Discovery Channel
reviews and complaints

For years I have enjoyed the paranormal programming you have had on Travel Channel and the Josh Gates shows onDiscovery. I was highly distorted learn that I would no longer be able to enjoy them unless I paid to stream them.

This is ridiculous. You should still show them on cable/satellite and also on streaming for those who choose that method. Many people live in areas where streaming is impossible. They don't have good internet service.

Many other channels offer streaming that still shows the first runs on cable and on the streaming app. Why can't discovery do the same. I had to watch the Star Wars movies for the millionth time last night because the shows I would have watched were moved to Discovery+.

I'm tired of seeing the large streaming ad for the Discovery + at the top right if my tv. There's also the occasional ad that takes up almost half the screen. Between the channel logo on the bottom the Discover + ad top left the occasional pop up ads top left and your occasional Discovery+ ad that takes up almost half the screen you are ruining my viewing experience.

Extremely disappointed that can no longer watch the shows on the Travel Channel. I don't remember seeing on your advertisements that streaming is the only way to watch shows. Such crap when people need an escape and enjoyed watching the shows with entire family and now can no longer watch. With the pandemic and most people out of work your timing sucks. RIP all the shows we loved

You have removed many of my favorite shows from the cable line up and put it on the new discovery plus. I am very pissed off with this. We already pay for the cable version to watch these shows. Now you want us to pay for another of your programs? This is bull. I have heard from thousands of people that they are not going to pay more money for this. You choose NOW during a pandemic where many people have either lost their jobs or took a cut in pay and cant afford to pay even more money. You are just taking advantage of the people. You just want more money. Well I can tell you this. You wont be getting it from me or thousands of other people out there. You can watch your ratings on all your shows go in the toilet. You will then be begging us to watch your channel. Its a shame because I have been watching discovery channel for decades. You can stick your stream service where the sun dont shine.

We have been watching some of the discovery channel programs for years with our cable service. Since your discovery plus several of the programs we watched are now on that service and all we get are reruns or suboptimal shows. This is ridiculous, do you not get money from the cable companies for your programming? Now you want another $5 a month to watch the new shows we were watching. This is appalling what you have done to regular customers and now are trying to get more money from people that just don't have it. Ridiculous what you have done to your customers

I'm complaining that your showing this show called Moonshiners. OMG! Now your teaching kid's and anyone else how good it can be, which it is NOT and actually KILL'S people. My husband being one of them. The show shouldn't be on the air. Just my opinion but I hope you take it off the air. I pay for watching Discovery and i love some of the other show's like Alaskan Bush People, Expedition Unknown, and it's sad to see a show like Moonshiners come on to ruin my Discovery viewing. Sorry! Welcome back Alaskan Bush People instead. :)

I am a forcibly retired 70 year old living on Social Security and some savings. Without a job, and with the COVID pandemic, I spend a great deal of time at home, where I live alone, either reading or watching programming I DVR. The majority of that is all of the paranormal programming on the Travel Channel, which will now ONLY be available through a channel which requires paying more money every month - along with how much I spend for cable tv through OPTIMUM (a monopoly in my neighborhood).

This is an incredibly cruel, short-sighted money grab at a time when so many of us have no job and very little money. What little pleasure we derived from your programming is now taken away from us.

Having supported your channel and programming for years, I am so disturbed by this decision and sad at the loss of enjoyable time spent by myself. You should be ashamed.

I had a free 7 day trial for the Discovery plus streaming. When that ran out, I bought the monthly subscription through Apple. They charged my card 6 days ago and I keep getting an error message when I try to watch. I contacted support and they had me uninstall my app and then reinstall. Did not work. Now they haven't returned any emails in 3 days! I'm very upset with this streaming service!

Ok. My biggest complaint is why is there a need to show advertising of nasty Dr. Pimple Popper on motortrend channel? That stuff just makes me throw up, even if its blurred i still get mental image. Be fine if it didn't show any gross stuff. 2nd I don't agree with the showing of discovery plus hour long sample during 90 day fiancee. I understand trying to entice people into buying, but thats just over board.

