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WILD INSIDE THE NATIONAL ZOO - NEW 12 EPISODE MONTHLY WEB SERIES
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ PARTNERS WITH THE NATIONAL ZOO AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE TO GRANT VIEWERS BACKSTAGE PASS TO NEW, UNEXPECTED ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS WILD INSIDE THE NATIONAL ZOO NEW 12 EPISODE MONTHLY WEB SERIESwww.smithsonianchannel.com/wildinside In the heart of our nation’s capital, beyond the city streets, 1,800 animals from six continents converge. Desert, water, grasslands, and jungle collide. Smithsonian Channel and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. team up to give viewers access to this extraordinary place and the vast array of diverse creatures that ...
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CROWNING NEW YORK - PREMIERING SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7 AT 8PM ET/PT
THE STORY OF A SKYLINE REBORN AND A TRIBUTETO A NATION’S RESILIENCE CROWNING NEW YORK ONE-HOUR SPECIAL PREMIERINGSUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7th AT 8PM ET/PT ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ Story Behind The Re-Building of One World Trade Center and Installation of 408 Foot Spire Designed To Emit Beams of LightThat Are Visible For 50 Miles New York, August 20, 2014 – The 9/11 attacks left a hole in New York City and in the hearts of millions of people around the world. In the immediate weeks after the tragedy, the city and country were in shock, mourning that terrible day and stunned by the still smo...
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AERIAL AMERICA: WILDERNESS - PREMIERES SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 AT 9PM ET/PT
IN RECOGNITION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WILDERNESS ACTSMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ PRESENTS A SPECIAL EPISODEOF ITS POPULAR SERIES AERIAL AMERICA AERIAL AMERICA: WILDERNESS PREMIERES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 AT 9PM ET/PT New York, August 19, 2014 – It has been 50 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the groundbreaking Wilderness Act of 1964, which created a way for Americans to protect their most pristine wildlands for future generations. Now, over 750 regions have been designated for protection from Alaska’s glacial landscapes to more than a million acres of Florida’s evergla...
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SPEED KILLS - SEASON TWO DEBUTS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20TH 8PM ET/PT
THE WILD’S FASTEST PREDATORS STALK THEIR PREY ON SPEED KILLS SEASON TWO DEBUTS WEDNESDAYAUGUST 20TH 8PM ET/PT ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ Three-Episode Season Explores Deserts, Jungles and The Black Lagoon New York, NY – July 31, 2014 – We might think that we are the masters of speed, with our rockets, super cars and supersonic jets, but man-made technology is put to shame by the natural evolution of the earth’s top predators. The new season of Smithsonian Channel’s original series, SPEED KILLS, premiering Wednesday, August 20 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, explores areas of the globe where maxi...
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AMERICA’S SECRET D-DAY DISASTER - 1 HOUR SPECIAL TO PREMIERE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 1 at 8PM ET/PT
MYSTERY OF SECRET WWII EXERCISETHAT ENDED IN TRAGEDY REVEALED IN AMERICA’S SECRET D-DAY DISASTER ONE-HOUR SPECIAL TO PREMIERE ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ON SUNDAY, JUNE 1 at 8PM ET/PT New York, May, 22, 2014 – In April 1944, six weeks before the massive D-Day invasion of France on June 6th, nearly 700 Americans were killed during a clandestine Allied training exercise that went horribly wrong. It resulted in more fatal American casualties than the actual D-Day landings on Utah Beach. “Exercise Tiger,” a top-secret rehearsal in England for one of the most significant operations in militar...
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SHARK GIRL
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SHARK GIRL - ONE-HOUR SPECIAL TO PREMIERE SUNDAY, JUNE 15 AT 8PM ET/PT
MADISON STEWART-- AN INSPIRING YOUNG WOMAN WHO DIVES WITH THE CREATURE MOST PEOPLE FEAR SHARK GIRL ONE-HOUR SPECIAL TO PREMIERE SUNDAY, JUNE 15 AT 8PM ET/PT ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ New York, May, 7 2014 - Madison Stewart is an inspiring young woman with a passion to protect the creatures most people fear: sharks. Known to many simply as “shark girl,” she’s been diving with sharks since the age of 12. At 14 she dropped out of school to be home-schooled so that she could spend more time in the ocean and film her experiences underwater. Now 20, Madison has made it her life’s mission t...
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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS'S WIFE
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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS’S WIFE - PREMIERES MONDAY, MAY 5 AT 8PM ET/PT
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ EXCLUSIVE HOME TO STORY BEHIND DISCOVERY OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS’S WIFE PREMIERES MONDAY, MAY 5 AT 8PM ET/PT Scientific Testing Indicates Ancient Text Dated Between Sixth and Ninth Centuries New York, NY – April 23, 2014 – In the wake of scientific results indicating that the text fragment, known as the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife, is authentically ancient and not a modern fake, Smithsonian Channel will premiere the full, definitive story of the ground-breaking fragment’s discovery and expert analysis of what it means. The one-hour special, The GOSPEL OF JESUS’...
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MALAYSIA AIRLINE FLIGHT 370 - ONE-HOUR SPECIAL PREMIERING SUNDAY, APRIL 6 AT 9PM ET/PT
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL EXAMINES DISAPPEARANCE OF MALAYSIA AIRLINE FLIGHT 370 AND ITS IMPACT ON FUTURE AVIATION IN ONE-HOUR SPECIAL PREMIERING SUNDAY, APRIL 6 AT 9PM ET/PT MALAYSIA 370: THE PLANE THAT VANISHEDOFFERS IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF UNPRECEDENTED DISASTER New York, April 2, 2014 – Smithsonian Channel explores one of the great aviation mysteries of our time in the upcoming one-hour special MALAYSIA 370: THE PLANE THAT VANISHED premiering Sunday, April 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. At a time when speculation is rife, the special dives deep into the detail of the Boeing 777, the technologies involv...
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL PREMIERES 3 MUSIC DOCS IN MARCH FEATURING BLONDIE, AMY WINEHOUSE & DR. JOHN
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ TO PREMIERE THREE MUSIC DOCS IN MARCH FEATURING BLONDIE, AMY WINEHOUSE AND DR. JOHN ROCKING THE OPERA HOUSE: DR. JOHN Premieres March 7 AMY WINEHOUSE: ONE SHINING NIGHT Premieres March 14 BLONDIE’S NEW YORK Premieres March 21 New York, February 18, 2014 – Smithsonian Channel will premiere three music documentaries in March, all featuring iconic performers. First up is the March 7 premiere featuring the Night Tripper, Dr. John. On March 14 is a remarkable 2006 performance from the late Amy Winehouse, right at the moment when her breakthrough album Back to Blac...