Discovery announces “Deadliest Catch” fan festival

This week, I’m surviving Spring Break with my husband and kids in the “Wilds” of Williamsburg, Virginia. So I’m getting to know our forefathers, and two survivalists head to a forsaken region of Amazonia. And this week’s male participants promises to be one of N&A‘s most colorful characters EVER!! (Spoiler: In 2009, Jake appeared on the Discovery channel show Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment, and was apparently the first openly gay person shown on a Discovery network program). Related: History’s Alone returns in April for Season 2! While I’m off on my adventure in American history, here are mini-bios for this week’s […]

To celebrate the innovative genius of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who passed away last week at age 56, Discovery Channel is airing a one-hour documentary called iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World, premiering this Sunday, Oct. 16, at 8pm ET/PT. MythBusters stars Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman host the special, which features interviews with people whose lives and livelihoods were forever changed by Jobs, including: * Those at the front lines of the birth of personal computing, and former Apple employees and executives, including Lee Felsenstein, founding member of the Homebrew Computer Blub; Daniel Kottke, a friend who traveled […]

This Monday, July 20, marks the 40th anniversary of one of humanity’s greatest achievements — reaching and walking on the moon. Because of this, you’ll notice the occurrence of moon-themed TV programming waxing this weekend: Direct From the Moon (repeat) — National Geographic Channel (HD), July 19 at 7pm ET. Stunning footage of the eerie silence of the moon comes from Japan’s Kaguya lunar orbiter in this cool special. Living on the Moon (premiere) — National Geographic Channel (HD), July 19 at 9pm ET. It’s been a while since we’ve visited the moon, but might we one day live on it? […]