(Los Angeles, CA) Discovery Channel’s summer schedule is jam-packed with a wide variety of both fan favorites and brand new faces! Chock-full of programs that give audiences an inside look at the people, places and things that shape our world, this year’s summer slate features everything from naked survivalists and personal trainers to legend hunters and airplane heists. And of course, lots and lots of sharks. Below you’ll find a selection of key show highlights and air dates.
Each week on NAKED AND AFRAID, a new pair of complete and total strangers – one man and one woman – will find themselves stranded in and exposed to one of the world’s most extreme environments. The duo – both survivalists with their own expertise - will be dropped with no food, no water…and no clothes. The goal: survive for 21 days with nothing but one personal item each. The prize: the fact that they survived for 21 days with nothing but one personal item each. The hit series returned on Sunday, June 22 at 10PM ET/PT.
Welcome to the Barwis Methods Training Center, where Mike Barwis and his staff of dedicated, blue collar trainers take on everyone from NFL players to Wild West bull riders to Olympians. When Barwis isn’t training professional athletes, he spends most of his time focused on his true passion: working with people who have neurological disorders and getting them to walk again. Barwis has advanced degrees in Exercise Physiology and Athletic Training, has trained over 500 Olympic and professional athletes in over 40 sporting events, and served over 10 years as head strength and conditioning coach at West Virginia University and the University of Michigan. This season on AMERICAN MUSCLE, premiering Wednesday, July 9 at 9PM ET/PT, in addition to working with paraplegics, Barwis and his team of trainers will be working with several professional athletes at the top of their respective fields, including: Richard Sherman (Seattle Seahawks), Nick Swisher (Cleveland Indians), Rashad Evans (UFC), Ndamukong Suh (Detroit Lions), DeAndre Jordan (Los Angeles Clippers), Pierre Garcon (Washington Redskins), Shawne Merriman (former NFL player), Baron Davis (former NBA player) and many more. These professional athletes want the same thing that all of Mike’s other, everyday clients want, to work with the best and to see results. Mike Barwis and his team are the best.
Starting Thursday, July 10 at 9PM ET/PT, Discovery's hit series MYTHBUSTERS celebrates 11 years on the air with all new episodes. MYTHBUSTERS, which kicked off on Discovery Channel in 2003, is hosted by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, along with Tory Belleci, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara. Inspiring a generation to inquire, interact and get involved with science, MYTHBUSTERS uses a signature brand of explosive experimentation to prove or disprove popular myths, misconceptions or legends. Over the past 11 years, the team has tested 946 myths, filmed over 7900 hours, created 840 explosions and used 56,500 yards of duct tape.
For hundreds of years, the marshesof Louisiana have been plagued by mysterious creatures intent on causing mass destruction. Some believe that these creatures are ones of mythical ancestry. Others believe there are more scientific explanations for the increased levels of destruction in the area over the years. Whose theories will be proven true? Discovery Channel ventures deep into the bayou to explore all possible scenarios in its all new program, BEASTS OF THE BAYOU, premiering on Thursday, July 10 at 10PM ET/PT. BEASTS OF THE BAYOUfeatures some familiar faces from SHARK WEEK’s successful special, VOODOO SHARKS.
Discovery Channel's SHARK WEEK, the longest running prime time series on television as well as one of cable’s most beloved summertime rituals, returns on Sunday, August 10 for its 27th season. 2013’s SHARK WEEK was the most watched SHARK WEEK in the history of the series, and ranks as Discovery Channel's most social programming event to date. Picking up where we left off in 2013, this year’s SHARK WEEK features brand new destinations, break-through technologies, celebrity guests and of course, tons of sharks!
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Discovery Channel’s AIRPLANE REPO is back and soaring to new heights this summer for its second season premiere. In the world of airplane repossession, Mike, Kevin, Ken, Danny and newcomer Heather are a unique breed of daredevil pilots, top guns and cowboys. This season, they must up the ante as their quests to repossess the assets of some of the wealthiest in the nation become more dangerous and complex than ever. In this high stakes business, it will take more than just muscle to separate the rich from their toys, and one wrong move can spell disaster.
In the Discovery series ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER, three generations of Kilchers proudly live off the land that Yule Kilcher homesteaded over 80 years ago after fleeing Switzerland in search of a free and simple life. This "simple life," however, is far from simple. Living off the grid without running water, they must hunt, gather, garden and raise livestock in order to provide enough food to ensure their family's survival. The Kilchers must work as a strong, family unit to ensure their survival. This is their life on the last frontier.
Nome, Alaska: Even in sub-zero temperatures and six-foot-thick slabs of ice, nothing will stop a handful of thirsty characters who risk their lives diving beneath the frozen Bering Sea in hopes of striking it rich. When the ice melts, Nome transforms into a modern day gold rush as fortune seekers from around the world arrive in hopes of striking it big in the most unlikely of places: the bottom of the Bering Sea. In the hit series BERING SEA GOLD, viewers meet the salty and eccentric characters who spend hours on the rocky, frigid ocean floor, hunting gold from custom built, sometimes barely seaworthy rigs. From the desperate to the diabolical, the Nome gold fleet takes on all comers, the brutal Bering Sea does the rest.
Motor mastermind Richard Rawlings and mechanical prodigy Aaron Kaufman are back searching for forgotten and neglected vintage cars on Discovery Channel’s FAST N' LOUD. Most assume these old classics are rust buckets - but to this crew, they're potential goldmines. Richard and Aaron need big projects and, more importantly, big profits to keep the doors open at Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas, TX. While Richard has the eye for spotting that rare find, Aaron is the master mechanic who decides if these relics are too far gone or prime for a Gas Monkey overhaul. Together, this dynamic duo travels the back roads scouring barns, swap meets and open fields in search of these rare rides.
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