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Tom's Guide
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
How to watch 'Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special' online from anywhere
The Robot Chicken Nerd attempts to discover who he really is via some of America's biggest reality shows (or at least, those owned by WBD). Here's how to watch "Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special" online and from anywhere with a VPN. ► Date and time: "Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special" premieres on Sunday, July 20 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.• U.S. — Watch on Adult Swim via Sling / HBO Max • Free stream — Channel 4 (UK)• Watch anywhere — try NordVPN 100% risk-free It's been a good few years since the stop-motion sketch show last skewered pop culture, but this 30-minute special (practically feature length by the usual 12-minute standard) celebrates 'Robot Chicken's' 20th Anniversary. Throughout the one-off episode, The Nerd will journey through the realms of Discovery, Food Network and TLC, popping into the likes of "Shark Week", "90 Day Fiancé" and more. 'For years we've been keen students of pop culture, and nothing is more pop than reality TV,' said show creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. 'Now that Discovery Global Media is 'Robot Chicken's' corporate daddy, we knew it was time for a meaningful and loving exploration.' After 11 seasons and 23 Emmy nominations (including six wins), it's great to be back in the world of wacky action figures, especially with the promise of the satirical show setting its sights to reality TV. Read on to find out how to watch "Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special' online and from anywhere. British residents are in luck as they will be able to watch "Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special" for free on Channel 4's streaming service. Outside the U.K.? Use NordVPN to access your usual "Robot Chicken" stream if you're outside Blighty at the moment. In the U.S., "Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special" will premiere on Adult Swim on Sunday, July 20 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. If you've already cut the cord and don't have cable, you can watch Discovery on a live TV service, like Sling TV, Hulu With Live TV, and Fubo. Of these options, we recommend Sling TV, one of the best cable TV alternatives. The special will also be available to stream on HBO Max the day after broadcast. Sling TV is one of the most affordable live TV services on the market. As well as Discovery, the Sling Blue package includes more than 40 channels including Fox and NBC (in select cities), TLC, AMC, Bravo, Food Network, HGTV, Lifetime and USA. Plans start at $50/month, and you can save on your first month of Sling TV now. Away from home at the moment and blocked from watching "Robot Chicken" on your usual subscription? You can still watch the special thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are. Ideal when you're away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN – and you can find out why in our NordVPN review. NordVPN deal: FREE $50 / £50 Amazon gift card Boasting lightning fast speeds, great features, streaming power, and class-leading security, NordVPN is our #1 VPN. ✅ FREE Amazon gift card worth up to $50/£50✅ 4 months extra FREE!✅ 76% off usual price Use Nord to unblock your usual streaming service and watch "Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special" online with our exclusive deal. Using a VPN is incredibly simple. 1. Install the VPN of your choice. As we've said, NordVPN is our favorite. 2. Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN app. For instance, if you're visiting the U.K. and want to view a U.S. service, you'd select U.S. from the list. 3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Fire up your website or streaming service of choice and tune in just as you would at home. "Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special" will stream for FREE on the Channel 4 platform in the U.K.. The special is set to land on Monday, July 21. If you're outside of the U.K. when it's on, you can try using a VPN to get around the geo-restrictions that will prevent Channel 4 from working. At present it's unclear when or where "Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special" will air in Canada. It'll likely stream via Adult Swim on Stack TV, but we'll be sure to provide an update when we know more. U.S. viewers currently travelling in Canada can use one of the best VPN services to watch as they would at home. We recommend NordVPN. While HBO Max is now available in Australia, unfortunately there's currently no word on if "Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special" will stream on the platform in Oz. In the meantime, anybody from the U.S. currently travelling Down Under can use one of the best VPN services to access their usual streaming service. We recommend NordVPN. In France, "Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special" will air on Warner TV Next on Monday, July 21. It'll stream on HBO Max in every European country the platform is available the same day. Anybody travelling overseas and looking to stream the special can use one of the best VPN services to access their usual streaming service. We recommend NordVPN. In the U.S., "Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special" will premiere on Sunday, July 20, while in Europe, the episode lands on Monday, July 21. The official synopsis from HBO Max teases: ""The Robot Chicken Self-Discovery Special," follows the hapless Robot Chicken Nerd as he seeks self-discovery America's way: going on reality shows! Will he find a 90 Day Fiancé – or end up Shark Week chum?" We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious use of VPN services. 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UPI
a day ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Famous birthdays for July 19: Anthony Edwards, Romee Strijd
TV // 13 hours ago 'Shark Week:' How to watch, what to expect NEW YORK, July 18 (UPI) -- Shark Week starts Sunday on Discovery and Discovery+. Among the nearly two dozen new programs are "Dancing with Sharks" and "How to Survive a Shark Attack."
