The Lion Guard ''The Lion Guard'' is an American animated television series developed by Ford Riley and based on Disney's 1994 film ''The Lion King''. The series was first broadcast with a television film titled ''The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar'' on Disney ...

'' is an American animated television series developed by

Ford Riley Ford Riley is an American producer, screenwriter, lyricist, and voice actor. He is best known for creating the Disney Junior animated television series ''Special Agent Oso'' (2009-2012) and he most recently created and developed the animated tele ...

based on

Disney's The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

1994 film ''

The Lion King ''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance ...

.'' The series was first broadcast with a

television movie A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...

, titled ''The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar'' on Disney Channel on November 22, 2015 and began airing as a TV series on January 15, 2016 on

Disney Junior Disney Junior is an American pay television network owned by the Walt Disney Television (part of Disney General Entertainment Content) unit of The Walt Disney Company through Disney Branded Television. Aimed mainly at children two to seven y ...

and Disney Channel. ''The Lion Guard'' is a sequel to ''The Lion King'' and takes place during the time-gap within the 1998 film '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride,'' with the third season taking place in parallel with the film's second act, followed by the final two episodes of Season 3 serving as a continuation to that film. The second season premiered on July 7, 2017. A third season was commissioned on March 15, 2017 and premiered on August 3, 2019. The series finale aired on November 3, 2019.

Series overview

Episodes

Pilot (2015)

Season 1 (2016–17)

Season 2 (2017–19)

Season 3 (2019)

The first eight episodes of season 3 were released on the DisneyNow app on August 3, 2019, while the last eleven episodes were released on the DisneyNow app on September 2, 2019.

Shorts

A short-form series called '' It's UnBungalievable'' starring Bunga and Ono was produced by

Disneynature Disneynature is an independent film studio that specializes in the production of nature documentary films for The Walt Disney Studios. The production company was founded on April 21, 2008, and is headquartered in Paris, France. The company's n ...

and premiered on

on January 9, 2016. In the series, Bunga and Ono pick two animals to compete in contests such as "Who's Quicker?" "Who Has Better Hair?" and "Who's Hungrier?" The series features live-action animal footage provided by Disneynature.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lion Guard episodes, List of The

Episodes Episodes may refer to: * Episode An episode is a narrative unit within a larger dramatic work or documentary production, such as a series intended for radio, television or streaming consumption. The noun ''episode'' is derived from the Greek ...

Lists of American children's animated television series episodes