Discovery Premieres New Series NAKED & AFRAID Tonight
by TV News Desk - June 23, 2013 The survival genre strips down when Discovery's brand new series NAKED & AFRAID premieres tonight, June 23rd at 10:20pm ET/PT, immediately following SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA....
Willie Geist to Host Discovery Channel's EVEREST JUMP LIVE This May
by Caryn Robbins - March 20, 2014 Discovery Channel has announced NBC News' Willie Geist as host of EVEREST JUMP LIVE, a two hour epic event in which climber Joby Ogwyn will attempt the first wing suit flight off the summit of Mt. Everest....
Discovery Launches Global Landmark Development Fund
by Caryn Robbins - August 23, 2013 Discovery Channel U.S. and Discovery Networks International (DNI) today announced the launch of a new Global Landmark Development Fund...
Discovery's Mount Everest Jump In Question After Deadly Avalanche
by Caryn Robbins - April 18, 2014 According to Deadline, the future of Discovery Channel's Mount Everest Jump is in question after the terrible avalanche that so far has claimed the lives of 13 people. NBC News, which was producing the event said in a release on Friday, that 'the future of the production will be assessed at the appr...
Nik Wallenda to Tightrope Walk Across Chicago Skyline on Discovery This Fall
by Caryn Robbins - April 03, 2014 Discovery Channel announced today that Chicago is the destination for Nik Wallenda's next live event, SKYSCRAPER LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA. Wallenda, known as 'The King of the High Wire,' will attempt to tightrope walk across the iconic Chicago skyline...
Sneak Peek: Discovery Channel's SKYWIRE LIVE with Nik Wallenda, Airing 6/23
by Conor Sheeran - June 17, 2013 'Skywire Live With Nik Wallenda' Event will air Live on Discovery Channel beginning at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT on Sunday, June 23. Check out the preview clips below!...
Discovery Channel Unveils 2014-15 Upfront Slate
by Caryn Robbins - April 03, 2014 Fueled by live wow moments, #1 hits and breakout new series, Discovery Channel, with 11 series that averaged more than two million Total Viewers (P2+) each and SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA, the #1 LIVE event on cable, again landed in cable's Top 10 for Persons 25-54 in 2013....
Denise Contis Named Discovery's EVP, Production & Development
by Caryn Robbins - September 05, 2013 Eileen O'Neill, Group President, Discovery & TLC, announced today that Denise Contis has accepted the position of Executive Vice President, Production and Development, Discovery Channel - West Coast....
Discovery's 'NIK WALLENDA' Is No. 1 Program in All of Cable
by Caryn Robbins - July 09, 2013 During 2Q13, Discovery Channel had the #1 program in all of cable with SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA, which averaged 13 million viewers during the walk segment of the live special on June 23....
Discovery to Premire New Series NAKED & AFRAID, 6/23
by Caryn Robbins - May 28, 2013 The survival genre strips down when Discovery's brand new series NAKED & AFRAID premieres on Sunday, June 23rd at 10:20pm ET/PT, immediately following SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA....
Discovery Channel to Premiere EVEREST: LIVE FROM BASE CAMP on 5/5
by Tyler Peterson - April 11, 2014 Discovery Channel announced today that it will broadcast five nights of live programs from Everest Base Camp beginning at 11 PM ET/PT on Monday, May 5 (weather permitting), leading up to the epic 2-hour event in which climber Joby Ogwyn will leap off the top of Mt. Everest. The event, titled EVEREST...
Nik Wallenda Live Feat Delivers Ratings Smash for Discovery Channel
by Caryn Robbins - June 24, 2013 Last night's much anticipated premiere of SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA, with tightrope walker Nik Wallenda, 'The King of the High Wire,' making history as the first person ever to cross over the Grand Canyon, delivered 8.5 total viewers P2+, and a whopping 13 million total viewers... |