This is a list of television programs formerly or currently broadcast by the Discovery Channel, in the United States.
Current programming
The following programs are currently airing on Discovery Channel:[1]
- 100 Days Wild
- Aaron Needs a Job
- Alaska: The Last Frontier
- Alaskan Bush People
- All on the Line
- American Chopper
- Bad Chad Customs
- BattleBots
- Bering Sea Gold
- Cal Fire
- Cash Cab
- Contact
- Deadliest Catch
- Deadliest Catch: Bloodline
- Diesel Brothers
- Dino Hunters
- Dirty Jobs: Rowe'd Trip
- Dirty Mudder Truckers
- Driven
- Dodgeball Thunderdome
- Dual Survival
- Expedition to the Edge
- Expedition Unknown
- Expedition X
- Fast N' Loud
- Finding Escobar's Millions
- Frontier
- Gold Rush
- Gold Rush: White Water
- Growing Belushi
- Guardians of the Glades
- Homestead Rescue
- I Quit
- The Impossible Row
- Jeremy Wade's Dark Waters
- Killing Fields
- The Last Alaskans
- Legends of the Wild
- Lost Relics of the Knights Templar
- Man vs. Bear
- Masters of Arms
- Masters of Disaster
- Misfit Garage
- Moonshiners
- Moonshiners: Master Distiller
- Mysteries of the Deep
- MythBusters
- Naked and Afraid
- Naked and Afraid XL
- Outback Lockdown
- Raising Wild
- Reclaimed
- River of No Return
- Rob Riggle: Global Investigator
- Savage Builds
- Serengeti
- Sticker Shock
- Street Outlaws
- Street Outlaws: Fastest in America
- Street Outlaws: Memphis
- Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings
- Trading Spaces
- Treasure Quest: Snake Island
- Twin Turbos
- Undercover Billionaire
- Vegas Rat Rods
- Vintage Tech Hunters
- Wheeler Dealers
- Why We Hate
- You Have Been Warned
Upcoming programming
- Rocket Around the Xmas Tree (December 3, 2020)[2]
- Deep Planet (2020)[3]
- Galpin Auto Sports (working title) (2020)[4]
- Revenge of the Nerd (2020)[5]
- Hard To Kill (working title)[6]
- Mysterious Planet (working title)[7]
- Perfect Planet (working title)[7]
- Taken By The Tiger (working title)[8]
- Wildlife Warriors (working title)[7]
Former programming
- 2057 (2007)
- 9/11 Firehouse (2013)
- A Fishing Story with Ronnie Green (2017)
- Adrenaline Rush Hour (2009)
- After the Climb (2007)
- Africa (2013)
- Air Pressure (2015)
- Aircrash Confidential (2011–12)
- Airplane Repo (2010–15)
- Airshow (2015)
- Alaskan Steel Men (2013)
- Alien Planet (2005 special)
- American Casino (2004–05)
- American Guns (2011–12)
- American Hot Rod (2004–08)
- American Loggers (2009–11)
- American Made Inventors (2017)
- American Muscle (2014)
- American Tarzan (2016)
- American Treasures (2011)
- American Underworld (2011)
- Amish Mafia (2012–15)
- Animal Face-Off (2004)
- Apocalipse Preppers (2013)
- Arctic Rescue (2015)
- Argo: Inside Story (2013)
- Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe (1994-95)
- Assignment Discovery
- Atlas (2006–08)
- Atlas 4D (2010)
- Auction Kings (2010–13)
- Backyard Oil (2013)
- Bad Universe
- Barbarians - Secrets of the Dark Ages (2002)
- The Battle for Rome (2006)
- Battlefield Detectives (2003)
- Beast Tracker
- Beachbody
- Before the Dinosaurs (2005)
- Before We Ruled the Earth (2003)
- Bermuda Triangle Exposed
- Beyond 2000
- Beyond Tomorrow
- Big! (2004)
- The Big Brain Theory (2013)
- Biker Build-Off (2002–07)
- Billion Dollar Secret
- Bizarre Dinosaurs
- Blood and Oil (2013)
- Blue Collar Bankers
- The Blue Planet (2001)
- Blueprint for Disaster (2004-08)
- Bone Detectives (2007–08)
- Brainiac
