National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American

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owned by the

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unit of

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and

National Geographic Partners National Geographic Partners, LLC is a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (which owns 73% of the company) and the namesake non-profit scientific organization National Geographic Society (which owns 27%). The company oversees all comm ...

, a joint venture between

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(73%) and the

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(27%), with the operational management handled by

. The flagship channel airs non-fiction television programs produced by National Geographic and other production companies. Like

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(which is 50% owned by Disney through

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) and

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, the channel features

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with factual content involving

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entertainment programming. Its primary sister network worldwide, including the United States, is

Nat Geo Wild National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27% ...

, which focuses on animal-related programs. , Nat Geo is available to approximately 70,000,000 pay television households in the United States- down from its 2016 peak of 91,000,000 households.

History

In the United States, under leadership of its president Tim T. Kelly, the National Geographic Channel launched on January 7, 2001, as a joint venture of National Geographic Television & Film and

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. National Geographic provides programming expertise and the Fox Networks Group provides its expertise on

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, marketing, and advertising sales. National Geographic Channel

'' The '90s: The Last Great Decade'', a documentary series narrated by

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, pulled in 1.10 million viewers, and was the second highest-rated July telecast in the National Geographic Channel rating history. ''The 2000s: A New Reality'', also narrated by Lowe, premiered on July 12, 2015. On November 14, 2016, National Geographic Channel changed its name to simply National Geographic to drop the "Channel" from its name. On December 14, 2017, in a

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announced it would buy the majority of

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. Disney would assume control of Fox's controlling stake in the National Geographic partnership thereafter. Following the acquisition, National Geographic and its sister channels were folded into

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, with the president of the National Geographic Partners reporting directly to the Walt Disney Television chairman. Disney officially closed the deal on March 20, 2019, having then added Nat Geo into its portfolio of networks. On September 15, 2023,

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made a $10B bid to buy ABC, FX & National Geographic as

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claimed it 'may not be core' to Disney. On November 29, 2023, Iger announced he was no longer interested in selling Disney's linear TV assets, effectively rejecting Bryon Allen's offer.

TV series

National Geographic Channel's TV series, in alphabetical order: *'' Abandoned'' *''

Access 360° World Heritage ''Panasonic Presents: Access 360° World Heritage'' is a television show produced by the National Geographic Channel that highlights UNESCO World Heritage sites. It broadcasts in 193 countries. Episodes have covered The Great Barrier Reef, ancie ...

'' *''

Air Crash Investigation ''Mayday'' is a Canadian documentary television program examining air crashes, near-crashes, hijackings, bombings, and other disasters. ''Mayday'' uses re-enactments and computer-generated imagery to reconstruct the sequence of events lead ...

'' *''

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'' *''American Chainsaw'' *''American Colony: Meet the Hutterites'' *'' American Genius'' *''

American Gypsies ''American Gypsies'' is an American reality television series on National Geographic Channel. The series debuted on July 17, 2012, and follows the family of John, a Gypsy family in New York City. Episodes See also * ''My Big Fat American Gyps ...

'' *''American Weed'' *''America's Lost Treasures'' *''Amish: Out of Order'' *''

Ancient Secrets ''Ancient Secrets'' is a series on the National Geographic Channel. As the show unfolds, it attempts to investigate the world's most enduring – and infamous – structures, legends, and icons. Episodes The episodes are aired in different order ...

'' *''Apocalypse 101'' *''

Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout? ''Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?'' is an American reality television series on the National Geographic Channel that debuted on March 4, 2013. It features Scouting-themed competitions between adults and members of the Boy Scouts of America. The ...

'' *''

Banged Up Abroad ''Banged Up Abroad'' (rebadged as ''Locked Up Abroad'' in Asia and the United States, and ''Jailed Abroad'' in India, for the National Geographic Channel) is a British documentary/docudrama television series created by Bart Layton that was pro ...

'' *''Battleground Afghanistan'' *'' Beast Hunter'' *''Bid & Destroy'' *''

Big, Bigger, Biggest ''Big, Bigger, Biggest'' is a British documentary television series which began airing in 2008. A total of 20 episodes have been produced across three series. Format Each episode explores the engineering breakthroughs that have made it possibl ...

'' *'' The Big Picture with Kal Penn'' *''Bizarre Dinosaurs'' *''Borderforce USA: The Bridges'' *''The Boonies'' *'' Border Wars'' *'' Brain Games'' *'' Breakout'' *''Building Wild'' *''

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'' *''Chasing UFOs'' *''Construction Zone'' *'' Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey'' *''

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Diggers The Diggers were a group of religious and political dissidents in England, associated with a political ideology and programme resembling what would later be called agrarian socialism.; ; ; Gerrard Winstanley and William Everard (Digger), Will ...

'' *''Dino Autopsy'' *''Dino Death Match'' *''Dino Death Trap'' *''Dinosaurs Decoded'' *''Do Or Die'' *''Do Or Die: The Animals'' *''

Dogs with Jobs ''Dogs with Jobs'' is a Canadian documentary television series about working dogs and show dogs. Each half-hour episode consists of two to three segments on individual dogs from around the world. The family-friendly series has featured service ...

