Discovery Channel May Programming Highlights [VIDEO]

This May, “Expedition from Hell: The Lost Tapes” debuts on Discovery Channel, alongside all-new seasons of “Naked and Afraid XL,” “Ghost Adventures,” and “Caught!”

Week of April 28, 2024

Thursday, May 2

“Caught!” New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel – 9PM ET/PT

iPhones, dash cams, security cameras, and news crews, this high stakes series is storytelling in its rawest form featuring a series of thrilling moments caught in the act from those that lived it and those that thought quickly to record it.

Week of May 12, 2024

Sunday, May 12

“Naked and Afraid XL” New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel – 8PM ET/PT

After successfully completing Naked and Afraid‘s 21-day challenges, twelve brave survivalists up the ante when, for the first time ever, they attempt a grueling 40 days in the punishing Colombian badlands without food, water or clothes. This season, the survivalists will take on Naked and Afraid XL‘s Proving Grounds and test their mettle by taking on the most extreme challenge, with an unexpected twist. Not only will they endure blood-sucking mosquitos, ants and ticks, disease carrying parasites, as well as stalking jaguars and a territorial six-foot caiman, but they must now also trek 40 miles across six unique terrains to reach the end of the challenge.

“Expedition from Hell: The Lost Tapes” New Series Debuts on Discovery Channel – 10PM ET/PT

A limited docuseries that uncovers a doomed expedition through the Amazon led by a charismatic guide with unclear motives. The series unfolds a stranger-than-fiction story of Mickey Grosman, a former special forces demolitions expert who took a group of amateur adventurers on a nearly impossible journey across South America. Positioned as a charity trek for cancer awareness, participants were to be part of a 5,000-mile expedition across the continent through the deepest parts of the Amazon jungle. Only one claims to have made it to the end… Mickey Grosman.

Wednesday, May 15

“Ghost Adventures” New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel – 9PM ET/PT

On a quest to document proof of the afterlife, the GHOST ADVENTURES crew travels to haunted locations where they meet with locals, eyewitnesses, and experts to piece together the haunted history of each site. This season documents some of the team’s most haunting encounters yet, including sinister Skinwalkers and an unprecedented first-ever investigation of the iconic Los Angeles Hospital.