An interview with a History Channel executive about Kings of Pain, on which two men are bitten and stung to see how much it hurts.
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Review: The Butcher doesn’t carve out new territory, but it may help you loin about meat
Top Shot host and Survivor alum Colby Donaldson hosts History Channel’s new meat butchering competition, which has more information than gore.
Survivor’s Colby Donaldson will host a brand-new reality competition: The Butcher
Top Shot host Colby Donaldson is back hosting with a new meat-focused reality competition called The Butcher.
Ax Men is returning, Alone is moving, Curse of Oak Island gets 30 episodes, and more from History
Details about the 11 new and renewed History Channel reality shows, including Alone season 6, The Curse of Oak Island season 6, Truck Night in America, Swamp People, and more.
Zachary Quinto investigates the paranormal on History’s revival of In Search Of
The Rod Serling and Leonard Nimoy-hosted paranormal series from the 1970s is coming back—again.
Review: American Ripper, an attempt to link Jack the Ripper and H. H. Holmes
A review of the History Channel’s new series American Ripper, which explores the theory that Chicago serial killer H.H. Holmes was also Jack the Ripper.
The Curse of Oak Island: Marty and Rick on skepticism and what they’d change
An interview with Rich and Marty Lagina, the stars of History’s The Curse of Oak Island, who talk about the show’s editing and their search for treasure.
Gabe Rygaard, of History’s cancelled Ax Men, was killed in a car accident
Gabe Rygaard, one of the stars of History Channel’s now-cancelled Ax Men, was killed in a car accident Sept. 16. He was not wearing a seat belt.
Top Gear USA cancelled, but may return on a new network
The History Channel has cancelled Top Gear USA. But the show’s producer and co-host suggest it may end up on another network sometime soon.
Swamp People’s Mitchell Guist died of natural causes; fans invited to his funeral
Swamp People star Mitchell Guist died Monday of natural causes, according to an autopsy. He’ll be buried Saturday, which would have been his 48th birthday, and fans are invited. The Baton Rouge Advocate reports that “Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley… continue reading
History Channel’s Pawn Stars, reality TV make it the fifth-most popular cable channel
The History Channel’s reality shows have propelled the network to become the fifth-most popular network on cable, behind only USA, Disney, TNT, and ESPN; last year, it was number eight. Pawn Stars, which is getting a spin-off, is largely responsible… continue reading
Jousting in armor on horseback: the next History Channel competition series
The History Channel is casting for a new reality competition that will feature jousting in armor. Full Metal Jousting is described as a “hard-hitting competition [that] will recreate the raw, crushing force of hardcore jousting battles by arming 16 fierce… continue reading
Mark Burnett will tell Biblical stories in new scripted, acted History Channel series
Survivor and The Voice producer Mark Burnett is producing a show about the Bible: a five-episode, 10-hour scripted miniseries for the History Channel that he developed along with his wife, Touched By An Angel’s Roma Downey. That the History Channel… continue reading
Rob Mariano will star in new History reality series Around the World in 80 Ways
The History Channel is capitalizing on Survivor Redemption Island star Rob Mariano’s popularity and has hired him to star in a new reality series called Around the World in 80 Ways, on which he’ll travel around the world again, having… continue reading
Pawn Stars cast member arrested after bar fight, attacking cop
Another reality show cast member has been arrested after an apparent drunken fight, although this one is not an MTV star. Corey Harrison, 27, who’s known as Big Hoss on the History Channel’s Pawn Stars, “was booked into jail at… continue reading