By: Nick Cornelius11/9/10

Discovery Channel

• The Discovery Channel was launched on June 17, 1985

• It was funded by the BBC with $5 Million

• First Discovery Channel logo

Daytime

• Mythbusters, How Stuff Works, A Haunting, How it’s made

• Daytime programming mainly consists of educational shows

Primetime

• Dirty Jobs, Cash Cab, Mythbusters, Man Vs. Wild, Strom Chasers

Facts

• The taxi cab based trivia game show, Cash Cab was nominated for an Emmy

• Is the parent company of The Science Channel, Travel Channel, Investigation Discovery, and Green Planet