Press Releases
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August 10, 2011
Executive Producer Steven Spielberg, Discovery and Science Channel Present 'Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero,' a Two-Week Television Event Marks the Rebirth of a City as the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Approaches
(Silver Spring, Md.) From executive producer Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Television, Discovery Channel and Science Channel comes the story of hope from darkness, life from ashes, a dream born from a nightmare. RISING: REBUILDING GROUND ZERO, …
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August 8, 2011
FOR TRAINED SPECIAL FORCES SURVIVAL EXPERT MYKEL HAWKE, SURVING THE WILD MAY BE THE EASY PART IN ‘MAN, WOMAN, WILD’
FOR TRAINED SPECIAL FORCES SURVIVAL EXPERT MYKEL HAWKE, SURVING THE WILD MAY BE THE EASY PART IN 'MAN, WOMAN, WILD' Mykel and Wife Ruth Survive the Harshest Environments with Little More than a Knife …
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August 2, 2011
DISCOVERY CHANNEL INVESTIGATES ONE OF THE WORST SHOOTING SPREES OF ALL TIME IN NORWAY MASSACRE:THE KILLER’S MIND
July 22nd 2011, a day now indelibly ingrained in Norway's history, is the date Anders Behring Breivik killed eight people by setting off a bomb outside government headquarters in Oslo. He also embarked on a …
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August 2, 2011
SHARK WEEK KICKS OFF WITH STELLAR RATINGS SUNDAY NIGHT
(Silver Spring, Md.) - Discovery Channel's SHARK WEEK debuts with the highest Sunday night premiere delivery ever for a SHARK WEEK among, P/W18-34 (1.18M and 657K, respectively) and the highest premiere rating ever for a …
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August 1, 2011
DID GOD CREATE THE UNIVERSE? MEET THE PRESS’ DAVID GREGORY HOSTS SPECIAL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION TO ANSWER STEPHEN HAWKING’S POSITION
(Silver Spring, MD.) - Discovery Channel announced David Gregory, host of NBC's Meet the Press will host a special roundtable discussion following the premiere of CURIOSITY: Did God Create the Universe? on Sunday, August 7 …
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July 29, 2011
DISCOVERY CHANNEL FALL LINE-UP TO FEATURE ALL-NEW SERIES AND SEASON PREMIERES OF ITS HIGHEST-RATED SHOWS
(Silver Spring, MD) - From hit series and fan favorites to compelling and provocative new series, Discovery Channel's fall schedule is packed with programs that provide behind-the-scenes, in-depth glimpses at the people, places and things …
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July 29, 2011
ROBIN WILLIAMS, SAMUEL L. JACKSON AND BRENDAN FRASER JOIN THE ALL STAR HOSTS OF DISCOVERY CHANNEL’S ‘CURIOSITY’
(Silver Spring, MD.) - Discovery Channel announced today that Academy Award® winner Robin Williams and stars Samuel L. Jackson and Brendan Fraser will join the cast of hosts for the landmark event series CURIOSITY premiering …
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July 29, 2011
SEEDING A BUSINESS
(Silver Spring, MD.) - Take a look inside the business of the country's leading medicinal cannabis dispensary, now legal in California, as WEED WARS premieres this fall on Discovery Channel. It is a familiar story: …
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July 28, 2011
TRANSFORM TRASH INTO TREASURE IN DISCOVER CHANNEL'S NEW SERIES DIRTY MONEY
(New York, NY) - The old adage that one man's trash is another man's treasure is brought to life in the new Discovery Channel series DIRTY MONEY, premiering on Tuesday, August 9th at 10 PM ET/PT. …
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July 26, 2011
DINOSAUR REVOLUTION’S ALL-STAR CREW OF ANIMATORS AND ILLUSTRATORS TO RESET STANDARD FOR DINOSAUR STORYTELLING
