Josh Gates Tonight Season 1, Episode 1: Safer At Home

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Safer At Home

Unable to travel due to the global pandemic, Josh plays late-night talk show host from the safety of his home office. He interviews fellow Travel Channel star Damian Duffy about his show, "Legends Of The Lost". He also provides context and previously unaired footage from the "Expedition Unknown" episodes in which he searches for Dead Sea Scrolls.

42 min

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Along for the Ride

Exploring the world from the safety of his home, Josh shares updates and unseen footage of his trip back to the Ice Age searching for the woolly mammoth. Josh also gets new insights from Legends of the Wild's Damian Duffy and Matt Hoffman.

42 min

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Digging In

Exploring from the safety of home, Josh shares updates and unseen footage from his adventures hunting the mysterious mountain-dwelling Yeti. Then, Dave Turin of Dave Turin's Lost Mine joins in to discuss his epic season finale and winter challenges.

42 min

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Earth Day

In the 1-hour Earth Day special episode of JOSH GATES TONIGHT, Gates will interview a variety of celebrity guests including Joel McHale, Mark Rober, Jonathan Scott, Drew Scott, Dr. Sandra Lee, Jeb Corliss, Jason Hawes, Captain Keith Colburn and environmental experts including Forrest Galante and Luke Tipple about their commitment to preserving our precious planet Earth. In addition, Josh will re-live some of his favorite adventures at natural wonders around the Earth including Victoria Falls, Mt. Everest, Greenland, South America and more. Viewers will also learn Earth Day hacks to Green Our Homes and make self-isolation eco-friendlier while getting an inside look at methods to keep the Earth healing when we come back into the world.

42 min

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Exploration Home Office

Josh is joined by Jack Osbourne, Sig Hansen of "Deadliest Catch" and other special guests. Josh shares updates and unseen footage from his Viking expeditions as well as sharing how he's keeping his sense of humor intact while staying Safer At Home.

42 min

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Staying Inside

Josh interviews Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson East and tracks stolen art looted by the Nazis with "Monuments Men" author Robert Edsel. Then, Josh attempts an ambitious expedition -- getting takeout dinner for his family.

42 min

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Indiana Josh

Josh hosts a virtual "Raiders of the Lost Ark" reunion with stars Karen Allen and John Rhys-Davies. Then, Josh attempts to master Indiana Jones' signature bullwhip -- hopefully without injuring himself.

42 min

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Unexplained and Unexplored

Josh Gates dives into all things unknown from the Bermuda Triangle to UFO sightings. Joining the search are Evil Dead's Bruce Campbell, Lost's Michael Emerson, former CIA agent Mike Baker, comedian Mo Mandel and Naked and Afraid's Gwen Grimes.

42 min

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The Merry Adventures of Josh Gates

While exploring British legends, Josh is joined by three legends of the silver screen: Robin Hood himself, Cary Elwes, River Monsters' Jeremy Wade and Monty Python's Terry Gilliam. To understand life during the middle ages, Josh dons a suit of armor.

42 min

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GI Josh

In honor of D-Day, Josh interviews actor Dennis Quaid and Seal Team 6's Will Chesney who was part of the raid that took out Osama Bin Laden. Josh also learns the hard way that our military's canine unit is more effective than ever.

42 min

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Wild Wild Josh

Saddle up with Josh Gates as he explores the legends of the wild frontier with special guests Baskets' Louie Anderson, Young Guns' Lou Diamond Phillips and Homestead Rescue's Marty Raney. Josh heads west to try (and try) his lassoing skills.

42 min

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Show Me the Mummy

Josh Gates returns to Egypt (from the comfort of his home office) to interview special guests Xena's Lucy Lawless, Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi and Ocean's Eleven director Steven Soderbergh. Josh explores what it takes to walk like an Egyptian...mummy.

42 min

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Mother Russia

Josh goes behind the Iron Curtain (while staying in his spare bedroom) with a packed lineup including Hunt for Red October's Scott Glenn, Machete's Danny Trejo, Amazing Race's Phil Keoghan and Mike Rowe who's back on Discovery for more Dirty Jobs.

