Total Drama premiered on Teletoon (now the Canadian version of Cartoon Network) in Canada on July 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the U.S. on June 5, 2008. The series is both a homage and satire of common conventions from reality television competition shows like Survivor. A spin-off series, Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, premiered on September 7, 2015. A revival of the series was announced on February 17, 2021, with two new seasons being produced for Cartoon Network and HBO Max in the United States. The original English version was available on Discovery+ in the region, and will later see an international extension.