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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • [–] [S] 20 points 2 years ago

    In the 80s, if you got up really early, like 5 am, Discovery would sometimes just put a camera on a professor giving a lecture. It was pretty cool. I guess we have YouTube for that sort of thing now, but you even make a suggestion like that to a Discovery executive now and they'd probably try to murder you.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    As I recall back in 2003 when MythBusters started there were still some okay shows left but it went downhill quickly from there.

    I haven't been able to find a good list of Discovery schedules by year, that would make it clear when it became reality only.

    The good shows I remember from the 90s was:

    • Dinosaur! and When Dinosaurs Ruled with Bob Bakker
    • Connections with James Burke
    • Beyond 2000
    • Time Team
    • WW2 documentaries
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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago

    Discovery showing Time Team made me a lifelong fan. Most of the old episodes are on YouTube now. They have a Patreon to fund new episodes. They aren't as good because Tony doesn't host them, but they're still fun.

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