Sunny Pasadena, California is the setting for the Winter 2012 Television Critics Association Press Tour, and today Discovery’s session will feature panels from several networks. You can read all the news by clicking on the links below and follow @DiscoveryComm and #TCA12 on Twitter for live updates from the Tour. We’ll also be sharing photos from our panels — featuring Morgan Freeman, Niecy Nash and more, as they happen on Discovery Communications Flickr account.

Animal Planet

• Animal Planet Plunges Into Second Season of the Wet, Wild and Wacky World of Aquarium Building in Tanked

Discovery Channel

• From the Makers of Planet Earth, An Epic Journey to a World Few Have Ever Seen: Frozen Planet to Premiere on Discovery Channel on March 18

Investigation Discovery

• Werner Herzog’s Haunting Television Series On Death Row Brings His Unparalleled Filmmaking Talents to Investigation Discovery
• Susan Lucci, Emmy Award-Winning Actress and Queen of Daytime Soap Operas, Joins Investigation Discovery’s Primetime Line-Up

Science

• Ricky Gervais Deals Out More Pilkington Punishment with An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List on Science
• Science, TED and SETI Ask the Question “Are We Alone?” with an Initiative to Bring Citizen Scientists Into the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

TLC

• TLC Breaks New Ground with the Docu-Sitcom Leave It to Niecy
• TLC Reveals the Hidden Lives of American Gypsies in My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding

Velocity

• The All-New 2012 Model of Inside West Coast Customs Rolls Off the Assembly Line and Onto Velocity