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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:The World is Ours]] |
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4 | The [[https://www.discovery.com Discovery Channel]] (or simply as Discovery) is a cable television channel which began broadcasting in June [[TheEighties 1985]]. |
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6 | It used to be a ScienceShow oriented network. Nowadays, [[NetworkDecay it's kind of hard to tell]]. Most notable for being the network with ''Series/MythBusters'', ''Series/ManVsWild'', ''Series/DeadliestCatch'' and ''Series/DirtyJobs''. Also has a [[ThreateningShark Shark Week]] every year since 1987, usually in mid-summer. Their most famous slogan is ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0 literally]]'' {{The World is Just Awesome}} (for which it is the TropeNamer). They often employ the DocuDrama approach to their shows. |
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8 | [[DuelingShows Often seen as competing with]] Creator/TheHistoryChannel; both in the days when the two networks primarily aired educational programming and today in [[NetworkDecay the race to become Network Decay's poster child]]. |
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10 | It is the co-flagship brand and co-namesake of Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery, which was created in 2022 with the merger of the former Discovery, Inc. and [=WarnerMedia=], which was spun-off from [=AT&T=] (which had essentially dug them into a hole during their tenure as owner). The combined entity has a scripted entertainment segment which includes Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/{{HBO}}, Creator/{{TBS}}, Creator/{{TNT}} and Creator/CartoonNetwork[=/=]Creator/AdultSwim. WBD's non-scripted business includes alongside this channel Creator/AnimalPlanet, Creator/DiscoveryFamily, Creator/{{TLC}}, HGTV and Creator/FoodNetwork (the last two entering the Discovery fold with the Scripps Networks Interactive acquisition in 2018). The company operates the streaming services '''Discovery+''' as well as Creator/{{Max}} (formerly HBO Max), a general entertainment service which includes content from the legacy Discovery brands. |
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12 | !!Shows on this network: |
13 | [[index]] |
14 | * ''Series/TwentyFiftySeven'' |
15 | * ''Film/AlienPlanet'' |
16 | * ''Series/AmericanChopper'' |
17 | * ''Series/AmericanGuns'' |
18 | * ''Series/AmishMafia'' |
19 | * ''Series/AnimalFaceOff'' |
20 | * ''Film/AtlantisEndOfAWorldBirthOfALegend'' (co-produced with [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]], aired as an episode of ''Curiosity'' titled ''Atlantis Uncovered''.) |
21 | * ''Series/AuctionKings'' |
22 | * ''Series/BattleBots'' |
23 | * ''Series/BeringSeaGold'' |
24 | * ''Series/BeyondTRex'' |
25 | * ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' (Canada) |
26 | * ''Series/BloodAndOil'' |
27 | * ''Series/{{Bones}}'' (Canada) |
28 | * ''Series/CashCab'' |
29 | * ''Series/ClashOfTheDinosaurs'' |
30 | * ''Series/TheColony'' |
31 | * ''Series/ColosseumRomesArenaOfDeath'' (co-produced with BBC) |
32 | * ''Series/{{Curiosity}}'' |
33 | * ''Series/DeadliestCatch'' |
34 | * ''Series/DeadlyWomen'' |
35 | * ''Series/TheDevilsRide'' |
36 | * ''Series/DinoGangs'' |
37 | * ''Series/{{Dinosaur Hunters}}'' |
38 | * ''Series/DinoLab'' |
39 | * ''Series/DinosaurPlanet'' |
40 | * ''Series/DinosaursReturnToLife'' |
41 | * ''Series/DinosaurRevolution'' |
42 | * ''Series/DirtyJobs'' |
43 | * ''Series/DiscoveryAtlas'' |
44 | * ''Series/DoomsdayBunkers'' |
45 | * ''Series/DualSurvival'' |
46 | * ''Series/DuffsHappyFunBakeTime'' (Discovery+) |
47 | * ''Film/ExpeditionBismarck'' |
48 | * ''Series/TheFBIFiles'' |
