedies, and stories that play well across generations, so there’s usually a good fit no matter who’s watching. Bookmark this page and come back whenever you need a fresh pick for movie-night alternatives, weekend marathons, or a low-stress series to start together. We update it regularly, so the recommendations stay useful as new seasons arrive and streaming catalogs change.
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