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Facebook Watch is a service that provides streaming of videos hosted by Facebook and access to "Facebook Original" series, shows that receive funding from Facebook.
For short-form videos, Facebook originally had a budget of roughly $10,000-$40,000 per episode,[1] though renewal contracts have placed the budget in the $50,000-$70,000-range.[2] Long-form TV-length series have budgets between $250,000 to over $1 million.[2] 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.[3] [4]
The service officially launched as Facebook Watch on August 10, 2017.
Original programming
Drama
Title
Genre
Premiere
Seasons
Length
Status
SKAM Austin
Teen drama
April 27, 2018
2 seasons, 18 episodes
18–50 min.
Pending
Five Points
Teen drama
June 4, 2018
2 season, 20 episodes
10–17 min.
Pending
Sacred Lies
Drama Anthology
July 27, 2018
2 season, 20 episodes
28–34 min.
Pending
Turnt
Teen drama
August 1, 2018
1 season, 40 episodes
7–18 min.
Pending
Sorry for Your Loss
Drama
September 18, 2018
2 seasons, 20 episodes
26–32 min.
Ended[5]
The Birch
Horror /Drama
October 11, 2019
1 season, 14 episodes
11–19 min.
Renewed[6]
Limetown
Drama
October 16, 2019
1 season, 10 episodes
21–31 min.
Ended[5]
Comedy
Continuations
Docu-series
Title
Genre
Premiere
Seasons
Length
Status
Humans of New York: The Series
Human interest
August 29, 2017
1 season, 13 episodes
13–24 min.
Ended[7]
Bill Murray & Brian Doyle-Murray's Extra Innings
Sports /Comedy
November 20, 2017
1 season, 10 episodes
9–11 min.
Ended
Tom vs Time
Sports
January 25, 2018
1 season, 6 episodes
14–21 min.
Ended[8]
Fly Guys
Sports
February 2, 2018
1 season, 10 episodes
12–15 min.
Ended
Behind the Wall: Bubba Wallace
Sports
February 15, 2018
1 season, 8 episodes
11–16 min.
Ended
Inside the Madness: Kentucky Basketball
Sports
February 17, 2018
1 season, 10 episodes
20–29 min.
Ended
I Am More: OBJ
Sports
September 14, 2018
1 season, 16 episodes
5–11 min.
Pending
Most Incredible Homes
Real estate
November 4, 2018
1 season, 5 episodes
12 min.
Pending
365 Days Of Love
Human interest
January 1, 2019
1 season, 365 episodes
1–3 min.
Pending
Mormon Love
Mormonism
January 13, 2019
1 season, 1 episode
15 min.
Pending
9 Months with Courteney Cox
Pregnancy
January 22, 2019
1 season, 20 episodes
10-18 min.
Renewed[9]
Curse of Akakor
Mystery
August 11, 2019
1 season, 12 episodes
30 min.
Pending
Animation
Game show
Title
Genre
Premiere
Seasons
Length
Status
Confetti
Trivia game
July 11, 2018
1 season, 132 episodes
24–33 min.
Ended
Outside Your Bubble
Trivia game
February 20, 2019
1 season, 15 episodes
26-32 min.
Ended
Live sports
Title
Genre
Premiere
Seasons
Length
Status
Live: Stadium College Football
College football
September 2, 2017
2 seasons, 25 episodes
174–226 min.
Pending
Live: Stadium College Basketball
College basketball
November 11, 2017
1 season, 66 episodes
91–153 min.
Pending
WWE Mixed Match Challenge
Professional wrestling
January 16, 2018
2 seasons, 26 episodes
22–35 min.
Renewed
MLB Live
Baseball
April 4, 2018
1 season, 25 episodes
173–297 min.
Pending
JBA League
Basketball
June 21, 2018
1 season, 20 episodes
123–175 min.
Pending
BIG3 on FOX
Basketball
June 22, 2018
1 season, 9 episodes
42–46 min.
Pending
PGA Tour Live
Golfing
June 23, 2018
1 season, 8 episodes
259–279 min.
Pending
Nitro World Games
Action sports
August 10, 2018
1 season, 28 episodes
394 min.
Pending
Golden Boy Fight Night
Boxing
August 11, 2018
1 season, 5 episodes
154–191 min.
Pending
Friday Night Poker
Poker
September 21, 2018
1 season, 1 episodes
272 min.
Pending
Lucha Capital
Professional wrestling
October 31, 2018
1 season, 5 episodes
112–125 min.
Pending
News programs
Title
Genre
Premiere
Seasons
Length
Status
Fox News Update
News program
July 16, 2018
1 season, 311 episodes
3–13 min.
Pending
Anderson Cooper Full Circle
News program
July 16, 2018
1 season, 133 episodes
7–26 min.
Pending
Mic Dispatch
News program
July 17, 2018
1 season, 55 episodes
5–19 min.
Ended
At What Cost?
News program
July 18, 2018
1 season, 26 episode
3–7 min.
Pending
Undivided ATTN:
News program
July 18, 2018
1 season, 25 episodes
2–5 min.
Pending
Quartz News
News program
July 19, 2018
1 season, 26 episodes
5–10 min.
Pending
More in Common
News program
July 21, 2018
1 season, 21 episodes
3–7 min.
Pending
On Location
News program
August 6, 2018
1 season, 160 episodes
5–7 min.
Pending
An Imperfect Union
News program
August 22, 2018
1 season, 21 episodes
5–10 min.
Pending
Business Insider Today
News program
September 4, 2018
1 season, 220 episodes
8–10 min.
Pending
Real America with Jorge Ramos
News program
September 6, 2018
1 season, 19 episodes
5–20 min.
