Cody Lundin and Dave Canterbury return to Discovery Channel this Friday, April 22, at 9pm ET/PT in the new season of Dual Survival. Both are survival experts, but their backgrounds couldn’t be more distinct. Bring together Dave’s military experience and Cody’s naturalist approach and you’ll walk away with useful survival tips…and some entertaining moments. As Dual Survival fans know, Cody has spent over 20 years of his life barefoot as…
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Stay Up Fashionably Late for Planet Green’s ‘Dresscue Me’
TLC is known for fashion — from What Not to Wear‘s Stacy London and Clinton Kelly to Randy Fenoli and the team at Kleinfeld Bridal. However, Planet Green is introducing viewers to a fashionable few, beginning with the appropriately named The Fabulous Beekman Boys and now with the new series Dresscue Me. Shareen Mitchell is a triple threat (stylist, model and actress) helping out women on both coasts in search…
‘Deadliest Catch’ Fans Converge in Seattle, Prepare for New Season
Seattle. It’s known for coffee, its signature climate and…CatchCon — the annual fan fest celebrating Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch and its dedicated viewers. On Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending my first CatchCon (now in its third year) with well over 1,000 Deadliest Catch fans from across the U.S. and beyond. Our guests began lining up as early as 4am at Bell Harbor in anticipation of the doors opening…
Discovery Channel Explores Our ‘Human Planet’
If you are a fan of Discovery Channel‘s Life and Planet Earth, then get ready for Human Planet. Like the other two series, Human Planet is a sweeping and visually stunning presentation, this time focusing on people’s incredible ability to survive and thrive in our planet’s most extreme environments. From oceans to jungles to deserts, Human Planet tells the story of the complex, profound and sometimes challenging relationship between humankind…
Science Channel’s ‘Oddities’ Returns with New Episodes, Outrageous Items
Discovery Channel‘s Auction Kings introduces viewers to collectibles of all types — from classic cars to modern day memorabilia. However, the team at Gallery 63 certainly has never seen a Tibetan trumpet made of a human femur or a two-headed cat. Luckily, the folks at Obscura Anitiques and Oddiites in New York City have got us covered. Science Channel‘s Oddities is back with a second season Saturday at 10pm ET/PT…
TLC Makes Frugality Fun with ‘Extreme Couponing’
I grew up in a home with a hard-working mom who instilled in my siblings and me the value of dollar — from keeping a modest clothing budget that we had to manage to taking on part-time jobs as pre-teens and teens. Another one of the weekly activities in my house was clipping coupons and, with a mom who worked for a local paper, there were lots of them! It…
Animal Planet Premieres a New Season of ‘Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom’
Wildlife got a lot of attention this week, thanks to a sneaky cobra who escaped from the Bronx Zoo and enjoyed some escapades in the city, all while amassing over 222,000 Twitter followers (as of this post date). (And in case you missed it, Animal Planet released a statement today about the @BronxZoosCobra and her upcoming special on the network, just in time to entertain fans for April Fools’ Day.)…
TLC Features Three Generations of Antique Appraisers on ‘What the Sell?!’
Tuesday night at 10pm ET/PT, TLC premieres What the Sell?!, a series that follows a Chicago family of master appraisers – Kate, her mother Judy, and her grandmother Gloria. The series chronicles their hectic days managing The Perfect Thing, Inc., their extremely large antique store, and shows how they haggle for every penny they make on a sale. Working together, this three-generation team appraises the vintage furniture, decorative accessories and other pieces of historic…
Planet Green’s ‘Beekman Boys’ Are Back Tonight (& Still Fabulous)
Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge (aka The Fabulous Beekman Boys) developed a fervent following of “Beek Geeks” with their Planet Green series last year (even hosting their very own holiday special). Now the Boys, along with Farmer John, the goats and Polka Spot, are back tonight at 10pm ET/PT in a new season of The Fabulous Beekman Boys (sneak peek below). After a first year of sacrifice, it’s not all…
‘Sister Wives’ Returns for a Second Season on TLC
After captivating audiences last fall with an inside look into a real-life polygamist family, TLC‘s Sister Wives picks back up with Kody Brown and his four wives — Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn — along with their 16 children. Season two goes deeper into this unconventional family as they experience the ups and downs of living a plural lifestyle, from the Browns’ bold decision to “come out” as polygamists on national…