2016

## Company

### February

- Discovery Communications and BBC sign a long-term Olympic Games agreement

### August

- Discovery purchases a minority stake in VS Media

### September

- Discovery Times Square closes

13 - *Rats* premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival

### October

- Discovery purchases a minority stake in Group Nine Media

## Television

### January

1 - *Love, Lust or Run* premieres its third and final season

*Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta* premieres its ninth season

*Tanked* concludes its ninth season

2 - *MythBusters* premieres its fourteenth season

*Sex Sent Me to the ER* premieres its second and final season

*Fatal Vows* concludes its fourth season

3 - *A Haunting* premieres its eighth season

*On the Case with Paula Zahn* concludes its twelfth season

4 - *Diesel Brothers* premieres on the Discovery Channel

5 - *The Haves and the Have Nots* premieres its third season

*The Little Couple* premieres its ninth season

6 - *Killing Fields* premieres on the Discovery Channel

*My 600-lb Life* premieres its fourth season

*Wild West Alaska* premieres its fourth season

*Alaskan Bush People* concludes its fourth season

8 - *Love Thy Neighbor* premieres its fourth season

9 - *Outrageous Acts of Science* premieres its fifth season

*Welcome to Sweetie Pie's* concludes its sixth season

10 - *Unusual Suspects* premieres its eighth and final season

12 - *Chasing Classic Cars* concludes its ninth season

13 - *Dual Survival* premieres its seventh season

*Graveyard Carz* concludes its sixth season

*Your Worst Nightmare* concludes its second season

16 - *Raising Whitley* airs its final episode

17 - *Evil Lives Here* premieres on Investigation Discovery

*Inside West Coast Customs* concludes its sixth season

22 - *Wives with Knives* concludes its fourth season

23 - *It's Not You, It's Men* premieres on the Oprah Winfrey Network

*Mountain Monsters* premieres its fourth season

26 - *What on Earth?* premieres its second season

*Kate Plus 8* concludes its ninth season

### February

2 - *Homicide Hunter* concludes its fifth season

9 - *Obsession: Dark Desires* premieres its third season

10 - *Wild West Alaska* concludes its fourth season

14 - *North Woods Law* concludes its sixth season

16 - *Fast N' Loud* concludes its tenth season

17 - *Killing Fields* concludes its first season

20 - *Serial Thriller* premieres its third and final season

21 - *Alaska: The Last Frontier* concludes its fifth season

22 - *Diesel Brothers* concludes its first season

26 - *Insane Pools: Off the Deep End* premieres its second season

*Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta* concludes its ninth season

28 - *Evil Lives Here* concludes its first season

### March

4 - *Paranormal Lockdown* premieres on Destination America

*Say Yes to the Dress* premieres its fourteenth season

6 - *Long Lost Family* premieres on TLC

*On the Case with Paula Zahn* premieres its thirteenth season

*MythBusters* concludes its fourteenth season

7 - *Misfit Garage* premieres its third season

8 - *The Little Couple* concludes its ninth season

*Moonshiners* concludes its fifth season

11 - *Yukon Men* premieres its fifth and final season

*Gold Rush* concludes its sixth season

12 - *Outrageous Acts of Science* concludes its fifth season

*It's Not You, It's Men* airs its final episode

13 - *Naked and Afraid* premieres its sixth season

*Super Soul Sunday* premieres its twelfth season

15 - *Counting On* premieres its second season

*The Willis Family* premieres its second and final season

*Dual Survival* concludes its seventh season

19 - *For Peete's Sake* premieres on the Oprah Winfrey Network

20 - *A Haunting* concludes its eighth season on Investigation Discovery

24 - *If Loving You Is Wrong* concludes its first season

25 - *Love, Lust or Run* airs its final episode

26 - *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* premieres its sixth season

*Sex Sent Me to the ER* airs its final episode

27 - *Long Island Medium* concludes its ninth season

29 - *Deadliest Catch* premieres its twelfth season

30 - *Bering Sea Gold* premieres its fifth season

*Fear Thy Neighbor* premieres its third season

### April

1 - *For Better or Worse* premieres its fifth season

3 - *Ghost Asylum* premieres its third and final season

*Scorned: Love Kills* premieres its sixth and final season

*Who Do You Think You Are?* premieres its seventh season

7 - *River Monsters* premieres its eighth season

8 - *Paranormal Lockdown* concludes its first season

10 - *Unusual Suspects* airs its final episode

11 - *Disappeared* premieres its seventh season

12 - *The Last Alaskans* premieres its second season on the Discovery Channel

*Obsession: Dark Desires* concludes its third season

15 - *Ghost Brothers* premieres its Destination America

16 - *Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet* premieres its second season

