Discovery Communications has ended its relationship with former ABC anchorman Ted Koppel, who has been preparing news specials and documentaries for Discovery Channel. “There has been significant change in senior management at Discovery,” Mr. Koppel said in a statement. “Producing our kind of news-related...
The Discovery Channel’s head of development production, Jeff Hassler, left the network on Friday and has been replaced by one of his deputies, Gena McCarthy. Discovery said in a statement that under Mr. Hassler, the network has ramped up the amount of original programming it was producing to 120 in the...
Discovery Channel will air “JFK: Inside the Target Car” on Nov. 16, the 45th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The special employs cutting-edge forensics and film archives to prove that the only bullets fired at President Kennedy’s motorcade came from the Texas School Book...
The hosts of two Discovery Channel shows will be wearing outfits from Columbia Sportswear as part of an advertising deal with the clothing maker, the network said. Columbia Sportswear will sponsor “Survivorman,” hosted by Les Stroud, and “Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein.” The ad deal includes a...
Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week lineup drew a record 29.1 million viewers in its 21st year of programming. The annual programming event ran from July 27 to Aug. 2 and included special shark-centric episodes of Discovery series "Mythbusters" and "Dirty Jobs," which pulled...