{"id":90066,"date":"2024-12-18T20:50:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T01:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=90066"},"modified":"2024-12-18T20:50:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T01:50:18","slug":"discovery-channel-january-programming-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/18\/discovery-channel-january-programming-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Channel January Programming Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90068\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/discovery-january.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/discovery-january.webp 656w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/discovery-january-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/>This January, All-New Series <em><strong>&#8220;Harpoon Hunters,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> Premieres on Discovery Channel Alongside New Seasons of &#8220;<em><strong>Moonshiners: Master Distillers,&#8221; &#8220;Expedition X,&#8221; &#8220;Expedition Bigfoot,&#8221;<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>&#8220;Outback Opal Hunters&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>See below for the full schedule.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1505652099\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Week of January 13, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, January 14<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Moonshiners: Master Distillers&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel &#8211; 9PM ET\/PT<\/p>\n<p>In an all-new season of America&#8217;s favorite backwoods competition, top legal and outlaw distillers take on more than a dozen new challenges, including turning beer into liquor, making prison shine, spicy hot liquor, and a chef-distiller showdown. Judged by moonshiners Mark, Digger, and Tim, along with guest judges including chef Robert Irvine, competitors must put their hard-won skills and family legacies to the test in real-world elimination challenges, all for the life-changing chance to be named Master Distiller.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2123413648\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Week of January 20, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, January 22<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Expedition X&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel &#8211; 9PM ET\/PT<\/p>\n<p>Josh Gates leads his team of investigators, Phil Torres and Heather Amaro, as they travel the world exploring the mysterious and unexplained.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Expedition Bigfoot&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel &#8211; 10PM ET\/PT<\/p>\n<p>An elite team of Sasquatch specialists journey into the unforgiving Northern California wilderness in search of Bigfoot.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, January 24<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Harpoon Hunters&#8221;<\/strong> <\/em>New Series Debuts on Discovery Channel &#8211; 9PM ET\/PT<\/p>\n<p>Each summer on Cape Cod, multi-generational fishing families race against the clock &#8211; and each other &#8211; to catch highly valuable Atlantic bluefin tuna using only 10-foot electrified spears. 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