*Tanked* premieres its tenth season

*Mountain Monsters* concludes its fourth season

19 - *Murder Among Friends* premieres on Investigation Discovery

*The Willis Family* airs its final episode

22 - *Yukon Men* airs its final episode

23 - *Transformers: Rescue Bots* premieres its fourth and final season

24 - *Long Lost Family* concludes its first season

26 - *Street Outlaws* premieres its seventh season

*Fast N' Loud* concludes its third season

26 - *Space's Deepest Secrets* premieres on the Science Channel

30 - *Oprah: Where Are They Now?* concludes its seventh season

### May

1 - *Super Soul Sunday* concludes its twelfth season

*Who Do You Think You Are?* concludes its seventh season

2 - *True Crime with Aphrodite Jones* premieres its sixth and final season

3 - *Counting On* concludes its second season

6 - *Alaskan Bush People* premieres its fifth season

7 - *Livin' Lozada* premieres its second and final season

*For Peete's Sake* concludes its first season

8 - *Marooned with Ed Stafford* premieres its third and final season

*Sister Wives* premieres its tenth season

10 - *OutDaughtered* premieres on TLC

*Little People, Big World* premieres its fifteenth season

*What on Earth?* concludes its second season

13 - *I (Almost) Got Away with It* premieres its eighth and final season

15 - *Blazing Team: Masters of Yo Kwon Do* concludes its first season

18 - *My 600-lb Life* concludes its fourth season

20 - *Ghost Brothers* concludes its first season

*Insane Pools: Off the Deep End* concludes its second season

26 - *River Monsters* concludes its eighth season

31 - *Chasing Classic Cars* premieres its tenth season

*The Last Alaskans* concludes its second season

*OutDaughtered* concludes its first season

### June

1 - *Bering Sea Gold* premieres its fifth season

2 - *Lone Star Law* premieres on Animal Planet

*North Woods Law* premieres its seventh season

4 - *Littlest Pet Shop* series finale

5 - *On the Case with Paula Zahn* concludes its thirteenth season

*Ghost Asylum* airs its final episode

6 - *Disappeared* concludes its seventh season

7 - *My Giant Life* premieres its second season

*Fear Thy Neighbor* concludes its third season

8 - *I Am Jazz* premieres its second season

*My Big Fat Fabulous Life* premieres its third season

12 - *Naked and Afraid* concludes its sixth season

*Scorned: Love Kills* airs its final episode

15 - *Dual Survival* premieres its eighth season

20 - *Street Outlaws* concludes its seventh season

21 - *Greenleaf* premieres on the Oprah Winfrey Network

22 - *Outrageous Acts of Science* premieres its sixth season

24 - *Say Yes to the Dress* concludes its fourteenth season

25 - *Livin' Lozada* airs its final episode

26 - *Sister Wives* concludes its tenth season

28 - *Murder Among Friends* concludes its first season

### July

1 - *Tanked* concludes its tenth season

3 - *Naked and Afraid XL* premieres its second season

9 - *Flex & Shanice* premieres its third and final season

*Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet* concludes its second season

10 - *Return to Amish* premieres its third season

11 - *Misfit Garage* premieres its fourth season

15 - *Alaskan Bush People* concludes its fifth season

*I (Almost) Got Away with It* airs its final episode

17 - *My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding* premieres its fifth and final season

18 - *True Crime with Aphrodite Jones* airs its final episode

25 - *Vegas Rat Rods* concludes its second season

26 - *Cry Wolfe* premieres its third and final season

*My Giant Life* concludes its second season

27 - *I Am Jazz* concludes its second season

### August

2 - *Deadliest Catch* concludes its twelfth season

*Little People, Big World* concludes its fifteenth season

3 - *Dual Survival* concludes its eighth season

7 - *Super Soul Sunday* premieres its thirteenth season

8 - *How Do They Do It?* premieres its fourteenth season

11 - *North Woods Law* concludes its seventh season

13 - *Oprah: Where Are They Now?* premieres its eighth season

15 - *Marooned with Ed Stafford* airs its final episode

17 - *My Big Fat Fabulous Life* concludes its third season

*Outrageous Acts of Science* concludes its sixth season

18 - *Lone Star Law* concludes its first season

22 - *Too Close to Home* premieres on TLC

23 - *Counting On* premieres its third season

*Cake Boss* premieres its eighth season

24 - *Dual Survival* premieres its ninth and final season

*Homicide Hunter* premieres its sixth season

*Toddlers & Tiaras* premieres its seventh and final season

26 - *Bering Sea Gold* premieres its fifth ice season

27 - *Deadly Women* premieres its tenth season

*Space's Deepest Secrets* concludes its first season

*Flex & Shanice* airs its final episode

28 - *On the Case with Paula Zahn* premieres its fourteenth season

*Return to Amish* concludes its third season

30 - *Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove* premieres on the Discovery Channel

