Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel
Founded	June 17, 1985
President	Rich Ross
Company	Discovery, Inc.
Notable Series	MythBusters Dirty Jobs Deadliest Catch
Former Names	The Discovery Channel (1985–1995)

Discovery Channel is a US-based cable network that primarily airs documentary programming. According to its parent company, Discovery, Inc., the Discovery Channel reaches 475 million homes in more than 160 countries.

History

The Discovery Channel launched on June 17, 1985, with 156,000 subscribers in the United States. In April of 1989, the channel expanded to the United Kingdom; in September of that same year, the channel aired the first of many original programs, Ivory Wars. Other notable expansions included Asia/Latin America in 1994 and France, the last holdout in Europe, in 2004. In June of 2005, the Discovery Channel celebrated its 20th anniversary.

In-Depth

• Program Listing: A complete listing of shows that aired new episodes on Discovery Channel.

Current Shows

• Mad Dog Made (Season 1 — August 3, 2018)

• Brake Room (Season 1 — October 1, 2018)

• Race Night at Bowman Gray (Season 1 — October 29, 2018)

• Border Live (Season 1 — December 5, 2018)

• Masters of Disaster (Season 1 — August 9, 2019)

• Finding Escobar's Millions (Season 2 — October 1, 2019)

• River of No Return (Season 1 — October 6, 2019)

• Gold Rush: White Water (Season 3 — November 8, 2019)

• Moonshiners (Season 9 — November 19, 2019)

• Man vs. Bear (Season 1 — December 4, 2019)

• Dirty Mudder Truckers (Season 2 — December 9, 2019)

• Twin Turbos (Season 2 — December 9, 2019)

• Homestead Rescue (Season 6 — January 2, 2020)

• Naked and Afraid (Season 11 — January 5, 2020)

• Reclaimed (Season 1 — January 9, 2020)

• Street Outlaws: Fastest in America (Season 1 — January 20, 2020)

• Expedition Unknown (Season 7 — February 5, 2020)

• Expedition X (Season 1 — February 12, 2020)

• Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine (Season 2 — February 21, 2020)

• Rob Riggle: Global Investigator (Season 1 — March 8, 2020)

• Gold Rush: Parker's Trail (Season 4 — March 13, 2020)

• Street Outlaws: Memphis (Season 4 — March 23, 2020)

• Legends of the Wild (Season 1 — April 1, 2020)

• Deadliest Catch: Bloodline (Season 1 — April 14, 2020)

• Naked and Afraid XL (Season 6 — May 24, 2020)

• Diesel Brothers: Diesel Nation (Season 1 — May 25, 2020)

• Dino Hunters (Season 1 — June 19, 2020)

• Diesel Brothers (Season 7 — June 22, 2020)

• Outback Lockdown (Season 1 — July 19, 2020)

• Josh Gates Tonight (Season 1 — August 9, 2020)

• Growing Belushi (Season 1 — August 19, 2020)

• Ed Stafford: First Man Out (Season 1 — August 21, 2020)

• Homestead Rescue: Raney Ranch (Season 1 — October 6, 2020)

• Gold Rush (Season 11 — October 23, 2020)

• Alaska: The Last Frontier (Season 10 — October 25, 2020)

Upcoming Shows

• BattleBots (Season 10 — sometime in 2020)

• Yukon Men (Season 8 — sometime in 2020)

• The Bush League (Season 1 — sometime in 2020)

• Alaska Homicide (Season 1 — sometime in 2020)

• Uncharted (Season 1 — sometime in 2020)

• Wildlife Warriors (Season 1 — sometime in 2020)

• Perfect Planet (Season 1 — sometime in 2020)

• Mysterious Planet (Season 1 — sometime in 2020)

• Revenge of the Nerd (Season 1 — sometime in 2020)

• Monster Garage (Season 6 — sometime in 2020)

• Cal Fire (Season 1 — sometime in 2020)

Shows in Limbo

• American Chopper (Season 9 — February 12-March 26, 2019)

• Garage Rehab (Season 2 — January 8-March 26, 2019)

• Shifting Gears with Aaron Kaufman (Season 2 — September 24, 2018-March 26, 2019)

• Moonshiners: Whiskey Business (Season 1 — March 13-April 3, 2019)

• Mummies Unwrapped (Season 1 — April 10-May 29, 2019)

• Street Outlaws (Season 12 — April 1-June 24, 2019)

• Savage Builds (Season 1 — June 14-July 26, 2019)

• Shark After Dark (Season 7 — July 28-August 1, 2019)

• Serengeti (Season 1 — August 4-September 8, 2019)

• Aaron Needs a Job (Season 1 — July 15-September 9, 2019)

• Raising Wild (Season 1 — June 2-September 15, 2019)

• Undercover Billionaire (Season 1 — August 6-September 24, 2019)

• Contact (Season 1 — August 7-September 25, 2019)

• Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings (Season 3 — October 7-December 2, 2019)

• Guardians of the Glades (Season 2 — January 7-February 25, 2020)

• Building Off the Grid (Season 2 — January 9-March 26, 2020)

• Moonshiners: Master Distiller (Season 1 — March 3-March 31, 2020)

• Driven (Season 1 — March 30-May 18, 2020)

• Fast N' Loud (Season 16 — March 30-June 1, 2020)

• All on the Line (Season 1 — May 22-June 30, 2020)

• Treasure Island with Bear Grylls (Season 1 — June 13-July 16, 2020)

• Dirty Jobs: Rowe'd Trip (Season 1 — July 7-July 28, 2020)

• Mysteries of the Deep (Season 1 — May 27-August 5, 2020)

• Deadliest Catch (Season 16 — April 14-September 22, 2020)

• Expedition to the Edge (Season 1 — August 23-September 27, 2020)

• Naked & Afraid: Foreign Exchange (Season 1 — June 7-September 27, 2020)

• 100 Days Wild (Season 1 — August 21-October 2, 2020)

• I Quit (Season 1 — August 18-October 3, 2020)

• Bad Chad Customs (Season 2 — August 17-October 5, 2020)

• Bering Sea Gold (Season 12 — May 15-October 9, 2020)

• Dodgeball Thunderdome (Season 1 — August 19-October 14, 2020)

• Alaskan Bush People (Season 12 — August 23-October 18, 2020)

External Sites

• Official website for Discovery Channel