I have been charged 2 times for the same month! Please put second charge on the month of feb/11.21.
thank you.
Robert e Travis Jr

I love the Discovery channel, and it's counterparts. I am dismayed that one of the shows I am very interested in, Expedition Bigfoot, is moving to Discovery Plus from the Travel Channel. If I want to continue watching it, I am being forced to purchase Discovery Plus. I don't have a problem with a non series show moving, but to move a show that is a continuing series is unfair. Let it finish up on the Travel station. One shouldn't be forced to purchase a streaming station to continue watching an interesting show that has been on Travel for over a year. Can it be played on both ?

I am VERY UPSET that Discovery channel has decided to let the Discovery Channel + customers have new content when people have been paying to watch the channels for YEARS have to wait and get it later or not at all ESPECIALLY the I.D. channel come on guys ...I'm PISS'N at my cable company AND Discovery

I like watching several shows on the Travel channel, Science channel and sometimes on the discovery channel. But recently, your discovery channel advertisements have been popping up on-screen while I am TRYING to watch my favorite programs. I find this VERY annoying. I feel this is to be a very disrespectful intrusion on the programs I like and watch. I would watch discovery channel now and then, and I had no problem with you. But now, I have NO desire to continue watching your channel as long as the on-screen, intrusive, annoying and disrespectful adds appear. In fact, I will not be watching the Travel or Science channels either for the same reason. TV shows come and go, so in my home, yours are now gone!

The Discovery Channel has ruined our enjoyment of the travel channel due to discovery channels constant advertising. Advertising your damn streaming service on the screen while a program is playing is crossing
The line... Are you a station or just an advertiser? Your lack of respect to the viewer is so obvious and it is all about sell, sell, sell... Now even while a show is on. It is disgusting how you have invaded all these channels
With your crap. I wish the Discovery Channel would just go away and leave these channels alone. I refuse to watch a show where it is constantly advertising something I personally would have no interest in and also
The bad energy that the Discovery Channel is adding to these channels. Are you trying to push viewers off televisions and get everyone hooked up to computers etc.? Is that why you don't seem to give a damn about
Viewers opinions or enjoyment of one of these channels? Yeah, we sure don't want to have any conversation about this now do Discovery Channel?

There is no way jj the boss won against nola but than you for taking something so easy to show independent talent and making it a joke I watched all the episodes intensely and was extremely pleased at your product until the final it sucks that you can't give us a straight up race without an agenda I think you should call nola and black sheep the finally because everyone sees right through the memphis [censored]

You have not even gonelive withthe network and I already hate it due to marketing. There is 0 reason for there to be a counter taking up my tv screen. It's bad enough that you waste 20 minutes an hour with repeatingcommercials (inclusdingd+) but you allowed some [censored] to convince you it was a great idea to put that ad on the screen during your shows on EVERY discovery channel. I will use d+ spwcificallybecause of the marketing technique, but I am also goingto never watch another one of yiur channels again, which means Ihave0 reasonfor cable. So your scummy marketing campaign also cost concast a customer too.

Turn the damn music down! We can't hear the people talking it's so loud. The other channels aren't screaming the music at you like they are on Homicide Hunter tonight! You guys are in the business and need to do your job. I live in Annapolis Maryland and had to switch to another station. Homicide Hunter was on between 9:00 and 10:00 pm. My cable company is Verizon. Please fix this. I pay too much for cable to be inconvenienced to this extent.

Repeating commercials, Repeating commercials, repeating commercials, repeating commercials, repeating commercials, … Now isn't that irritating almost as irritating as seeing one commercial three times during one commercial break. The discovery channel networks works must be absolutely desperate to save money. I don't pay money to watch commercials two and three times during a commercial break.

You guys are ruining my experience with this show. I don't want to use bad language, but by giving that stupid lady that ruining the show for me and a lot to f my friends. You guys are giving fame to a lady like that, pissis me off that you guys depend on [censored] like that to raise rating. You guys are pathetic. What happened to real T.V. I know you guys pay people to act like [censored]ing idiots on live T.V. That right there ruins things for me. And not just me. Word of mouth can be one good thing or it can be one bad deal.

Every time I put the Discovery Channel on and hear the promo guy's horrible voice, I have to turn it off immediately. His horrible speech grates on my nerves. How many words will you allow this guy to mispronounce. He can't even pronounce Discovery Channel right. He pronounces it as Dish-covery, what the hell? Maybe it's his teeth, I don't know? And that's not the only word that he add's letters to, and can't pronounce. So annoying. Maybe you could hire someone who knows how to speak English properly. And I can watch The Discovery, not Dishcovery Channel again