'' *'' Doomsday Castle'' *'' Doomsday Preppers'' *''Drugged'' *''

Drugs, Inc. ''Drugs, Inc.'' is an American documentary style television series on the National Geographic Channel that explores global narcotics production and trafficking. The series features drug dealers, recreational users, and addicts, as well as pro ...

'' *''

Drain the Oceans ''Drain the Oceans'' is an Australian and British documentary television series that premiered on 28 May 2018 on National Geographic. The 25-part factual series is hosted by Russell Boulter, and explores shipwrecks, treasure and sunken cities u ...

'' *'' Duck Quacks Don't Echo'' *'' Eat: The Story of Food'' *''Europe From Above'' *''Expedition Wild Week '' *''

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'' *''Eyewitness War'' *''Family Beef'' *''Family Guns'' *''Forecast: Disaster'' *''

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'' *'' Going Ape'' *''Hacking The System'' *''Hard Time'' *''Hell on the Highway'' *''

Highway Thru Hell ''Highway Thru Hell'' is a Canadian documentary television series that follows the operations of Jamie Davis Motor Truck & Auto Ltd., a heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company based in Hope, British Columbia. Quiring Towing, Aggressiv ...

'' *''

The Hot Zone ''The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story'' is a best-selling 1994 nonfiction thriller by Richard Preston about the origins and incidents involving viral hemorrhagic fevers, particularly ebolaviruses and marburgviruses. The basis of the book ...

'' *''Inside the American Mob'' *''

Inside Combat Rescue ''Inside Combat Rescue'' is a television series that originally aired on the National Geographic Channel. The show covers United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force United States Air Force Pararescue, Pararescuemen (PJs), who rescue American and All ...

'' *''Inside: Secret America'' *''Inside: Thirumala Tirupathi'' *''

Kentucky Justice ''Kentucky Justice'' is a reality television series which followed the activities and exploits of the Harlan County Sheriff's department, in eastern Kentucky, from 2013 to 2014. The series was produced by the National Geographic Channel and aired ...

'' *''Lawless Oceans'' *'' The Legend of Mick Dodge'' *''Let it Ride'' *'' Life After Dinosaurs'' *'' Life Below Zero'' *''Life Hacker'' *''The Link'' *''

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'' *''

Locked Up Abroad ''Banged Up Abroad'' (rebadged as ''Locked Up Abroad'' in Asia and the United States, and ''Jailed Abroad'' in India, for the National Geographic Channel) is a British documentary/docudrama television series created by Bart Layton that was pro ...

'' *''Lords of War'' *''

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'' *''Meltdown'' *''Mountain Movers'' *''Mudcats'' *''The Numbers Game'' *'' Origins: The Journey of Humankind'' *''One World: Together at Home'' *''

One Strange Rock ''One Strange Rock'' is an American television documentary series, produced by Nutopia in conjunction with Darren Aronofsky, which premiered on National Geographic on March 26, 2018. On July 25, 2018, National Geographic renewed the series for ...

'' *''Phobia'' *''Polygamy, USA'' *''Port Protection'' *"Primal Survivor" *''

Race to the Center of the Earth ''Race to the Center of the Earth'' is an American reality television show that premiered on March 29, 2021. The show was created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster, who previously had created ''The Amazing Race'', of which ''Race to th ...

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Remote Survival ''Remote Survival'' is an American television reality competition series produced by Eyeworks USA Productions that premiered on the National Geographic Channel National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and tradema ...

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Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections ''Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections'' is a British documentary series originally broadcast on the National Geographic Channel, and later on BBC2. It is presented by Richard Hammond, and looks at how engineers and designers use historic ...

'' *'' Rocket City Rednecks'' *''

Scam City ''Scam City'' is a television show which started airing on Travel + Escape in June 2012, and has subsequently aired on the National Geographic Channel, and in Australia on the subscription channel Nat Geo People. Host Conor Woodman travels to ...

'' *''

Science of Stupid ''Science of Stupid'' is a comedic television series on the National Geographic Channel. The British version of the show was initially hosted by Richard Hammond, later replaced by Dallas Campbell. Localised versions are produced in other territ ...

'' *''

Seconds from Disaster ''Seconds from Disaster'' is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters from the 20th and early 21st centuries. Each episode aims to explain a single incident by anal ...

'' *''Sky Monsters'' *''Snake Salvation'' *''

Southern Justice ''Southern Justice'' is a reality television series that follows the activities and exploits of two southern Sheriff's departments in the Appalachian Mountains of the southern United States. These departments are the Sullivan County Sheriff's Off ...

'' *'' StarTalk'' *''

Street Genius ''Street Genius'' (formerly known as ''None of the Above'') is a popular science TV series that airs on National Geographic Channel. It features scientific experiments related mainly to physics, chemistry and engineering performed by British pre ...

