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EXCLUSIVE: A number of long-running Travel Channel originals are set to move to Discovery+ as the factual giant ramps up its experimentation around windowing. Deadline understands that a handful of Travel Channel originals, most notably in the paranormal space, will run first on the nascent streaming service rather…

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Osbourne has teamed up with the Ghost Brothers for a new paranormal format at the Travel Channel. Deadline understands that Osbourne, son of legendary heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne and star of the eponymous MTV reality series, is fronting Fright Club for the Discovery-owned network. The show will…

Discovery’s Travel Channel and ViacomCBS’s UK broadcaster Channel 5 have come together to commission a series on famous Ancient Egyptian mummies. British producer Blink Films will make Mummy Mysteries (or Mummies Unwrapped as it will be titled on Channel 5), a six-part series that will unravel facts about mummies…

Travel Channel has greenlighted Trending Fear, a paranormal docuseries from Adam Ellis, author of the #DearDavid stories. The six-part series will premiere at 11 PM Friday, December 20. In 2017, Buzzfeed author and illustrator Ellis captured the image of a ghost child in his New York City apartment and wrote his first…

EXCLUSIVE: Travel Channel's new eight-part investigative-adventure series Expedition Bigfoot will premiere December 8th at 10 p.m. with a colorful quintet of researchers and an advanced algorithm as their guide. Bryce Johnson (Expedition Operations), Dr. Mireya Mayor (Primatologist), Russell Acord…

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…

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…

Discovery's Travel Channel is searching for ghosts following its rebrand rather than focusing on traditional travelogues. The network rebranded at the end of last year with a new logo – Trvl – and has launched a raft of paranormal series including Ghost Adventures, Haunted Live, specials including Chris Jericho: Monste…

America Unearthed has found a new home. The documentary series, which previously aired on A+E Networks-owned H2 has moved to Discovery's Travel Channel. This comes after H2 was rebranded to Viceland in 2016. Travel Channel has ordered ten episodes of the show, which is hosted by original host Scott Wolter. The show…

Discovery is launching male-skewing network DMAX in the UK as a free-to-air station. The international factual giant is replacing the Travel Channel on free-to-air platforms with the former Scripps-owned network now only available via pay-TV. The network, which is available across Europe in markets such as Germany and…

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is making yet another return, 100 years after Robert L. Ripley launched the brand. Travel Channel is rebooting the iconic series, with Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, Burn Notice) as host and executive producer. Travel Channel has ordered 10 one-hour episodes of the series “that will showcase…

The man who eats strange foods for a living now has to eat some humble pie. Bizarre Foods host and celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern has caused a firestorm in the Asian-American and foodie communities over his comments that Chinese food in the Midwest is served in "horseshit restaurants." Zimmern made the comments to…