The Discovery Channel has planned a tribute to Captain Phil Harris, who died earlier this week. Watch the video for a Phil
Harris moment aboard the Cornelia Marie.

Deadliest Catch returns in April, with footage of Phil Harris shot in November 2009 for king crab season. Read the rest of this entry »

An update on Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch captain, Phil Harris – TMZ.com is reporting that Harris’ sons say the sea captain is doing better.

Captain Phil Harris suffered a stroke last week and was put into a medically induced coma on Friday. Harris is now awake and his son’s report he “showed some good signs of improvement” yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »

Bradley Cooper sits down with David Letterman in this January 7 video clip to talk about one of his first gigs – host of a Discovery Channel show called “Treks in a Wild World.” Naturally I spent a chunk of my morning trying to unearth some video of Bradley Cooper’s Discovery hosting gig: Read the rest of this entry »

Man vs. Wild returns with a new season on Wednesday, January 12 – and it doesn’t fail to bring the gross. Watch this video clip of Bear Grylls’ trip to Panama, where he gives himself an enema to help with hydration.

The video clip of Bear Grylls’ enema reads: “The following segment contains material that may be disturbing to some viewers and contains partial nudity.” Read the rest of this entry »

The Discovery Channel has a Billy Mays tribute planned for July 9, while Billy Mays commercials will resume airing next week.

The Discovery Channel’s Billy Mays tribute will air July 9 at 9 p.m. The ending of the final episode of “Pitchmen” included a brief tribute to Mays, which you can see in this video clip.

Check out this video clip of Anthony Sullivan on Billy Mays from this morning’s Today show. According to Sully, Billy Mays was actually a quiet man and an introvert… hard to believe the boisterous pitchman could be lowkey.

Anthony Sullivan and Billy Mays starred on “Pitchmen” on the Discovery Channel.

Finally, here’s a look at Will Ferrell’s appearance on Man vs. Wild with Bear Grylls – check out this “Men vs. Wild” preview promo video, and watch Men vs. Wild on June 2 on Discovery.

Today Show’s Matt Lauer talks with Extreme Fishing’s Matt Watson, whose dramatic dive from a helicopter on to the top of a marlin was captured on video for the Ultimate Fishing Show web site.

Matt Watson is putting a show together called “Extreme Fisherman,” airing this fall on the Discovery Channel.