The Best TV Shows on YTV

Every YTV Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Across the timeline from 1991 to 2021, YTV has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. Our curated list, current as of September 2026, showcases over 20 of YTV’s highest-rated series. Leading the pack on YTV are The Red Green Show and X-Men, with their initial broadcasts in 1991 and 1992.

  • X-Men
    X-Men (1992)8.2

    The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies, whilst at the same time protecting mankind from mutant supremacist Magneto who seeks to destroy the human race in return for the atrocities committed against mutant kind.

  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?
    Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1992)8.2

    This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each episode opens with members of the Midnight Society at their secret spot in the woods, where they prepare their fire and the night's storyteller announces the title of the his or her offering. However, the cameras soon leave the storyteller and switch to the tale being told.

  • George and Martha
    George and Martha (1999)8.2

    The humorous everyday lives of happy hippos George and Martha, and the enduring friendship they share. Based on the books by James Marshall.

  • Beast Wars: Transformers
    Beast Wars: Transformers (1996)8.1

    Two spaceships, one manned by benevolent Maximals, the other by evil Predacons, crash-land on a pre-humanoid planet while en route to Earth. Their crews assume indigenous animal forms to protect themselves from an overabundance of natural energy, transforming into robots to do battle. Thus, the Beast Wars have begun...

  • Goosebumps
    Goosebumps (1995)8.0

    Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.

  • Kid vs. Kat
    Kid vs. Kat (2008)7.9

    Ten-year-old Coop Burtonburger's life takes a turn for the worse when his little sister, Millie, brings home a mysterious stray cat who, in reality, is an evil cybernetic alien in disguise. To make matters worse, neither his family nor anyone else believes him, except for his best friend, Dennis. Now, Coop risks his life every day as he attempts to foil the cat's diabolical schemes and prove to the world that the family pet is an evil mastermind.

  • The Red Green Show
    The Red Green Show (1991)7.5

    The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service stations in the United States, from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006, on CBC. The Red Green Show is essentially a cross between a sitcom and a sketch comedy series, and is a parody of home improvement, do-it-yourself, fishing, and other outdoors shows.

  • Watership Down
    Watership Down (1999)7.3

    Follows the lives of a group of rabbits as they leave their endangered warren in search of a safe new home. They travel across the English countryside, braving perilous danger, until they find a hill called Watership Down, where they begin a new warren. However, they face various threats and are soon forced to defend their home and lives.

  • The Hardy Boys
    The Hardy Boys (2021)7.2

    When Frank and Joe Hardy arrive in Bridgeport, they set out to uncover the truth behind the recent tragedy that has changed their lives. In doing so, they stumble upon something much more sinister - something only the Hardy Boys can stop.

  • Eek! The Cat
    Eek! The Cat (1992)6.9

    Koombaya, it's Eek the cat and all his friends. Annabelle, Eek's 800-pound girlfriend, Sharky the vicious but lovable sharkdog, and Elmo the elk. Plus you can watch the Terrible Thunderlizards try to make Bill and Scooter, the cavemen, extinct. Plus there's Klutter who's, well, we're not exactly sure what Klutter is, but watch and find out for yourself.

  • Littlest Pet Shop
    Littlest Pet Shop (2012)6.9

    When Blythe Baxter moved into the city with her father, she never expected to move into the apartment above the Littlest Pet Shop. But an even bigger surprise awaited her. Blythe can talk to pets... and they can talk back!

  • The New Woody Woodpecker Show
    The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999)6.7

    The funny bird drives people crazy with his antics.

  • Martin Mystery
    Martin Mystery (2003)6.7

    Martin Mystery has a passion for all things paranormal. When he's not at school, this teenage lover of supernatural ooze works undercover for a secret bureau specialising in mysterious phenomena. Together with his older stepsister Diana, Java (a massive caveman lost in time) and Billy (a small green hovering creature), he checks out weird wonders. Martin is always bursting with energy and seldom thinks before he leaps. Diana is his guardian angel – a straight-A student, she brings the brains to their missions. Seen a zombie, alien or ghost? Call Martin Mystery.

  • League of Super Evil
    League of Super Evil (2009)6.7

    League of Super Evil is a Canadian animated television series inspired by the sketch "Once Were Heroes" by Ryan Harper-Brown, co-created by Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee, Davila LeBlanc, Peter Ricq, developed by Asaph Fipke, and produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment in conjunction with YTV. On YTV, it premiered on March 9, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. ET. The show is airing on Nickelodeon in Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and on Cartoon Network in most of Southeast Asia, India, Australia, New Zealand, The United States, CBBC in United Kingdom and Canal Plus, Canal J, and Gulli in France. The first season consisted of 26 episodes. The second season consisted of 13 episodes. In total, 52 episodes have aired. In Latin America, it is aired on Disney XD. The second season started airing in Canada in September 2010 and the third season aired from June 2012 to August 2012. The series ended on August 25, 2012.

  • Viva Piñata
    Viva Piñata (2006)6.2

    Piñatas of various species roam the Piñata Island gardens freely, eating candy and coexisting with one another in a peaceful society. When a piñata's candy inside reaches a high enough level, they are sent to a party, where they will be broken open by the partygoers before being repaired and returned to the island. The series follows a group of close piñata friends and their day-to-day lives on the island.

  • The Wacky World of Tex Avery
    The Wacky World of Tex Avery (1997)5.9

    A series of belly-laugh-funny short segments each starring different characters including the Roman centurion Pompeii Pete, an inept conqueror and the little princess he cannot conquer, the lamest super hero on 4 legs, the world's first inventor, the ultra pesky Freddie the Fly and the wackiest hero in the old West, Tex Avery himself.

  • Pound Puppies
    Pound Puppies (2010)5.3

    Lucky, Cookie and the rest of the dogs in Shelter 17 have an important secret mission: to help every dog that comes to the pound find a new home.

  • Scaredy Squirrel
    Scaredy Squirrel (2011)5.1

    With help from skunk Dave, the lovably geeky Scaredy Squirrel uses his quirks and creativity to tackle the challenges of daily life in Balsa City.

  • Babar and the Adventures of Badou
    Babar and the Adventures of Badou (2010)4.3

    An updated version of the classic series, following King Babar, and Badou, his 8-year-old grandson.

  • Nerds And Monsters
    Nerds And Monsters (2014)1.0

    When the three smartest kids from Beaverton Junior High boarded their bus to the "High Q" Trivia Finals taking place at a rival school, they knew it would be an exciting trip - but they had no idea it would turn into a trip of monstrous proportions.