Discovery Channel January Programming Highlights
This January, All-New Seasons of “Moonshiners,” “Expedition X,” “Contraband: Seized at the Border,” and “Moonshiners: Master Distiller” Premiere Alongside the New Series “120 Hours Behind Bars” on Discovery Channel
Week of January 4, 2025
Tuesday, January 6
- “Moonshiners” New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel – 8pm ET/PT
- With liquor prices soaring and trade wars crippling the legal market, Appalachia’s moonshine rebels rise to the occasion, ramping up production to meet booming demand for tax-free booze. And when Canada comes calling with fresh demand for tariff-free liquor, longtime legal distiller Tim Smith crosses back to the outlaw side with a plan to profit from a bold, cross-border bootlegging operation the like of which has not been seen since Prohibition a century ago.
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- With liquor prices soaring and trade wars crippling the legal market, Appalachia’s moonshine rebels rise to the occasion, ramping up production to meet booming demand for tax-free booze. And when Canada comes calling with fresh demand for tariff-free liquor, longtime legal distiller Tim Smith crosses back to the outlaw side with a plan to profit from a bold, cross-border bootlegging operation the like of which has not been seen since Prohibition a century ago.
Wednesday, January 7
- “Expedition X” New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel – 9pm ET/PT
- Adventurer Josh Gates teams up with paranormal investigator Heather Amaro and scientist Phil Torres once again for all-new spine-tingling quests that push the boundaries of the strange and supernatural, as they explore reports of a colossal cat-like ape-beast lurking in the Pacific Northwest, as well as Trinidadian demons said to crave human souls and ghostly unrest enveloping the historic town of Gettysburg, PA, among others. In the season premiere, special guest and paranormal investigator Jack Osbourne teams up with Heather Amaro in Vulture City, AZ – a former old west gold mining village that brings new meaning to the term “ghost town.” With its violent and bloody past, Vulture City is rife with paranormal activity from phantom voices to shadow figures, poltergeist activity and even a possessed doll.
Week of January 18, 2025
Monday, January 19
- “Contraband: Seized at the Border” New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel – 8pm ET/PT
- Almost 2,000 miles of river separates Texas and Mexico, creating one of the most notorious borders in the world. Hundreds of thousands of people cross between the two countries daily, and those trying to smuggle something into America are hidden among the legitimate travelers. Ten thousand officers of Customs and Border Protection are tasked with policing the bridges spanning the Rio Grande River.
- “120 Hours Behind Bars” New Series Debuts on Discovery Channel – 9pm ET/PT
- Over five intense days, 120 Hours Behind Bars delivers an unfiltered look inside America’s toughest jails, where officers are outnumbered, cellblocks are overcrowded, and violence erupts without warning.
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- Over five intense days, 120 Hours Behind Bars delivers an unfiltered look inside America’s toughest jails, where officers are outnumbered, cellblocks are overcrowded, and violence erupts without warning.
Week of January 25, 2025
Tuesday, January 27
- “Moonshiners: Master Distiller” New Season Debuts on Discovery Channel – 9pm ET/PT
- In an all-new season of America's favorite backwoods competition, top legal and outlaw distillers take on more than a dozen new challenges, including turning beer into spirits, making prison shine, distilling a spicy hot liquor, and a chef vs. distiller showdown. Judged by moonshiners Mark, Digger, Tim, and guest judges, including celebrity chef Robert Irvine, competitors must test their hard-won skills and family legacies in real-world elimination challenges -- all for the life-changing chance to be named Master Distiller.