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History
| History | |
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| Founded | January 1, 1995 |
| President | Abbe Raven |
| Company | A&E Networks |
| Notable Series | Ice Road Truckers
Pawn Stars Top Gear Vikings |
| Former Names | The History Channel (1995–2008) |
History is a mainstream cable television channel, which presents programming related to historical events and persons — often with observations and explanations by noted historians as well as reenactors and interviews with witnesses.
It is owned by A&E Networks and operates, in various forms, in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The History Channel is not to be confused with a similar, independently-owned, Canadian service, History Television. The History Channel also maintains a non-profit fund called Save Our History, dedicated to the preservation of history, similar in spirit but not to be confused with the Society of Historical Preservation.
Due to its programming being dominated by documentaries on World War Two it is sometimes jokingly referred to as "The Hitler Channel."
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History
The station was launched on January 1, 1995 as a cable channel in the United States. The History Channel has since expanded into many other channels, most recently as History Channel HD which was launched on October 26, 2006. The History Channel is currently available in many areas outside the United States as well. The channel's many original programing also airs on History Television (not affiliated with the History Channel, as shown above) which is a cable channel in Canada.
In 2011, the network was suppose to air its first scripted program, miniseries The Kennedys. A couple of months before its supposed premiere, the network announced they had decided not to show the series, which later aired on Reelz Channel. The miniseries Hatfields & McCoys became in May 2012 the channels first scripted program.
With the constant shift into reality programming, most documentary series have been taken over by rebranded sister channel H2 in September 2011.
In-Depth
- Program Listing: A complete listing of shows that aired new episodes on History.
Current Shows
- The Curse of Oak Island (Season 12 — November 12, 2024)
- Swamp People (Season 16 — January 2, 2025)
- Swamp People: Serpent Invasion (Season 5 — January 2, 2025)
- History's Greatest Mysteries (Season 6 — January 27, 2025)
- Pawn Stars (Season 23 — January 22, 2025)
- History's Most Shocking (Season 1 — January 27, 2025)
Upcoming Shows
- Ancient Aliens (Season 21 — February 7, 2025)
- The Food That Built America (Season 6 — February 23, 2025)
- Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry (Season 3 — February 27, 2025)
Shows in Limbo
- The Toys That Built America (Season 3 — October 15-December 17, 2023)
- Ancient Aliens Special Presentation (Season 2 — October 2, 2023-January 8, 2024)
- The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters (Season 2 — November 14, 2023-February 13, 2024)
- The Proof Is Out There: Military Mysteries (Season 1 — April 22-May 20, 2024)
- Pawn Stars Do America (Season 3 — April 3-May 22, 2024)
- How Disney Built America (Season 1 — April 28-June 9, 2024)
- The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe (Season 1 — May 3-June 21, 2024)
- The Einstein Challenge (Season 1 — June 2-June 23, 2024)
- The Mega-Brands That Built America (Season 2 — April 28-June 30, 2024)
- Beyond Skinwalker Ranch (Season 2 — June 4-July 16, 2024)
- Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid (Season 1 — June 3-July 22, 2024)
- The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (Season 5 — April 23-July 23, 2024)
- Fully Torqued (Season 4 — July 6-August 3, 2024)
- The Icons That Built America (Season 1 — June 23-August 4, 2024)
- Alone (Season 11 — June 13-August 29, 2024)
- Alone Australia (Season 2 — June 20-August 29, 2024)
- Hard Truths of Conservation (Season 2 — February 17-September 21, 2024)
- The UnXplained Special Presentation (Season 2 — March 22-October 29, 2024)
- The UnXplained (Season 7 — October 4-November 8, 2024)
- The Proof Is Out There (Season 4 — October 6, 2023-November 8, 2024)
- The Green Way Outdoors (Season 2 — November 2-November 23, 2024)
- Forged in Fire (Season 11 — October 4-November 27, 2024)
- Mountain Men (Season 14 — October 3-December 26, 2024)
- American Pickers (Season 26 — October 9, 2024-January 15, 2025)
- The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd (Season 2 — November 15, 2024-January 31, 2025)
- Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo (Season 1 — December 6, 2024-January 31, 2025)
