List of Discovery Channel original programming

The following is a list of television programs currently or formerly broadcast by Discovery Channel.

Current programming

The following programs are currently airing on Discovery Channel:^[1]

Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction (2024–present)
America's Backyard Gold (2024–present)
Bering Sea Gold (2012–present)
Caught! (2023–present)
Contraband: Seized at the Airport (2024–present)
Contraband: Seized at the Border (2023–present)
Contraband: Seized at Sea (2024–present)
Deadliest Catch (2005–present)
Destinations of the Damned with Zak Bagans (2024–present)
Expedition Bigfoot (2023–present, moved from Travel Channel)
Expedition Files (2024–present)
Expedition Unknown (2015–present)
Expedition X (2020–present)
Filthy Fortunes (2025–present)
Ghost Adventures (2023–present, moved from Travel Channel)
Ghost Adventures: House Calls (2024–present, moved from Discovery+)
Gold Rush (2010–present)
Gold Rush: Freddy Dodge's Mine Rescue (2022–present, moved from Discovery+)
Gold Rush: Parker's Trail (2017–present)
Gold Rush: White Water (2018–present)
Hoffman Family Gold (2022–present)
Harpoon Hunters (2025–present)
Homestead Rescue (2016–present)
How It's Made (2001–2019)
Hustlers Gamblers Crooks (2024–present)
In the Eye of the Storm (2024–present)
The Last Woodsmen (2024–present)
Lost Monster Files (2024–present)
Moonshiners (2011–present)
Moonshiners: Master Distiller (2020–present)
Mud Madness (2024–present)
Mysteries of the Abandoned (2017–present)
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022–present)
Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch (2021–present)
Naked and Afraid (2013–present)
Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing (2023–present)
Naked and Afraid XL (2015–present)
Outback Opal Hunters (2019–present)
Red Bull Soapbox Race (2025-present)
Sin City Tow (2024–present)
Street Outlaws: Locals Only (2023–present)
Wild & Weird America (2024–present)

Former programming

0–9

100 Days Wild (2020)
2057 (2007)
9/11 Firehouse (2013)

A

Africa (2013)
Aaron Needs a Job (2019)
Adrenaline Rush Hour (2009)
After the Climb (2007)
Airplane Repo (2010–15)
Air Pressure (2015)
Airshow (2015)
Alaska: The Last Frontier (2011–22)
Alaskan Bush People (2014–22)
Alaskan Steel Men (2013)
Alien Planet (2005; special)
All on the Line (2020)
All the President's Men Revisited (2013)
American Casino (2004–05)
American Chopper (2003–20)
American Guns (2011–12)
American Hot Rod (2004–08)
American Loggers (2009–11)
American Treasures (2011)
American Made Inventors (2017)
Amish Mafia (2012–15)
American Muscle (2014)
American Tarzan (2016)
American Underworld (2011)
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006)
Animal Face-Off (2004)
Apocalypse Preppers (2013)
Arctic Rescue (2015)
Argo: Inside Story (2013)
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe (1994–95)
Assignment Discovery
Atlas 4D (2010)
Auction Kings (2010–13)

B

Backyard Oil (2013)
Bad Chad Customs (2019–20)
Bad Universe (2010)
The Ballad of Big Al (2000)
Barbarians: Secrets of the Dark Ages (2002)
BattleBots (2018–23)
Beachbody
Beast Tracker (2012)
Bee Czar (2022)
Before We Ruled the Earth (2003)
Bermuda Triangle Exposed (2011)
Beyond 2000 (1985-99)
Beyond Tomorrow
Big! (2004)
The Big Brain Theory (2013)
Big Little Brawlers (2024)
Biker Build-Off (2002–07)
Billion Dollar Secret (1999)
Billy Buys Brooklyn (2022)
Bizarre Dinosaurs (2009)
Blood and Oil (2013)
Blue Collar Bankers (2016)
The Blue Planet (2001)
Blueprint for Disaster (2004–08)
Bone Detectives (2007–08)
The Bond (2022)
Brainiac: Science Abuse (2003-08)
Breakout (2010)
Brew Masters (2010)
Brink of Disaster (2022)
Building the Future (2007)
Building the Great Pyramid (2002)
Building the Ultimate (2005)
Built for Champions
Bush Tucker Man (1992)

