Spanish Zookeepers Accidentally Get Chimp Hooked on Human Porn
When employees at Spain's Seville Zoo installed a TV inside the chimpanzee enclosure, they thought they were providing its inhabitants with mental stimulation.
Cash Cab Canceled: Discovery Ends Game Show's Seven Year Ride
Discovery Channel confirmed last night to Vulture that it was pulling over its successful game show Cash Cab after six seasons on the air.
Mythbusters Terrorizes Neighborhood with Flying Cannonball
We found out yesterday that Discovery's Mythbusters is one of Republicans favorite shows. Today we find out that the show shot a cannonball through a California neighborhood causing wanton destruction. No wonder the GOP loves it so much!
Gun Shop Reality Show Is a Perfect Storm of Redneck
Last night, the Discovery Channel debuted American Guns, which is sort of like American Chopper, but lethal weaponry instead of lethal two-wheeled vehicles. (Really got a lockdown on elaborate redneck toys, don't they?)
Vatican Gives 'Unprecedented' Access to Church Files for Exorcism Reality Show
The Vatican is teaming up with the Discovery Channel to create a show called The Exorcist Files based on historical Catholic exorcisms. That's just great. The church won't talk about priests abusing kids, but they'll talk about freeing demons.
Will Miley Cyrus' Bong Rip Ruin Salvia for the Rest of Us?
Miley Cyrus may get salvia banned. Michael Jackson's autopsy is not something we'd want to see. Michael Lohan gets botox but forgets child payments. Nicole Richie's getting married. Saturday gossip roundup can't move its face.
President Obama Outsources Death Ray Research to the Mythbusters
On last night's Mythbusters, our beleaguered commander in chief visited to lay down a gauntlet for Jamie and Adam. Their task? Build a working version of Archimedes' solar ray to defeat terrorism... or teach kids about science or something.
Discovery Channel Hostage-Taker Shot, Killed (Updated)
James Jay Lee, the hostage-taker armed with guns and explosives at Discovery Channel's headquarters, has been shot and apprehended. His explosives partially went off during the shoot-out. Hostages are safe, though. Update: NBC News reports that Lee is dead.
Inside the Hostage Situation Inside Discovery Building (UPDATE)
Maryland's NBC affiliate was able to obtain an interview with two women evacuated from the Discovery Channel Building. The disgruntled gunman reportedly has a grievance with the Discovery corporation. Maybe they shouldn't have given Sarah Palin a reality show?
Hostage Situation at Discovery Channel Headquarters (Updated)
A man armed with guns and (maybe) explosives has reportedly taken hostages in the lobby of the Discovery Channel's headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. Several gunshots have been heard, and authorities are trying to evacuate the building.
Deadliest Catch Employee Trapped in Giant Drug Sting
Matthew Schneider, a 22-year-old production manager who worked on the show, is one of many charged in a drug bust in Alaskan fishing center Unalaska. He is still on the run, and he's implicated other show employees of drug running.
The Woman With 15 Personalities Takes Inner-Conflict to a New Level
Meet Paula, a woman who suffers from dissociative identity disorder. As a result of serious abuse and psychological trauma as a child, she now shares 15 distinctly different personalities within one body, and they can emerge without warning.
Oprah's New Prime Time Show to Feature Jay-Z, Condi Rice, Nonjudgmental Atmosphere
On Thursday, Oprah will announce a new evening show to debut on her soon-to-be-broadcasting network, OWN. It is called "Oprah's Next Chapter," because why put any thought into a title when you have so much money to count. [WSJ]
Video Demonstration of Army Exoskeleton Suit is Jaw Dropping
Sarcos Raytheon's XOS exoskeleton was demo'd on Discovery Channel's Is it Possible? last night, and judging from the vast increases in stamina and strength, a real Iron Man doesn't look out of the question.
Five Things That Are Wrong with Life
The new Discovery Channel nature documentary started last night and it was pretty awesome. Still there were a few annoying things about it—from animal carnage to Oprah's voice—that it really needs to improve.
BBC's Life Humbles Even the Mighty Oprah
A grand, sweeping overview of the inhabitants of our world, Life picks up right where Planet Earth left off. It's a show that makes one happy to own a TV. And it's also narrated by Oprah!
Deadliest Catch Caught a Death on Tape
A producer for Discovery's morbid crab fishing show tells Entertainment Weekly that the captain came out of a coma and ordered the crew to keep filming him on his death bed. But is this really what Phil Harris wanted?
Deadliest Catch Finally Gave Us the Tragedy We Wanted, and Now We're Very Sad
The concept of Discovery's crab fishing show is inherently morbid—watch a job so dangerous people are killed. That's always been the sly, perverse promise. And now death has come to the show and we feel horrible.
Mike Rowe Waxes Poetic on Castrating Lambs With Your Mouth
Mike Rowe, the consummate man's man, regales one of his dirtiest, most disgusting jobs ever on Dirty Jobs: sheep herding. Well, the actual job of herding sheep isn't so gross, it's just biting off of their testicles that's off-putting.
The World's Smallest Tank
Last night The Discovery Channel premiered Howe and Howe Tech, featuring the tank-crazy Howe brothers. Watch as the Badger, designed for SWAT teams, plows through doors and walls, up stairs, around corners, and into our collective nightmares.