New York Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
'Shark Week' and 'Sharkfest' execs reveal how sharks took over summer TV
They take a bite out of summer TV. Between Discovery's Shark Week and National Geographic's SharkFest, for decades, shark-related programming has been the apex predator dominating TV in the hot season. 'It is our Super Bowl,' Joseph Schneier, the SVP of Production and Development at Discovery, told The Post. Advertisement 9 A photo from Discovery's 'Air Jaws The Hunt for Colossus.' Discovery He added, 'It's our best week of the summer every year. It's often the highest-rated thing on cable that week. We owe a little credit to 'Jaws,' of course.' Last year, per Discovery, 25 million viewers tuned in to Shark Week. Advertisement He explained that the 1975 Steven Spielberg movie 'created this idea that sharks are super interesting, in the American consciousness.' Schneier said that shark-related programming is 'the perfect kickoff to the summer. As summertime comes along in America, people think about beaches, the ocean in general, and shark stories. Thirty-seven years ago, when we started, we were following a national trend that was already happening in local news.' 9 A photo from Shark Week's 'Dancing With Sharks.' Discovery 9 A 'SharkFest' photo of a Blue shark at night in the offshore waters of the Gulf of Maine. Photo by Brian Skerry/National Geographic Image Collection Advertisement Shark Week on Discovery kicks off this year on Sunday, July 20 (beginning at 8 p.m. ET with 'Dancing With Sharks,' hosted by former 'Dancing With the Stars' host Tom Bergeron). The inaugural Shark Week was in July 1988. 'We've been doing this for so long that the latest crop of scientists that we have all grew up watching Shark Week,' he explained. 9 A diver feeds a shark on 'Dancing With Sharks.' Discovery Advertisement 9 A photo from Nat Geo's 'Investigation Shark Attack.' NatGeo SharkFest on National Geographic started in 2012, and is currently airing with over 25 hours of shark-related programming on Nat Geo, Disney+, and Hulu. Per Nat Geo, last year's SharkFest racked up over 69 million hours of viewing (including streaming on Hulu and Disney+). Shark Week's programming also includes scientists and marine biologists, but it has more playful offerings such as 'Dancing With Sharks,' 'Great White Sex Battle,' 'Attack of the Devil Shark,' and 'Frankenshark,' while SharkFest's programming has a more educational tone. 9 A shark in 'Investigation Shark Attack.' NatGeo Shark Fest's 2025 lineup has included over 25 hours of shark-related programming, such as 'Sharks of the North,' 'Investigation Shark Attack,' 'Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory,' and documentary specials about 'Jaws' in honor of the movie's 50th anniversary,' such as 'Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story.' Janet Han Vissering, SVP of Development & Production at National Geographic Partners, also credited the movie 'Jaws' for the public's interest in sharks. 'I think that that movie brought out this mysterious animal and brought it front and center,' she told The Post. 'It became the next bit of a phenomenon over the last 50 years.' Advertisement 9 A diver with a shark in Discovery's 'How to Survive A Shark Attack.' Discovery She added that there are two main 'lanes' of how people feel about sharks. 'You either became somebody who was fascinated from a biological science approach…And it spurred this momentum for the area of shark biology to thrive. I talk to a lot of shark biologists who say, 'Actually, 'Jaws' spurred me to be interested in that species.'' As for the second 'lane,' of people's approach to sharks: 'There was something to be scared for, in the ocean. I think it became something that people were fascinated about. 'Is it coming after me? What's my relationship to this being?'' Advertisement 9 A grey reef shark emerges from an explosion of plankton-eating fish at Vostok Island. Photo by Enric Sala/National Geographic Image Collection She added that when people take beach vacations, the idea of the shark has become 'synonymous with summer.' Is there a rivalry between Shark Week and SharkFest? Han Vissering told The Post, 'We try to run our own race. We want to lead, and, hopefully, people chase us, rather than us chasing after anyone else. Well done on Discovery to create Shark Week. And then, we came along.' Advertisement 9 An oceanic white tip shark. Andy Mann 'We felt that there was still room for us to put together a lineup of great shark shows that had a slightly different angle, because of the access that we had with our scientists. We had a slightly different approach, and we've been thriving with that,' she shared. Schneier told The Post that because the community of people who make shark shows is small, 'we're all friends.' He added, 'We believe the audience remembers who started it all…Shark programming and Shark Week are kind of synonymous now, which is amazing.' Advertisement However, he quipped, 'In some ways, it's 'all boats rise,' to use a water pun.' Schneier said that for both Shark Week and SharkFest, 'The important thing is we're [both] telling great stories about these cool creatures, and pushing a message of ocean conservation.'
