List of Pixar television series

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

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 just based on the studio's films.

Television series

Released

Title Seasons Episodes Year(s) Franchise Network Ref(s)
Premiere date End date
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 1 62 October 2, 2000 January 13, 2001 Toy Story UPN / ABC [1][2]
Cars Toons 2 15 October 27, 2008 May 20, 2014 Cars Toon Disney (season 1) / Disney Channel (season 1–2) [3][4]
SparkShorts 1 11 January 18, 2019 Present N/A YouTube / Disney+ [5]
Forky Asks a Question 1 10 November 12, 2019 January 10, 2020 Toy Story Disney+ [6]
Pixar In Real Life 1 11 November 12, 2019 September 4, 2020 Various Disney+ [7]
Inside Pixar 1 20 November 13, 2020 May 21, 2021 Various Disney+ [8]
Monsters at Work 2 20 July 7, 2021 Present Monsters, Inc. Disney+ (season 1) / Disney Channel (season 2–present) [9][10]
Dug Days 1 6 September 1, 2021 June 16, 2023 Up Disney+ [11]
Cars on the Road 1 9 September 8, 2022 September 8, 2022 Cars Disney+ [12][13]
Lego Pixar: BrickToons 1 5 September 4, 2024 September 4, 2024 Various Disney+ [14]

Upcoming

Title Seasons Episodes Year(s) Franchise Network Ref(s)
Premiere date
Dream Productions 1 4 December 11, 2024 Inside Out Disney+ [15]
Win or Lose 1 8 February 19, 2025 N/A Disney+ [16]

Television specials

Title Premiere date Franchise Network Ref(s)
Toy Story of Terror! October 16, 2013 Toy Story ABC [17]
Toy Story That Time Forgot December 2, 2014 Toy Story ABC [18]

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.[19] 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.[20][21] In 2010, Disney and Pixar left the project due to script problems and an estimated budget of $200 million.[22]

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.[23][24]

Untitled Win or Lose follow-up series

A follow-up television series of Win or Lose was in development, but it was quietly cancelled.[25][26][27]

See also

References

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  9. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (November 9, 2017). "New 'Star Wars' Trilogy in Works With Rian Johnson, TV Series Also Coming to Disney Streaming Service". Variety. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
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  12. ^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (November 12, 2021). "Disney+'s 'Cars' Series Gets Title, 'Tiana' Enlists Stella Meghie As Writer/Director; First-Look Images Released". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
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  19. ^ Hill, Jim (December 14, 2007). "The Pixar TV special you never got to see, "A Tin Toy Christmas"". Jim Hill Media. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  20. ^ Chitwood, Adam (June 18, 2018). "Brad Bird Says '1906' May Get Made as an "Amalgam" of a TV and Film Project". Collider. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  21. ^ Bastoli, Mike (March 13, 2008). "'1906' to be Disney/Pixar/Warner Bros./? collaboration". Big Screen Animation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  22. ^ Fischer, Russ (January 27, 2010). "What Happened to Brad Bird's 1906?". /Film. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
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  24. ^ "Exclusive First Look at the Upcoming Cars Toon 'To Protect and Serve'". Pixar Post. October 30, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
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