NationalGeographicChannel-related stories
Posted Oct 20th 2009 2:02PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Programming, Video, Watercooler Talk, Documentary

You see some amazing stuff on the
National Geographic Channel, and one of the most watched videos on
SlashControl right now is "
The Girl With Eight Limbs."
It tells the story of Lakshmi Tatma, a girl born with four arms and four legs, who also carries a rare parasitic conjoined twin that could kill her. The episode delves into the fact that the people in Lakshmi's village actually revere her, because they see her as the Hindu Goddess of Wealth and Fortune in human form.
Continue reading What's Hot on SlashControl: NGC's The Girl with Eight Limbs
Posted Oct 19th 2009 10:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Casting

Fox is looking to turn National Geographic's
Cesar Millan, aka the Dog Whisperer, into a funny idea for a sitcom. And no, that's not the part they hope is funny.
The network is looking to cast
That 70's Show's Wilmer Valderrama in the potential sitcom's title role, assuming it's called "The Dog Whisperer."
Hung's co-executive producer Emily Kapnek will write the show's pilot.
If this gets to the air and becomes a wild success, just imagine the bar this could set for other reality show stars to get their own half-hour sitcom. Then again, try not to or your skull will cave in.
Posted Jul 29th 2009 6:32PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Sports, Celebrities, Documentary, TCA Press Tour

It becomes extraordinarily tough to do reports during the cable sessions, mainly because the various networks give you one session after another without much time to breathe. You're also shuttling back and forth between two ballrooms. Finally, if you happen to be lucky enough to get some one-on-one time with a few people (as I did with Joan Rivers and the guys behind the new BBC America show
The InBetweeners)... well, it leads to posts that don't go live until nighttime on the East Coast.
Heck, I haven't even written about last night's AMC cocktail party and the comic stylings of Jon Hamm yet. That'll come when I get a chance. The latest info and quips will always be on our
Twitter feed if you're curious.
For now, though, some highlights of the day:
Continue reading Cable day two: they keep you runnin' - TCA Report
Posted Sep 15th 2008 9:03AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd, Celebrities

The next time I have a panic attack, I want
Cesar Millan to talk me off the ledge. He might be known as the Dog Whisperer on the
National Geographic Channel, but I have a feeling he's great with humans, too. I'm sure I'd respond to his gentle "ch ch" murmurs just as well as the angry pit bulls he deals with regularly on
Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan.
The show
celebrates its 100th episode on Sept. 19, and this household is officially hooked. There's something strangely meditative about the way he calms the dogs on that show. And, truthfully, it's not so much the dogs he works with as their nimrod human companions. Let's face it. The dogs are alright. The humans need work.
It's all about relationships, and his job, he says, is to draw out the good behavior in any given dog ("There are no killer dogs!"), and then tell the humans how to maintain it.
Continue reading Dog Whisperer celebrates 100th episode
Posted Jun 7th 2008 4:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Video, Celebrities, Documentary, Reality-Free

The National Geographic Channel is using humor to sell it's ambitious new special
Stonehenge Decoded.
Christopher Guest has resurrected his Spinal Tap alter ego for National Geographic Channel, lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel, to expound on his theories about how Stonehenge came to be. Naturally, even as he's promoting the special and National Geographic, his tongue is firmly planted in cheek as he disses the findings of the scientists and purports to be an expert on the subject.
Guest as Tufnel is interviewed by straight man -- comic actor -- Jim Piddock, leading to riotous takes by Nigel about dinosaurs, the secret language of potatoes, the pyramids and other weighty affairs. Here's one of the videos (after the jump), so you can see what I mean:
Continue reading Christopher Guest dissects Stonehenge for National Geographic - VIDEO
Posted Mar 10th 2007 9:02AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Cable, Documentary
The updated version of Inside 9/11, the National Geographic Channel's Emmy-nominated documentary, is being re-broadcast on March 25 at 7:00 p.m. Since the original four-hour miniseries first aired, new details about the tragedy have sprung up, including the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui; information on Able Danger, the intelligence team assigned to track al Qaeda; new video of the attack on the Pentagon; audio from Flight 93; the CIA's dismantling of the bin Laden unit; the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi; and new video from bin Laden himself.
It's been over five years since the events of September 11, 2001, and I can understand how some might be sick of hearing about it, but it's not surprising that the aftershocks of an event of this magnitude would still be felt even today. I'd like to think my ongoing curiosity is natural and not morbid, but I still want to learn as much as I can about everything that happened that day, and the people and events it connects to.
Posted Jan 26th 2007 11:01AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, Documentary

This Sunday, January 28 starting at 8:00pm the National Geographic Channel is going inside three high-tech U.S, factories for
Ultimate Factories. The first stop is the Harley-Davidson factory at 8:00pm, followed by the Peterbuilt factory at 9:00pm and the Anheuser-Busch Brewery at 10:00pm. If you enjoy getting drunk, riding motorcycles, trekin' across the country on a big rig, or doing all those things at once, then you might want to check out these programs to see how it all comes together. You'll find out how humans and robotics work together at Harley-Davidson to make sure the motorcycles run perfectly, and how every Peterbuilt semi is constructed so that no two are exactly alike.