Sounds Like New Discovery Boss Wants To Bring The Discovery Back

You remember when the Discovery Channel was all about science, history, and nature? Yeah, some of you kids probably think Discovery was always about yelling motorcycle families, Amish mafiosos, and moonshiners who suspiciously never get caught. But for you adults who despise the fake documentaries about mermaids, Bigfoot, and other cryptids, good news: new channel president Rich Ross is tired of it, too. And he started by teeing off on a recent scripted Animal Planet doc about the Megalodon.

“I don’t think it’s actually right for Discovery Channel. And it’s [a type of programming] that I think in some ways has run its course. I don’t think you’ll be sitting with me here next year asking me a question about something I put on—whether a series or a special—where that’s the dilemma. They’ve done very well, many of them, but it’s not something that’s right for us … if something [has been previously ordered], it’s probably still coming. But I’m telling you where I am and how I feel moving forward.”

And yes, he means the “Eaten Alive” publicity stunt, too, which he called “misleading” and “sensational.” He followed that by saying “I don’t believe you’ll see a person being eaten by a snake during my time here.”

That’s a nice guarantee to make, chief, but technically we didn’t see that under the last guy, either.

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