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Cash Cab Season 8 Now Airing!

Join host Ben Bailey for a brand new season of Cash Cab! Catch back-to-back prime-time episodes Aug 10th-13th beginning at 7PM ET on the Discovery Channel. The remainder of the season will air Mondays-Thursdays, 6:30PM ET on the Discovery Channel.

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07/08/2010

Cash Cab Takes Vegas For A Ride!

The Emmy Award winning show goes to Las Vegas! Famous Vegas acts, celebs, and regulars try their luck in this four episode special airing, Monday August 9th 2010 at 7PM ET on the Discovery Channel.

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06/08/2010

Record-setting double Emmy win for Cash Cab team!

Congratulations to host Ben Bailey and the amazing team behind Cash Cab for Emmy wins in both the Outstanding Game Show and Outstanding Game Show Host categories. This marks the show’s third consecutive win for Outstanding Game Show, a feat only achieved by two other game shows in history, Jeopardy and The $25,000 Pyramid. Ben Bailey’s win for Outstanding Game Show Host was his first after four nominations. This year Cash Cab was up against The Price is Right, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.

28/06/2010

Lion TV nabs Gold & Bronze NY Festivals awards

Congratulations to History Detectives for taking the Gold World Medal in the History & Society category and to Cash Cab for taking the Bronze World Medal for Reality Game Show!

18/05/2010

Cash Cab earns more Emmy nominations

Congratulations to the Cash Cab team for their third consecutive Emmy nomination for Outstanding Game Show and to host Ben Bailey who received his fourth consecutive nomination for Outstanding Game Show Host. Cash Cab took home the Outstanding Game Show Emmy in 2008 and 2009.

The 2010 Daytime Emmys® will be broadcast live on CBS from Las Vegas on Sunday, June 27.

18/05/2010

Wa$ted Season 3 Airdates Announced

Wa$ted season 3 will begin airing April 21st on Discovery Planet Green. Below is a listing of the episodes by title and air date.
4/21 Sweet Melissa Bakery
4/28 Brady Bunch (Vomvos Family)
5/5 Fernandes Family
5/12 Once Upon a Sundae
5/19 Three Bachelors
5/26 The Space Family
6/2 EFK Group
6/9 Boothe Grooms Family
6/16 The Bacon Bits
6/23 Five Star Kennels

11/05/2010

Cash Cab commissioned for season 9

Lion Television has been commissioned to produce Cash Cab season 9 for The Discovery Channel.

11/05/2010

And the Emmy goes to…

Cash Cab! This marks the second consecutive win for Cash Cab in the Outstanding Game Show category. This year Cash Cab was up against Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Jeopardy.

You can see the acceptance speech here.

31/08/2009

MTV greenlights MegaDrive

MTV ordered 12 episodes of MegaDrive - a show that sees stand-up comic Johnny Pemberton given the keys to some of the most extreme vehicles on the planet.

25/08/2009

Wa$ted picked up for third Season

Wa$ted, the green makeover show from All3 International has been picked up for a third season on Planet Green. Working with the new team running the network the show has been revamped, with production slated to begin in September.

24/08/2009

Cash Cab receives yet more award nominations...

Congratulations to Ben Bailey and the Cash Cab team for their Emmy nominations in both the Outstanding Game Show and Outstanding Game Show Host categories. This marks Bailey's third nomination and the show's second. Cash Cab won the Outstanding Game Show Emmy in 2008.

Winners will be announced on August 30th at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles.

13/08/2009

History Detectives renewed for seasons 8 & 9!

Due to its continued success, History Detectives is back for 2 more seasons starting production in winter 2009.

13/08/2009

History Detectives Season 7 is on its way

Season 7 of History Detectives will air Monday nights at 9PM starting June 22nd on PBS

15/05/2009

New season of Cash Cab starts Monday

Don't miss the premiere of Season 7 of Lion’s Emmy winning show Cash Cab, April 20th at 6:30pm on Discovery.

16/04/2009

Wa$ted returns next week

Season 2 of the hit series Wa$ted will air weekly on Planet Green beginning April 22nd with a double episode starting at 9pm.

15/04/2009

Catch a Ride!

Tune in April 21st to celebrate the 250th episode of Cash Cab, featuring captains and crew members from Deadliest Catch.