Discovery Channel

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

Discovery Channel is dedicated to creating the highest quality non-fiction content that informs and entertains its consumers about the world in all its wonder, diversity and amazement. The network, which is distributed to 100.8 million U.S. homes, can be seen in 224 countries and territories, offering a signature mix of compelling, high-end production values and vivid cinematography across genres including, science and technology, exploration, adventure, history and in-depth, behind-the-scenes glimpses at the people, places and organizations that shape and share our world.

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

• Billy Buys Brooklyn (Season 1 — April 21, 2022)

• Moonshiners (Season 12 — November 9, 2022)

• Gold Rush: White Water (Season 6 — November 11, 2022)

• The Next Bite (Season 4 — December 31, 2022)

• Chasin' the Sun (Season 4 — December 31, 2022)

• BattleBots (Season 13 — January 5, 2023)

• Adventure Cities (Season 2 — March 25, 2023)

• Blair Wiggins Outdoors (Season 2 — April 1, 2023)

• The Fish Guyz (Season 5 — April 1, 2023)

• Uncharted Waters with Peter Miller (Season 4 — April 1, 2023)

• Gold Rush: Parker's Trail (Season 6 — April 7, 2023)

• Deadliest Catch (Season 19 — April 18, 2023)

• Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing (Season 1 — May 7, 2023)

• Street Outlaws: Locals Only (Season 1 — May 15, 2023)

• Maritime Masters: Expedition Antarctica (Season 1 — May 13, 2023)

• Expedition Unknown (Season 11 — May 24, 2023)

Upcoming Shows

• Survive the Raft (Season 1 — sometime in July 2023)

• Revenge of the Nerd (Season 1 — sometime in 2023)

• The Hop (Season 1 — sometime in 2023)

• Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings (Season 6 — sometime in 2023)

Shows in Limbo

• Homestead Rescue: Raney Ranch (Season 2 — May 6-June 10, 2021)

• Cal Fire (Season 1 — January 3-June 20, 2021)

• Dirty Mudder Truckers (Season 3 — May 17-June 21, 2021)

• Serengeti II (Season 2 — July 18, 2021)

• Hunting Atlantis (Season 1 — July 21-August 25, 2021)

• Getaway Driver (Season 1 — July 19-September 6, 2021)

• Dino Hunters (Season 2 — July 30-September 10, 2021)

• Gold Rush: Winter's Fortune (Season 1 — July 30-September 10, 2021)

• Street Outlaws: Memphis (Season 5 — July 19-October 4, 2021)

• Lost Relics of the Knights Templar (Season 2 — September 29-October 13, 2021)

• Lone Star Law: Patrol and Protect (Season 1 — December 29, 2020-January 12, 2021)

• Street Outlaws: Farmtruck and AZN (Season 1 — January 10-February 28, 2022)

• Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch (Season 2 — January 7-March 4, 2022)

• Street Outlaws: America's List – After Hours (Season 1 — March 15-April 5, 2022)

• Bee Czar (Season 1 — March 9-April 13, 2022)

• Moonshiners: American Spirit (Season 1 — April 13-May 11, 2022)

• Gold Rush: Freddy Dodge's Mine Rescue (Season 2 — April 1-May 13, 2022)

• Hoffman Family Gold (Season 1 — March 25-June 3, 2022)

• Street Outlaws: America's List (Season 2 — March 21-June 27, 2022)

• Deadliest Catch: Bloodline (Season 3 — April 19-June 28, 2022)

• Josh Gates Tonight (Season 5 — May 25-June 29, 2022)

• Naked and Afraid XL (Season 8 — May 1-July 3, 2022)

• Expedition X (Season 5 — May 25-July 6, 2022)

• Naked and Afraid XL: Frozen (Season 1 — July 31-August 28, 2022)

• Outback Opal Hunters (Season 3 — June 3-September 9, 2022)

• Street Outlaws: End Game (Season 1 — July 4-September 12, 2022)

• Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine (Season 4 — May 20-September 16, 2022)

• Lone Star Law (Season 10 — January 22-September 29, 2022)

• Mysteries of the Deep (Season 1 — August 10-October 5, 2022)

• Tales from the Explorers Club (Season 1 — August 31-October 5, 2022)

• Alaska: The Last Frontier (Season 11 — October 9-November 13, 2022)

• Deadliest Catch: The Viking Returns (Season 1 — September 13-November 15, 2022)

• Alaskan Bush People (Season 14 — October 2-December 4, 2022)

• A Cut Above (Season 1 — October 2-December 22, 2022)

• Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (Season 1 — November 10-December 22, 2022)

• Brink of Disaster (Season 1 — December 8-December 22, 2022)

• Live to Farm (Season 1 — October 1-December 24, 2022)

• The Great 8 (Season 1 — September 19-December 26, 2022)

• Diesel Brothers (Season 8 — November 9-December 28, 2022)

• Dirty Jobs (Season 11 — December 11, 2022-February 5, 2023)

• Sewer Divers (Season 1 — January 1-February 5, 2023)

• Bering Sea Gold (Season 15 — December 6, 2022-February 7, 2023)

• Ice Cold Catch (Season 1 — December 20, 2022-February 7, 2023)

• Street Outlaws: OKC (Season 19 — January 2-March 6, 2023)

• Aussie Gold Hunters: Mine SOS (Season 1 — February 3-March 10, 2023)

• Moonshiners: Master Distiller (Season 5 — November 9, 2022-March 15, 2023)

• Fly Rod Chronicles (Season 3 — December 31, 2022-March 18, 2023)

• RV There Yet? (Season 2 — December 31, 2022-March 25, 2023)

• Gold Rush (Season 13 — September 30, 2022-March 31, 2023)

• Homestead Rescue (Season 10 — February 28-April 4, 2023)

• Naked and Afraid (Season 15 — February 19-April 30, 2023)

• Naked and Afraid: Solo (Season 1 — March 12-April 30, 2023)

• Street Outlaws: Fastest in America (Season 4 — March 13-May 8, 2023)

• Growing Belushi (Season 3 — April 5-May 10, 2023)

• This Is Mark Rober (Season 1 — April 13-May 20, 2023)

• Mark Rober's Revengineers (Season 1 — April 20-May 25, 2023)

External Sites

• Official website for Discovery Channel