Press Releases
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November 29, 2011
AWARD-WINNING ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN TO NARRATE FROZEN PLANET
(Los Angeles, Ca.) -- The acclaimed documentary team behind the groundbreaking PLANET EARTH and the co-production partners of LIFE will present the next great natural history series in March 2012, as FROZEN PLANET premieres on …
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November 21, 2011
DISCOVERY’S ‘GOLD RUSH’ ONCE AGAIN #1 PROGRAM IN ALL OF TELEVISION FRIDAY NIGHT AMONG MEN, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 3.58 MILLION TUNING IN
The premiere episode of Discovery Channel's hit series GOLD RUSH on Friday, November 18, was the #1 program in ALL of TELVISION during primetime (no exclusions), among Men 25-54 and Men 18-49 ratings and delivery. The …
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November 16, 2011
Discovery premieres “Health I.T.: Advancing Care, Empowering Patients,” in Partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton
(Silver Spring, MD.) - From electronic records to wireless home-monitoring, healthcare is undergoing a technological transformation. Examining and explaining these dramatic changes in the care of patients, Discovery Channel Patient Education premieres HEALTH I.T.: ADVANCING …
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November 14, 2011
DISCOVERY’S GOLD RUSH #1 PROGRAM IN ALL OF TELEVISION FRIDAY NIGHT AMONG MEN, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 4.15 MILLION TUNING IN
The all-new premiere of Discovery Channel's hit series GOLD RUSH on Friday, November 11, was the #1 program in ALL of TELVISION during primetime (no exclusions), among Men 25-54 ratings and delivery. The third episode …
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November 14, 2011
EMMY® WINNING EXECUTIVE HOWARD SWARTZ JOINS DISCOVERY CHANNEL AS VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION
(Los Angeles, Ca.) - Howard Swartz, most recently executive producer of PBS's NOVA series, has joined Discovery Channel as Vice President, Development and Production, effective immediately. Based out of the network's Los Angeles, California office, …
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November 7, 2011
DISCOVERY’S ‘GOLD RUSH’ AND ‘FLYING WILD ALASKA’ BRING IN HUGE NUMBERS FOR SECOND WEEK
(Silver Spring, Md.) - Discovery Channel's primetime line-up on November 4th propelled the network to the #1 spot in ALL OF TELEVISION for the night among M18-49 (ratings and delivery). Episodes of GOLD RUSH and …
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November 7, 2011
RELIVE THE EPIC ADVENTURE AS EXPLORER ED STAFFORD BECOMES FIRST TO TAKE ON WORLD’S LONGEST RIVER IN DISCOVERY’S ‘WALKING THE AMAZON’
(Silver Spring, Md.) - Ex-soldier and explorer Ed Stafford and his friend Luke Collyer took on a monumental challenge: trace on foot the entire length of the Amazon, from its source in Southern Peru to …
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November 1, 2011
Men Find Gold Friday Night
Discovery Channel had the top three non-sports programs in all of cable on Friday evening among Men 18-49 delivery, with its primetime line-up of the season premiere of GOLD RUSH (#1), an all-new GOLD RUSH …
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October 11, 2011
WHERE ALL ROADS END, THE TWETO FAMILY’S WORLD BEGINS: FLYING WILD ALASKA RETURNS FOR A SECOND SEASON ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL
In the wildest regions of Northern Alaska, the only way in -- and the only way out -- is by bush plane. It's a world of dangerous weather, harsh conditions and small isolated communities bonded …
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October 10, 2011
DISCOVERY CHANNEL CELEBRATES STEVE JOBS’ ENDURING INFLUENCE ON MODERN CULTURE IN iGENIUS: HOW STEVE JOBS CHANGED THE WORLD, MAKING ITS WORLD PREMIERE THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 AT 8PM ET/PT
Steve Jobs was a creative and technological visionary who quite simply changed society as we know it. As co-founder and CEO of Apple Computer, Jobs ushered in personal computing to the masses, which in turn …
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October 6, 2011
DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND BBC TO PRODUCE LANDMARK SERIES ‘HISTORY OF THE WORLD’
(Silver Spring, Md.) - Discovery Channel and BBC are once again joining forces, announcing today the co-production of a new landmark series titled HISTORY OF THE WORLD. The eight-part program, set to premiere in 2013, …
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September 29, 2011
DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S MYTHBUSTERS RETURNS WITH STELLAR RATINGS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
(Silver Spring, Md.) - Discovery Channel's series favorite MYTHBUSTERS delivered huge ratings success for the network on Wednesday, September 28 at 9PM/ET making the show the #1 primetime program in cable with M25-54 and M18-34. …
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September 28, 2011
GOLD MINERS DOUBLE DOWN, PUTTING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE BEHIND A NEW EFFORT TO STRIKE IT RICH IN DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S ‘GOLD RUSH’
(Silver Spring, Md.) - In Discovery Channel's hit series GOLD RUSH, a group of down-on-their-luck men, in the face of an economic meltdown, risk everything to strike it rich mining for gold in Alaska. Inspired …
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September 26, 2011
THE DANDY WARHOLS REVAMP THEME SONG FOR EMMY®-NOMINATED DISCOVERY CHANNEL SERIES MYTHBUSTERS
Hit Discovery Channel series MYTHBUSTERS and legendary musical act The Dandy Warhols have partnered on an all-new theme song, which will launch with the series' new fall season on Wednesday, September 28 at 9PM ET/PT. …
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September 12, 2011
JOURNALIST GAINS ACCESS TO COUNTRY’S MOST EXTREME SUBCULTURES AND REVEALS AMERICA’S UNDERWORLD COULD BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR
(Silver Spring, Md.) - He's been chased, blindfolded and threatened with his life. He's negotiated with meth cookers, arms dealers and gangsters. Mark Allen Johnson puts everything on the line to pursue stories most wouldn't …
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September 7, 2011
PREPOSTEROUS TRUTH OR TOTALLY BELIEVABLE LIE? YOU BE THE JUDGE AS NEW SERIES PENN & TELLER TELL A LIE PREMIERES OCTOBER 5
Show-stopping iconoclasts Penn & Teller bring their unique vision of the world to Discovery Channel in PENN & TELLER TELL A LIE, a new interactive series with a twist that promises to forever change how …
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August 31, 2011
A SEASON OF HEART-STOPPING WEATHER AND HEARTBREAKING DESTRUCTION
A SEASON OF HEART-STOPPING WEATHER AND HEARTBREAKING DESTRUCTION STORM CHASERS Season Premiere Sunday, September 25 at 10 PM E/P on Discovery (Silver Spring, Md.) It's been a year of historic and tragic loss, unimaginable damage …
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August 29, 2011
BIG BALLS, PIGEONS AND (OF COURSE) LOTS AND LOTS OF DUCT TAPE, WHEN NEW FALL SEASON OF EMMY®-NOMINATED MYTHBUSTERS PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 AT 9PM ET/PT
Fresh off its third consecutive Emmy® nomination, MYTHBUSTERS is back for more explosive science-y goodness, as hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, and Tory Belleci, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara, return with all-new fall episodes …
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August 23, 2011
GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNING WITH DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S NEW SERIES CARFELLLAS
(New York, NY) - Meet Mike DeLucia -- Mikey D. for short. Mikey's definitely made some mistakes throughout his life. He's paid the price and now he's ready to make an honest buck - in the …
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August 15, 2011
BAD TO THE BONE: DINOSAUR REVOLUTION TO PREMIERE SEPTEMBER 4 AND 11 ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL
On September 4 and 11, the four-hour DINOSAUR REVOLUTION will present dinosaurs like you've never seen them before - combining the artistic and storytelling talents of the world's most renowned dinosaur illustrators with the most …
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