2001

- Discovery Communications enters deal with NBC to launch new programming block

3 - Discovery Kids is launched in Canada

7 - Animal Planet and Investigation Discovery are launched in Canada

### December

21 - *The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition* receives a limited release in the United States

## Television

- *Amazing Animal Videos* premieres on Animal Planet

- *That's My Baby* premieres on Animal Planet

- *The Diceman* airs its final episode

- *Extreme Machines* airs its final episode

- *The Big Garage* reruns on TLC

### January

3 - *Junkyard Wars* premieres on TLC

6 - *How It's Made* premieres on Discovery Science

*K-9 to 5* premieres its second season

*Croc Files* airs its final episode

12 - *Insectia* premieres its second and final season

24 - *Junkyard Wars* concludes its first season

### March

12 - *Land of the Mammoth* premieres on the Discovery Channel

20 - *Nigel's Wild Wild World* premieres on the Discovery Channel

31 - *Breed All About It* concludes its fifth season

*How It's Made* concludes its first season

### April

4 - *Robotica* premieres on TLC

*K-9 to 5* concludes its second season

8 - *Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special* premieres on the Discovery Channel

13 - *Insectia* airs its final episode

15 - *Jesus: The Complete Story* premieres on the Discovery Channel

25 - *Robotica* concludes its first season

### May

25 - *Rain* premieres on Animal Planet

26 - *Sail Away* premieres on Discovery Kids

29 - *K-9 to 5* premieres its third and final season

### June

24 - *Trading Spaces* concludes its first season

25 - *Breed All About It* premieres its sixth and final season

26 - *Animal Precinct* premieres on Animal Planet

### July

7 - *Sail Away* airs its final episode

15 - *When Dinosaurs Roamed America* premieres on the Discovery Channel

23 - *Giant Creepy Crawlies* premieres on the Discovery Channel

30 - *The Retrievers* premieres on Animal Planet

### August

1 - *State of the Planet* premieres on the Discovery Channel

7 - *Vet School Confidential* premieres on Animal Planet

16 - *Weird Travels* premieres on the Travel Channel

17 - *K-9 to 5* airs its final episode

26 - *The Human Face* premieres on TLC

27 - *Growing Up...* premieres on Animal Planet

### September

2 - *The Jeff Corwin Experience* concludes its first season

3 - *Nini's Treehouse* premieres its second season

10 - *Valley of the T. rex* premieres on the Discovery Channel

*Trauma: Life in the E.R.* premieres its sixth season

11 - *The New Detectives* concludes its sixth season

12 - *Junkyard Wars* premieres its second season

17 - *Breed All About It* airs its final episode

18 - *The FBI Files* concludes its third season

*The New Detectives* premieres its seventh season

26 - *Junkyard Wars* premieres its second season

### October

2 - *The FBI Files* premieres its fourth season

6 - *Trading Spaces* premieres its second season

21 - *Ultimate Guide to the Awesome* premieres on Discovery Kids

22 - *Medical Detectives* airs its final special on TLC

24 - *Haunted Hotels* premieres on the Travel Channel

25 - *Truth or Scare* premieres on Discovery Kids

### November

14 - *Junkyard Wars* concludes its second season

### December

9 - *Walking with Prehistoric Beasts* premieres on the Discovery Channel

12 - *Robotica* premieres its second season

18 - *Vet School Confidential* airs its final episode