- Breakout
- Brew Masters (2010)
- Building the Future
- Building the Ultimate (2005)
- Built for Champions
- Bush Tucker Man (c. 1992)
- Canada's Worst Driver (2005-18)
- Canada's Worst Handyman (2006-11)
- Carfellas
- Chop Shop London
- Choppers
- The Colony (2009–2010)
- Connect
- Crash of the Century
- Curiosity (2011-13)
- Curious and Unusual Deaths
- The Curse Of Tutankhamen (1999)
- Daily Planet (1995-2018)
- Dangerman (Geoff Mackley)
- Darcy's Wild Life
- Daring Capers (1999–2001)
- Dark Fellowships: The Vril
- Dead Men's Tales
- Deadly Women
- Dealers (2012)
- Deception with Keith Barry
- Decoding Disaster
- Designer Guys
- Destroyed in Seconds (2008–09)
- The Detonators
- The Devil's Ride
- Diagnosis: Unknown
- Dinosaur Planet (2003)
- Dinosaur Revolution (2011)
- Dirty Jobs (2003–12)
- Disaster Detective
- Disaster Eyewitness (2011)
- Discovery Atlas (2006-08)
- Discover Magazine (1992-2000)
- Discovery News
- Discovery Profile
- Discovery Sport
- Discovery Sunday
- Doctorology (2007)
- Doing DaVinci (2009-10)
- Doomsday 2012 (2008 special)
- Doomsday Bunkers
- Double Agents
- Download: The True Story of the Internet (2008)
- Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real
- Dual Survival (2010-16)
- Dude, You're Screwed (2013-14)
- Daily Planet (TV series)
- Easy Does It (1991–96)
- Eco-Challenge (2001)
- Eco-Tech (2003)
- End Day
- Endurance
- Engineering Volcanoes
- Equinox
- Escape Stories (2001)
- Everest: Beyond the Limit (2006–09)
- Everything You Need To Know
- Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science
- Expedition Borneo
- Explosions Gone Wrong
- Extreme Engineering (2003–11)
- Extreme Machines (1997)
- Edge of Alaska (2014-17)
- Extreme Peril
- Extreme Smuggling (2013)
- Extreme Survival
- The FBI Files (1998–2006)
- Fearless Planet (2007)
- The Feuding Tombs of Christopher Columbus
- Fields of Armor
- Fight or Die
- Fight Quest (2007–08)
- The Final 24
- Fireballs from Space
- Firehouse USA: Boston (2005)
- Firepower
- Flying Heavy Metal (2005)
- Flying Wild Alaska (2011-12)
- Forensic Detectives (1999–2001)
- Frontiers of Construction
- Frontiers of Flight
- Frozen Planet
- Full Force Nature
- Full Metal Challenge
- The Future Is Wild
- Future Weapons (2006–08)
- FutureCar
- Game of Stones
- Garage Takeover
- Ghost Lab (2009-11)
- Ghosthunters (1996-97)
- Giant Squid: Caught On Camera
- Globe Trekker
- Going Tribal
- Gold Star Racing
- Great Bear Stakeout (special; premiered May 12, 2013)
- The Great Biker Build Off
- The Greatest Ever (2005)
- Green Village
- Guinea Pig
- Gutbusters (2002 special)
- Harley and the Davidsons (2016)
- A Haunting (2005–07 on Discovery, 2011–present on Destination America)
- The Haunting in Connecticut (2003 film)
- Hazard Pay
- Heirs to the Dare (2014)
- Heroes (2006)
- Hidden
- Hijack El Al Flight 426
- Hogs Gone Wild
- The Holocaust: In Memory of Millions
- Home Matters
- Hooked on Fishing (1999–unknown)
- How Beer Saved the World (2011)
- How Booze Built America (2012)
- How Do They Do It?
- How Does It Work?
- How It's Made
- How to Survive
- How The Universe Works (2010)
- How We Invented the World (miniseries; 2013)
- Howe & Howe Tech (2010–11)
- Huge Moves
- Human Body: Pushing the Limits (2008)
- I, VIDEOGAME
- I Shouldn't Be Alive (2005-06)
- I Was Bitten
- Iditarod: Toughest Race on Earth (2008)
- In the Wild with Harry Butler
- Incredible India!
