Facebook Watch was a service that provided 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.
For short-form videos, Facebook originally had a budget of roughly $10,000–$40,000 per episode, though renewal contracts have placed the budget in the range of $50,000–$70,000. Long-form TV-length series have budgets between $250,000 to over $1 million. 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. In April 2023, Meta announced that they were discontinuing Facebook Watch, having already stopped developing scripted originals in 2020.
Original programming Drama Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status SKAM Austin Teen drama Ended Five Points Teen drama Sacred Lies Anthology drama Turnt Teen drama Sorry for Your Loss Drama Ended The Birch Horror drama Ended Limetown Drama Ended Stereoscope Horror drama Ended Mira Mira Horror drama
Comedy Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status Strangers Comedy drama Ended Queen America Dark comedy
Adult Animation Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status Human Kind Of Comedy Ended Liverspots and Astronots Comedy Human Discoveries Comedy
Unscripted Docuseries Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status Humans of New York: The Series Human interest Ended 12 Hours With Music Ended Bill Murray & Brian Doyle-Murray's Extra Innings Sports/Comedy Tom vs Time Sports Ended Fly Guys Sports Ended Behind the Wall: Bubba Wallace Sports Inside the Madness: Kentucky Basketball Sports I Am More: OBJ Sports Most Incredible Homes Real estate 365 Days Of Love Human interest Mormon Love Mormonism 9 Months with Courteney Cox Pregnancy Ended Curse of Akakor Mystery Ended Simone vs Herself Sports JoJo Goes Adventure
Game shows Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status Confetti Trivia game Ended What's in the Box? Trivia game School'd by Scary Mommy Trivia game Outside Your Bubble Trivia game
Reality Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status Ball in the Family Sports Ended Returning the Favor Reality Ended Make Up or Break Up Reality Ended Win This House! Reality No Script with Marshawn Lynch Sports/Comedy RelationShipped Reality competition BackCourt: Wade Sports The Tattoo Shop Reality Bear Grylls: Face the Wild Nature Help Us Get Married Reality Huda Boss Reality Sneaker Hustle Reality Troy The Magician Reality You Kiddin' Me Comedy Big Chicken Shaq Reality Double Take Comedy Will Smith's Bucket List Reality
Variety Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status Von Miller's Studio 58 Sports/Pop culture Ended Red Table Talk Talk show Ended"Meta Content Exec Mina Lefevre Leaves As Facebook Watch Ends Originals; ‘Red Table Talk’ Being Shopped," from Deadline, 4/26/2023 Profile Talk show Ended Inspiring Life with Lewis Howes Talk show After After Party Late-night talk show Steve on Watch Talk show Red Table Talk: The Estefans Talk show
Continuations Title Genre Prev. network(s) Premiere Seasons Length Status I Want My Phone Back (seasons 2–3) Game show Comcast Watchable Ended Loosely Exactly Nicole (season 2) Comedy MTV The Real Bros of Simi Valley (seasons 2–3) Comedy Independent (via YouTube) The Real World (season 33) (plus 2 international editions) Reality MTV
News programming Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status Fox News Update News program Ended Anderson Cooper Full Circle News program Moved to CNN+ Mic Dispatch News program Ended At What Cost? News program Undivided ATTN: News program Quartz News News program More in Common News program On Location News program An Imperfect Union News program Business Insider Today News program Real America with Jorge Ramos News program Chasing Corruption News program NowThis Morning News program Consider It News program Cut Through The Noise News program
Sports programming Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status Live: Stadium College Football College football Ended Live: Stadium College Basketball College basketball WWE Mixed Match Challenge Professional wrestling MLB Live Baseball JBA League Basketball BIG3 on FOX Basketball PGA Tour Live Golfing Nitro World Games Action sports Golden Boy Fight Night Boxing Friday Night Poker Poker Lucha Capital Professional wrestling
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) Genre Original Broadcaster Original Region Facebook Watch exclusive region Seasons Run Language Professional Fighters League (PFL) Sports/Mixed martial arts NBCSN United States All other markets 2 – English La Liga Sports, Association football Movistar LaLiga Spain Indian subcontinent 2 – English
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