Starting tonight, National Geographic Channel begins a 10 part series on the Amish. More specifically, those Amish trying to integrate into American society and shunning the lives they’ve known. While some are gung-ho on leaving, others find that leaving the group is not as easy as thought. Nat Geo spent time with an ex-Amish community […]

Tonight on National Geographic Channel, it’s the fascinating program, “Finding The Lost DaVinci.” I saw a preview of this on Friday. This deals with the possible find of a lost Leonardo Da Vinci mural, thought to have been missing for 500 years, “The Battle of Anghiari.” One man has spent over 35 years looking for […]

The season premiere of one of my favorite shows on NatGeo, Border Wars, returns tonight. It will be a double premiere as two one-hour episodes air back-to-back starting tonight at 9 Eastern time. Border Wars is a look at the Customs and Border Protection’s efforts to keep drugs from cover over the US-Mexico border. It’s […]

Tonight on National Geographic Channel, a two-hour program on rebuilding the RMS Titanic from scratch. A group of engineers and laborers set out to rebuild the ship. You know about the story of the ill-fated Titanic, it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage from England to New York in 1912 killing more than 1,500 […]

On Sunday, National Geographic Channel will show people who are in love with a car and a wall. Not just any wall, we’re talking with the Berlin Wall. Yes, that wall. There are people like this. The BBC chronicled a woman who is in love with the Golden Gate Bridge. I kid you not. In […]

Last Sunday, Shark Men had its season premiere on National Geographic Channel. Now while trying to research sharks up close is something I would rather not do, the guys on Shark Men really want to go eyeball to eyeball with them. This week, they head to the Southern California to find a whole school of […]

One more post from National Geographic Channel. On Friday, NatGeo takes you to the great outdoors to show you one of the biggest catfish you’ll ever see and then head to Africa to search for a mythical swamp monster. Some interesting programming on Friday and you can get a preview right here. Fish Warrior: Catfish […]

A couple of posts for National Geographic Channel which is one of my favorite non-sports channels along with Food Network and Cooking Channel. Let’s preview Ultimate Factories which premieres tonight. In the season premiere, Ultimate Factories takes you into the Jack Daniels distillery and shows us how the world famous whiskey is made. We have […]

I owe National Geographic Channel several posts and the PR department has been wonderful in sending press releases and I’ve failed to post them. So to pay back the generosity, I post this for you. National Geographic Channel has a week long programming initiative on the Treasures of Egypt and it’s rather timely with what […]

Tomorrow night, National Geographic Channel presents “Restrepo”, a film that shows the experience of a platoon of American soldiers assigned to one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan. There is no narrator or host. We are shown the scenes as they happen. Here’s a brief synopsis and profiles of the director and producer of […]

The National Geographic Channel got unprecedented access to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and was able to shoot some pretty amazing footage while she was on missions to Afghanistan and Pakistan. In addition, we what goes on behind the scenes during meetings with other countries and inside Secretary Clinton’s travels. I saw an advance […]

You have seen the promos and previews across your channels this past week. And now, the day has arrived where National Geographic Channel will present a 7 part mini-series, “Great Migrations” featuring some never-before-seen footage of the earth’s greatest species migrating from place-to-place. One of the most interesting parts I have seen was elephants holding […]

As we remember five years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, National Geographic Channel presents a special to mark the date. On Monday, Witness: Katrina will present video shot from various sources as the storm hit the area. WITNESS: KATRINA Monday, August 23 at 9PM ET/PT http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/episode/witness-katrina-4699 Over the course of […]

Nat Geo’s critically acclaimed series, Locked Up Abroad focuses on two men working in Iraq just before the first Gulf War and being imprisoned in one of the country’s most infamous prisons. It’s not pretty. We have a synopsis and two videos from tonight’s program. LOCKED UP ABROAD: SADDAM’S IRAQ Wednesday, July 7 at 10pm […]

One of my favorite shows is Nat Geo’s World’s Toughest Fixes. Tonight and next week, Sean Riley heads to Las Vegas where he’ll be helping to repair three famous locations in the city including one of my favorite places, the Stratosphere’s X-Scream. We have a preview of tonight’s show and next week’s as well. WORLD’S […]

I have a couple of programming notes from National Geographic, one for its new Wild channel and the other for the main National Geographic Channel. Both are pretty interesting. Starting tonight, National Geographic Wild premieres, “My Dog Ate What?” which focuses on what vets have found inside the stomach of man’s best friend. Some interesting […]

I owe my friends at National Geographic Channel some space so I’ll provide you two previews of upcoming programs, one on Sunday and the other on Monday. Thanks to publicist Minjae Ormes for sending these to me. Our first preview is for Lost Gold of the Dark Ages which airs on Sunday night at 9 […]