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After a year of COVID binge-watching, you might feel as if you've seen every single show and movie on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and Apple TV+. If so, you're in luck! January saw the launch of Discovery+, a new streaming service that brings together new and archival episodes from your favorite networks, including Discovery, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, OWN, Travel Channel and much, much more — plus original shows and documentaries created exclusively for the platform. The initial lineup includes a record-setting 55,000 episodes, which means that you can watch for years without ever having to repeat a show.
How to subscribe to Discovery+
Visit discoveryplus.com or download the app to your smartphone, tablet or smart TV, and then pick a subscription plan: $4.99 per month for an ad-supported version or $6.99 per month for commercial-free viewing. The only thing left to do: decide what to watch. Check out our handy guide to original shows, including online-only spin-offs of franchises you'll recognize, such as 90 Day Fiancé, Flip or Flop and Say Yes to the Dress. And, in a nod to the service's name, we've pointed out three things you might discover as you stream each series.
Bobby and Giada in Italy
The hosts: Chefs Bobby Flay, 56, and Giada De Laurentiis, 50
Watch it if you like: Pasta, gelato and travelogue shows, such as Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and Somebody Feed Phil
The concept: Flay and the Rome-born De Laurentiis (granddaughter of film producer Dino De Laurentiis) spent six weeks touring Rome and Tuscany in a red convertible, dining with De Laurentiis’ family, drinking fantastic wine and cooking classic dishes like wild boar ragù. We'll admit that we're a bit jealous watching people traveling while we're stuck at home, but before you ask, the show was filmed back in 2019, before the pandemic.
Three things you'll discover: How pecorino cheese is made (it starts with milking sheep); which four pasta dishes Rome is known for; how to tell the difference between Roman and Neapolitan pizza
Frozen in Time
The hosts: The Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick, 64, and designer Dan Vickery
Watch it if you like: Classic 1970s sitcoms and retro-chic home decor
The concept: After the success of 2019's A Very Brady Renovation, Marcia Brady herself has teamed up with HGTV Design Star favorite Dan Vickery on this new home makeover show, in which they'll overhaul Southern California homes that haven't been updated in decades. Along the way, they'll swap out dated looks (think shag carpets and wood paneling) for trendy decor that references the past but brings the houses into the 21st century.
Three things you'll discover: How to source new appliances that look retro; why you should be brave and choose a statement wallpaper; which landscaping plants are drought tolerant
Mysterious Planet
The host: Friends star David Schwimmer, 54
Watch it if you like: Sweeping nature documentaries and Ross Geller
The concept: Friends’ resident paleontologist channels David Attenborough for this new wildlife docuseries, which whisks viewers off to the Ethiopian Highlands, a forgotten Brazilian rainforest, Mexico's pitch-black underwater caves and other far-flung locales to uncover the mysteries behind some of the planet's most unique creatures.
Three things you'll discover: Why flamingoes engage in synchronized dance-offs; how the Mexican blind brotula fish gets around its cave home; which monkey species is the only one in the world to graze on grass
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