Discovery Channel HD
United States
Discovery Channel HD broadcasts nonfiction programming centered on science, technology, nature, and engineering. Its schedule in the United States includes documentary series covering subjects like space exploration, animal behavior, forensic investigations, and large-scale construction projects. The channel also airs survival-oriented content and historical programs that examine military technology or natural disasters. Many of its shows follow real-world experts—engineers, biologists, or mechanics—as they work on complex tasks or conduct field research. The high-definition feed provides clearer imagery for nature footage and detailed mechanical processes.
Viewers can access the channel through standard cable and satellite subscriptions across the country. Some episodes and full series are available on demand through participating TV providers or via the network’s own streaming platform, which requires a login from a pay-TV account. TV guide listings for Discovery Channel HD vary by region and provider, so the exact lineup of documentary blocks or marathon events changes depending on local scheduling agreements.
Schedule
00:00 - 02:00
Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked
The Lost Coast's Revenge
Series, Reality
For the first time ever, 12 Naked and Afraid All-Stars are going overboard; they've been told it's a Lost Coast challenge, but they're about to be shipwrecked in the dark of night; they must survive the next 35 days, and then rescue themselves to go home.
02:00 - 04:35
Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked
S.O.S. Turns Into 9-1-1
Series, Reality
Two scout teams attempt grueling journeys to reach a signal tower. One team struggles to crest a jungle ridgeline, and the other takes on 12 miles of Lost Coast seas. A survivalist slips out of consciousness. The medical emergency upends the challenge.
04:35 - 06:00
Naked and Afraid
Three Is Not Enough
Series, Reality, Outdoors, Adventure
After surviving a 14-day fan challenge, three survivalists attempt to endure 21 days in the rainy, mosquito-infested Belizean jungle; one is forced to leave due to a family emergency.
06:00 - 08:35
Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked
S.O.S. Turns Into 9-1-1
Series, Reality
Two scout teams attempt grueling journeys to reach a signal tower. One team struggles to crest a jungle ridgeline, and the other takes on 12 miles of Lost Coast seas. A survivalist slips out of consciousness. The medical emergency upends the challenge.
08:35 - 10:00
Naked and Afraid
Three Is Not Enough
Series, Reality, Outdoors, Adventure
After surviving a 14-day fan challenge, three survivalists attempt to endure 21 days in the rainy, mosquito-infested Belizean jungle; one is forced to leave due to a family emergency.
10:00 - 11:00
Truck Dynasty
Blood Red Redemption
Series, Reality, Auto
A repeat client, Kim, calls as the company is about to leave their old shop; he wants an off-roading truck to comfortably seat his 11-person family, so Joe must get creative; Ashley's family revolts when Joe changes how sales calls are handled.
11:00 - 12:00
Moonshiners
Cowboy Legacy
Series, Reality, Crime
Mark and Digger invent a high-proof thump keg; news breaks that their friend Cowboy has been killed; they hurry to retrieve a barrel he was tending; Tickle puts faith in an unproven recipe to save his restaurant; Jerry designs a solar mash fermenter.
12:00 - 13:00
Lone Star Law
Deadly Spill
Series, Reality, Law, Animals
Game Warden Randolph McGee assesses a major gasoline spill in the local water system then tracks down a trash dumping culprit; young jet skiers are confronted, and game warden Mike Boone helps relocate an alligator.
13:00 - 14:00
Lone Star Law
Sunk in Seconds
Series, Reality, Law, Animals
On Sam Rayburn Lake, Game Wardens Morgan Inman and Austin Cryer discover that a brave citizen rescued passengers from a swamped boat; doves are found dead from a suspected poisoning; alligators are found on school property.
14:00 - 15:00
Lone Star Law
Lake Showdown
Series, Reality, Law, Animals
A drunken man wreaks havoc on Sam Rayburn Lake; Wardens Randy Sovall and Sean Reneau deal with the aftermath; Warden Mike Boone tracks down the culprits responsible for an illegal dumpsite; a gator is residing in a family's pond.
15:00 - 16:00
Lone Star Law
Sparking Disaster
Series, Reality, Law, Animals
During wildfire season, Warden Dustin Delgado catches people throwing out lit cigarettes and stops them; Warden Cynde Aguilar helps hunt down the criminal involved in a high-speed chase; a call is made about a gator lurking in a pond.
16:00 - 17:00
Lone Star Law
Actions Have Consequences
Series, Reality, Law, Animals
Game Warden Cummings arrives at the scene of a domestic dispute only to discover the man has a warrant out for his arrest; during water patrols, a fisherman is caught empty-handed; a couple and their baby are kayaking without life jackets.
17:00 - 18:00
120 Hours Behind Bars
Clay County Detention Center
Series, Documentary
In Clay County, Mississippi, where gun deaths are an epidemic and the median income sits 66% below the national average, Sheriff Scott and his team fight to keep order inside a jail where the consequences of a community in crisis arrive daily.
18:00 - 19:00
120 Hours Behind Bars
Wood County Jail
Series, Documentary
After nearly two decades of economic decline and a surge in methamphetamine use, Wood County, Wisconsin opens a new $93 million jail, where staff faces mounting pressure to help a community searching for a way forward.
19:00 - 20:00
120 Hours Behind Bars
Flagler County Jail
Series, Documentary
At Florida's Flagler County Jail, law-and-order Sheriff Rick Staly takes a tough approach to corrections while battling the revolving door of repeat offenders through discipline, rehabilitation and recovery programs designed to break the cycle of crime.
20:00 - 21:00
120 Hours Behind Bars
Washoe County Jail
Series, Documentary
Inside one of Nevada's busiest jails, deputies battle a non-stop surge of arrests driven by Reno's constant crime and a major trafficking corridor; with gangs entrenched inside, keeping rival groups apart becomes a daily fight for control.
21:00 - 22:00
120 Hours Behind Bars
Clayton County, Georgia
Series, Documentary
Behind the walls of Clayton County Jail, deteriorating infrastructure creates dangerous conditions for both inmates and staff.
22:00 - 23:00
Contraband: Seized at the Airport
Catch 'Em All
Series, Reality
An agriculture dog alerts to a suitcase coming from Ethiopia, and inspection reveals a tough hide. A plain-clothes officer in baggage claim finds a passenger acting suspiciously. A woman from Japan accuses officers of assuming she's a prostitute.
23:00 - 00:00
Contraband: Seized at the Airport
A Hard Pill to Swallow
Series, Reality
Officers find a fraudulent passport hidden in a video game case, a telltale sign of criminals at work; a traveler who just returns from Paris claims she has nothing to declare, but a search of her bags reveals a suspicious $200,000 diamond watch.