- India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Industrial Revelations (2002–04)
- Inside Planet Earth
- Instinto Asesino
- Interior Motives
- Into Alaska with Jeff Corwin
- Into the Lion's Den
- Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010)
- Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein (2008)
- Invention
- Is Born
- Is It Possible? (2010)
- It Takes a Thief (2005-07)
- JFK: The End Of Camelot
- Jungle Gold (2012-13)
- Junkyard Wars (2001–03)
- Justice Files
- Klondike (2014)
- The Know Zone (1995)
- Korea: The Forgotten War
- LA Ink (2007–11)
- Last Day of the Dinosaurs (2010 special)
- The Last Huntsmen (2013)
- Last One Standing
- Legend Detectives (2005 miniseries)
- Licence to Drill
- Life (2010)
- Lobster Wars (2007)
- Lost Animals of the 20th Century
- The Lost Ship of Venice (2006 special)
- The Lost Tomb of Jesus (2007 special)
- Lunar Jim (August 5, 2006 – June 25, 2011)
- Lynette Jennings Design
- Magic of Science
- Mammals Vs. Dinosaurs
- Man vs. Wild (2006–11)
- Man, Woman, Wild (2010-12)
- Manhunt: Unabomber (2017 miniseries)
- Massive Engines
- Massive Machines
- Mayday
- Mega Builders (2005-10)
- Mega Engineering
- Miami Ink
- Mind, Body & Kick Ass Moves
- Miracle Planet
- Modern Gladiators
- Moment of Impact
- Mongrel Nation (2003)
- Monkey Business
- Monster Garage (2002-06)
- Monster House (2003-06)
- Monster: A Portrait Of Stalin In Blood
- Monsters Inside Me
- Monsters Resurrected (2009)
- Most Evil (2006-08)
- Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed
- Movie Magic
- Mummy Detective with Bob Brier (2004 miniseries)
- My Shocking Story
- The Mysterious Death of Cleopatra (2006)
- MythBusters (2003-16)
- Naked Castaway (2013)
- Nasty by Nature'
- Nature by Design
- Nature's Deadliest
- Nature's Most Amazing Events
- The New Al-Qaeda
- The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (1996–2005)
- The Next Step (1991–96)
- NextWorld
- Nightmare Next Door
- Normandy: The Great Crusade
- North America (2013 miniseries)
- Oddities
- On the Run
- One Car Too Far (2012)
- One Man Army (2011)
- One Step Beyond
- One Way Out (2008–09)
- Out In The Cold
- Outlaw Empires (2012 miniseries)
- Overhaulin' (2004–09 on TLC, 2012–15 on Discovery)
- Pagans
- Passport to Space
- Patent Bending (2006)
- The Patiala Necklace (2004)
- People Watch
- Perfect Disaster (2006)
- Pitchmen (2009-11)
- Planes That Never Flew
- Planet Earth
- Point of No Return (2002)
- Pompeii – Killer In Our Midst (2005)
- Pompeii: The Last Day (2003)
- Pompeii of the East (2005 special)
- Pop Nation
- Portraits
- Profiles of Nature
- Property Wars (2012-13)
- The Prosecutors: In Pursuit of Justice
- Prototype This! (2008-09)
- Prehistoric
- Prehistoric Planet
- Prehistoric Park
- Pyramid Beyond Imagination (2002)
- Ragin' Cajuns (2012)
- Raging Planet
- Rally Round the House
- Raw Nature
- Ray Mears' The Real Heroes of Telemark (2003 special)
- Ray Mears' World of Survival (1997–98)
- The Reagan Legacy
- The Real American Cowboy
- Really Big Things
- Reporters At War (2003 miniseries)
- Rex Hunt's Fishing Adventure (1991–2004)
- Rides
- Rise of the Video Game (2007)
- Rivals
- Road Trip USA
- Robotica
- Rocket Science
- Royal Deaths & Diseases (2003–04)
- RTL Autowereld
- Sacred Steel Bikes
- Saint Hoods (2013)
- Salvage Squad
- Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
- Sci-Fi Saved My Life
- Sci-Trek
- The Science of Sex Appeal
- The Science of Star Wars
- Scrapheap Challenge
- Seven Wonders Of ...
