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[[caption-width-right:350:The World is Ours]]

The [[https://www.discovery.com Discovery Channel]] (or simply as Discovery) is a cable television channel which began broadcasting in June [[TheEighties 1985]].

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.

[[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]].

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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!!Shows on this network:
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* ''Series/TwentyFiftySeven''
* ''Film/AlienPlanet''
* ''Series/AmericanChopper''
* ''Series/AmericanGuns''
* ''Series/AmishMafia''
* ''Series/AnimalFaceOff''
* ''Film/AtlantisEndOfAWorldBirthOfALegend'' (co-produced with [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]], aired as an episode of ''Curiosity'' titled ''Atlantis Uncovered''.)
* ''Series/AuctionKings''
* ''Series/BattleBots''
* ''Series/BeringSeaGold''
* ''Series/BeyondTRex''
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' (Canada)
* ''Series/BloodAndOil''
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' (Canada)
* ''Series/CashCab''
* ''Series/ClashOfTheDinosaurs''
* ''Series/TheColony''
* ''Series/ColosseumRomesArenaOfDeath'' (co-produced with BBC)
* ''Series/{{Curiosity}}''
* ''Series/DeadliestCatch''
* ''Series/DeadlyWomen''
* ''Series/TheDevilsRide''
* ''Series/DinoGangs''
* ''Series/{{Dinosaur Hunters}}''
* ''Series/DinoLab''
* ''Series/DinosaurPlanet''
* ''Series/DinosaursReturnToLife''
* ''Series/DinosaurRevolution''
* ''Series/DirtyJobs''
* ''Series/DiscoveryAtlas''
* ''Series/DoomsdayBunkers''
* ''Series/DualSurvival''
* ''Series/DuffsHappyFunBakeTime'' (Discovery+)
* ''Film/ExpeditionBismarck''
* ''Series/TheFBIFiles''
* ''Series/FightQuest''
* ''Series/FinalOffer''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fishtronaut}}'' (Discovery Kids)
* ''Series/GoldRush''
* ''Film/HannibalRomesWorstNightmare'' (co-produced with BBC)
* ''Series/HarleyAndTheDavidsons''
* ''Series/HowItsMade''
* ''Series/IShouldntBeAlive'' (seasons 1-2)
* ''Series/IditarodTheToughestRaceOnEarth''
* ''Series/IslandOfThePigmyMammoth''
* ''Film/InsideTheTwinTowers''
* ''Series/ItTakesAThief2005''
* ''Series/JunkRaiders''
* ''Series/{{Klondike}}''
* ''Film/KrakatoaTheLastDays'' (co-produced with BBC)
* ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild''
* ''Series/LostAnimalsOfThe20thCentury''
* ''Film/LusitaniaMurderOnTheAtlantic'' (produced for by Darlow Smithson Productions)
* ''Series/MammalsVsDinos'' (Canada, co-produced with Creator/{{NHK}} and the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada)
* ''Series/ManVsWild''
* ''Series/ManhuntUnabomber''
* ''WesternAnimation/MarchOfTheDinosaurs'' (although this was originally produced by Creator/{{ITV}})
* ''Series/MathsMansion''
* ''Series/{{Mayday}}''
* ''Film/MegalodonTheMonsterSharkLives''
* ''Series/MiraclePlanet'' (Canada, produced in association with NHK and the National Film Board of Canada)
* ''Series/MonstersResurrected''
* ''Series/{{Moonshiners}}''
* ''Series/MovieMagic''
* ''Series/TheMysteryDinosaur''
* ''Series/{{MythBusters}}''
* ''Series/NakedAndAfraid''
* ''Series/NakedAndAfraidXL''
* ''Series/{{Oddities}}''
* ''Series/{{Paleoworld}}'' (United Kingdom)
* ''Series/PennAndTellerTellALie''
* ''Series/PerfectDisaster''
* ''Series/PlanetEarth'' (co-produced with BBC)
* ''Series/PorterRidge''
* ''Series/{{Prehistoric}}''
* ''Series/PrehistoricAssassins''
* ''Series/PrehistoricDisasters''
* ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' (Canada)
* ''Series/PompeiiBackFromTheDead''
* ''Series/PompeiiTheLastDay'' (co-produced with BBC)
* ''Series/TheRiddleOfPompeii''
* ''Series/ScienceOfStarWars''
* ''Series/{{Serengeti}}''
* ''Series/SonsOfGuns''
* ''Series/StormChasers''
* ''Series/StreetOutlaws''
* ''Film/SuperCometAfterTheImpact''
* ''Film/{{Supervolcano}}'' (co-produced with BBC)
* ''Series/SurviveThat!''
* ''Series/SurvivingTheCut''
* ''Series/{{Survivorman}}''
* ''Series/TRexNewScienceNewBeast''
* ''Series/TheTruthAboutKillerDinosaurs'' (co-produced with BBC)
* ''Series/TyrannosaurusSex''
* ''Series/TheUltimateGuide''
* ''Series/ValleyOfTheTRex''
* ''Series/WeirdOrWhat''
* ''Series/WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong''
* ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' (co-produced with BBC. Discovery's version is an abridged 3-hour timeslot presentation of the whole series)
** ''Series/TheBalladOfBigAl''
** ''Series/WalkingWithBeasts''
** ''Series/ChasedByDinosaurs''
** ''Series/WalkingWithCavemen''
** ''Series/SeaMonsters''
** ''Series/WalkingWithMonsters''
* ''WesternAnimation/WhenDinosaursRoamedAmerica''
* ''Series/WhenWeLeftEarthTheNasaMissions''
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-->[[Music/BloodhoundGang You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals]]\\
[[Music/BloodhoundGang So let's do it like they do on The Discovery Channel]]
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