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Nik Wallenda to recount his “Skywire” walk in new Discovery special

After how dominant the ratings and viewership for Skywire Live With Nik Wallenda proved to be last Sunday, Discovery Channel would naturally be looking for any way they could to further capitalize on interest in wire-walker Nik Wallenda’s successful walk across a portion of the Grand Canyon, which enthralled viewers and had social media buzzing. They have found it with Skywire: Nik Talks the Walk, a new special premiering Sunday, June 30, at 8pm ET/PT on Discovery. In Skywire: Nik Talks the Walk, Nik Wallenda will watch his historic walk from start to finish for the first time and provide […]

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Nearly 13 million viewers watched Nik Wallenda’s Grand Canyon walk

High wire-walker Nik Wallenda was at an unprecedented height for himself during his successful walk across a portion of Grand Canyon last night, and Discovery Channel’s live coverage of his feat raised the network to impressive heights of its own. RELATED: INTERVIEW WITH NIK WALLENDA PRE-WALK Skywire Live With Nik Wallenda, a two-hour special that aired live on June 23 and covered Wallenda’s walk, delivered 8.5 million total viewers P2+ and 13 million total viewers during the actual walk segment, according to a release from Discovery Channel. Discovery says that the Skywire pre-show from 9-9:10pm ET averaged 6.25 million total […]

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Nik Wallenda is back on the wire, attempting Grand Canyon walk in Discovery special

“My great-grandfather said, ‘Life is on the wire, and everything else is just waiting,’” Nik Wallenda tells me in our interview. Nik Wallenda, who has been walking on wires since the age of 2 — following in the 200-year, multi-generation tradition of his famed family — recounts his great-grandfather’s saying when he is asked why he does what he does. And what he does is thrill audiences with incredible feats of high wire walking, including a year ago when he walked across Niagara Falls on a wire. RELATED: NIK WALLENDA WATCHES AND ANALYZES HIS WALK IN NEW DISCOVERY SPECIAL “It’s […]

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Lots to learn from Naked Castaway on Discovery Channel

Naked Castaway on Discovery Channel continues, as the 60 day countdown for explorer Ed Stafford, whose challenge to stay alive on an uninhabited island with no clothes, no food, no water and no survival tools, picks up with the second episode on Sunday, April 21 at 10pm ET/PT. Stafford is an ex-British Army captain who holds the honor of being the only person to walk the entire length of the Amazon River. Living for 60 days on the remote Pacific island of Olorua, located 200 miles from Fiji, is a massive challenge most people would never think of attempting, let […]

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“America’s Doomsday Plan” to be revealed on Discovery Channel

Almost certainly, it was conceived by a former Boy Scout — it’s the ultimate circumstance in which to “be prepared.” With devastating events in recent years like Hurricane Sandy, the tidal wave and nuclear disaster in Japan, the earthquakes in Haiti and Indonesia, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the so-called “doomsday” scenario has been a subject of a little more than just speculation. Discovery Channel looks at the United States government’s contingency plan for if and when such a disaster occurs in America’s Doomsday Plan, premiering Sunday, Nov. 4 at 10pm ET/PT. “I don’t want to have a major event […]

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“Ted Nugent’s Gun Country” airs on Discovery tonight

Controversy sells, as most of us know. And for the same reason that this blog entry is being written right now, Discovery Channel is giving airtime to Ted Nugent for his special, Ted Nugent’s Gun Country, premiering tonight at 10pm ET/PT. In the one-hour special, the Motor City Madman — a famously outspoken NRA member, advocate of hunter’s rights and firearms proponent — will allow viewers an inside look at American gun culture from his perspective. Ted Nugent’s Gun Country travels to Nugent’s Spirit Wild ranch outside Waco, Texas, to see how he and his family take maximum advantage of […]

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“How Booze Built America” arrives on Discovery

Booze. Beer. No matter on what side of the fence you sit — whether you support the Temperance League or are a hopelessly indulgent, unapologetic boozer — alcohol has always been a subject that inspires passion. But did you know that it also helped to shape America? Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe does, and he’s taking viewers on a cross-country trip to illustrate how it all went down in Discovery Channel’s three-part series, How Booze Built America, premiering tonight at 10pm ET/PT. How Booze Built America has Rowe taking us back to the very roots of this country, to the days […]

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Discovery wages “Texas Car Wars” tonight

Austin, Texas — it’s the capital of the Lone Star State and one of its most thriving communities. And it’s getting a fuel-injected boost tonight with the launch of Discovery Channel‘s new series Texas Car Wars. Texas Car Wars takes viewers inside the high-stakes world of auto flipping, in which various auto body shops bid on yesteryear’s jalopies in order to restore them to their former glory — and sell them for big bucks. But as anyone who’s been watching the various other auction shows that are out there knows, it’s a business that carries significant risk. Before the start of […]

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Discovery and Science also to honor Neil Armstrong

Not to be outdone by History’s Aug. 28 celebration of Neil Armstrong’s life and accomplishments, Discovery Channel and Science have likewise announced a two-network tribute to the first human to set foot on the moon. At the center of this salute is the premiere of a new documentary, One Giant Leap: A Neil Armstrong Tribute, on Discovery Channel this Saturday, Sept. 1 at 8pm ET/PT, with an encore presentation on Science at 10pm ET/PT. But programming highlighting Armstrong’s life and achievements will be featured throughout the week: Friday, Aug. 31: The Planets (Science, 9am-5pm ET/PT) This eight-part series, to be […]

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Late Add: Discovery’s “Mars Landing 2012”

It’s been one of the chief goals of NASA scientists’ efforts for years, and we’re at one of the most exciting points in the journey. The search for the answers to whether or not the planet Mars has had, or ever had, the chemical building blocks for life took a major step with the landing of Curiosity on the Martian landscape this past week. And Discovery Channel is rushing to sate the curiosity of viewers about the mission with a new special, Mars Landing 2012: The New Search for Life, premiering tomorrow, Aug. 11, at 7pm ET/PT. In this special, […]