Deadliest Catch 5.05 Preview “Short Fuses”
May 12, 2009 by Healthy Shana
On last weeks episode of Deadliest Catch it’s now week four of king crab season. Seven people have since died, but the fishermen are still on in the hunt for crab.
The long hours and vicious hazing begin to test the Greenhorns, and even some start to crack. On the Wizard, the rookie fights to maintain dignity as the deckboss shreds him to the core.Watch the 7 minute video from last weeks episode as they battle it out.
On tonight’s episode, the crab pots continue to come up empty and the skippers are out of ideas. Low bait and long grinds take …read more
Tonight on Mythbusters YouTube Special
April 29, 2009 by Healthy Shana
Back in October 2008 I joined along with the Mythbusters to ask viewers from the YouTube community to send in their favorite viral videos.
So you guys submitted your best YouTube myths and the MythBusters listened! Tune-in TONIGHT to find out if your submitted myths were BUSTED, PLAUSIBLE or CONFIRMED!
The MYTHBUSTERS special marks Discovery Channel’s first program partnership initiative with YouTube. Discovery aired a series of spots beginning in September 2008, hosted by MYTHBUSTERS’ Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, that invited viewers to become a part of the myth-busting crew by posting their favorite viral videos to YouTube.
Over 200 videos were …read more
Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment “How to Survive” Part I
April 22, 2009 by Healthy Shana
The team of 9 brave volunteers for Alaskan Experiment learn some things before they start living on their own.
How to navigate the wilderness
Getting lost is no fun, especially in the great outdoors. Do you know the basic tools for staying on track?
Deadliest Catch Returns – Tuesday, April 14th @ 9pm ET/PT only on Discovery
April 17, 2009 by Healthy Shana
The seas are rougher, the stakes are higher and the intensity has never been stronger as the original, ultimate tough guys of television return in Discovery Channels Emmy-winning DEADLIEST CATCH for an all new season Tuesday, April 14, at 9 PM ET/PT.
“If it ain’t HELL, they ain’t happy!”
Returning Series: “Time Warp”
April 14, 2009 by Healthy Shana
In TIME WARP, the invisible become visible as MIT scientist and engineer Jeff Lieberman reveals our world in astonishing and spectacular new ways, by radically changing the lens of time. Time bending and mind blowing, TIME WARP lets viewers see and appreciate things that are normally beyond our senses because they take place much too quickly or slowly.
By employing state of the art camera equipment and editing techniques, Lieberman demonstrates what really happens with every crack, fissure and crash. A punch to the face, the break of a matchstick—each frame will tell an extraordinary story of what really is …read more
New Show Alert: Doing DaVinci
April 10, 2009 by Healthy Shana
One of the greatest artists of all time, the legacy of Leonardo daVinci (1452-1519) includes some of the most well-known paintings ever made. But daVinci’s talent exceeded far beyond painting – he was also a successful architect and engineer, and his drawings of military weapons have been highly regarded and studied for nearly 500 years.
These drawings capture exceptionally engineered weapons unlike anything that had been developed at the time they were created, yet there is no record that these designs were ever constructed… until now.
Discovery Channel’s six-part world premiere original series, DOING DAVINCI, puts a team of 21st century builders, …read more
Alaska Week on Discovery Channel
April 8, 2009 by Healthy Shana
ALASKA WEEK, premiering Sunday, April 12 at 9PM ET/PT, features eight all-new programs that will transport viewers to one of the most unforgiving environments on the planet.
See perilous encounters with wildlife caught on tape, watch roughnecks working Alaska’s notorious North Slope drilling and transporting oil, join nine strangers as they hike the frozen interior in search of civilization and return to the Bering Sea with the infamous crab fishermen who earn a living cheating death.
ALASKA WEEK premiere programs include (all times ET/PT):
DIRTY JOBS
Sunday, April 12 at 9 PM
Host Mike Rowe travels to Big Lake, Alaska and pays a visit to …read more
Deadliest Catch Season 5
April 7, 2009 by Healthy Shana
The seas are rougher, the stakes are higher and the intensity has never been stronger as the original, ultimate tough guys of television return in Discovery Channel’s Emmy®-winning DEADLIEST CATCH for an all new season Tuesday, April 14, at 9 PM (ET/PT).
This season Phil and Keith both face serious health issues. While Keith escapes a close call with cancer, Phil finds himself in limbo, not sure if he will even be allowed to fish this year. Following his leg embolism last year, Phil sweats it out on the docks, waiting for what he hopes is the doctors’ thumbs up …read more
Mythbusters Season 7 Sneak Peak
April 6, 2009 by Healthy Shana
In this sneak-peek of the new season, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman put to the test the banana-peel slip-and-fall, that longstanding staple of slapstick.
Don’t miss new episodes of MythBusters starting Wednesday, April 8th, at 9pm ET/PT only on Discovery!
New Series: NIGHT – Animal Planet
April 2, 2009 by Healthy Shana
Series Premieres Wednesday, April 8, at 10 PM (ET/PT)
Since the dawn of time, man has feared what happens when the lights go out. Tapping into our most primal fears, NIGHT takes viewers into the darkness to experience the wonder and terror of nocturnal nature and all its animal activities.
From the shivers down our spines when coyotes howl to the involuntary jumps when snakes hiss, to the uncontrollable urge to run when confronted with bright yellow beady eyes, host and animal expert Brandon McMillan faces this and more as he embarks upon the shocking and sometimes terrifying journey into the …read more


