| Brat TV | |
| Type: | Private |
| Hq Location City: | Los Angeles, California, United Status |
| Founder: | Rob Fishman Darren Lachtman |
| Subsid: | Crypt TV |
Brat TV is an American digital production company that is available on YouTube. Founded in 2017, the network features original shows and is geared toward Generation Z audiences.
Brat TV's flagship web series, Chicken Girls, spawned a subsequent film entitled . Brat has also produced shows featuring teenage stars from Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, such as Jules LeBlanc, Anna Cathcart, Francesca Capaldi, and Emily Skinner.
Brat was launched in 2017 by television writer Rob Fishman and Darren Lachtman as an online network featuring scripted content, streaming for free on YouTube.[1] [2] The company originally received $2.5 million in seed funding.[1] Fishman saw a gap in the online market for high-quality teenage shows available for free on digital platforms.[3] Fishman noted how the social media celebrities all brought their own established audiences to Brat's shows, describing them as "under-leveraged media property".[3] [1] The name of the network was inspired by the "Brat Pack" movies of the 1980s.[3]
On September 5, 2017, Brat premiered Chicken Girls, which is Brat's longest-running series.
The most viewed episode on Brat is the ninth episode of season one of Mani, titled "I'm the Captain Now". It stands at over 22 million views as of December 30, 2023. The episode originally premiered on December 6, 2017.
In addition to teenage internet celebrities, Brat's content would also star people who have worked with Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.
In 2018, Brat premiered 3 shows that were different than its usual single-camera shows: Brat Chat which was a talk show hosted by Indiana Massara and Darius Marcell that premiered in June, The Talent Show[4] which was a competition series to find Brat's next star (hosted by Casey Simpson and judged by Sofie Dossi, Bryce Xavier, and Jordyn Jones) that was released in August, and Hotel Du Loone which was a multi-cam sitcom was released in June.[5] A film based on Chicken Girls was released in 2018 as part of a deal with Studio L, a digital content division of Lionsgate.[2] [6] Before the film's release, Brat and Lionsgate amicably canceled their partnership.[7]
was released on June 29, 2018 and became Brat's most popular project of all time, with over 40 million views as of December 30, 2023.[8]
In December 2018, Brat premiered the Brat Holiday Spectacular starring Mackenzie Ziegler, Jules LeBlanc, Indiana Massara, Sofie Dossi, Aliyah Moulden, Emily Skinner, and Michelle Johnson.[9]
In March 2019, Brat premiered Spring Breakaway starring Jules LeBlanc, Lilia Buckingham, and Anna Cathcart, William Frankline-Miller, Kianna Naomi, David Banks, Claire Montgomery, Allen Perada and Colleen Elizabeth Miller.
In August 2019, Brat premiered Intern-in-Chief, which featured Jules LeBlanc, Riley Lewis, Indiana Massara, Aliyah Moulden, and Kiki Haynes.
In January 11, 2024, Brat acquired Horror website Crypt TV.[10]
| Title | Premiere date | No. seasons | Source(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Chicken Girls | 11 | [11] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Mani | 8 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Crown Lake | 3 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Attaway General | 4 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Charmers | 2 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Good Luck Have Fun | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Chicken Girls: The College Years | 2 | [12] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Junior's | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Together Forever | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Classroom Confidential | 1 | ||
| Title | Premiere date | Source(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | [13] | |||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Brat Holiday Spectacular | |||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Spring Breakaway | [14] | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Intern-in-Chief |
| Denotes series is no longer available to view online |
| Title | Premiere date | Finale date | Seasons | Source(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-camera series | |||||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Misshaps | August 7, 2017 | 1 | [15] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Cody & Lexy | August 17, 2017 | 1 | [16] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Keys | February 16, 2018 | 1 | [17] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Spot The Dog | September 23, 2017 | 1 | [18] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Flunky's Upset | November 2, 2017 | 1 | [19] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Attaway Appeal | November 10, 2017 | 1 | [20] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Afterschooled | February 8, 2018 | 1 | [21] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Overnights | March 30, 2018 | 1 | [22] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Total Eclipse | September 3, 2020 | 5 | [23] | |
| Brobot | May 14, 2018 | 1 | [24] | ||
| Dirt | March 1, 2019 | 2 | |||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Baby Doll Records | July 16, 2018 | 1 | [25] | |
| Boss Cheer | February 21, 2019 | 2 | |||
| A Girl Named Jo | August 6, 2019 | 3 | |||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Zoe Valentine | 2 | [26] | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | On The Ropes | April 15, 2019 | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Stuck | May 15, 2019 | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Red Ruby | June 10, 2019 | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Sunnyside Up | January 28, 2020 | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Crazy Fast | January 22, 2020 | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Stage Fright | May 14, 2020 | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Rooney's Last Roll | December 2, 2020 | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Scarlett's Lab | August 27, 2021 | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Two Christmases | December 25, 2021 | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | The Four of Them | August 31, 2022 | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Chicken Girls:Forever Team | ||||
| Talk show | |||||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Brat Chat | December 16, 2018 | 1 | [27] | |
| Sketch comedies | |||||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | My Not So Sweet 16 | July 7, 2017 | 1 | [28] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Too Cool For School | July 22, 2017 | 1 | [29] | |
| Multi-camera series | |||||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Hotel Du Loone | August 22, 2018 | 1 | [30] | |
| Reality series | |||||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | The Pain of Painting | August 9, 2017 | 1 | [31] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Sheltered | August 11, 2017 | 1 | [32] | |
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Chicken Girls: The Docuseries | November 12, 2020 | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Heart and Soul | March 12, 2021 | 1 | ||
| Competition series | |||||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | The Talent Show | October 11, 2018 | 1 | [33] | |
| Title | Premiere date | No. seasons | Source(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Turnt | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | The Shluv Family | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Random Acts of Magic | 1 | ||
| scope"row" style="text-align:left;" | Don't @ Me | 1 | ||
Brat had also filmed a show for their main channel on YouTube called Theater Kids,[34] but it never aired.
In February 2020, Brat launched a YouTube channel called Music by Brat TV (formerly B-SIDES), which was dedicated to original songs by Brat stars, as well as covers of existing songs.
In February 2020, Brat launched a YouTube channel called "Yearbook" that features its stars in different series of videos, often interviews or recaps:
Some of Yearbook's videos had been posted on Brat's Instagram TV.
Yearbook was rebranded in February 2022 as "Past Your Bedtime", a channel featuring podcasts produced by Brat, such as:
Brat TV has also launched several Snapchat series that recap pop culture and current events primarily concerning notable influencers.
In March 2019, Brat partnered with Sky Pony Press to release a junior novel based on the Chicken Girls series, entitled "Rhyme and the Runaway Twins".[35]
In August 2019, Brat partnered with Art19 to produce a set of podcasts, the first of which served as a spin-off of Attaway Appeal.[36]