New York Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Tom Bergeron on a possible ‘DWTS' return ahead of new shark show
Under the sea. Former 'Dancing With the Stars' host Tom Bergeron, 70, hosts a Shark Week special called 'Dancing With Sharks.' 'I had two reactions,' Bergeron, 70, exclusively told The Post. Advertisement 6 Tom Bergeron on 'Dancing With Sharks.' tombergeron/Instagram 'The first one was, 'What are you smoking?' And the second one was 'Where do I sign?' It was just too much fun an idea to pass up. Plus, as an added incentive, they gave me a little trip to the Bahamas.' He quipped, 'Some of these sharks danced better than some of the humans in the 15 years that I watched couples [on 'Dancing With the Stars']. Sharks don't have stage fright.' Advertisement Airing Sunday, July 20 (8 p.m. ET on Discovery), 'Dancing With Sharks' follows five shark experts as they dance underwater, surrounded by sharks, as Bergeron and a panel of judges (including Allison Holker and comedian Pete Holmes) offer commentary. The Emmy-winning TV host, who also helmed 'Hollywood Squares' from 1998 to 2004 and 'America's Funniest Home Videos' from 2001 to 2015, hosted 'Dancing With the Stars' from 2005 until he was fired from the ABC show in 2020. He was later replaced by Tyra Banks, who hosted just three seasons before her exit. 6 Contestant Jamie Ferguson interacting with a shark in a scene from 'Dancing with Sharks.' AP Advertisement 'I miss the people,' Bergeron said, but he explained that his contract would have taken him to Season 30, 'at which point, I was going to leave on my own timing. So, I only missed two seasons by being fired.' He added, 'Those two seasons, which would have been my final two, all occurred during the pandemic. And I would have hated that, because everything that I loved about the show — the camaraderie, throwing a party for everybody mid-season, hanging out together. You couldn't do any of that.' Looking back on his firing, Bergeron said, 'In hindsight, they kind of did me a favor.' 6 Tom Bergeron on 'Dancing With Sharks.' tombergeron/Instagram Advertisement 6 Tom Bergeron, Tonya Harding, and Sasha Farber on 'Dancing with Sharks.' ABC He added, 'I was able to go out doing the show the way I always did the show. And on that last show. Len [Goodman] and Bruno [Tonioli], Carrie Ann [Inaba] and I had a great time. I have great memories of wrapping it up that way.' Bergeron recalled that he recently had lunch with original 'Dancing with the Stars' showrunner Conrad Green, who is back in that role and is 'the reason the show has righted itself.' On whether he'd ever return, he told The Post: 'At lunch with Conrad, I offered a way that I'd feel comfortable going back for one night. I said, 'I'm not even going to charge you a lot of money. You pay me scale, and then you make a generous contribution to the Motion Picture and Television Fund, and I'll be there.'' 6 Janelle Van Ruiten interacting with a shark in a scene from 'Dancing with Sharks.' AP 6 Tom Bergeron on a 2018 episode of 'Dancing With the Stars.' ABC 'So we'll see. The mirrorball is in their court,' he continued. For now, Bergeron has a newfound interest in sharks. Advertisement 'Don't tell my wife, but now I'm intrigued about at least getting in one of the cages and going underwater and getting up close [with sharks],' he teased. 'The people I've met doing this show have really allayed some of my concerns about doing something like that.' However, he joked, 'It might result in a divorce.'
