On Wednesday, June 4th, 2008, Discovery Channel will be launching Planet Green, an all-new, all-green-focused channel! In an April 7th, 2007 press release, Discovery Communications Chief Executive David Zaslav announced that Discovery Home Channel was going to be reborn as Planet Green (as if I didn't already love Discovery Channel enough already!). Corporate is throwing $50 million dollars into original programming, so expect exciting new Earth-friendly shows, such as:
-Supper Club is a show hosted by Dancing With the Stars' Tom Bergeron. Each week Tom will sit down with four famous people to discuss pertinent green issues over an expertly-prepared dinner by a world-renowned chef.
-In WA$TED!, host Annabelle Gurwitch audits environmentally-unfriendly homes and helps the owners institute changes in their lifestyles that will equate to tangible financial savings. "Each household's 21 days of results are then tabulated into the estimated savings that going green for the entire year would bring, which is awarded as a cash prize." Sign me up!
-The G Word, hosted by MTV's SuChin Pak and CBS News correspondent Daniel Sieberg, is a daily hour-long show that highlights a plethora of green topics!
-Renovation Nation, hosted by Steve Thomas (of This Old House), will explore green-building practices, from the homeowners who are "greening" their houses to the factories that produce green building materials...AND MORE!!!
This is just a brief introduction to this new and exciting channel. To find out more, tune into Planet Green tomorrow and experience it for yourself!
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