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)

• Homestead Rescue (Season 5 — June 12, 2019)

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

• Bering Sea Gold (Season 11 — September 17, 2019)

• Street Outlaws: Memphis (Season 3 — September 30, 2019)

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

• Alaska: The Last Frontier (Season 9 — October 6, 2019)

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

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

• Gold Rush (Season 10 — October 11, 2019)

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

• Moonshiners (Season 9 — November 19, 2019)

Upcoming Shows

• Alaskan Bush People (Season 11 — December 4, 2019)

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

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

• Yukon Men (Season 8 — sometime in 2019)

• The Bush League (Season 1 — sometime in 2019)

• Alaska Homicide (Season 1 — sometime in 2019)

• Legends of the Wild (Season 1 — sometime in 2019 or 2020)

• Uncharted (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)

• Galpin Auto Sports (Season 1 — sometime in winter 2020)

Shows in Limbo

• Twin Turbos (Season 1 — February 28-April 18, 2018)

• Misfit Garage (Season 6 — May 2-August 8, 2018)

• Treasure Quest: Snake Island (Season 3 — August 24-October 5, 2018)

• Trans Am (Season 1 — October 2-November 13, 2018)

• Vegas Rat Rods (Season 4 — October 1-December 11, 2018)

• Master of Arms (Season 1 — November 2-December 21, 2018)

• The Last Alaskans (Season 4 — November 25, 2018-January 27, 2019)

• Bad Chad Customs (Season 1 — January 1-February 5, 2019)

• 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)

• Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine (Season 1 — April 5-April 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)

• Dirty Mudder Truckers (Season 1 — May 27-June 17, 2019)

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

• Naked and Afraid (Season 10 — March 3-June 30, 2019)

• Guardians of the Glades (Season 1 — May 28-July 2, 2019)

• Naked and Afraid XL (Season 5 — June 2-July 21, 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)

• Deadliest Catch (Season 15 — April 9-September 10, 2019)

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

• Fast N' Loud (Season 15 — July 8-September 23, 2019)

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

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

• BattleBots (Season 9 — June 7-September 27, 2019)

• Expedition Unknown (Season 6 — August 7-October 30, 2019)

External Sites

• Official website for Discovery Channel