Pending
Chasing Corruption
News program
September 18, 2018
1 season, 10 episodes
7–10 min.
Pending
NowThis Morning
News program
September 24, 2018
3 season, 124 episodes
3–27 min.
Pending
Consider It
News program
October 4, 2018
1 season, 13 episodes
12–23 min.
Pending
Cut Through The Noise
News program
November 29, 2018
1 season, 6 episodes
6–8 min.
Pending
Reality show
Title
Genre
Premiere
Seasons
Length
Status
Ball in the Family
Sports
August 29, 2017
5 seasons, 87 episodes
14–26 min.
Pending
Returning the Favor
Reality
August 29, 2017
3 season, 36 episodes
18–26 min.
Pending
Make Up or Break Up
Reality
September 7, 2017
2 season, 26 episodes
18–41 min.
Pending
Win This House!
Reality /Realty
September 29, 2017
1 season, 8 episodes
32–57 min.
Pending
No Script with Marshawn Lynch
Sports /Comedy
October 12, 2017
1 season, 8 episodes
11–15 min.
Ended
RelationShipped
Reality competition
November 9, 2017
2 season, 38 episodes
13–29 min.
Pending
BackCourt: Wade
Sports
November 20, 2017
1 season, 5 episodes
6–11 min.
Ended
The Tattoo Shop
Reality
March 15, 2018
1 season, 8 episodes
13–16 min.
Ended
Bear Grylls: Face the Wild
Nature
March 21, 2018
1 season, 10 episode
19–27 min.
Ended
Help Us Get Married
Reality
May 3, 2018
1 season, 12 episode
21–30 min.
Ended
Huda Boss
Reality
June 12, 2018
2 seasons, 18 episodes
16–24 min.
Pending
Sneaker Hustle
Reality
August 26, 2018
1 season, 4 episodes
14–18 min.
Pending
Troy The Magician
Reality
September 5, 2018
1 season, 3 episodes
6–7 min.
Pending
You Kiddin' Me
Comedy
September 22, 2018
1 season, 10 episodes
13–15 min.
Pending
Big Chicken Shaq
Reality
October 6, 2018
1 season, 8 episodes
15–20 min.
Pending
Double Take
Comedy
October 24, 2018
1 season, 6 episodes
12–15 min.
Pending
Will Smith's Bucket List
Reality
February 27, 2019
1 season, 6 episodes
21-22 min.
Pending
Talk show
Title
Genre
Premiere
Seasons
Length
Status
Von Miller's Studio 58
Sports /Pop culture
January 31, 2018
1 season, 8 episodes
21–23 min.
Pending
Red Table Talk
Talk show
May 7, 2018
1 season, 23 episodes
16–27 min.
Pending
Profile
Talk show
July 22, 2018
1 season, 62 episodes
16–40 min.
Pending
Inspiring Life with Lewis Howes
Talk show
August 6, 2018
1 season, 16 episodes
14–19 min.
Pending
After After Party
Late-night talk show
August 13, 2018
1 season, 30 episodes
11–15 min.
Pending
Steve on Watch
Talk Show
January 6, 2020
1 season, TBA episodes
TBA
Pending
Upcoming original programming
Ordered
In development
Exclusive international television 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) [13]
Sports /Mixed martial arts
NBCSN
United States
All other markets
N/A
2018 – present
English
References
^ Patel, Sahil (May 25, 2017). "Facebook recruits its top publishers for exclusive shows" . Digiday . Retrieved December 15, 2017 .
^ a b Patel, Sahil (November 30, 2017). "Bigger budgets, fewer shows: Facebook's deals for Watch are changing" . Digiday . Retrieved December 15, 2017 .
^ Seetharaman, Deepa (September 8, 2017). "Facebook Is Willing to Spend Big in Video Push" . The Wall Street Journal . Dow Jones & Company . Retrieved December 15, 2017 .
^ Krishna, Swapna (September 8, 2017). "Facebook may spend $1 billion on original video in 2018" . Engadget . Oath Inc. Retrieved December 15, 2017 .
^ a b "Facebook Cancels 'Sorry For Your Loss' & 'Limetown' As It Scales Back Scripted Efforts Amid Unscripted Push" . Deadline Hollywood . January 16, 2020.
^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2020-06-23). "Crypt TV Horror Series 'The Birch' Returning To Facebook Watch For Season 2" . Deadline . Retrieved 2020-06-23 .
^ "Final episode of Humans of New York: The Series" . Facebook . November 16, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017 .
^ Emery, Debbie (March 12, 2018). " 'Tom vs Time' Director on Why the Obsession Around Brady and Gisele Is 'Out of Control' " . The Wrap . Retrieved June 16, 2018 .
^ "TVLine Items: Mindhunter Season 2 Teaser, Teen Choice Host and More" . TVLine . July 30, 2019.
^ White, Peter (November 12, 2018). "Facebook Watch Orders C4 News Series; 'Chicken Run' Producer Aardman Hands Ownership To Staff – UK Briefs" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 11, 2018 .
^ Petski, Denise (May 9, 2018). "Teen Soccer Drama From Cristiano Ronaldo, 'Memphis Beat' Creators & Paul Lee's Wiip Gets Facebook Series Commitment" . Deadline . Retrieved May 9, 2018 .
^ Spangler, Todd; Wallenstein, Andrew (July 5, 2018). "Facebook in Talks for Cristiano Ronaldo Reality Show, Which Could Be Its Biggest Original Yet (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety . Retrieved July 6, 2018 .
^ "PFL Reaches Exclusive Distribution Agreements With NBC Sports Group And Facebook" . Professional Fighters League . January 29, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
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