'' *''

The Story of God with Morgan Freeman ''The Story of God with Morgan Freeman'' is an American television documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, educat ...

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The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman ''The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman'' is a documentary television series televised on the National Geographic Channel in 2017. It is hosted and narrated by actor Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, pro ...

'' *''Supercars'' *''SharkFest'' *''SuperCroc'' *''

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'' *''

To Catch a Smuggler ''To Catch a Smuggler'' is a documentary television series that depicts the work of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) law enforcement officers at multiple United States airports. Violations inc ...

'' *''The '80s: The Decade that Made Us'' *''The '90s: The Last Great Decade?''
(also entitled ''The '90s: The Decade that Connected Us'') *''The 2000s: The Decade We Saw It All'' *''The Truth Behind'' *''T-Rex Autopsy'' *''T-Rex Walks'' *''

Ultimate Airport Dubai ''Ultimate Airport Dubai'' is a documentary television series which airs on international versions of the National Geographic Channel in more than 170 territories, and available in 45 languages. The program was commissioned by National Geographi ...

'' *''Ultimate Dino Survivor'' *''

Ultimate Factories ''Ultimate Factories'', also known as ''Megafactories'' in non-US markets, is an American documentary television series that premiered in 2006 on the National Geographic Channel National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbrev ...

'' *'' Ultimate Survival Alaska'' *''When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs'' *''

Wicked Tuna ''Wicked Tuna'' is an American reality television series about commercial tuna fishermen based in Gloucester, Massachusetts, who fish for the lucrative Atlantic bluefin tuna in the North Atlantic Ocean. The teams of fishermen battle each other to ...

'' *'' Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks'' *''Wild Amazon'' *'' Wild Justice'' * ''Wild Russia'' *''Witness: Disaster'' *''WW2 Hell Under the sea'' *''You Can't Lick Your Elbow'' *'' Yukon Gold'' *'' Yukon River Run''

Theme fanfare music

The National Geographic Channel's signature theme

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music, which is played at the beginning of many of the channel's television programs, was composed by

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. It was originally written in 1964 for the Society's

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s, which were broadcast on

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and

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from 1964 until the early 2000s.

Other National Geographic US channels

National Geographic HD

The United States

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simulcast of the National Geographic Channel launched in January 2006. It is available on all major cable and satellite providers.

Nat Geo Wild

Nat Geo Wild (stylized as Nat Geo WILD or abbreviated as NGW) is a cable/satellite TV channel focused on animal-related programs. It is a sister network to National Geographic Channel and it is the latest channel to be jointly launched by the National Geographic Society and Fox Cable Networks. It was launched in United States on March 29, 2010, focusing primarily on wildlife and natural history programming.

Nat Geo Mundo

Nat Geo Mundo is broadcast in American Spanish, and was launched in 2011. It shares programming with the Nat Geo Channel available in Hispanic American countries. The channel is fully-owned by the National Geographic Society with no involvement from Disney General Entertainment Content.

Nat Geo TV

Nat Geo TV is an

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s and

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s, along with

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. It allows subscribers of participating pay television providers (such as

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and

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) numerous viewing options, including individual episodes of National Geographic and

's original series and documentaries (which are made available live). On August 23, 2024, Disney began notifying its carriage partners it would discontinue the mobile and digital media player apps for Nat Geo TV, along with

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, Freeform,

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and

, effective September 23. TV Everywhere content would still be available via their respective websites in order to funnel viewers towards Disney+ and

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Controversy and criticism

Archaeologists have protested that National Geographic shows such as ''Diggers'' and ''Nazi War Diggers'' promote the looting and destruction of archaeological sites by promoting the work of metal detecting souvenir hunters and collectable dealers. In 2013 the National Geographic Channel set off a firestorm of controversy with its reality show ''Diggers''. Professional archaeologists from the

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, the largest scholarly group concerned with the archaeology of the modern world (A.D. 1400–present), roundly criticized the network for promoting the theft of cultural materials on public and private land. The show ''Nazi War Diggers'' was accused of showing unscientific and disrespectful handling of human remains. A promotional quote from a military relic dealer, "I feel that by selling things that are Nazi-related and for lots of money, I am preserving things that museums don't want to deal with," was removed from the channel's website in March 2014. National Geographic expressed regret for how the series was presented by its own website but maintained that many of the accusations against the series were based on misinformation. The show was repackaged, amid controversy, as ''Battlefield Recovery'' for air during 2016 on Channel 5 in the UK.

References

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Entertainment companies of the United States Mass media companies based in Washington, D.C. Television channels and stations established in 2001 English-language television stations in the United States National Geographic Partners Disney television networks Peabody Award winners Television networks in the United States Shorty Award winners

History

TV series

Theme fanfare music

Other National Geographic US channels

National Geographic HD

Nat Geo Wild

Nat Geo Mundo

Nat Geo TV

Controversy and criticism

See also

References

External links