Tag: National Geographic Channel

Tim Pastore, National Geographic Channel's president of original programming and production, is stepping down after four years in the role.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Coinciding with the theatrical release of The Birth of a Nation, National Geographic Channel has slated a one-hour documentary executive produced by the film's director, Nate Parker, about Nat Turner and the slave uprising he led.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Later this month, National Geographic Channel is premiering Facing, a new docuseries that delves into the lives of modern history’s most influential figures, including Vladimir Putin, Pablo Escobar and Saddam Hussein.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A second season of National Geographic Channel's global series Breakthrough is in the works for a spring 2017 debut in 170-plus markets.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel has set a fall premiere for its reimagined version of Explorer, with a team of veteran showrunners being brought in to tweak the long-running format.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel has partnered with Honda to produce the new adventure series Riding Morocco: Chasing the Dakar, fronted by professional racer Christophe Barriere-Varju and Aussie model-adventurer Laura Csortan.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel and Discovery Canada have commissioned a new two-hour special, Search for Atlantis, which will see James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici joining forces.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel is slated to begin airing No Man Left Behind, a new six-part show that tells the stories of war heroes and special agents who found themselves trapped behind enemy lines.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel is entering the true-crime space, premiering the six-part docuseries Missing Dial later this month.

Courteney Monroe, National Geographic Global Networks’s CEO, presented Nat Geo's 2016-17 Upfront slate.