Discovery Channel
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| Discovery Channel | |
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| 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.
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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
- The Interrogation Room (Season 1 — January 4, 2018)
- Mad Dog Made (Season 1 — August 3, 2018)
- Shifting Gears with Aaron Kaufman (Season 2 — September 24, 2018)
- Vegas Rat Rods (Season 4 — October 1, 2018)
- Brake Room (Season 1 — October 1, 2018)
- Street Outlaws: Memphis (Season 2 — October 22, 2018)
- Race Night at Bowman Gray (Season 1 — October 29, 2018)
- The Last Alaskans (Season 4 — November 25, 2018)
- Border Live (Season 1 — December 5, 2018)
- Moonshiners (Season 8 — January 2, 2019)
- Gold Rush: White Water (Season 2 — January 4, 2019)
- Garage Rehab (Season 2 — January 8, 2019)
- Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings (Season 2 — January 14, 2019)
- American Chopper (Season 9 — February 12, 2019)
- Alaskan Bush People (Season 9 — March 3, 2019)
- Moonshiners: Whiskey Business (Season 1 — March 13, 2019)
- Street Outlaws (Season 12 — April 1, 2019)
- Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine (Season 1 — April 5, 2019)
- Deadliest Catch (Season 15 — April 9, 2019)
- Expedition Unknown (Season 5 — April 10, 2019)
- Dirty Mudder Truckers (Season 1 — May 27, 2019)
- Guardians of the Glades (Season 1 — May 28, 2019)
- Naked and Afraid XL (Season 5 — June 2, 2019)
- Raising Wild (Season 1 — June 2, 2019)
- BattleBots (Season 9 — June 7, 2019)
- Homestead Rescue (Season 5 — June 12, 2019)
- Savage Builds (Season 1 — June 14, 2019)
Upcoming Shows
- Fast N' Loud (Season 15 — July 8, 2019)
- The Bush League (Season 1 — sometime in 2019)
- Alaska Homicide (Season 1 — sometime in 2019)
- Masters of Disaster (Season 1 — sometime in 2019)
- Legends of the Wild (Season 1 — sometime in 2019 or 2020)
- River of No Return (Season 1 — sometime in 2019 or 2020)
- Rob Riggle: Global Investigator (Season 1 — sometime in 2019 or 2020)
- Wildlife Warriors (Season 1 — sometime in 2019 or 2020)
- Perfect Planet (Season 1 — sometime in 2019 or 2020)
- Mysterious Planet (Season 1 — sometime in 2019 or 2020)
Shows in Limbo
- Misfit Garage (Season 5 — August 30-November 1, 2017)
- Finding Escobar's Millions (Season 1 — November 3-December 8, 2017)
- Bushcraft Build-Off (Season 1 — November 8-December 19, 2017)
- Killing Fields (Season 3 — January 4-February 22, 2018)
- Twin Turbos (Season 1 — February 28-April 18, 2018)
- Bering Sea Gold (Season 12 — March 30-June 15, 2018)
- Treasure Quest: Snake Island (Season 3 — August 24-October 5, 2018)
- Master of Arms (Season 1 — November 2-December 21, 2018)
- Alaska: The Last Frontier (Season 8 — October 7, 2018-January 27, 2019)
- Bad Chad Customs (Season 1 — January 1-February 5, 2019)
- Naked and Afraid (Season 10 — March 3-May 26, 2019)
- Diesel Brothers (Season 5 — April 8-May 27, 2019)
- Mummies Unwrapped (Season 1 — April 10-May 29, 2019)
- Gold Rush: Parker's Trail (Season 3 — April 5-May 31, 2019)
External Sites
- Official website for Discovery Channel
