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Discovery Communications

Los Angeles, California(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Statusactive2021 credit + site i

How their work is rated

Average rating
7.9IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

9 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of1nominations0%
Emmys0of2nominations0%

10 wins from 32 nominations across all awards

Box office
$944,933

Combined US gross, 1 of 43 titles

Mostly
documentary, crime, reality-tv
Active
1998–2017
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Best known for
Manhunt

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 23 of 43 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
1745 seasons

1992–2021

Television rating
7.9IMDb

Their films average 7.7, so the television rates 0.2 higher.

Networks
  • Discovery3
  • TLC2
  • Spectrum1
  • MotorTrend1
  • Velocity1
  • Investigation Discovery1

Across 10 series matched to TMDB, 627 episodes. 4 still returning or in production.

Longest runningLittle People, Big World · 25 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 45

26 films · 17 TV titles

Titles per year39 titles · busiest 2003 with 5

39 titles across 24 years, averaging 1.6 a year. The last five years average 0.0 a year, below their long-run rate. 6 of those 24 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time9 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.9200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 8.1 across 4 titles. The 4 titles since 2008 average 8.1, 0.2 above their 7.9 overall. 1 of 9 rated titles sit above their 7.9 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Discovery Communications on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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