Disney has announced that senior BBC executive Tom McDonald has been named executive vice president, Global Factual/Unscripted Content for National Geographic, effective June 2022.  He will report to Courteney Monroe, president, National Geographic Content. McDonald joins Carolyn Bernstein, executive vice president, Scripted and Feature Documentaries, as Monroe’s top creative lieutenants. McDonald, a highly regarded creative […]

Today, the Disney Channel series, “Bug Juice: My Adventures At Camp” has been removed from Disney+ globally including in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. The series featured children between the ages of 10 to 12, who head to Camp Waziyatah in Maine, where they take part in exciting and challenging outdoor activities, […]

National Geographic has announced that it has partnered exclusively with History Hit, the SVOD and content platform co-founded by historian Dan Snow; award-winning digital content agency and media network Little Dot Studios (an All3Media company); and impact-driven production company Consequential for an epic documentary event detailing the successful search and discovery of one of the […]

Later this month, on Wednesday 16th March 2022, Disney+ in the United States is getting its parental controls updated, to offer more mature content rated TV-MA and R. On this day, Disney is adding some live-action Marvel series, including Daredevil, onto Disney+, to expand out the Marvel section of the streaming service. And it looks […]

Earlier this week, Disney announced that it would expand its general entertainment offerings on Disney+ in the United States with content aimed at adults. On March 16th, the parental controls within Disney+ in the US will match what Disney+ has internationally. While there has been lots of excitement from Marvel fans over shows like “Daredevil” […]

As part of the National Geographic presentation at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, Nat Geo content president Courteney Monroe has announced a brand new documentary series, “Beyond Belief With David Blaine”, for Disney+. This new series presents a rarely seen side of magician and endurance artist David Blaine. This new documentary adventure series […]

Disney has announced that the National Geographic Documentary film, “We Feed People” will be coming to Disney+ on Friday, May 27th 2022. From Director Ron Howard and producers Brian Grazer and Imagine Documentaries, “We Feed People” spotlights chef José Andrés and his nonprofit World Central Kitchen’s incredible mission and evolution over 12 years, from being […]

In another surprise removal, the National Geographic documentary, “Blood Rivals: Lion Vs Buffalo” has been removed from Disney+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In Africa, no other herbivore rivals the buffalo with its brute force and collective strategy; honed over millennia in an evolutionary blood feud with the ultimate predator. For most of the […]

Disney has announced that the National Geographic documentary, “Clotilda: Last American Slave Ship“, is coming to Disney+ in the United States on Friday 11th February 2022. This new documentary special is about the most intact slave shipwreck found to date and the only one for which we know the full story of the voyage, the […]

In a rare global removal, the National Geographic documentary, “Hunt for the Abominable Snowman” has been recently removed from Disney+ around the world including in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The documentary explored how stories of the yeti, or abominable snowman crossed across the Himalayas.  This Half man, half ape, the […]

During Disney+ Day, National Geographic released trailers to multiple Disney+ Original series heading to the streaming service over the next year including major new series featuring Hollywood actors Will Smith and Chris Hemsworth. Here’s the rundown: Welcome to Earth Explore Earth’s greatest wonders with Will Smith on an extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime adventure around the world. Check […]

Disney has announced that the first season of the National Geographic series “Wizards Of Paws” will be coming to Disney+ in the United States on Wednesday 8th September. “The Wizard of Paws” profiles Derrick Campana as he continues his longstanding mission of charitably dedicating his time to crafting custom prosthetics for animals of all sizes from […]

Sharks seems to be gathering in groups to travel and hunt in the latest National Geographic documentary, “Shark Gangs.” This film takes a look at these growing groups of sharks and how they behave. Marine biologists and shark researchers dive deeper into the types of sharks in gangs and if they are by design or […]