C

Cal Fire (2021)
Canada's Worst Driver (2005–18)
Canada's Worst Handyman (2006–11)
Carfellas (2011)
Cash Cab (2005–18)
Chop Shop London Garage
Choppers
The Colony (2009–10)
Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death (2004)
Connect
Construction Intervention (2010)
Contact (2019)
Crash of the Century (2005)
Curiosity (2011–13)
Curious and Unusual Deaths
Curse of Akakor (2021)
The Curse of Tutankhamen (1999)
A Cut Above (2022)

D

Daily Planet (1995–2018)
Dangerman: Adventures of Geoff Mackley (2004)
Daring Capers (1999–2001)
Dark Fellowships: The Vril (2008)
Deadliest Catch: Bloodline (2020–22)
Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove (2016)
Deadliest Catch: The Viking Returns (2022)
Deadly Women (2003–05)
Dead Men's Tales (2003)
Dealers (2012)
The Death of Yugoslavia (1995)
Deception with Keith Barry (2010)
Decoding Disaster (2007)
Designer Guys (2001-08)
Destroyed in Seconds (2008–09)
The Detonators (2009)
The Devils Ride (2012-14)
Diagnosis: Unknown (2002)
Diesel Brothers (2016–22)
Diesel Brothers: Diesel Nation (2020)
Dino Hunters (2020–21)
Dinosaur Planet (2003)
Dinosaur Revolution (2011)
Discover Magazine (1996–2000)
Discovery Atlas (2006–08)
Dirty Jobs (2003–12, 2020–23)
Dirty Mudder Truckers (2019–21)
Disaster Detective
Disaster Eyewitness (2011)
Doctorology (2007)
Dodgeball Thunderdome (2020)
Doing DaVinci (2009–10)
Doomsday (2008; special)
Doomsday Bunkers (2012)
Double Agents (2003-04)
Download: The True Story of the Internet (2008)
Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (2004)
Driven (2020)
Dual Survival (2010–16)
Dude, You're Screwed (2013–14)

E

Earthflight
Easy Does It (1991–96)
Eco-Challenge (2001)
Eco-Tech (2003)
Edge of Alaska (2014–17)
End Day
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
Expedition to the Edge (2020)
Explosions Gone Wrong
Extreme Engineering (2003–2011)
Extreme Machines (1997)
Extreme Peril
Extreme Smuggling (2013)
Extreme Survival

F

Fast N' Loud (2012–20)
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
Finding Escobar's Millions (2017–19)
Fireballs from Space
Firehouse USA: Boston (2005)
Firepower
First Life (2010)
A Fishing Story with Ronnie Green (2017)
Flying Heavy Metal (2005)
Flying Wild Alaska (2011–12)
Forensic Detectives (1999–01)
Frontiers of Construction
Frontiers of Flight
Frozen Planet (2011)
Full Force Nature
Full Metal Challenge
FutureCar
The Future Is Wild
Future Weapons (2006–08)

G

Game Changers (2024)
Game of Stones
Garage Takeover
The Garden: Commune or Cult (2023)
Getaway Driver (2021)
Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room (2024, moved from Travel Channel)
Ghost Lab (2009–11)
Giant Squid: Caught On Camera
Globe Trekker
Gold, Lies & Videotape (2023)
Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine (2019-22)
Gold Rush: Winter's Fortune (2021)
Gold Star Racing
Great Bear Stakeout (2013; special)
The Great Biker Build Off
The Greatest Ever (2005)
Green Village
Growing Belushi (2020-23)
Guardians of the Glades (2019–20)
Guinea Pig
Gutbusters (2002)

H

Harley and the Davidsons (2016)
A Haunting (2005–07)
The Haunting in Connecticut (2003)
Hard To Kill (2018)^[2]
Hazard Pay
Heirs to the Dare (2014)
Heroes (2006)
Hidden
Hidden Kingdoms (2014)
Hijack El Al Flight 426
Hogs Gone Wild
The Holocaust: In Memory of Millions
Home Matters
Homestead Rescue: Raney Ranch (2020–21)
Hooked on Fishing (1999)
How Beer Saved the World (2011)
How Booze Built America (2012)
How Do They Do It?
How Does It Work?
Howe & Howe Tech (2010–11)
How the Universe Works (2010)
How to Survive
How We Invented The World (2013; miniseries)
Huge Moves
Human Body: Pushing the Limits (2008)
Human Planet (2011)
Hunting Atlantis (2021)