*Fast N' Loud* premieres its eleventh season

*Through the Wormhole* premieres its seventh season

*Chasing Classic Cars* concludes its tenth season

31 - *Greenleaf* concludes its first season

### September

1 - *Naked and Afraid XL* concludes its second season

2 - *Love Thy Neighbor* concludes its fourth season

4 - *My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding* airs its final episode

5 - *Harley and the Davidsons* premieres on the Discovery Channel

6 - *Queen Sugar* premieres on the Oprah Winfrey Network

*The Haves and the Have Nots* concludes its third season

7 - *Harley and the Davidsons* airs its final episode

10 - *Iyanla: Fix My Life* premieres its sixth season

11 - *90 Day Fiancé* premieres its fourth season

13 - *Taking Fire* premieres on the Discovery Channel

*If Loving You Is Wrong* premieres its second season

20 - *Through the Wormhole* concludes its seventh season

23 - *Tanked* premieres its eleventh season

### October

1 - *True Nightmares* premieres its second and final season

4 - *Cry Wolfe* airs its final episode

5 - *Little Miss Atlanta* premieres on TLC

6 - *Monsters Inside Me* premieres its seventh season

7 - *Bering Sea Gold* concludes its fifth ice season

9 - *Alaska: The Last Frontier* premieres its sixth season

10 - *Too Close to Home* concludes its first season

*Taking Fire* airs its final episode

12 - *Dual Survival* airs its final episode

13 - *Monsters Inside Me: Extra Deadly* premieres on Animal Planet

14 - *Gold Rush* premieres its seventh season

21 - *Kindred Spirits* premieres on Destination America and TLC

*A Haunting* premieres its ninth season on TLC

22 - *Rats* premieres on the Discovery Channel

*My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* concludes its sixth season

*Transformers: Rescue Bots* series finale

23 - *Edge of Alaska* premieres its third season

*Super Soul Sunday* concludes its thirteenth season

25 - *Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove* airs its final episode

26 - *Outrageous Acts of Science* premieres its seventh season

*Fast N' Loud* concludes its eleventh season

31 - *Street Outlaws* premieres its eighth season

### November

2 - *Little Miss Atlanta* airs its final episode

4 - *Treasure Quest: Snake Island* premieres its second season

9 - *Graveyard Carz* premieres its sixth season

12 - *Iyanla: Fix My Life* concludes its sixth season

*True Nightmares* airs its final episode

14 - *Mars: The Secret Science* premieres on the Science Channel

15 - *Moonshiners* premieres its sixth season

*OutDaughtered* premieres its second season

*What on Earth?* premieres its third season

*Counting On* concludes its third season

18 - *Tanked* concludes its eleventh season

19 - *Welcome to Sweetie Pie's* premieres its seventh season

20 - *90 Day Fiancé* concludes its fourth season

22 - *How the Universe Works* premieres its fifth season

*Kate Plus 8* premieres its tenth season

*Little People, Big World* premieres its sixteenth season

23 - *Toddlers & Tiaras* airs its final episode

25 - *Wives with Knives* premieres its fifth and final season

*For Better or Worse* concludes its fifth season

26 - *Deadly Women* concludes its tenth season

27 - *Sister Wives* premieres its eleventh season

30 - *Queen Sugar* concludes its first season

### December

3 - *Your Worst Nightmare* premieres its third season

4 - *How Do They Do It?* concludes its fourteenth season

6 - *A Crime to Remember* premieres its fourth season

7 - *Alaskan Bush People* premieres its sixth season

9 - *Fast N' Loud* premieres its twelfth season

*Kindred Spirits* concludes its first season

15 - *Too Cute* premieres its sixth and final season

*Monsters Inside Me* concludes its seventh season

*Monsters Inside Me: Extra Deadly* concludes its first season

16 - *Paranormal Lockdown* premieres its second season on TLC

*Treasure Quest: Snake Island* concludes its second season

17 - *Oprah: Where Are They Now?* concludes its eighth season

18 - *Edge of Alaska* concludes its third season

19 - *Mars: The Secret Science* airs its final episode