Shark expert Kina Scollay and his elite team return with a unique one-person submersible, the Mechashark, to a top-secret location off New Zealand attempting to do something that's never been done: locate a great white shark mating ground.
They are the tragic stories at the heart of some of history's most defining moments - tales of hatred and obsession, fanaticism and a burning desire for attention. In Assassinations That Changed the World, HISTORY examines the famous assassinations and assassination attempts that have left their mark on humanity. Trace the incredible events following the murder Archduke Ferdinand, which led to the outbreak of World War I. See how one century India lost three leaders, including Mohandas Gandhi, to religous fanatics who disagreed with the political policies of the nation. Explore the tragic story of Abraham Lincoln, killed by a desperate adherant to a lost cause. And consider how history might have been different had some of these incidents ended differently. Where would the civil rights movement be today if Martin Luther King Jr. were still alive? With extensive interviews, archival footage and expert commentary, Assassinations That Changed the World brings these absorbing stories to life.
How Sex Changed the World is a documentary series exploring how sex has changed history: from Ghengis Khan using it to expand the Mongol Empire to the survival of harems for thousands of years and even how Hoover used it to blackmail top level politicians.
In the desolate outreaches of Bristol Bay, Alaska, the most competitive fishing season on Earth takes place throughout four short weeks. 1,800 captains and their crews draw the battle lines to help save Alaska's ecosystem by reeling in a massive sockeye salmon payday. With potential fortune swimming just below the surface, five captains prepare to battle the unforgiving bay, the battering ram of boats jockeying for position and the law, which strictly monitors the season with recon choppers and police squads. On the bay, fishing for the nearly 44 million salmon is necessary for the environment, and arm of the law is long, tempers are short and every single decision is the difference between drawing a huge income and settling for pennies.
As Chef Todd Fisher discovers on a nationwide road trip, bacon has become a beloved fixture of American cuisine for any meal of day, served in beloved traditional dishes and in pairings with ice cream, jam, and cocktails. In this season, the sizzling strips show up in massive BLTs, a peanut butter bacon burger, a pork-slinging pig truck and more.
Two of TLC's favorite subjects - wedding dresses and makeovers - are combined in `Brides Gone Styled', which features celebrity stylists Gretta Monahan and Robert Verdi transforming fashion-challenged women from frumpy to fabulous. In each hour-long episode, a bride-to-be picks her favorite dress before Gretta and Robert choose three other options they think are more flattering. As the fiancée tries on each dress, the stylists propose hair makeovers and makeup options that best complement each look. Finally, each participant selects her winning dress in secret and reveals it to the hosts and her friends and family.
MTV brings the extreme sport of Parkour to TV with some of the most prestigious traceurs (or free runners) from the World Freerunning & Parkour Federation to complete various courses in the quickest time with flow/style and awards one lucky winner a $10,000 prize.
Sam and Cody Carroll are the chefs behind the Restaurant of the Year in New Orleans, and famous for their down-home restaurant in the swamps too. But for this young couple, staying on top is a fight every week. To do that, they take the freshest ingredients from their family farm, and every week create brand new dishes at both of their restaurants.
Cruising Santa Cruz's ocean highways, Edmund Kemper appears to be a 6'9" gentle giant who offers hundreds of young female hitchhikers a ride. But behind his charming smile and signature gold-rimmed glasses lurks a brutal and perverted monster. In 1973, while awaiting trial, Kemper was interviewed by psychiatrist Dr. Donald Lunde. Lunde records Kemper's detailed confession on audiotape. For 50 years these tapes were locked away and forgotten, but now they are public for the first time and reveal a tormented childhood, dark sexual fantasies, and a thirst for revenge on the person he despises most, his own mother.
I Bought A Dump...Now What? follows homeowners who purchased dilapidated properties in hopes of renovating them into their forever home. By trying to tackle the overhauls themselves to save money, they end up behind schedule, over budget and exhausted. During the series, cameras will track the progress of each renovation and, in the end, reveal whether the owners can complete the work or are left out in the cold.
Chuck Zukowski, who has researched UFOs for over 30 years, teams up with his son and an investigator to pursue cases in search for definitive proof of UFOs along America's Alien Highway.