Discovery Channel's summer schedule is jam-packed with a wide variety of both fan favorites and all-new programming. On the heels of the broadcast success of HARLEY AND THE DAVIDSONS - TV's best single-network miniseries in more than three years - Discovery will premiere an all-new scripted anthology series called Manhunt: UNABOMBER that tracks how FBI agent Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerald brought down Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber," through his pioneering work in forensic linguistics. The schedule will also include DARKNESS, a new unscripted series that takes the survival genre to the next level; MOSQUITO, a documentary that sheds unique insight into the growing threat of this insidious insect; FIRST IN HUMAN, a new documentary series narrated by Emmy(R), Golden Globe(R), and Critics Choice(R) winning actor Jim Parsons; and RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN, an official selection of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival narrated by award-winning journalist Tom Brokaw. And of course, there will be lots and lots of sharks with the return of SHARK WEEK. Below you'll find a selection of key show highlights and air dates.
TOP HIGHLIGHTS
SHARK WEEK
Premieres Sunday, July 23 at 7 PM ET/PT on Discovery
As television's longest running summer event, from exotic, unexplored locations to incredible breaches and shark sonograms,
SHARK WEEK has given viewers extensive insight into the mysterious world of sharks - taking them where cameras have never been before. Along the way,
SHARK WEEK has built a community of scientists, including Craig O'Connoll, Neil Hammerschlag, and Tristan Gutteridge, who have come on board to share science-based shark stories and exciting shark research from the field. Discovery will employ new technology, from genetic profiling to miniaturized camera tags, to peer more deeply into the shark ecosystem. The shows of the 30th anniversary will combine the best of
Science and technology to capture the fascinating and misunderstood behavior of sharks. Whether looking for the largest great white sharks deep in the ocean, or exploring for strange new shark species,
SHARK WEEK 2017 will deep dive into the secret lives of sharks, and find better ways to share the oceans we co-inhabit.
MOSQUITO
New documentary special premieres July 6 on Discovery
Shot on four continents and featuring insights from some of the world's leading experts, including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention former Director Tom Frieden, MOSQUITO sounds the alarm about the deadliest animal in the world highlighting the immense international efforts that will be required to stop it in its tracks.
DARKNESS
All new series coming this July to Discovery
This all-new series takes the survival genre to the next level. Inspired by extreme training scenarios conducted by the U.S. Military, Department of Defense, and NASA, three strangers each episode will push themselves to their absolute limits in complete darkness - enduring days buried
UNDERGROUND while navigating prehistoric cave systems, ancient subterranean cities and centuries-old abandoned mines.
Manhunt: UNABOMBER
The 2-hour series premiere begins Tuesday, August 1 at 9PM ET/PT on Discovery
Manhunt: UNABOMBER tells the dramatic and gripping true story of the FBI's hunt for the Unabomber, the deadliest serial bomber in history. The story focuses on FBI Agent and Criminal Profiler Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerald (played by Sam Worthington of "Avatar" and "Hacksaw Ridge"), who pioneered the use of forensic linguistics to identify and ultimately capture the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski (Paul Bettany, "Gangster No. 1," "Captain America: Civil War"). As a fresh faced Criminal Profiler and the newest member of the Unabom Task Force (UTF), Fitz faced an uphill battle not just against the Unabomber - one of the most sophisticated and brilliant criminals in history - but also against the bureaucracy of the UTF itself as his maverick ideas and new approaches were dismissed by the system. MANHUNT: UNABOMBER is produced by John Goldwyn, serving as consultant to Discovery, Lionsgate,
Discovery Channel and Trigger Street Productions. Emmy(R) Award-winning television producer and director Greg Yaitanes ("Quarry," "Banshee") will executive produce, direct and serve as showrunner and Andrew Sodroski, whose "Holland, Michigan" topped Hollywood's famed Black List for screenplays in 2013, created the series and serves as an Executive Producer. Jim Fitzgerald will serve as Consulting Producer.
FIRST IN HUMAN
All new documentary series premieres August 10 on Discovery
From the first use of chemotherapy for cancer, lithium for depression, and immunosuppressive therapy for lupus, NIH'S Building 10 has been at the forefront of the world's medical breakthroughs. FIRST IN HUMAN is an unprecedented look inside Building 10, the nation's largest research hospital, where the medicine of tomorrow is made. The three-part documentary series explores the lives of the doctors, researchers, and patients who together make progress possible in this cutting-edge testing ground. The series is narrated by Emmy(R), Golden Globe(R), and Critics Choice(R) winning actor Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory," "Hidden Figures"), directed by Emmy winner John Hoffman, and executive produced by Hoffman and Emmy winner Dyllan McGee.
RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN
An official selection of the 2017
Sundance Film Festival premieres August 31 on Discovery
From the Montana Rockies to the Kansas wheat fields and the Gulf of Mexico, families who work the land and sea are crossing political divides to find unexpected ways to protect the natural resources vital to their livelihoods. Narrated by award-winning journalist Tom Brokaw and directed by Emmy(R)-winning and Oscar-nominated Susan Froemke and Emmy(R)-winning filmmaker John Hoffman, the film is based on Miriam Horn's book, "Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland."
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