If you’re looking at long days ahead at your in-laws’ and wondering how you’re going to pass those hours, we have just the answer for you: marathons of your favorite Discovery Communications programs! Here’s a guide to what we’ve got over the next week or two: Friday December 23: Gold Rush on Discovery starting at 9am ET/PT, Dr. G: Medical Examiner Fan Favorites on Discovery Fit & Health starting at…
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Discovery Channel and Discovery Fit & Health Premiere ‘Weed Wars’ Thursday at 10pm ET/PT
Oakland CA’s Harborside Health Center isn’t your typical Northen California startup: it’s the nation’s largest medicinal cannabis dispensary, serving over 94,000 patients. Weed Wars, which premieres Thursday at 10pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel and Discovery Fit & Health, features Harborside’s staff, growers, “patient farmers” and clients, many of whom say that their lives have been forever changed by the plant. Harborside founder and executive director Steve DeAngelo has made twin missions of…
Spend Your Thanksgiving Holiday with Your Favorite Discovery Network Shows
As you prepare to hit the road, brave the airports or host family and friends this Thanksgiving, not enough can be said for the need to de-stress and relax. Whether in a tryptophan-induced haze or not, Discovery’s networks are serving up a generous portion of marathons over the next several days that will have you coming back for seconds. Check out the line-up below and, most of all, have a…
Discovery Networks to Participate in First Nationwide Test of Emergency Alert System
We’ve all caught them while we’ve been tuning into our favorite networks: regular tests of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). EAS is a national public warning system across broadcasters, cable television systems, radio and other platforms that allows the President to address the American public during a national emergency. The system also may be used on a state or local level to deliver important emergency information, like AMBER alerts. On…
Employees ‘Creating Change’: Meet Sheila Hayes
Last week, you met Maia Kotlus-Gates, one of our many employees sharing her talents and expertise as a part of our second annual Creating Change, our probono marathon supporting area nonprofits with creative services. Today, we’d like to introduce you to Discovery Creative’s Sheila Hayes, who will be helping build a marketing campaign for Achieving the Dream next month. Tell us about your current position at Discovery Communications. I’m an…
‘The Rosie Show’ and ‘Oprah’s Lifeclass’ to be Simulcast Across Five Discovery Nets Tonight
The premiere episodes of the new OWN series The Rosie Show and Oprah’s Lifeclass will air concurrently across five Discovery networks tonight at 7pm ET/PT and 8pm ET/PT, respectively. Joining OWN in airing the premieres will be TLC, Investigation Discovery, Discovery Fit & Health and Planet Green. The Rosie Show is a new daily talk show hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell. Funny, high-energy and authentic, no…
Discovery Networks Unveil Upcoming Programming at TCA
The Beverly Hilton once again is the setting for the Television Critics Association’s summer tour, and this morning Discovery’s networks are presenting a series of panels — from the inspiring (and tear-inducing) Saved from Animal Planet to the growing business of of medical marijuana in Discovery Channel‘s Weed Wars. Diversity of programming is never a problem at Discovery and you can read more about the shows featured in today’s panels…
Discovery Fit & Health’s ‘Psych Week’ Debuts Sunday
Discovery Fit & Health‘s programming often sheds light on people living through extraordinary circumstances — from families struggling to help their ill children to individuals battling unusual addictions. From May 22 to 27, the network returns with Psych Week, delving into the human psyche and the very real diseases that affect people’s lives everyday. Psych Week begins Sunday at 7pm ET with a primetime marathon of Hoarding: Buried Alive. You…
Discovery’s 2011-12 Upfront Hits NYC
Later this afternoon, Discovery Communications will host its 2011-12 Upfront Presentation in New York City, unveiling new and returning faces across our networks…with a few surprises along the way (check back with Discovery Blog tomorrow for more on today’s events). For now, here’s a sampling of what’s coming later this year and next — from a turbocharged TV network and gypsy weddings to Penn & Teller and more Karl Pilkington.…
It’s ‘Baby Madness’ on Discovery Fit & Health
If you can’t get enough of brackets and predictions this month, check out the Cutest Baby Face-Off from Discovery Fit & Health. Visitors to the Discovery Fit & Health website can pick winners in a number of match-ups of adorable babies, all leading up to one champion of cuteness. Voting for this week’s round ends on Sunday, March 27. The Cutest Baby Face-Off is part of Baby Madness on Discovery Fit…