{"id":99206,"date":"2025-04-29T18:18:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=99206"},"modified":"2025-04-29T18:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:18:50","slug":"discovery-channel-may-programming-highlights-video-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/29\/discovery-channel-may-programming-highlights-video-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Channel May Programming Highlights [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This May, All-New Seasons of <em><strong>&#8220;Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy and Juan&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>&#8220;Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> Premiere on Discovery Channel<\/p>\n<p>Week of May 4, 2025<\/p><div id=\"morty-1781122127\" 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><strong>Friday, May 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy and Juan&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel &#8211; 9PM ET\/PT<\/p>\n<p>With gold prices surging to new records, the modern-day rush is on. 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