National Geographic and Disney Announce ‘ourHOME” Slate of Earth Day Programming

A variety of Earth Day programming will be heading to Disney-owned networks and streamers to celebrate the holiday.

What’s Happening:

  • Disney and National Geographic are sharing a robust slate of Earth Day programming, entitled “ourHome”, to celebrate Earth Day.
  • Beginning on April 19th, Morgan Freeman will be the voice of the “ourHOME” brand for the weekend.
  • On April 21st, Power of Us: People, The Climate, and Our Future will be a week-long series on ABC News, led by Ginger Zee, highlighting solutions for climate change across the globe.
  • That same day will see the debut of Secrets of the Octopus, the next iteration of National Geographic’s award-winning series.
  • Earth Day, April 22nd, will bring DisneyNature’s Tiger (narrated by Priyanka Chopra) to Disney+.
  • Both Hulu and Disney+ will feature “ourHOME” collections, filled with National Geographic and Earth Day content.
  • Freeform will have an all-day movie marathon dedicated to animated animals, while FXX will have an all-day marathon of environmentality-themed episodes of The Simpsons.
  • The full line-up includes:

Disney Channel

  • “Ice Age: The Meltdown” on April 20 at 8:00 p.m.
  • “Rio” on April 21 at 6:20 p.m.
  • “Rio 2″ on April 21 at 8:00 p.m.
  • Earth Day marathon from 5:00-10:00 p.m. on April 22, including Earth Month-themed episodes of viewers’ favorite shows and specials
  • DisneyNOW ourHome Earth Month collection on April 1-30
    • Featuring “Disney Animals” and Earth Month-themed library episodes
    • “Disney Animals”’s new short “Octopuses” on April 22

Disney Junior

  • “The Lion King” (1994) on April 21 at 12:00 p.m.

Freeform

  • All-day movie marathon on April 22
    • 10:30 a.m.: “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”
    • 12:30 p.m.: “Ice Age: Collision Course”
    • 2:30 p.m.: “Ice Age: Continental Drift”
    • 4:30 p.m.: “A Bug’s Life”
    • 6:30 p.m.: “Finding Nemo”
    • 9:00 p.m.: “Finding Dory”

FX

  • All-day movie marathon on April 22
  • 7:00 a.m.: “Underwater”
  • 9:00 a.m.: “Ad Astra”
  • 11:30 a.m.: “Pacific Rim Uprising” (TV-MA)
  • 2:00 p.m.: “Independence Day Resurgence” (TV-MA)
  • 4:30 p.m.: “Transformers The Last Knight” (TV-MA)
  • 8:00 p.m.: “Avatar”
  • 11:30 p.m.: “Pacific Rim Uprising” (TV-MA)

FXX

  • “The Simpsons” stunt on April 22 featuring environmentalism-themed episodes
  • 2:00 p.m.: “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish”
  • 2:30 p.m.: “Trash of the Titans”
  • 3:00 p.m.: “Homer to the Max”
  • 3:30 p.m.: “Lisa the Tree Hugger”
  • 4:00 p.m.: “The Burns and the Bees”
  • 4:30 p.m.: “The Squirt and the Whale”

National Geographic

  • “Secrets of the Elephants” on April 21 from 4:00-8:00 p.m., leading into the premiere of “Secrets of the Octopus” at 8:00 p.m.
  • Encore Earth Day presentations of “Secrets of the Elephants” and “Secrets of the Octopus”
  • “Secrets of the Elephants” on April 22 from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
  • “Secrets of the Octopus” on April 22 from 7:00-10:00 p.m.
  • ourHOME collection on TVE on the NatGeoTV app and ABC app
  • A collection page with curated playlists
  • Playlist on the homepage of the TVE app
  • ourHOME VOD folder will feature the following titles:
  • “Secrets of the Octopus”
  • “Secrets of the Elephants”
  • “Queens”
  • “Incredible Animal Journeys”
  • “America’s National Parks”
  • “One Strange Rock”
  • “Jane”
  • “The Territory”

Nat Geo Wild

  • “Secrets of the Elephants” on April 22 from 6:00-10:00 p.m.
  • “Secrets of the Octopus” on April 22 from 10:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.

Nat Geo Mundo

  • All-day Earth Month-themed stunt on April 22
  • “America’s National Parks”
  • “Jane”

Hulu

  • ourHOME Collection featuring Nat Geo content
  • “Secrets of the Octopus”
  • “Secrets of the Elephants”
  • “Queens”
  • “America’s National Parks”
  • “Welcome to Earth”
  • “Jane”
  • “The Territory”
  • “Free Solo”

Disney+

  • ourHOME Collection featuring Nat Geo and Disneynature content
    • “Secrets of the Octopus”
    • “Secrets of the Whales”
    • “Secrets of the Elephants”
    • “Queens”
    • “Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory”
    • “Incredible Animal Journeys”
    • “A Real Bug’s Life”
    • “America’s National Parks”
    • “One Strange Rock”
    • “Welcome to Earth”
    • “Jane”
    • “The Territory”
    • “Free Solo”
    • “Tiger” (Disneynature)

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Marshal Knight
Marshal Knight is a pop culture writer based in Orlando, FL. For some inexplicable reason, his most recent birthday party was themed to daytime television. He’d like to thank Sandra Oh.