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National Geographic Explorer

National Geographic Explorer

Description: This award-winning series presents compelling untold stories and covers a wide array of provocative subjects. "Explorer" aired for 25 years -- the longest-running documentary series in cable TV history -- before being relaunched in 2015 after a five-year hiatus. Each monthly episode of the new "Explorer" takes a similar deep dive inside a story from the pages of a recent National Geographic magazine issue, taking viewers not only to the most remote corners of the globe but also to the furthest reaches of the mind and deepest crevices of history -- on urgent missions of discovery.
Genre: Documentary, History
Year Released: 1985
Number of seasons: 17
Number of episodes: 436
First episode air date: April 7, 1985
Awards: News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Research, MORE
Presented By: Bingo O'Malley (original); Lisa Ling (2003–2010)
Networks: National Geographic, National Geographic Society, CNBC, MSNBC, TBS, Nickelodeon
Writers: Max Salomon, Peter Yost, Robert Zakin, MORE
Nominations: News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Documentary, MORE
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