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Planet Earth premieres tonight on Discovery
Filed under: HDTV, Discovery, Documentary  Those of you who are lucky enough to own an HDTV should check out Planet Earth tonight on Discovery Channel. I keep seeing previews for it today as I absent-mindedly watch a marathon of Deadliest Catch and it looks stunning. The series is basically Earth Science, featuring all sorts of unique animals and plants, and examining various landscapes.
Besides the fact that it looks beautiful, the story behind it is almost as impressive. The miniseries took five years to make and photographers put their lives on the line more than once to document the extreme living conditions on...
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Little People, Big World returns on April 9th
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, Discovery  From the comments I received in my last Little People, Big World post it seems that there is a fairly big fan base for this TLC show. So, all of you will be happy to hear that the 3rd season of Little People will be premiering on April 9th. This is a move from Saturday to Monday nights.
Much has happened to the Roloff family since we left them during a very successful pumpkin season (I'm sure assisted by their appearance on television). In the fall youngest son Jacob and Matt's business partner Mike were both
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Lost Tomb of Jesus to air on Discovery
Filed under: Celebrities, Discovery, Documentary  "King of the World" James Cameron takes on the "King of Kings" Jesus Christ. Announced in a press conference earlier today and slated for a Discovery Channel debut on March 4th is executive producer Cameron's The Lost Tomb of Jesus. The documentary introduces new archaeological evidence that shows where the remains of Jesus of Nazareth and his family were kept, and by "his family," Cameron's not talking about Mary and Joseph. The evidence reveals that Jesus may have had a son named Judah with Mary Magdalene.Continue reading Lost Tomb of Jesus to air on Discovery Cable, Programming, Discovery, Documentary  There are so many jobs I'd love to have. I'd love to ghostwrite Melanie Griffith's blog "In 2 Me C." I'd love to join Jackie Chan's stunt team, but mostly, I'd love to produce Puppy Bowl. Sadly, the job has already been taken by Discovery Productions' Molly Hermann. For those of you who turn a blind eye to Super Bowl counter programming, the Puppy Bowl is the annual Animal Planet alternative to the blockbuster sporting event.
Puppy Bowl is the furry equivalent of those Yule Log or Aquarium DVDs that you pop in your player to create...
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Discovery Channel visits the year 2057 tonight
Filed under: Discovery  Tonight starting at 8:00pm, the Discovery Channel will look fifty years into the future with a three-part series called 2057. The series will mix speculation from leading scientists with dramatic storytelling to try and envision how our world will change over the next few decades. One of the questions, of course, is whether or not we'll have flying cars, and more importantly, will Martian hookers be both plentiful and affordable? Okay, the second one is my own personal preference, but I think it's worth looking into.
The first part of the series, "The Body" airs at 8:00pm and looks at modern technology and what it holds for human health and...
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Monster Garage fined 300K for smog violations
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities, Discovery  It turns out all those souped-up choppers and pimped-out rides aren't up to code. California air regulators announced yesterday a nearly $300,000 settlement with Monster Garage's Jesse James and his West Coast Choppers operation. Fifty of his custom-built bikes did not meet California air quality standards. They were built without certified emissions equipment on their exhaust and fuel systems. According to the LA Times, the bikes were spewing hydrocarbons at rates that exceeded state limits times ten.
James isn't the first celebrity grease monkey to get hit with fines. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration fined...
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Discovery looks at moon explorations
Filed under: Discovery, Documentary  There's a lot of good programs on television, and there's always something new popping up that catches my interest. However, I rarely get too excited about what gets beamed into my living room from the ol' idiot box. In this instance, though, I have to say I'm a lot more curious than usual.
I'm talking about In theShadow of the Moon, a new documentary from Discovery Films that screened recently at Sundance and will also premiere at some point on the Discovery Channel and Discovery HD Theater, takes a look at the Apollo moon missions and brings together the surviving astronauts from those missions to talk about...
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TV's Top 5!: The Ocean's Deadliest is Steve's Irwin's message not outcome
Filed under: Video, Discovery, Documentary  We all know what happens at the end of The Ocean's Deadliest. You did not have to watch the premiere on Discovery last night to know what happens to Steve Irwin.
But you can't help but wonder if they had come up with the title for the posthumous release before or after Irwin's untimely death. If indeed this was the original name for the documentary and not just a unclassy way to capitalize on the tragedy, then you can add that as another indication of the film's eeriness. Continue reading TV's Top 5!: The Ocean's Deadliest is Steve's...
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The Five: The reality shows you should be watching
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, OpEd, The Five, The CW, Discovery, MTV, VH1  Reality shows are an easy target. At their worst, they combine narcissistic competitors in a state of arrested development with manipulative editing and piss poor production values. They are base, coarse, often times racist and tedious beyond belief. They bring out the worst in us - our collective desire to see other people humiliated.
Fortunately, all reality shows are not the same. I mean, would Tim Gunn be involved in anything that wasn't a class act?...
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Two new shows from MythBusters creators
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, MythBusters, Discovery, Pickups and Renewals, Documentary  The production team behind the Discovery Channel's MythBusters have two new shows in the works for the science-loving channel. First up is Prototype This, a 13-part series that looks at the viability of gadgets seen in sci-fi movies. As in, they'll actually try to build some of these futuristic marvels. I'm sure the military will be ecstatic. I'll just take my Jetsons personalized jet pack and robot maid, thank you very much.
The second show, Cool Stuff: How It Works, is a four-part series that takes a look...
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