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SPORTS DETECTIVES
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SPORTS DETECTIVES - PREMIERES SUNDAY, APRIL 24 AT 9PM ET/PT
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ UNCOVERS ICONIC ARTIFACTS BEHIND AMERICA’S GREATEST SPORTING MOMENTS IN SPORTS DETECTIVES PREMIERING SUNDAY, APRIL 24 AT 9PM ET/PT Docu-Series Of Six One-Hour Episodes Features Sports Reporter Lauren GardnerAnd Former FBI Agent Kevin Barrows NEW YORK, March, 9, 2016 - Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point ball. Dale Earnhardt’s legendary pink race car. The American flag draped around goalie Jim Craig after the “Miracle on Ice.” All of those historic objects from indelible moments in sports are either lost or in dispute. Now, Smithsonian Channel debuts a unique six-hour ...
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ALASKA AIRCRASH INVESTIGATIONS
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ALASKA AIRCRASH INVESTIGATIONS - PREMIERES SUNDAY, MARCH 13 AT 9PM ET/PT
NEW SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ DOCU-SERIES GOES BEHIND-THE-SCENES WITH NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD’S CRASH INVESTIGATION TEAM ALASKA AIRCRASH INVESTIGATIONS PREMIERES SUNDAY, MARCH 13 AT 9 PM ET/PT Six-Episode Series with Unprecedented Access to NTSB’s Alaska “Go Team”Provides Rare Glimpse Into Solving the Mysteries of Alaska’s Plane Crashes NEW YORK – February 2, 2016 – Alaska is more dependent on airplanes than any other state in the country. But with that dependence comes danger: during the summer, Alaska faces an average of one plane crash every day. The region’s plane...
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PREDATOR ROAD TRIP
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PREDATOR ROAD TRIP - PREMIERING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 AT 8 PM ET/PT
“LION WHISPERER” KEVIN RICHARDSON RETURNS TOSMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ FOR TWO-PART SPECIAL PREDATOR ROAD TRIP PREMIERING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 AT 8 PM ET/PT WORLD-RENOWNED PREDATOR EXPERT ATTEMPTS TO MOVE27 LIONS, 4 LEOPARDS AND 14 HYENAS TO THEIR NEW HOME INSOUTH AFRICA’S DINOKENG GAME RESERVE NEW YORK – JANUARY 27, 2016 – He’s called the “Lion Whisperer” because he shares an extraordinary bond with Africa’s most fearsome predators. Now Kevin Richardson faces his biggest challenge yet – a battle to transport 27 lions, 4 black leopards and 14 hyenas to a new home, a sanctuary on the edg...
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MAJOR LEAGUE LEGENDS
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MAJOR LEAGUE LEGENDS - PREMIERES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29 AT 8PM ET/PT
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM UP TO PROFILE FOUR OF THE NATIONAL PASTIME’S MOST ICONIC PLAYERS MAJOR LEAGUE LEGENDS PREMIERES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29 AT 8PM ET/PT EMMY® WINNER MARTIN SHEEN NARRATES SERIES OF ONE-HOUR PROGRAMS THAT OPENS WITH BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL ON HANK AARON New York, January 20, 2016 – Smithsonian Channel and Major League Baseball have teamed up to tell the stories of four players who transcended the National Pastime and left legacies as true American icons: Hank Aaron, who surmounted racism in the Deep South and became baseball’s home r...
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SUPERCAR SUPERBUILD
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SUPERCAR SUPERBUILD - NEW FOUR-PART SERIES PREMIERING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 AT 9PM ET/PT
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ SHOWCASES THE PASSION, ARTISTRY, AND ENGINEERING BEHIND SOME OF THE WORLD’S FASTEST AND MOST SPECTACULAR AUTOMOBILES IN SUPERCAR SUPERBUILD NEW FOUR-PART SERIES PREMIERING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 AT 9PM ET/PT SERIES GOES BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE MAKERS OF MASERATI, LAMBORGHINI, BENTLEY AND ASTON MARTIN INSEARCH OF THEIR NEXT GREAT CAR NEW YORK, January 11, 2016 - The new Smithsonian Channel four-part series, SUPERCAR SUPERBUILD, premiering Sunday, February 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, goes behind the inherent beauty, amazing mechanical prowess, and basic building proce...
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Smithsonian Channel
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PARIS TERROR ATTACK: CHARLIE HEBDO - PREMIERES MONDAY, JANUARY 4. 2016 AT 8 PM ET/PT
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ OFFERS GRIPPING ACCOUNT OFTHE ASSAULT ON THE SATIRICAL MAGAZINE THAT PARALYZED PARIS PARIS TERROR ATTACK: CHARLIE HEBDO PREMIERES MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016 AT 8 PM ET/PT ONE-HOUR SPECIAL FOLLOWS HOUR BY HOURTHE DEADLY ACTS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD New York – December 15, 2015 – On Wednesday, January 7, 2015, ten months before the brutal terrorist attacks that killed 130 people in Paris, two radicalized Islamist brothers, Said and Chérif Kouachi, burst into the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, where the publication’s weekly editorial meeting was drawi...
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MILLION DOLLAR AMERICAN PRINCESSES
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MILLION DOLLAR AMERICAN PRINCESSES - PREMIERES JANUARY 3, 2016 8PM ET/PT
ELIZABETH MCGOVERN RETURNS TO HOST SEASON TWO OF ACCLAIMED SERIES MILLION DOLLAR AMERICAN PRINCESSES FOUR-EPISODE SEASON PREMIERES SUNDAY, JANUARY 3rd AT 8PM ET/PT ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ Grace Kelly, Rita Hayworth, Gloria Swanson,Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy Among Those Profiled New York – December 11, 2015 – Oscar®, Golden Globe® and Emmy® nominee Elizabeth McGovern returns to host the second season of Smithsonian Channel’s MILLION DOLLAR AMERICAN PRINCESSES, the acclaimed series whose first season chronicled the fascinating in-depth stories of real-life American heiresses who in...
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Smithsonian Channel
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SMITHSONIAN NETWORKS™ LAUNCHES SMITHSONIAN EARTH
SMITHSONIAN NETWORKS™ LAUNCHES SMITHSONIAN EARTH™ STAND-ALONE STREAMING SERVICE OFFERING ORIGINAL NATURE AND WILDLIFE CONTENT SMITHSONIAN EARTH CONTENT OFFERED IN 4K NEW YORK – November 17, 2015 – Smithsonian Networks has just launched a new subscription video streaming service delivering spectacular original nature and wildlife content. The stand-alone ad-free service SMITHSONIAN EARTH will bring viewers closer than ever before to nature’s most remarkable animals and wildest locations. The announcement was made today by Tom Hayden, President of Smithsonian Networks. “With SMITHSONIA...
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HOZIER: THE CHURCH TAPES
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HOZIER: THE CHURCH TAPES - PREMIERES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH AT 10PM ET/PT
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ SET TO PREMIERE HOZIER: THE CHURCH TAPES ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 AT 10 PM ET/PT SPECIAL FEATURING GRAMMY® AWARD NOMINEE PERFORMING AN INTIMATE SET IN THE LEGENDARY ST. JAMES' CHURCH IN DINGLE, IRELAND New York, October 21, 2015 – Grammy nominee Hozier opens up about his meteoric rise to superstardom, as well as his musical influences in the new Smithsonian Channel special, HOZIER: THE CHURCH TAPES, premiering Friday, November 6 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The one-hour program also features Hozier performing an intimate set in front of less than a hundred people at the Oth...