49 | * ''Series/FightQuest'' |
50 | * ''Series/FinalOffer'' |
51 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Fishtronaut}}'' (Discovery Kids) |
52 | * ''Series/GoldRush'' |
53 | * ''Film/HannibalRomesWorstNightmare'' (co-produced with BBC) |
54 | * ''Series/HarleyAndTheDavidsons'' |
55 | * ''Series/HowItsMade'' |
56 | * ''Series/IShouldntBeAlive'' (seasons 1-2) |
57 | * ''Series/IditarodTheToughestRaceOnEarth'' |
58 | * ''Series/IslandOfThePigmyMammoth'' |
59 | * ''Film/InsideTheTwinTowers'' |
60 | * ''Series/ItTakesAThief2005'' |
61 | * ''Series/JunkRaiders'' |
62 | * ''Series/{{Klondike}}'' |
63 | * ''Film/KrakatoaTheLastDays'' (co-produced with BBC) |
64 | * ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'' |
65 | * ''Series/LostAnimalsOfThe20thCentury'' |
66 | * ''Film/LusitaniaMurderOnTheAtlantic'' (produced for by Darlow Smithson Productions) |
67 | * ''Series/MammalsVsDinos'' (Canada, co-produced with Creator/{{NHK}} and the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada) |
68 | * ''Series/ManVsWild'' |
69 | * ''Series/ManhuntUnabomber'' |
70 | * ''WesternAnimation/MarchOfTheDinosaurs'' (although this was originally produced by Creator/{{ITV}}) |
71 | * ''Series/MathsMansion'' |
72 | * ''Series/{{Mayday}}'' |
73 | * ''Film/MegalodonTheMonsterSharkLives'' |
74 | * ''Series/MiraclePlanet'' (Canada, produced in association with NHK and the National Film Board of Canada) |
75 | * ''Series/MonstersResurrected'' |
76 | * ''Series/{{Moonshiners}}'' |
77 | * ''Series/MovieMagic'' |
78 | * ''Series/TheMysteryDinosaur'' |
79 | * ''Series/{{MythBusters}}'' |
80 | * ''Series/NakedAndAfraid'' |
81 | * ''Series/NakedAndAfraidXL'' |
82 | * ''Series/{{Oddities}}'' |
83 | * ''Series/{{Paleoworld}}'' (United Kingdom) |
84 | * ''Series/PennAndTellerTellALie'' |
85 | * ''Series/PerfectDisaster'' |
86 | * ''Series/PlanetEarth'' (co-produced with BBC) |
87 | * ''Series/PorterRidge'' |
88 | * ''Series/{{Prehistoric}}'' |
89 | * ''Series/PrehistoricAssassins'' |
90 | * ''Series/PrehistoricDisasters'' |
91 | * ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' (Canada) |
92 | * ''Series/PompeiiBackFromTheDead'' |
93 | * ''Series/PompeiiTheLastDay'' (co-produced with BBC) |
94 | * ''Series/TheRiddleOfPompeii'' |
95 | * ''Series/ScienceOfStarWars'' |
96 | * ''Series/{{Serengeti}}'' |
97 | * ''Series/SonsOfGuns'' |
98 | * ''Series/StormChasers'' |
99 | * ''Series/StreetOutlaws'' |
100 | * ''Film/SuperCometAfterTheImpact'' |
101 | * ''Film/{{Supervolcano}}'' (co-produced with BBC) |
102 | * ''Series/SurviveThat!'' |
103 | * ''Series/SurvivingTheCut'' |
104 | * ''Series/{{Survivorman}}'' |
105 | * ''Series/TRexNewScienceNewBeast'' |
106 | * ''Series/TheTruthAboutKillerDinosaurs'' (co-produced with BBC) |
107 | * ''Series/TyrannosaurusSex'' |
108 | * ''Series/TheUltimateGuide'' |
109 | * ''Series/ValleyOfTheTRex'' |
110 | * ''Series/WeirdOrWhat'' |
111 | * ''Series/WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong'' |
112 | * ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' (co-produced with BBC. Discovery's version is an abridged 3-hour timeslot presentation of the whole series) |
113 | ** ''Series/TheBalladOfBigAl'' |
114 | ** ''Series/WalkingWithBeasts'' |
115 | ** ''Series/ChasedByDinosaurs'' |
116 | ** ''Series/WalkingWithCavemen'' |
117 | ** ''Series/SeaMonsters'' |
118 | ** ''Series/WalkingWithMonsters'' |
119 | * ''WesternAnimation/WhenDinosaursRoamedAmerica'' |
120 | * ''Series/WhenWeLeftEarthTheNasaMissions'' |
121 | [[/index]] |
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123 | -->[[Music/BloodhoundGang You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals]]\ |
124 | [[Music/BloodhoundGang So let's do it like they do on The Discovery Channel]] |
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