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Discovery veteran Matthew Butler has been named general manager of Travel Channel, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Kathleen Finch, Chief Lifestyle Brands Officer, and Henry Schleiff, Group President, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, Destination America and American Heroes Channel. His…

The Grand Tour host and former Top Gear star Richard Hammond is to explore the world's biggest structures and machines for Discovery and the Science Channel in the U.S. Hammond will go on the global adventure, from the UK to Germany and the U.S. in Richard Hammond's Big!, a ten-part series produced by Hammond's own…

Veteran Discovery executive Jane Latman has been named President of HGTV, effective immediately. She replaces Allison Page, who was recently named president of Discovery's joint venture with Chip and Joanna Gaines. "Jane is a terrific creative executive with a proven ability to build strong formats, long-running hit…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadliest Catch producer Joseph Boyle has hauled in a promotion at Discovery Channel. The Emmy winner has been upped to SVP Production and Development. Boyle joined Discovery in 2013 and most recently served as VP Production and Development. He has earned a combined six career Emmy noms — including two last…

Former Fixer Upper co-hosts Chip and Joanna Gaines, whose Waco-based Magnolia is a fast-rising lifestyle power, took the stage at Discovery’s upfront Wednesday evening to celebrate their newly minted joint venture. Discovery CEO David Zaslav laid it on thick in his introduction, comparing the duo to Discovery partners…

Discovery unveiled its 2019-2020 programming slate at its upfront presentation Wednesday in New York. Highlights include an expansion of TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé franchise and a revival of one of its signature shows from the 2000s, What Not To Wear, along with new Discovery Channel series Wildlife Warriors (wt), Perfect Pla…

Discovery and YouTube set a multi-year distribution deal extending Discovery programming into YouTube TV's live TV and on-demand subscription service. The Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, and MotorTrend are all live on YouTube TV. OWN: Oprah Winfrey…

Khloé Kardashian is doubling down on the true crime genre with a spin-off of Investigation Discovery's Twisted Sisters. Kardashian, the daughter of O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian, is to exec produce Twisted Love (w/t), a six-part series that will explore what happens when love and affection spiral into a…

A multi-year deal reached by MotorTrend Group and BBC Studios will yield the new U.S. series Top Gear America (working title) and provide North American streaming rights to the full library of more than 200 classic Top Gear episodes. The pact was announced by Discovery and the BBC in the lead-up to Discovery’s upfront…

Discovery and Magnolia, the home and lifestyle brand led by Chip and Joanna Gaines, have confirmed long-gestating plans for a joint venture, with a planned launch date in summer 2020. The initiative, whose name will soon be announced, includes a linear television network and TV Everywhere app. A subscription streaming…

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of its NYC upfront this week, Discovery has handed a six-episode order to Legends of the Wild (working title), a docuseries that will follow two wilderness experts as they investigate, document and try to solve mysteries of the natural world. With startling reports about strange animal attacks against…

Star Wars actor John Boyega and Us‘ Lupita Nyong’o are to narrate forthcoming BBC and Discovery’s natural history series Serengeti. Boyega will narrate the British version, while Nyong’o will narrate the U.S. version. The series, which is being produced in association with Discovery and BBC Studios Distribution…