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Wondering what to watch on Discovery channel? This list of the best Discovery Channel shows on now in 2019 has you covered. For years, the Discovery channel has produced programs that are both educational and engaging. If you're looking to learn something new while you relax in front of the TV, these Discovery channel series can help. 

Many Discovery shows on now focus on Alaska. Alaska: The Last Frontier, Alaskan Bush People, and Buying Alaska explore the rugged and often underlooked state. Other shows focus on gold mining, such as Gold Rush and Bering Sea Gold. But not all Discovery Channel shows are about strange jobs in odd places - Cash Cab, BattleBots, and the revamped MythBusters are about competitive or investigative skill. With everything currently airing on the network, at least one of these popular programs is bound to suit your taste.   

Which are the best Discovery shows? Vote your favorites to the top of the list. 

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Deadliest Catch is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Rick Quashnick, Sig Hansen, Edgar Hansen Deadliest Catch is a reality television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel. It portrays the real life events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the ...more

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Alaska: The Last Frontier is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Bray Poor, Atz Kilcher, Bonnie Kilcher Alaska: The Last Frontier is an American reality cable television series on the Discovery Channel. Season 4 is currently being broadcast. The show documents an extended family at their homestead ...more

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Yukon Men is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Pat Duke, Darren O'Hare, Bill Justice Yukon Men is an unscripted American cable television series aired on the Discovery Channel. It is produced by Paper Route Productions and has premiered on August 24, 2012. The series details the ...more

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Moonshiners is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Jeremy Schwartz, Tim Smith, Josh Owens Moonshiners is an American docudrama television series on the Discovery Channel that dramatizes the life of people who produce moonshine in the Appalachian Mountains of North and South Carolina ...more

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Gold Rush is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Paul Christie, Todd Hoffman, Parker Schnabel Gold Rush was a 2006 reality competition created by Mark Burnett and AOL and hosted by Mark Steines. The format was of an internet scavenger hunt that is offering chances to win $US50,000, ...more

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Naked and Afraid XL is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Naked and Afraid XL Alana Barfield, Danielle Beauchemin, Honora Bowen Naked and Afraid XL (Discovery Channel, 2015) is an American reality television series, and a spinoff of Naked and Afraid. A group of people are given the task of surviving in the wilderness for ...more

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The Last Alaskans is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Bob Harte, Edna Korth, Ray Lewis The Last Alaskans (Animal Planet, 2015) is an American reality television series. Four families living in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska struggle and thrive in the untouched ...more

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Dual Survival is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Cody Lundin, Dave Canterbury Dual Survival is an American reality cable television series which airs on the Discovery Channel. The show features a pair of survival experts in predetermined scenarios while in challenging ...more

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Alaskan Bush People is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Matt Brown, Bill Brown, Gabe Brown Alaskan Bush People (Discovery Channel, 2014) is an American reality television series. A journey deep into Alaska's bush, where naturalist and adventurer Billy Brown, along with his wife, Ami, ...more

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Street Outlaws is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Kye Kelley, Travis Santa Cruz, Bobby Decote

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Vegas Rat Rods is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Dave Lefler, Twiggy Tallant, Steve Darnell Vegas Rat Rods (Discovery Channel, 2014) is an American reality television series. Steve Darnell and his band of oddballs work out of a Las Vegas garage, stripping and rebuilding Mad Max-style ...more

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Treasure Quest: Snake Island is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Treasure Quest: Snake Island Bryan Grieg Fry, Cork Graham, Mehgan Heaney-Grier Treasure Quest: Snake Island (Discovery Channel, 2015) is an American reality television series presented by Cork Graham. A crew of treasure hunters search for the legendary trove of Incan ...more

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Edge of Alaska is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Edge of Alaska Neil Darish, Gary Green, Jason Lobo

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Shark Week is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Nancy Linsky, Kevin Tyler Moody Shark Week is an annual, week-long programming block created by Tom Golden on Discovery Channel which features shark-based programming, real and fictional. In recent years fictitious ...more

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Naked and Afraid is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Michael Brown, Amanda Kaye, Amber Hargrove Naked and Afraid is an American docudrama series that airs on the Discovery Channel and premiered on June 23, 2013. Each episode chronicles the lives of two survivalists who meet for the first ...more

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Bering Sea Gold is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Thom Beers, Mike Rowe Bering Sea Gold (Discovery Channel, 2012) is an American reality television series. Set in Nome, Alaska, on Norton Sound, the show follows boats equipped with various setups to achieve gold ...more

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Diesel Brothers is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Diesel Brothers Diesel Dave, Heavy D, Muscle Diesel Brothers is an American reality television series. A group of friends in Utah own and operate a business that specializes in all things diesel. These guys don't just sell parts for diesel ...more

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Cash Cab is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Cash Cab is an American game show that began airing on the Discovery Channel on December 5, 2005. The program was hosted by stand-up comedian Ben Bailey. It is part of the global Cash Cab ...more

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Wheeler Dealers is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Wheeler Dealers is a British television series produced by Attaboy TV for the Discovery Channel, fronted by Mike Brewer and mechanic Edd China. The premise of the show is that Brewer and China ...more

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Killing Fields is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Killing Fields Rodie Sanchez, Aubrey St. Angelo A cold case television series which takes place on the Discovery Channel. It follows investigators in real time as they try to solve a Louisiana crime which took place in June 1997.

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MythBusters is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Jon Lung, Brian Louden MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created by Peter Rees and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The series is transmitted by ...more

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American Chopper is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Paul Teutul Sr., Paul Teutul Jr., Michael Teutul American Chopper is a reality television series that airs on Discovery Channel, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television. The series centers on Paul Teutul, Sr., and his son Paul Teutul, Jr., ...more

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Daily Planet is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Daily Planet Gill Deacon Daily Planet is a television program on Discovery Channel Canada which features daily news, discussion and commentary on the scientific aspects of current events and discoveries. The show first ...more

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Misfit Garage is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Jordan Butler

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Fast N' Loud is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Best Current Discovery Channel Shows
Christie Brimberry, Richard Rawlings, Aaron Kaufmann Fast N' Loud is a reality styled Discovery Channel TV show featuring Richard Rawlings, 45, and Aaron Kaufman, 33, from the Dallas, Texas-based Gas Monkey Garage as they search for run-down cars, ...more