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Discovery Channel to get even more “live”

April 3, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

If you were one of the millions who thrilled to last year’s Skywire Live with Nik Wallenda, in which Discovery Channel chronicled wire-walker Wallenda’s effort to walk across a portion of Grand Canyon (pictured below); and, if you’re looking forward to the network’s next live special, Everest Jump Live, coming in May, then you will be happy to learn that Discovery has announced that the live, adrenaline-fueled events such as these will continue. At its upfront presentation this morning, Discovery Channel, among other announcements, said that Nik Wallenda will return to the network in a new live event this fall, […]

“Naked And Afraid” Recap Season 2, Episode 3: Fiji

March 30, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Fun in Figi. Figi is a place that sounds and seems like paradise on Earth. Beaches with powder-soft sand. Tropical drinks. Crystal clear water. This week’s episode of Naked and Afraid looked like tropical paradise, but looks can be deceiving. Sand that looks feather soft is actually jagged and sharp and sun that looks warm is actually blisteringly hot, followed by bone-chillingly cold. This isn’t the Figi I’ve seen in travel magazines, but does it surprise you that Naked and Afraid chooses a location during its most inhospitable season? Maybe the airfare is cheaper? Here’s some fun facts about […]

Naked And Afraid Recap Season 2, Episode 2: Madagascar

March 23, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Last week’s Naked and Afraid was a trip — contestants bowing out and returns of fan favorites AJ and Lauren. Manicures, Mosquitoes and Machete-wounds, oh my! Will this week top the mayhem of last week? We can only hope. We’re off to Madagascar. Here’s what I know about Madagascar. It is an island. It has lemurs. Several adorable movies have been made about it, and based on those movies, the animals are friendly, congregate together, and simply can’t resist the song “I Like To Move it, Move It” by techno group Reel2Reel. That’s it. Super-fun Facts about Madagascar, courtesy of […]

“Naked and Afraid” recap Season 2 Episode 1: Peru

March 16, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Another season of Naked and Afraid, and other visit to paradise. Scratch that, we’re in the Peruvian Amazon, so likely this will be hell on earth. Last season I learned a lot on Naked and Afraid, and hopefully this season’s survivalists DVR’d a few episodes to see what their predecessors did right and what they did that was completely boneheaded. Here are discomforting stats thanks to the fine folks at Discovery who are thoughtfully sending these two folks into the Amazon “at the beginning of the rainy season.” (Anyone remember how gross Billy and Ky’s wet feet were last season […]

“Naked After Dark” Premieres after Sunday’s “Naked and Afraid”

March 15, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Live Post-Show Allows Fans Q&A with “Naked and Afraid” Castaways Just when you can’t get any more excited about Sunday’s season 2 premiere of Naked and Afraid, (9pmET/PT) Discovery has announced that an all-new talk show, Naked After Dark will immediately follow Naked and Afraid. Naked After Dark will be hosted by Joe Bereta, and feature Shark After Dark’s Bob (the shark) Oschack and social correspondent Taryn Southern. Naked After Dark host Joe Berets will talk to the participants from that night’s episode of Naked and Afraid to get a more in-depth look at what those 21 days were actually […]

Never Fear: “Naked and Afraid” Returns March 16 With Supersized Episodes!

March 13, 2014 Kellie Freeze

Naked and Afraid Returns to Discovery with Super-Sized Episodes on Sunday, March 16 at 9pmET. It is no secret that I love, love, love Naked and Afraid! I am tempted to call it the best show on TV. If nothing else, it is the most unique, and bad-ass show on television. Each week, two strangers are thrust, naked into an extreme survival situation. Outfitted with only one survival item each (get it, outfitted, ‘cause they’re otherwise totally naked) they must do whatever it takes to survive for 21 days in an inhospitable environment that will try its best to make […]

The Challenger Disaster movie on Science Channel Nov. 16

November 12, 2013 Ryan Berenz

The Challenger Disaster movie on Science Channel: Science Channel’s first dramatic feature dramatizes the inquiry into the cause of the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion through the eyes of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (William Hurt). Feynman cut through red tape to uncover breakdowns in the governmental, scientific, design and engineering communities that oversaw the space program. The 1986 explosion of space shuttle Challenger and the loss of its crew is one of the indelible moments in American history — a sobering gut-punch to America’s space program and a disillusive lesson that the most complex machine ever built is still […]

After pay dirt Todd Hoffman from Gold Rush is starting a rock band

November 8, 2013 Barb Oates

“When I’m done gold mining, I’m starting a rock band,” Todd Hoffman from Gold Rush tells us. And, he’s not kidding. The star of Discovery Channel’s most successful series, Gold Rush — which airs on Discovery Fridays at 9pm ET— isn’t seeking big-time celebrity status, though, he just loves music. He actually hates even being considered a celebrity. Hoffman’s more about faith, family and living life to the fullest. He took some time to answer our “7 Questions” from his home in Sandy, Ore. Here’s what he had to say: 1. You’re at a magazine rack and can pick three […]

Gold Rush Season 4 is “frickin intense” Todd Hoffman tells us

October 24, 2013 Barb Oates

“It’s going to be the best episode in the history of Gold Rush,” Todd Hoffman tells us of the two-hour Gold Rush Season 4 premiere scheduled for Friday, Oct. 25 at 9pm ET on Discovery. And the premiere is just the beginning of what promises to be the craziest, most dangerous season yet, as Hoffman and his crew headed to the jungles of South America to mine for gold. Discovery is marketing the season as Yukon vs. the Jungle, “the veteran” [Hoffman] vs. “the kid” [Parker Schnabel]. Either way, it’s going to be insane. “The first episode of Gold Rush […]

Gold Fever on Discovery traces California Gold Rush

October 11, 2013 Barb Oates

Gold Fever on Discovery Friday, Oct. 11 beginning at 9pm ET and Friday, Oct. 18 beginning at 9pm ET: Discovery just can’t get enough gold these days. In addition to its hit series Gold Rush, which makes it Season 4 return Oct. 25, the network is introducing a new four-part documentary miniseries titled Gold Fever. The documentary plays out as part documentary with narration and expert opinion, and part movie with elaborate sets, characters and a continued storyline. It’s an engrossing educational look at the California Gold Rush and how America was transformed from a fledgling nation into one of […]