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RISE OF THE KILLER VIRUS
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RISE OF THE KILLER VIRUS - PREMIERES MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 8PM ET/PT
ON WORLD AIDS DAY, SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ INVESTIGATES THE TRUE ORIGINS OF A GLOBAL EPIDEMIC RISE OF THE KILLER VIRUS SPOTLIGHTS FIRST MASS OUTBREAK IN AFRICA IN THE 1960s Special Premieres On Monday, December 1 At 8PM ET/PT New York, November 25, 2014 – In the early 1980s a mysterious virus appeared to emerge on the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Its earliest victims were young gay men. What followed were years of fear, confusion and ignorance that only compounded the threat of HIV, which even today remains the biggest viral killer worldwide. Now, in RISE OF THE KILLER...
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HOW TO CLONE A WOOLLY MAMMOTH
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HOW TO CLONE A WOOLLY MAMMOTH
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ SPECIAL REVEALS AUTOPSY RESULTS OF 40,000 YEAR-OLD WOOLLY MAMMOTH AT THE HEART OF A MAJOR NEW CLONING PROJECT One-Hour Special, HOW TO CLONE A WOOLLY MAMMOTH Premieres Saturday, November 29 At 8 PM ET/PT New York, November 16, 2014 - In May 2013, a team of international scientists unearthed the remains of a mammoth in the furthest reaches of northern Siberia. Three legs, most of the body, some of the head and even the trunk survived in extraordinary condition, which has quickened the pace of one of the most ambitious and controversial projects in science—th...
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UNITED STATES OF DRINKING
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UNITED STATES OF DRINKING -PREMIERES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 AT 8 PM ET/PT
JAMES BEARD AWARD-WINNER JOSH OZERSKY TAKES A LIVELY TRIP TO FIND AMERICA’S FAVORITE DRINKS & HOW THEY’RE MADE IN UNITED STATES OF DRINKING ONE-HOUR SPECIAL TO PREMIERE ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 AT 8 PM ET/PT NEW YORK, November 6, 2014 – Award-winning food writer and host Josh Ozersky goes on a spirited journey across the country, and back in time, to explore the science, anthropology, and history of alcohol. UNITED STATES OF DRINKING, a frothy new Smithsonian Channel special that looks at what we drink, where it comes from and how it’s made, premieres Thursday...
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TANKS OF FURY
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TANKS OF FURY - PREMIERES SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 AT 8 PM ET/PT
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ GOES BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE BLOCKBUSTER FILM FURY: ONE-HOUR SPECIAL TANKS OF FURY TO EXPLORE THE HARSH REALITIES OF WWII TANK WARFARE PREMIERING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 AT 8 PM ET/PT New York, October 29, 2014 – Smithsonian Channel goes behind the scenes of the current blockbuster film Fury, starring Academy Award® winner Brad Pitt, to explore the real struggles of World War II tank crews. The new one-hour special, TANKS OF FURY, premieres Sunday, November 9 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. TANKS OF FURY looks at what World War II crews were up against, what skills and technolo...
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KING TUT’S FINAL MYSTERY - PREMIERES SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT 8 PM ET/PT
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ SPECIAL REVEALS STARTLING NEW PICTUREOF ANCIENT EGYPT’S LEGENDARY BOY KING KING TUT’S FINAL MYSTERY PREMIERES SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT 8 P.M. ET/PT New Details Also Emerge About Tutankhamun’s Death In One-Hour Special New York, October 22, 2014 – Tutankhamun’s story has captivated the entire world since archaeologists discovered the boy king’s spectacular tomb buried deep in the Egyptian desert in 1922. Why he died suddenly at age 19 remains one of history’s greatest unanswered questions. For years, scientists have tried to unravel the mysteries of the young phar...
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ANGKOR REVEALED - 2-PART SPECIAL PREMIERES ON CONSECUTIVE SUNDAYS, OCTOBER 5TH & 12TH AT 8 PM ET/PT
MYSTERIES OF GREAT CAMBODIAN MEDIEVAL CITY REVEALEDBY REVOLUTIONARY NEW TECHNOLOGY IN ANGKOR REVEALED Two-Part Smithsonian Channel™ Special PremieresOn Consecutive Sundays, October 5th & 12th at 8 PM ET/PT NEW YORK, September 29, 2014 – New laser technology has revealed a vast medieval city around the great temple complex of Angkor Wat – including an extensive network of temples and boulevards, as well as sophisticated engineering. The true extent of the great city of Angkor is only now becoming clear. The capital of a vast medieval kingdom, the city was abandoned 600 years ago and ...
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CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD” REBROADCAST BEGINS SUNDAY SEPT 28 AT 2PM ET
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ TO REBROADCAST CBS NEWS’ TOP-RATED “CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD” Smithsonian Channel Re-Broadcasts Begin Sunday, September 28 at 2pm ET New York, September 25, 2014 – Smithsonian Channel will present encore telecasts of CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD starting Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, it was announced today by Tom Hayden, President of Smithsonian Channel, and David Rhodes, President of CBS News. Under the new arrangement, Smithsonian Channel, owned by Showtime Networks, Inc. and the Smithsonian Institution, will rebroadcast CBS News’ CBS SUNDAY ...
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MASS EXTINCTION: LIFE AT THE BRINK-PREMIERES SUNDAY, NOV. 30 8PM ET/PT
OUR PLANET HAS SURVIVED FIVE MASS EXTINCTIONSSMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ AND TANGLED BANK STUDIOS PARTNER TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF A SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION: LIFE AT THE BRINK PREMIERES SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 AT 8PM ET/PTAcclaimed Actor Jeffrey WrightTo Narrate One-Hour Television Special New York, NY, September 17, 2014 - It’s a mystery on a global scale: five times in Earth’s past, life has been nearly extinguished, the vast majority of plants and animals annihilated in a geologic instant. What triggered these dramatic events? And what might they tell us about the fate of...
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STONEHENGE EMPIRE
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STONEHENGE EMPIRE - PREMIERES SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 AT 8PM ET/PT
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL ON NEW DISCOVERIES SURROUNDING WORLD’S MOST MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT RUINS STONEHENGE EMPIRE TWO-HOUR PROGRAM PREMIERES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 AT 8PM ET/PT Five-year Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project Reveals Lost Monuments, Dramatic Picture of Stone Circle As Hub of Ancient Valley of the Kings New York, NY, September 10, 2014 - Stonehenge is one of the world’s most iconic monuments, yet despite centuries of intense scrutiny many of the biggest questions about its inspiration, origins and evolution remain unanswered. Now, STONEHENGE EMPIRE, a new t...