Expedition Unknown

Expedition Unknown is an American reality television series produced by Ping Pong Productions, that follows explorer and television presenter Josh Gates as he investigates mysteries and legends. The series premiered on January 8, 2015 and originally aired on Travel Channel before moving to Discovery Channel in 2018.

History
Expedition Unknown premiered on January 8, 2015, on the Travel Channel and broadcast four seasons through 2017.

At the start of the fifth season in 2018, the series moved to Discovery Channel, which became the new home for the series. The 12th season premiered on November 15, 2023.

In February 2020, a spinoff Expedition X premiered on Discovery. The series focuses on paranormal subjects and is hosted by Gates with Phil Torres and Jessica Chobot. The sixth season of Expedition X premiered on August 2, 2023.

In April 2020, Gates debuted Josh Gates Tonight, a talk show spinoff on Discovery which originated as replacement programming during the COVID-19 pandemic. The series features Gates interviewing celebrity guests via videoconference. The fifth season aired in 2022.

Season 5 (2018)
Season 5 started on Tuesday May 29, 2018. The series moved to the Discovery Channel for its 5th season.

Extra Finds (2016–17)
Extra Finds episodes involve viewers interacting with Gates.

Expedition: Back to the Future (2021)
In this four-part Discovery+ miniseries, Josh Gates is joined by Back to the Future star Christopher Lloyd as they journey across the U.S. in search of all surviving DMC DeLorean vehicles which were used in the film trilogy. Their mission is to sell a time machine at auction to benefit The Michael J. Fox Foundation.

Aftershows
After the Hunt is a series of aftershows for Expedition Unknown.

Expedition Unknown: After the Hunt &mdash; Season 6 (2020)
Season 6 of After the Hunt, aftershows for season 8 of Expedition Unknown

Shark Week Specials
Expedition Unknown special episodes aired during Discovery's Shark Week in 2019 and 2021. These two specials are not classified as belonging to any season. Additionally, a shark-themed episode "Sharks vs. Nazis in Paradise" aired as part of Shark Week 2024, and is listed as the fourth episode of season 13.

Josh Gates Tonight
Josh Gates Tonight is a spinoff series originally created to fill in the end of season 8 of Expedition Unknown in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdown period. Initially considered part of Expedition Unknown, Josh Gates Tonight later was classified as a separate series. The fifth season premiered in May 2022.

This talk show features Josh Gates interviewing celebrity guests via videoconference, field segments, comedy bits, and cocktail recipes. At the start of the pandemic, the program was recorded in Gates' home, though production moved to the "Expedition Headquarters" studio starting with episode 14 of the first season.

Season 2 (2020)
A second season of seven episodes premiered in November 2020.

Season 3 (2021)
The third season premiered in April 2021.

Expedition X
Expedition X is an American paranormal reality series hosted by Josh Gates, biologist Phil Torres, and television host/writer Jessica Chobot which premiered on Discovery Channel on February 12, 2020. A spinoff of Expedition Unknown, Expedition X exclusively explores paranormal topics. The program is presented by Gates from the Expedition HQ studio, though he does not usually accompany the team in the field, with the exceptions of the two-part episodes that opened seasons three and six.

While Josh Gates was hosting Josh Gates Tonight in summer 2020, his regular camera crew were filming the second season of Expedition X after the initial COVID-19 lockdown cleared. The second season premiered on November 11, 2020. The sixth season premiered on August 2, 2023.