UPI
a day ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
'Shark Week:' How to watch, what to expect
Paul De Gelder stars in 'How to Survive a Shark Attack,' premiering Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Discovery NEW YORK, July 18 (UPI) -- Shark Week -- the annual summertime celebration of the toothy sea creatures -- kicks off Sunday on Discovery and Discovery+. The programming block contains nearly two dozen new documentaries. Highlights include: Sunday, July 20 Dancing with Sharks -- 8 p.m. EDT/PDT Hosted by Tom Bergeron and Kinga Philipps, this competition show challenges five divers to create movement routines with hammerheads, tigers and nurse sharks. "It's some of the world's best shark handlers, essentially dancing with sharks. This is going to be such a cool show because I think people don't really know to expect, so they're going to have to watch," Philipps told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "Shark Week is a phenomenon. It's been going on for 37 years and it's this wonderful hodgepodge of entertainment and information." Air Jaws: The Hunt for Colossus -- 9PM EDT/PDT A crew looks for Colossus, a great white shark that went missing 10 years ago from South Africa's waters. Great White Assassins -- 10 p.m. EDT/PDT Alison Towner teams up with Dickie Chivell to decode how killer whales take down great whites in New Zealand. Monday, July 21 Great White Sex Battle -- 8 p.m. EDT/PDT Male and female great white sharks compete in a series of challenges to determine which sex is the superior predator. Jaws vs Mega Croc -- 9 p.m. EDT/PDT Tristan Guttridge, Rosie Moore and Dr. Sora Kim construct a CGI fight to the death between the great white shark and Nile crocodile. In the Eye of the Storm: Shark Storm -- 10 p.m. EDT/PDT A rare outbreak of shark attacks along America's gulf coast were captured on video in the summer of 2024. Tuesday, July 22 How to Survive a Shark Attack -- 9 p.m. EDT/PDT Shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder provokes sharks to charge him in various scenarios in an effort to teach viewers life-saving tactics. "My mom is going to kill me," laughed de Gelder, who lost his right hand and leg in a 2009 shark attack. "A lot of people are going to be sitting on the edges of their seats with a lot of anxiety," he added. "We try and teach people what to do if they get bitten or someone they're with gets bitten, what are the emergency procedures you need to take and, obviously, being Shark Week, I'm going to get attacked by the shark to make it as real as possible, so that's pretty wild." De Gelder said he hopes Shark Week viewers are inspired to explore the oceans themselves and that they develop respect for the creatures who inhabit them. "I grew up watching it and now I get to walk in the footsteps of my heroes and I don't think many people really get to do that in life and so I'm so blessed." Black Mako of the Abyss -- 10 p.m. EDT/PDT Shark Tagger Keith Poe, and experts Paul De Gelder and Kendyl Berna want to learn more about an aggressive, 13-feet long creature that could be a mako, a mutant or a mako/great white hybrid. "We came out to investigate why this shark looked so different than any other shark that any of us have seen out there and we came away with a few different theories," Berna said. "We don't fully have the entire answer yet, but it's still a really fun episode that investigates it and moves the needle forward on even just the existence of a shark that looks like this," she added. "There is so much left to be studied in the ocean. There is so much opportunity to learn there and sharks are all so different from each other. Some lay eggs. Some are live bearing. They've been around for 400 million years." Wednesday, July 23 Josh Gates solves strange and disturbing shark mysteries. Josh Gates, Phil Torres and Heather Amaro track a 20-foot-long predator in the waters of Malpelo Island, 300 miles off Colombia's coast. Forrest Galante injects himself with shark venom underwater to test the potency of the poisonous Port Jackson Shark and Ghost Shark. Thursday, July 24 Tom "Blowfish" Hird and Michelle Jewell separate fact from fiction in the 1975 movie, Jaws. Kinga Philipps hosts a clip show with hilarious and terrifying shark encounters captured on camera. "We're actually breaking down what happened in a situation -- the shark behavior, the human behavior, what went wrong, what maybe should have gone differently," Philipps said. Tristan Guttridge and his team use CGI to create the ultimate apex predator from a variety of shark species. Friday, July 25 Ryan Johnson, Gibbs Kuguru and Andy Casagrande want to know why two people were recently killed by sharks in the relatively safe waters off the coast of South Africa. Forrest Galante and his team explore why Florida -- specifically New Smyrna Beach -- has earned the title of "The Shark Attack Capital of the World." Paul de Gelder and Dr. Craig O'Connell try to determine which are meaner -- Australian or American bull sharks. Saturday, July 26 Kinga Phillips investigates why a rogue Tiger Shark attacked and killed a person in St. Martin. Giant Trevally battle sharks for domain of a hidden underwater peak off Mozambique's coast.