I

Ice Cold Catch (2022–23)
Iditarod: Toughest Race on Earth (2008)
The Impossible Row (2020)
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 (2004)
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010)
Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein (2008)
I Quit (2020)
Is Born
I Shouldn't Be Alive (2005–06)
Is It Possible? (2010)
It Takes a Thief (2005–07)
I, VIDEOGAME
I Was Bitten

J

Jeremy Wade's Dark Waters (2019)
JFK: The End Of Camelot
Josh Gates Tonight (2020–22)
Jungle Gold (2012–13)
Junkyard Wars (2001–03)
Justice Files

K

Killing Fields (2016–18)
Klondike (2014)
The Know Zone (1995)
Korea: The Forgotten War
Krakatoa: The Last Days

L

LA Ink (2007–11)
Land of Giants / The Giant Claw
Land of the Mammoth
The Last Alaskans (2016–19)
Last Day of the Dinosaurs (2010; special)
The Last Huntsmen (2013)
Last Man Standing (2007)
Legend Detectives (2005)
Legends of the Wild (2020)
Licence to Drill
Life
The Life of Mammals (2002)
Life Story
Lobster Wars (2007)
Lobstermen (2009)
Lone Star Law (2020, 2022)
Lost Animals of the 20th Century
Lost Relics of the Knights Templar (2020–21)
The Lost Ship of Venice (2006)
The Lost Tomb of Jesus (2007)
Louisiana Law (2022, moved to Animal Planet)
Lynette Jennings Design

M

Magic of Science
Mammal Revolution
Mammals vs. Dinosaurs
Manhunt: Unabomber (2017)
Man vs. Bear (2019–20)
Man vs. Wild (2006–11)
Man, Woman, Wild (2010–12)
Mark Rober's Revengineers (2023)
Marooned with Ed Stafford (2013)
Massive Engines
Massive Machines
Master of Arms (2018)
Masters of Disaster (2019)
Mega Builders (2005–10)
Mega Engineering
Miami Ink
Mind, Body & Kick Ass Moves
Miracle Planet
Misfit Garage (2014–18)
Modern Gladiators
Moment of Impact
Mongrel Nation (2003)
Monkey Business
Monster: A Portrait Of Stalin In Blood
Monster Garage (2002–06)
Monster House (2003–06)
Monsters Resurrected (2009)
Moonshiners: American Spirit (2022)
Moonshiners: Whiskey Business (2019)
Most Evil (2006–08)
Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed
Mummy Detective with Bob Brier (2004)
My Shocking Story
Mysteries of the Deep (2020-22)
The Mysterious Death of Cleopatra (2006)
MythBusters (2003–16)

N

Naked and Afraid Castaways (2023)
Naked and Afraid: Solo (2023)
Nasty by Nature
Nature by Design
Nature's Deadliest
Nature's Great Events (2009)
The New Al-Qaeda
The New Detectives (1996–2005)
The Next Step (1991–96)
NextWorld
Nigel's Wild Wild World
Nightmare Next Door
Normandy: The Great Crusade

O

Ocean Odyssey
Oddities
One Car Too Far (2012)
One Man Army (2011)
One Step Beyond
One Way Out (2008–09)
On the Run
Out In The Cold
Outback Lockdown (2020)
Outlaw Empires (2012; miniseries)
Outrageous Acts of Science: You Have Been Warned
Overhaulin' (2012–15)

P

Pagans
Passport to Space
Patent Bending (2006)
People Watch
Perfect Disaster (2006)
PitchMen (2009–11)
Planes That Never Flew
Planet Earth (2006)
Point of No Return (2002)
Pompeii: Killer In Our Midst (2005)
Pompeii of the East (2005; special)
Pompeii: The Last Day (2003)
Pop Nation
Portraits
Pot Cops (2013)
Prehistoric
Prehistoric Park
Prehistoric Planet
Profiles of Nature
Property Wars (2012–13)
Prototype This! (2008–09)
Pyramid Beyond Imagination (2002)
The Patiala Necklace (2004)
The Prosecutors: In Pursuit of Justice

R

Ragin' Cajuns (2012)
Raging Planet
Raising the Mammoth
Raising Wild (2019)
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
The Real Eve
Really Big Things
Reclaimed (2020)
Redwood Kings
Reporters At War (2003)
Resurrection Tomb Mystery (2012)
Rex Hunt's Fishing Adventure (1991–2004)
Rides
Rise of the Video Game (2007)
Rivals
River of No Return (2019)
Road Trip USA
Robotica
Rob Riggle: Global Investigator (2020)
Rocket Around the Xmas Tree (2020)^[3]
Rocket Science
Royal Deaths & Diseases (2003–04)
RTL Autowereld