42 min

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Gold Digging Josh

Josh breaks out the treasure maps as he virtually searches for buried fortunes around the world with the help of The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg, Twin Peaks' Kyle MacLachlan, magicians Penn and Teller, and former CIA codebreaker Amaryllis Fox.

42 min

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Back from Outer Space

Josh Gates explores the final frontier and what could be out there in galaxies far, far away all while never leaving his headquarters. Strap in as Josh interviews Star Wars royalty Anthony Daniels, aka C3PO as well as Star Trek's Jonathan Frakes and Marina Serkis. Other guests include Lance Henriksen from Aliens and Keith David From They Live.

42 min

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Like, Totally Josh

Josh's HQ becomes a time machine to a totally tubular decade as he interviews Sean Astin from The Goonies, Back to the Future's Lea Thompson and Bill and Ted's Alex Winter. He also looks to pry clues to The Secret from the man who created the illustrations, John Jude Palencar.

42 min

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Shark Week

Gates is joined by legendary boxer Mike Tyson of TYSON VS. JAWS: RUMBLE ON THE REED and pop culture phenom David Dobrik, star of Discovery Channel’s new series, DODGEBALL THUNDERDOME, as well as researcher Alison Towner and filmmaker Jeff Kurr from AIR JAWS: ULTIMATE BREACH OFF.

42 min

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Totally Jaw-Some

Shaquille O’Neal joins Gates to discuss his latest Shark Week adventure and is joined by film and TV legend William Shatner and Shark Week’s most daring star Dickie Chivell chats about JAWS AWAKENS.

42 min

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Some-Fin Special

On Tuesday, Gates is joined by comedian Jeff Foxworthy as well as wildlife biologist and conservationist Forrest Galante, star of EXTINCT OR ALIVE: LAND OF THE LOST SHARKS. Shark expert Paul de Gelder also joins to talk WILL SMITH: OFF THE DEEP END.

42 min

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The Gill of it All

Ruby Rose, actor, model and star of Batwoman, joins Josh on Wednesday alongside Jim Belushi star of the new Discovery series Growing Belushi. Also joining is shark expert Dr. Tristan Guttridge of MONSTER UNDER THE BRIDGE.

42 min

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Are We Having Fin Yet

Gates is joined by actors John Corbett and Bo Derek as well as Amber and Serena Shine, stars of NAKED AND AFRAID OF SHARKS 2. Additionally, Adam Coons from SHARKADELIC SUMMER will share his story of courage as he recounts a recent shark encounter that changed his life.

42 min

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Game, Set, Josh

It's Game Night as Josh Gates tries to run a dodgeball course. Guests include Ben Bailey, Gentry Stein, Gary Cole, Neil deGrasse Tyson, John Smoltz, and David Dobrik.

42 min

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Stayin' Alive

Come with Josh if you want to live as he tackles the world of survival. Guests include Scream's David Arquette who talks about his near-death experience, actor Josh Lucas of Alive and the stars of Discovery's new off-grid series, 100 Days Wild.

42 min

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No Fear of Heists

Josh puts together a crack crew who knows how to pull off a great heist including Elliott Gould, Kevin Pollak, Luis Guzman, and stunt Driver Rick Seaman.

42 min

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Josh's Monster Mash

Josh gates chats with Doug Jones, Orlando Jones, Joe Maddalena, and Sarah Wayne Callies about tales of good and evil.

42 min

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A Spot of Josh

Josh Gates goes on a virtual Anglophile adventure across the pond with guests Edmond Fry, John Cleese, Lucy Davis, Cat Deeley, Scheiffer Bates, and Ed Stafford.

42 min

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Sherlock Josh

Josh goes Private Eye as he explores mysteries across the globe with the help of Stranger Things' Matthew Modine, Chazz Palmieri, and guru Deepak Chopra. Josh also learns the tricks of the trade from Steve Polak, a real-life PI.

42 min

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King Me!

Josh dares to celebrate America's horror master, Stephen King with guests Anthony Michael Hall from The Dead Zone tv series, Cujo's Dee Wallace, David Morse from The Green Mile, and Danny Lloyd from The Shining.

42 min