Beginning September 4, Discovery Channel's four-hour series DINOSAUR REVOLUTION will reset the standard for immersive, inside-out dinosaur storytelling, giving an insiders' view into the private lives and strange behaviors of dinosaurs, with a narrative technique …
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July 13, 2011
A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS: DEADLIEST CATCH NUMBER ONE 14 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS
(Silver Spring. Md.) Tuesday night's DEADLIEST CATCH premiere episode, The Island, earned a 2.18 HH / 1.81 P25-54 AA%, making it the #1 non-sports primetime (8P-11P) cable program for Persons and Men 25-54. The Tuesday, …
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July 7, 2011
DEADLIEST CATCH WASHES ASHORE WITH YET ANOTHER HUGE NIGHT
(Silver Spring, Md.) The Tuesday night July 5th DEADLIEST CATCH premiere episode "Pirate School," earned a 2.22 HH / 2.08 Persons 25-54 AA% making it the #1 primetime (8P-11P) cable program for Persons 25-54 and …
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July 7, 2011
NEW DISCOVERY CHANNEL SPECIAL SHARES THE SECRETS OF SEAL TEAM SIX
NEW DISCOVERY CHANNEL SPECIAL SHARES THE SECRETS OF SEAL TEAM SIX (Silver Spring, MD) - The SECRETS OF SEAL TEAM SIX will be revealed in the new Discovery Channel special airing Sunday, July 10 at …
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July 5, 2011
DUAL SURVIVAL ENDS THE SEASON ON A HIGH NOTE, DELIVERING A NUMBER ONE NIGHT FOR DISCOVERY CHANNEL
The Friday, July 1 9PM ET/PT season finale of Discovery Channel's DUAL SURVIVAL, Road to Nowhere, earned a 1.12 HH / 0.78 P25-54 AA%, delivering 1.64 million viewers P2+. The series was the #2 primetime …
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June 29, 2011
SHIPSHAPE RATINGS FOR DEADLIEST CATCH
The Tuesday night, June 28 DEADLIEST CATCH premiere episode, "It's Not All Mai Tais and Yahtzee," earned a 2.15 HH / 1.87 P25-54 AA% making it the #1 primetime (8P-11P) cable program for Persons and …
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June 22, 2011
DEADLIEST CATCH IS WAVES ABOVE THE REST
Silver Spring, Md.) Tuesday night's DEADLIEST CATCH premiere episode, "Birds, Bones and Blood," earned a 2.58 HH / 2.21 Persons 25-54 AA% delivering 3.65 million viewers, making it the #1 primetime (8P-11P) cable program for …
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June 22, 2011
NEW DISCOVERY CHANNEL SPECIAL DINO GANGS UNCOVERS GROUND-BREAKING NEW THEORY: T-REX HUNTED IN ORGANIZED GANGS
For years, scientists concluded that Tyrannosaurs like the T-Rex were solitary creatures because their skeletons were found alone. Now, leading paleontologist Dr. Phil Currie believes that Tyrannosaurs were cooperative pack animals that hunted in terrifying …
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June 21, 2011
GO DEEP INSIDE MILITARY SPECIAL OPERATIONS TRAINING WITH DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S RETURNING HIT SERIES SURVIVING THE CUT 2
(Silver Spring, MD) - With extraordinary and unprecedented access, Discovery Channel will bring viewers inside the intense world of military special operations training when SURVIVING THE CUT 2 premieres on Monday, July 11 at 10 …
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June 20, 2011
BEAR GRYLLS HEADS TO ICELAND, NEW ZEALAND AND UTAH FOR NEW EPISODES OF MAN VS WILD
Bear Grylls has survived in some of the most dangerous places on Earth. From jungles to deserts and from Everest to Antarctica, he travels to places where you couldn't last a day without the right …
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June 20, 2011
NEW DISCOVERY CHANNEL SPECIAL SHARES THE SECRETS OF SEAL TEAM SIX
(Silver Spring, MD) - The SECRETS OF SEAL TEAM SIX will be revealed in the new Discovery Channel special airing Sunday, July 10 at 9pm ET/PT In SECRETS OF SEAL TEAM SIX, viewers are invited …
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