Discovery's ‘Life' Gets Seven-Network Simulcast

Premiere will launch on seven of the Discovery channels

By Alex Weprin -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/8/2010 10:56:54 AM

Discovery Communications will premiere its new series Life across seven of its networks. The sampling effort will take place from 8-10 p.m. on Sunday, March 21. Following the premiere the remainder of the series will air every Sunday at 8 p.m. only on Discovery Channel.

The channels participating are Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science Channel, Planet Green and Discovery Health Channel. All but Discovery Health have HD simulcasts.

Life is the highly-anticipated follow-up to 2007's Planet Earth, which Discovery co-produced with the BBC. Oprah Winfrey, who is collaborating with Discovery on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, serves as narrator for the series.

"Life embodies Discovery's 25-year mission to satisfy viewers' curiosity about the world and its inhabitants," said Clark Bunting, president and general manager, Discovery Channel and president, Science Channel. "We want to give as many viewers as possible the opportunity to experience Life in its premiere telecast; we are confident they will be astounded."