- Sex Sense (miniseries)
- Shark Week (annual program)
- Siberian Cut (2014)
- Silver Rush (2013)
- The Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
- Skywire Live
- Smash Lab (2007–08)
- Solving History with Olly Steeds (2010)
- Some Assembly Required (2007–08)
- Sons of Guns
- Stealth Secrets (2005)
- Storm Chasers (2007–11)
- Storm Warning
- Story of India
- Stranded: With Cash Peters (Travel Channel)
- Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (2009)
- Street Outlaws
- Stunt Junkies
- The Sun
- Super Structures of the World (1998–)
- Super Weapons of the Ancient World (2005 series)
- Superstorm
- Supervolcano
- Surprise by Design
- Survive This
- Survivorman
- Swamp Brothers (2011-12)
- Swamp Loggers (2009-12)
- Swords: Life on the Line (2009-12)
- Tanks
- Tanks! The Aces (2005)
- Test Case (2006)
- Texas Car Wars (2012)
- Tilt 23 1/2
- Time Warp (2008-09)
- Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
- Top Gear
- Top Marques
- Top Ten (2004–05)
- Tournament
- Travelers
- Treasure!
- True Horror with Anthony Head (2004)
- Ultimate Car Build-Off
- Ultimate Cars
- The Ultimate Guide
- The Ultimate Ten
- Unchained Reaction (2012)
- Under Siege: America's Northern Border (2013 special)
- Understanding
- Universe
- Unsolved History (2002–05)
- Untamed Africa
- Valley of the T-Rex (2001 special)
- Verminators (2008–09)
- Viking Voyages: Wings of the Dragon (2005)
- Walking with Beasts
- Walking with Cavemen
- Walking with Dinosaurs
- A Walking With Dinosaurs Trilogy: Sea Monsters (2003 trilogy)
- Walking with Monsters
- Warlocks Rising (premiered July 5, 2013)
- Warrior Women
- Weapon Masters (2007)
- Weaponizers
- Weapons of War (series)
- Weed Country (2013)
- Weird or What?
- What's That About?
- Wheeler Dealers (2011-15)
- When Dinosaurs Roamed America (2001)
- When Dinosaurs Ruled
- When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)
- Why Didn't I Think of That?
- Wild Discovery (1995-2002)
- Wild Pacific
- Wild Weather (2002 miniseries)
- Wildlife Chronicles
- Wings
- Wolves at Our Door (1997)
- A World Away
- World Birth Day (2002–03)
- World Class Cuisine
- World of Wonder
- World's Biggest And Baddest Bugs (2004)
- The World's Strangest UFO Stories
- World's Toughest Fixes
- The World's Toughest Tunnel (2005)
- Wreckreation Nation (2009)
- X-Machines
- X-Ray Mega Airport (2015)
- You Have Been Warned
- You Spoof Discovery (2007 special)
- Yukon Men
- Zero Hour
References
- ^ "Discovery Shows". Discovery Channel. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ "Discovery's All-New Explosive Series "Rocket Around the Xmas Tree" Blasts Onto Television Screens December 3". The Futon Critic. November 16, 2020.
- ^ "Discovery's Five Deeps Expedition Breaks Record on Dive to Bottom of Challenger Deep in Mariana Trench". The Futon Critic. May 13, 2019.
- ^ "Discovery Channel's New Motor Series "Galpin Auto Sports" (W/T) Puts Automotive History in the Driver's Seat". The Futon Critic. November 4, 2019.
- ^ "YouTube Phenom Mark Rober to Star in New Discovery Series "Revenge of the Nerd" (w/t) from Jimmy Kimmel's Kimmelot". The Futon Critic. December 18, 2019.
- ^ "Discovery Channel Takes On America's Most Dangerous Jobs In New Series 'Hard To Kill' (Working Title) – Discovery, Inc". corporate.discovery.com. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Discovery Channel Announces Slate of Programming Highlighting the Wonders of the Natural World". The Futon Critic. April 8, 2019.
- ^ "With Unprecedented Access To The Site, Discovery Digs Deep In Valley Of The Kings To Uncover Lost Treasures Of Egypt – Discovery, Inc". corporate.discovery.com. Retrieved May 22, 2018.