[youtube -2MlZqB_oM4 nolink] Most of us have at some point or other driven past a garage or farm where, somewhere on the premises, a neglected, rusted-out old car sits. Usually we’ll think to ourselves, “That must have been a great car back in its day,” or maybe, “Would be nice if they’d restore it, or if at least someone would.” Well, someone is out there, and they’re coming to Discovery Channel in a new car restoration series, Fast n’ Loud, premiering Wednesday, June 6 at 10pm ET/PT. Richard Rawlings and Aaron Kaufmann, the two gents at the center of Fast [...]
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“Flying Wild Alaska” back for Season 3 in June
Discovery Channel’s Flying Wild Alaska will return for Season 3 starting June 8, airing Fridays at 10pm ET/PT. The series continues to chronicle how the Tweto family — husband and wife Jim and Ferno, and their daughters Ariel (pictured above) and Ayla — provide the only lifeline to the small, isolated communities of northern Alaska via their regional airline, Era Alaska. According to a press release, in Season 3, the Twetos and Era Alaska’s pilots operate in the worst weather that Alaska has seen in decades. Among other Season 3 highlights indicated in the release: · Ariel Tweto continues her [...]
Discovery special presents details on classified bin Laden intel
On May 1 — one day before the first anniversary of Operation Neptune Spear, the special operations mission that led to the killing of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden — Discovery Channel will premiere the one-hour special Secrets of Bin Laden’s Lair. The program reports on currently classified intelligence seized during the May 2, 2011, raid on bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan (pictured above the day after the raid), and is narrated by NBC News correspondent Harry Smith. When the United States Navy SEALs killed bin Laden during the operation, they captured a prize far greater and more valuable [...]
“Outlaw Empires” and “The Devils Ride” take a walk on the dark side
[youtube 7K6YqpbRmdE nolink] It’s almost becoming a genre unto itself. Hunter S. Thompson famously befriended and wrote about the lives of ’60s motorcycle gang members in his now-classic Hell’s Angels. Bill Buford ran with England’s football hooligans in the early ’80s and described the game-day mob mentality that brought pandemonium to Britain’s streets and elsewhere in his book Among the Thugs. Now along come two series devoted to exploring the modern-day outlaw culture, both from Discovery Channel: The Devils Ride, premiering May 8 at 10pm ET/PT and Kurt Sutter’s Outlaw Empires, premiering May 14 at 10pm ET/PT. Both series aim [...]
Discovery brings you “World’s Scariest Plane Landings”
[youtube iD67FFRr3kE nolink] Just about anyone who’s ever flown in an airplane has probably thought it at some point or other, if not every time: The thought that you might not survive this flight. It usually hits me during take-off and especially at landing. So far, I’ve been fortunate — aside from one instance in which the plane that brought me back to Chicago actually bounced rather spectacularly on the icy runway (inducing paroxysms of terror throughout the cabin and even a nerve-shattering scream from one hysterical passenger), landing has generally been a pretty smooth affair, as it is for [...]
Tim and Tickle of “Moonshiners” star in “Cannonball Run” spinoff special (video)
Discovery Channel’s series Moonshiners follows the real story of those who brew their “shine” — often in the woods near their homes in Appalachia using camouflaged equipment — and the local authorities who try to keep them honest. Two of the more popular characters from the show will be featured in an upcoming special on the network, in which they are billed as a “real life Bo and Luke Duke.” Tim and Tickle (hey, it could be worse; they could be named Coy and Vance) star in Cannonball Run, premiering April 18 at 10pm E/P on Discovery Channel. On the [...]
Teaser for 25th anniversary celebration of Discovery’s Shark Week (video)
This morning, Discovery Channel released this teaser video for the 25th anniversary installment of Shark Week, which will air in mid-August. Seven new specials will include a look at the full impact that the movie Jaws had on sharks — and on Peter Benchley, the original book’s author; a re-creation of the prehistoric shark Megalodon, which was the size of a Greyhound bus; the true story about how two men survived in shark-infested waters for 47 days; a look at the “Great White Highway” off the coast of California; and a countdown of the 25 best moments in the history [...]
“Jesse James: Outlaw Garage” extended preview (video)
Here’s a peek at an upcoming Discovery Channel special, Jesse James: Outlaw Garage, which premieres April 9 at 10pm ET/PT. It follows former Monster Garage host Jesse James in his new life after he left California in the wake of his tabloid scandals and well-publicized divorce from Sandra Bullock, and moved back to Austin, Texas. With the help of some of the world’s top car customizers, James has partnered up with the Austin Speed Shop. But James is unsure if his crew at the Shop is able to handle the workload expected of a world-class operation. So he challenges them [...]
“Deadliest Catch” returns for a new season with its 100th episode (video)
The Season 8 premiere of Discovery Channel’s hit, Emmy-winning reality series Deadliest Catch, debuting April 10 at 9pm ET/PT, will be the show’s 100th episode. Captains Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand (F/V Time Bandit), Captain Sig Hansen (F/V Northwestern), Captain Keith Colburn (F/V Wizard), Captain “Wild Bill” Wichrowski (F/V Kodiak) and returning newer captains Scott Campbell Jr. (F/V Seabrooke) and Elliott Neese (F/V Ramblin’ Rose) again take to the icy Bering Sea to fish for Alaskan king crab. This season, the crews have their fishing quota slashed by almost half, which brings home a cold economic reality. With the change in [...]
“Frozen Planet” preview: “Summer” (video)
Here are some preview clips of “Summer,” the next episode of Discovery Channel’s Frozen Planet, premiering this Sunday, March 25, at 8pm ET/PT. In the first one, an epic clash between two massive male seals over a female threatens to crush a little seal pup standing near the fray. In the second one, caribou also fight for ladies, with an older caribou showing who’s boss by fending off a series of younger bulls who dare to try and cramp his style with a certain female. RELATED: “PLANET EARTH” FILMMAKERS IMPRESS AGAIN WITH “FROZEN PLANET”
