Curiosity NOW
United States
Curiosity NOW focuses on factual entertainment and documentary-style programming for an American audience. The channel’s schedule leans heavily into science, history, technology, and nature content, often presenting topics through short-form segments or single-episode deep dives rather than multi-part series. Viewers might find programs covering space exploration, engineering breakthroughs, or animal behavior, with an emphasis on visual demonstrations and expert commentary. The channel avoids breaking news or opinion-based talk shows, instead sticking to pre-produced material that aims to explain how things work or why certain phenomena occur. Some blocks of programming may also include lifestyle or travel content, provided it maintains an educational angle.
For those who prefer watching on their own time, Curiosity NOW is available through several streaming platforms that carry live feeds or on-demand libraries. Cable and satellite subscribers in the United States can locate the channel in their TV guide under the documentary or educational category, though exact channel numbers vary by provider. The network does not produce original movies or music programming, and its commercial breaks are limited compared to general entertainment channels. No official app or standalone streaming service exists under the Curiosity NOW name, but the channel’s content can be accessed through bundled packages offered by major digital TV providers.
Schedule
00:00 - 04:00
Curiosity NOW
Special
00:34 - 01:32
Royals: Keeping the Crown
Nazi Royals
Series, Documentary
Royals across Europe embrace fascism; King George V knows he must keep his country safe from the dangers of Nazi Germany, but when his eldest son Edward VIII abandons royal duty for love, the Crown is thrown into a deep crisis.
01:32 - 02:30
Royals: Keeping the Crown
Post-War Amnesia
Series, Documentary
World War II may be over, but it still casts a long shadow over royal families, particularly those with links to fascism; in Britain, King George VI works to keep his brother's closeness to the Nazis away from the British people.
02:30 - 03:28
Royals: Keeping the Crown
Breaking Tradition
Series, Documentary
Royals discover that breaking with tradition can get them in deep water, while other royals embrace change and manage to cling on to their crowns; during the 60s and 70s, royal culture meets celebrity culture, giving the Crown a popularity boost.
03:28 - 04:26
Royals: Keeping the Crown
Rebel Princess
Series, Documentary
Queen Elizabeth has clung to power, but the royals' position is made all the more perilous as powerful anti-establishment voices in the press threaten to end the era of deference to royals.
04:00 - 08:00
Curiosity NOW
Special
04:26 - 05:24
Royals: Keeping the Crown
The Pursuit of Normal
Series, Documentary
To survive to see the future, the royal family must reinvent themselves; they ditch their "stiff upper lip" approach to appear more normal, in order to stay relevant and in touch with their subjects.
05:24 - 06:22
Royals: Keeping the Crown
The Cousins' War
Series, Documentary
Queen Victoria attempts to create peace in Europe through royal marriages; when three cousins linked by Victoria's royal blood turn against each other, and plunge Europe into the First World War, the Queen's dream of peace turns into a nightmare.
06:22 - 07:20
Royals: Keeping the Crown
Nazi Royals
Series, Documentary
Royals across Europe embrace fascism; King George V knows he must keep his country safe from the dangers of Nazi Germany, but when his eldest son Edward VIII abandons royal duty for love, the Crown is thrown into a deep crisis.
07:20 - 08:16
Royals: Keeping the Crown
Post-War Amnesia
Series, Documentary
World War II may be over, but it still casts a long shadow over royal families, particularly those with links to fascism; in Britain, King George VI works to keep his brother's closeness to the Nazis away from the British people.
08:16 - 09:12
Royals: Keeping the Crown
Breaking Tradition
Series, Documentary
Royals discover that breaking with tradition can get them in deep water, while other royals embrace change and manage to cling on to their crowns; during the 60s and 70s, royal culture meets celebrity culture, giving the Crown a popularity boost.
09:12 - 10:08
Royals: Keeping the Crown
Rebel Princess
Series, Documentary
Queen Elizabeth has clung to power, but the royals' position is made all the more perilous as powerful anti-establishment voices in the press threaten to end the era of deference to royals.
10:08 - 11:04
Royals: Keeping the Crown
The Pursuit of Normal
Series, Documentary
To survive to see the future, the royal family must reinvent themselves; they ditch their "stiff upper lip" approach to appear more normal, in order to stay relevant and in touch with their subjects.
11:04 - 12:00
Royals: Keeping the Crown
The Cousins' War
Series, Documentary
Queen Victoria attempts to create peace in Europe through royal marriages; when three cousins linked by Victoria's royal blood turn against each other, and plunge Europe into the First World War, the Queen's dream of peace turns into a nightmare.
12:00 - 12:57
Amazing Dinoworld
The Feather Revolution
Series, Documentary, Science, Nature, Animals, Miniseries
The latest research indicates that feathered dinosaurs were more widespread and varied than previously thought, that they incubated their eggs and engaged in parenting.
12:57 - 13:54
Amazing Dinoworld
The World of Sea Monsters
Series, Documentary, Science, Nature, Animals, Miniseries
Research has made headway into the world of a gigantic "dragon" that dominated the oceans of 60 million years ago.
13:54 - 14:40
Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs of the Frozen Continent
To the Ends of the Earth
Series, History, Documentary
The new expedition to the ice continent of Antarctica begins.
14:40 - 15:32
Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs of the Frozen Continent
What Lies Beneath
Series, History, Documentary
Finding out how the great discovery in the 1990s of the Cryolophosaurus, dubbed the T. rex of Antarctica, and a 25-foot-long plant eater, the Glacialisaurus, led to a renewed interest in a continent that was once thought to be largely devoid of life.
15:32 - 16:30
Prehistoric Worlds
Special, Documentary, History, World history, Science
A examination of the apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from Earth.
16:30 - 17:29
Ancient Earth
Documentary, Science, Nature
Life forms that lived in the Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous periods, which began 250 million years ago.
17:29 - 18:26
Amazing Dinoworld
The Feather Revolution
Series, Documentary, Science, Nature, Animals, Miniseries
The latest research indicates that feathered dinosaurs were more widespread and varied than previously thought, that they incubated their eggs and engaged in parenting.
18:26 - 19:23
Amazing Dinoworld
The World of Sea Monsters
Series, Documentary, Science, Nature, Animals, Miniseries
Research has made headway into the world of a gigantic "dragon" that dominated the oceans of 60 million years ago.
19:23 - 20:09
Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs of the Frozen Continent
To the Ends of the Earth
Series, History, Documentary
The new expedition to the ice continent of Antarctica begins.
20:09 - 21:01
Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs of the Frozen Continent
What Lies Beneath
Series, History, Documentary
Finding out how the great discovery in the 1990s of the Cryolophosaurus, dubbed the T. rex of Antarctica, and a 25-foot-long plant eater, the Glacialisaurus, led to a renewed interest in a continent that was once thought to be largely devoid of life.
21:01 - 21:59
Prehistoric Worlds
Special, Documentary, History, World history, Science
A examination of the apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from Earth.
21:59 - 22:58
Ancient Earth
Documentary, Science, Nature
Life forms that lived in the Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous periods, which began 250 million years ago.
22:58 - 23:55
Amazing Dinoworld
The Feather Revolution
Series, Documentary, Science, Nature, Animals, Miniseries
The latest research indicates that feathered dinosaurs were more widespread and varied than previously thought, that they incubated their eggs and engaged in parenting.
23:55 - 00:52
Amazing Dinoworld
The World of Sea Monsters
Series, Documentary, Science, Nature, Animals, Miniseries
Research has made headway into the world of a gigantic "dragon" that dominated the oceans of 60 million years ago.