I love the Discovery Channel even if I don’t watch it as much as I wish I could. There is just too much going on with the normal network-type shows for me to find time to explore the worlds that Discovery shows us everyday.
One of my favorites was Build it Bigger, but I’m hearing that’s moved to the Science Channel for it’s next run, which is already being filmed from what I was told.
For those of you who are big time fans of the channel, we have for you all the Fall Premiere Dates for their top shows. I’m actually going to make an effort to add Storm Chasers to my watch list, because most of my friends know that weather and storms just might be my first calling.
2008 Discovery Channel Fall Premiere Dates
PLANET EARTH
DON’T MISS THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND PROGRAMMING EVENT. IT’S YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE IT UNTIL 2009
Sunday, September 28, 8-11PM ET/PT
Sunday, October 5, 8-11 PM ET/PT
and Sunday, October 12, 8-11 PM ET/PT
Discovery Channel’s Emmy-award winning PLANET EARTH became the most watched cable event of the century when in premiered in spring 2007. It is the ultimate portrait of our planet, documenting the daily struggle for survival in Earth‘s natural habitats.
DIRTY JOBS
New Episodes Premiere Tuesday, October 7 at 9PM ET/PT
Mike Rowe and the Emmy-nominated series DIRTY JOBS return Tuesday, October 7 at 9PM ET/PT with an exciting lineup of 11 new episodes that have Mike serving as apprentice to the honorable men and women with often dirty – yet extremely important – jobs. For the new episodes, shot entirely in high definition, Mike takes on jobs such as tar rigging, sheep castrating, maggot farming, dirty chip making and abandoned mine shaft plugging. Currently continuing its fourth season, DIRTY JOBS’ Mike has walked in the shoes of hard-working Americans to do everything from road kill removing to garbage collecting to ostrich farming, featuring jobs in industries ranging from construction to sanitation to manufacturing – and has proved along the way that those who perform these jobs day in and day out are the nation’s true heroes.
KOPPEL ON DISCOVERY: THE LAST LYNCHING
One Hour Special Premieres Monday, October 13 at 10PM ET/PT
The 2008 presidential race has led to some talk about a “post-racial” period in American history. Indeed, the United States has come a long way on the road toward racial equality. There is, however, still much left to accomplish. In this one-hour special, Ted Koppel focuses on three Americans whose lives were profoundly affected by incidents of racism. Each of them, however, was directly involved in naming Sen. Barack Obama as the Democratic party’s nominee for president. Rep. Robert Filner was thrown into Parchman Prison in 1961. Florida Schoolteacher Lizzie Jenkins recalls tales of her grandfather watching the lynching of six African Americans in 1916. Rep. Artur Davis reminds us of “The Last Lynching,” which took place in Mobile, Alabama in 1981.
TIME WARP
World Premiere Series Begins Wednesday, October 15 at 8PM ET/PT
In the new series TIME WARP, the invisible become visible as MIT scientist and engineer Jeff Lieberman reveals our world in astonishing and spectacular new ways, by radically changing the lens of time. Time bending and mind blowing, TIME WARP lets viewers see and appreciate things that are normally beyond our senses because they take place much too quickly or slowly. By employing state of the art camera equipment and editing techniques, Lieberman demonstrates what really happens with every crack, fissure and crash. A punch to the face, the break of a matchstick—each frame will tell an extraordinary story of what really is happening.
PROTOTYPE THIS
World Premiere 13-Part Series Begins Wednesday, October 15 at 10PM ET/PT
Discovery Channel’s all-new series, PROTOTYPE THIS, brings viewers straight to the drawing board and through the design process to experience firsthand as inventions come to life. The 13-part series features one-of-a kind prototypes of tomorrow for people to experience today. PROTOTYPE THIS brings together an expert team of electronics specialists, engineers, professors, and special effects experts, who combine the best of emerging technology with new ideas to create forward-thinking products. From a road rage-proof car to a high-tech alarm clock that provides not only a wake up chime but an automated shower, valet service, and mechanized butler to send you out the door, the PROTOTYPE THIS team is out to prove that the only limits to innovation are our own imaginations.
STORM CHASERS
Season Two Premieres Sundays at 10PM ET/PT, beginning October 19
Season two of this action-packed series begins Sunday, October 19 at 10PM ET/PT, featuring a team who descend on Tornado Alley each year to chase killer tornadoes. Every spring, changing weather patterns create a recipe for catastrophe as air masses collide into each other with devastating force, producing deadly twisters that ravage human life and property. Scientist Josh Wurman, filmmaker Sean Casey, greenhorn meteorologist Reed Timmer and a colorful crew of enthusiasts and eccentrics and supporting players are literally driving toward the same goal: go inside the vortex of a tornado to gather never-before recorded data.
TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD
World Premiere Series Begins Tuesday, October 14 at 10PM ET/PT
Discovery Channel continues its exploration into and chronicling of the fascinating world around us with the groundbreaking six-part series TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD. Defining adventure programming, the world premiere series provides a rare look into one of the harshest races in one of the most beautiful and challenging places on the planet – The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Across frozen rivers, barren tundra, mountains and thick forest in freezing temperatures, this grueling 1,150 mile race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska puts mushers and their dog teams through the ultimate test of human and animal teamwork and endurance. Filmed in March 2008, this series tells stories through the eyes of the men and women who dared to take on the ultimate test of human and animal teamwork and endurance. The intense preparation and training of race veterans and rookies alike show what it takes to compete not only against each other, but also Mother Nature.
I feel smarter just having read this blog post. I don't think I even need to watch the channel now. Thanks Pop Critics.