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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 8:22 pm
Life premieres in the US a week from Sunday, on 3/21. It's the follow up to Planet Earth. (It already aired in Canada and the UK) Who's in? http://discovery.com/life
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 10:25 pm
I am! Saw a print ad for it last week.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, March 12, 2010 - 8:41 pm
I've seen first four eps so far and my personal opinion is that it is every bit as good as Planet Earth. There is a chameleon sequence that I'm still thinking about...
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 4:35 am
I can't wait - I loved Planet Earth!!!!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 12:23 pm
Its set up on my DVR. But its showing up as "repeats." This never aired in the US before, right? I'll just have to set the DVR to do "new and repeats." The other thing is I noticed it isn't being offered on the HD version of Discovery. That really bums me out, seeing as I was really looking forward to seeing this on my new HDTV. I'm sure it will still be spectacular, but I was hoping for HD.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 12:25 pm
No, it has never shown in the US before - it did air in the UK and Canada though. It's 5 Sundays in a row, starting 3/21 from 8-10P except the last Sunday, which is 8-11 because there's a "Making Of" show. Yeah, it stinks about the HD.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 3:58 pm
I can't wait to see this!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 9:19 pm
One thing to note -- it IS airing in HD on Discovery HD, just not on HD Theater, which is a related but separate network.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 10:23 am
I just found out my problem. We don't even get Discovery HD. LOL. I just looked up the show, then queued up the "other listings available" for the show (so I could find the corresponding HD channel), and all I could find was the Standard channel. Just got done looking at my channel lineup, plus confirming via Comcast Chat that Comcast doesn't even offer Discovery in HD. Oh well! But like I said, I'm sure even in standard def it will be spectacular!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 11:20 am
(So far, I've seen the first 4 eps and only in standard def and yep, it is spectacular! This is my honest personal opinion...)
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 6:14 pm
Whoami, my comcast dvr shows that Life will be shown on three stations simultaneously: Discovery HD, Animal Planet HD and The Learning Channel HD. I don't know if that's an error or not...
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 7:23 pm
Well, in our area at least, we don't get Discovery or Animal Planet in HD. Looks like TLC has an HD channel here, but no mention of Life yet. Maybe when it gets closer to the premier, more info will show up when I bring up "other listings for this program." Maybe there's still hope yet. 
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 7:52 pm
Whoami, I just checked the TLC website, and the schedule says: Sun March 21st, 8 PM: LIFE: Challenges of life. And then at 9 PM, LIFE: Reptiles. (Back to back episodes.) Write yourself a note to record it! 
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 8:33 pm
Yes, the show is airing in simulcast across 7 of Discovery's networks - but only for the first night, March 21.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 9:43 am
This starts tomorrow - 8-10PM. The first hour is an overview of the series, and the 2nd hour is all about reptiles & amphibians. The panther chameleon is my new boyfriend. HA! It airs for 5 weeks in a row, 2 hours each night - except the last night, which ends with a 3rd hour - the making of. Critical reviews have been nearly all glowing.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 11:55 am
If you can't tell, I'm very proud to be affiliated with it 
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 12:06 pm
I'll do my best to tune in, Yanks - will be traveling late in the afternoon but may be home in time to see it.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 6:49 pm
I'm gonna be DVRing the whole series and I'm also gonna watch it while it plays. I can't wait! I loved Planet Earth so much.
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 7:49 pm
Two thumbs up from me, Yankee. 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 8:25 pm
Our Comcast does have Discovery and AP in HD. I'm looking forward to watching it.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 5:18 pm
Beautiful show - Colossus loved the cheetahs, I loved the chameleon. Thank God the ibex kid didn't get nabbed by the fox, I wouldn't have been able to watch anymore.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 6:14 pm
Oh dear, here comes a really big spider. That poor toad. The toad with the hands tumbling through the trees was an amazing shot.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 7:43 pm
Thanks, Goddess. My favorite was the panther chameleon, too.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 9:02 pm
The kimodo dragons and buffalo rather grossed me out. However, having never seen snakes mate before, I was a bit intrigued. 
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Kellsma
Member
08-27-2002
| Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 9:58 pm
Loved it and got to see it in HD. Did not get to see Planet Earth in HD so this is amazing.
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