S

Sacred Steel Bikes
Saint Hoods (2013)
Salvage Squad
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
Savage Builds (2019)
The Science of Sex Appeal
Sci-Fi Saved My Life
Sci-Trek
Scrapheap Challenge
Sea Monsters
Secrets of SEAL Team Six
Serengeti (2019–21)
Seven Wonders of...
Sex Sense (2004; miniseries)
Sewer Divers (2023)
Siberian Cut (2014)
Silver Rush (2013)
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
Skywire Live
Smash Lab (2007–08)
Solving History with Olly Steeds (2010)
Some Assembly Required
Son of God
Sons of Guns
Space Odyssey
Stealth Secrets (2005)
Sticker Shock (2018)
Storm Chasers (2007–11)
Storm Warning
Story of India
Stranded with Cash Peters
Street Outlaws (2013–23)
Street Outlaws: America's List (2021–22)
Street Outlaws: End Game (2022)
Street Outlaws: Farmtruck and AZN (2022)
Street Outlaws: Farmtruck and AZN Down Under (2023)
Street Outlaws: Fastest in America (2020–23)
Street Outlaws: Mega Cash Days (2023)
Street Outlaws: Memphis (2018–21)
Street Outlaws: New Orleans (2016–17)
Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings (2018–2022)
Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings: The Great 8 (2022)
Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings: Team Attack (2021)
Street Outlaws: Race Night in America (2020)
Street Outlaws vs. The World (2023)
Stunt Junkies
The Sun
Superstorm
Super Structures of the World (1998)
Supervolcano
Super Weapons of the Ancient World (2005)
Surprise by Design
Survive the Raft (2023)
Survive This
Survivorman (2005-08)
Swamp Brothers (2011–12)
Swamp Loggers (2009–12)
Swords: Life on the Line (2009–11)

T

Tales from the Explorers Club (2022)
Tanks!
Tanks! The Aces (2005)
Test Case (2006)
Texas Car Wars (2012)
This Is Mark Rober (2023)
Tilt 23 1/2
Time Warp (2008–09)
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
Top Gear (2010–16)
Top Marques
Top Ten (2004–05)
Tournament
Tracking Africa's Dinosaurs (2002)
Trading Spaces (2018-19)
Travelers
Treasure!
Treasure Quest: Snake Island (2015–18)
Tribe (2005-07)
True Horror with Anthony Head (2004)
The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs (2005)
Twin Turbos (2018–20)

U

Ultimate Car Build-Off
Ultimate Cars
The Ultimate Guide
The Ultimate Ten
Unchained Reaction (2012)
Undercover Billionaire (2019–21)
Under Siege: America's Northern Border (2013)
Understanding
Universe
Unsolved History (2002–05)
Untamed Africa

V

Valley of the T. rex (2001)
Vegas Rat Rods (2014–18)
Verminators (2008–09)
Viking Voyages: Wings of the Dragon (2005)

W

Walking with Beasts
Walking with Cavemen
Walking with Dinosaurs
Walking with Monsters
Warlocks Rising
Warrior Women
Watergate (1994)
Weaponizers
Weapon Masters (2007)
Weapons of War (series)
Weed Country (2013)
Weed Wars (2011)
Weird Nature (2002)
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?
Why We Hate (2019)
Wild Brazil (2014)
Wild Discovery (1995–2002)
Wild New World (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 Top 5 (2012)
World's Toughest Fixes
The World's Toughest Tunnel (2005)
Worst-Case Scenario (2010)
Wreckreation Nation (2009)

X

X-Machines
X-Ray Mega Airport (2015)

Y

You Spoof Discovery (2007)
Yukon Men

Z

Zero Hour

References

^ "Discovery Shows". Discovery Channel. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ "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.
^ "Discovery's All-New Explosive Series "Rocket Around the Xmas Tree" Blasts Onto Television Screens December 3". The Futon Critic. November 16, 2020.

[1] "Discovery Shows". Discovery Channel. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] "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.

[3] "Discovery's All-New Explosive Series "Rocket Around the Xmas Tree" Blasts Onto Television Screens December 3". The Futon Critic. November 16, 2020.

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