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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

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Released

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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 (season 1) / Disney+ (season 1–present) [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 [7]
Inside Pixar 1 20 November 13, 2020 May 21, 2021 [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 Cars [12][13]
Lego Pixar: BrickToons 1 5 September 4, 2024 Various [14]
Dream Productions 1 4 December 11, 2024 Inside Out [15]

Upcoming

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Title Seasons Episodes Year(s) Franchise Network Ref(s)
Premiere date
Win or Lose 1 8 February 19, 2025 N/A Disney+ [16]

Television specials

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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 [18]

Cancelled projects

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A Tin Toy Christmas

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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

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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

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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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 101–102. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command". Big Cartoon Database. May 13, 2012. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Cars Toons Coming in October To Disney Channel". Animation World Network. September 26, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  4. ^ Bryko (August 11, 2013). "D23 Expo Round-Up: 'Toy Story of Terror', New Cars Toons on the Way". Pixar Planet. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  5. ^ Bui, Hoai-Tran (January 11, 2019). "Pixar's Announces New Short Film Program, SparkShorts". /Film. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  6. ^ White, James (June 12, 2019). "Pixar Creating Forky-Focused Short Films For Disney". Empire. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  7. ^ "Pixar In Real Life". Improv Everywhere. December 2, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  8. ^ Pearson, Ben (November 11, 2020). "'Inside Pixar' Trailer: New Disney+ Documentary Series Debuts This Week". /Film. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  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.
  10. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (April 9, 2019). "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 9, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  11. ^ "Three New Pixar Series Coming to Disney+, Including the Very Adorable 'Up' Spin-Off 'Dug Days'". /Film. December 11, 2020. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  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.
  13. ^ Behzadi, Sofia (August 1, 2022). "'Cars On The Road' Pixar Series Gets Premiere Date On Disney+, First-Look Trailer". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  14. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (August 21, 2024). "'LEGO Pixar: BrickToons' Brings Beloved Characters into Newly Built Adventures". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  15. ^ Shanfeld, Ethan (September 24, 2024). "'Inside Out' Spinoff Series 'Dream Productions' and Pixar's 'Win or Lose' Set Disney+ Release Dates and Unveil New Footage". Variety. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  16. ^ Taylor, Drew (November 15, 2023). "Pixar's First Long-Form Original Streaming Series 'Win or Lose' Bumped to 2024". The Wrap. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  17. ^ Cheney, Alexandra (October 13, 2013). "Watch A Clip from Pixar's First TV Special 'Toy Story of Terror!'". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  18. ^ Sciretta, Peter (July 24, 2014). "'Toy Story That Time Forgot' Is A 1980's Nostalgia Bomb That You're Gonna Love (Comic Con 2014)". /Film. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  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.
  23. ^ @ThePixarTimes (August 10, 2013). "Pixar working on two new Cars Toons: 'Radiator Springs 500 1/2,' and 'To Protect and Serve.' To debut on Disney Channel in 2014. #D23Expo" (Tweet). Retrieved August 22, 2024 – via Twitter.
  24. ^ "Exclusive First Look at the Upcoming Cars Toon 'To Protect and Serve'". Pixar Post. October 30, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  25. ^ Taylor, Drew (July 5, 2023). "Inside Pixar's Existential Crisis and Leadership Change". TheWrap. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  26. ^ Reynolds, Maca (July 8, 2023). "Pixar's Win or Lose Follow-Up Project Reportedly Canceled". MovieWeb. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  27. ^ Cimaglio, Zachary (July 7, 2023). "Disney+ Quietly Cancels Animated Pixar Spinoff Series". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
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