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TV series · documentary · 30 min episodes
Discovery was a television program geared towards children and teenagers, produced by ABC News. The program began in the fall of 1962 as a weekday series, and was later moved to Sunday mornings. The program was hosted by actor/announcer Frank Buxton and actress/vocalist Virginia Gibson. The show's original studio announcer was ABC staff announcer Bill Owen, who replaced Buxton as host in 1966, continuing through 1971. The shows hosted by Buxton were mostly studio productions, done in black-and-white; beginning with Owen, the shows were produced in color, and involved much travel to on-site locations. The actual on-air title of the series was named according to each year it was produced, beginning with Discovery '62 and ending with Discovery '71. The show's executive producer was Jules Power, the former co-producer of NBC's Mr. Wizard. The Discovery format originally had Buxton and Gibson in studio, exploring various topics in science, culture, history and the arts, often with special in-studio guests. Later seasons of the show had Buxton and Gibson traveling on location to different destinations around the world in a documentary format. Discovery was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program several times, winning in 1964.
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Piratebay still works right?
I just subscribe to paramount plus again to watch discovery. Seems perfectly reasonable, they give me a program I want (with no product placement from what I can gather - unlike the JJ Abram’s films with their “Budweiser classic”. I don’t think a self sealing stem boot counts), and I give them £8 a month. Everyone is happy.
However you try to double dip and I don’t give you a penny.
Discovery had a ropey start with the secrecy in the first few episodes, but it really grew in S2, and S3 is awesome.
Personally I liked discovery but you need to be aware of a couple things:
- they turned up the drama something fierce. The first two episodes are the worst. - The technobable is horrible. Something about an intergalactic fungus.
Other than the above two I really enjoyed the first season.
I've only seen a few episodes due to my viewing options. In Canada it's on broadcast TV but it is bumped sometimes or I wasn't available.
The TV station also streams episodes but it's at 480p or lower on the Web and it's interrupted every five minutes with three minute long ads, plus you can't jump ahead or back. It's also available on CraveTV streaming service but that streaming company is terribly buggy.
But I can see myself liking Discovery (I've heard never call it STD) if I can get into a pattern of being able to watch it in sequence.
> we are in a time of sports where games need to be more exciting
Not just games, but everything from the US (I live in Europe) seems to need to create spectacles where there are none with as much flashbang as possible. Just look at the difference in BBC documentaries vs ones coming from the US.
This trend kicked into high gear around 2000 and I had to stop watching channels like Discovery as they no longer aired documentaries but entertainment shows.
In the end, I stopped watching TV altogether as a result of this and we haven't had a TV subscription of any kind since around 2005. My wife uses Netflix once or twice a month though when my sister visits.
I wish everyone would just stop with this. I haven’t had a single problem with the service and neither have my friends, so unless you have reason to think these technical issues are widespread, who cares.
Discovery is an excellent show and well worth $6/mo to watch. If that’s not true for you, don’t pay it and watch the show later via some other medium.
The app isn’t even the worst streaming app: HBO Now has a significantly worse UI and in typical HBO fashion has 1.5 minute commercials at the beginning of EPISODES of TV (and lots of other awful UI issues).
CBS All Access was a bad idea but at the end of the day there isn’t anything to complain about: either the service is worth it or it isn’t. The only reason you see stuff like this article is that Star Trek fans are a bunch of whiners. A woman at the SF Star Trek convention was complaining that she couldn’t afford the service and felt excluded. While she was at a Star Trek Convention.
HBR Ideacast usually cover some interesting themes. BBC also have several good programs. Really worth checking them out!
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