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Smithsonian Networks is a joint venture between CBS Corporation's Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution. The service consists of Smithsonian Channel, Smithsonian On Demand, and (smithsonianchannel.com ). The network’s content is inspired by the Smithsonian Institution’s museums, research facilities and magazines It features original non-fiction programming that covers a wide range of historical, scientific and cultural subjects. It is also available from On Demand in both high definition and standard definition. As of February 2015, approximately 33.6 million households (28.9% of those with television) receive Smithsonian Channel. == Programming == The Smithsonian Channel features a wide array of programming covering science, nature, culture, history, air and spacecraft, and documentaries. They create everything from long-running series to one-off, in depth specials. *''Aerial America'' showcases each of the 50 states from the air, with special episodes devoted to small towns, the wilderness, etc. Narrated by Jim Conrad.〔(Smithsonian Channel - Aerial America )〕 *''Soul Revolution'' hosted by Morgan Freeman premiered November 16, 2008. *Season two of ''Stories from the Vaults'' starring Tom Cavanagh premiered July 12, 2009.〔(Tom Cavanagh Is the Inside Man for the 'Vaults' Job ), July 12, 2009〕 *''Mystery of the Hope Diamond'' - On August 19, 2009, the Smithsonian Institution announced that the Hope Diamond was to get a temporary new setting to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Harry Winston's donation of the gem stone to the National Museum of Natural History. Starting in September, the diamond would be exhibited as a stand-alone gem with no setting. From August 19, 2009 through September 7, 2009, the public was invited to vote online for their favorite Harry Winston designed setting, at SmithsonianChannel.com/hope. The winning setting would be announced this fall and the gem would be shown in the setting starting in May, along with a Smithsonian Networks documentary.〔(Hope Diamond to get new setting for Anniversary ), August 19, 2009〕 *''Soul of a People: Writing America's Story'' - A National Endowment for the Humanities-funded documentary about the Federal Writers' Project featuring interviews with notable project alumni Studs Terkel, Stetson Kennedy, and American historian Douglas Brinkley. Premiered September 6, 2009. *''MLK: The Assassination Tapes'' produced by 1895 FILMS for Smithsonian Channel premiered on February 12, 2012 and received a Peabody Award.〔(72nd Annual Peabody Awards ), May 2013.〕 The winner's citation for the Peabody Award describes the documentary as "()ainstakingly configured from rare footage collected at the University of Memphis in 1968...leading up to the murder of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and its aftermath."〔(MLK: The Assassination Tapes (Smithsonian Channel) ), November 26, 2013.〕 *''Terror in the Skies'' examines problems in commercial airline flights,〔Arrow Media, (Humans at Helm: Is Any Flight Safe? ), Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 27 September 2013〕〔The Futon Critic, (Smithsonian Channel(TM) to Premiere "Terror in the Skies" Sunday, September 29 at 8PM ET/PT ), 16 September 2013〕〔National Geographic Channel - International, (Terror in the Skies )〕 *''Air Warriors'' is a series covering the F-15 Eagle, the V-22 Osprey, and the AH-64 Apache and the stories of the dedicated pilots and teams who fly and maintain these ultimate air warriors. It premiered on November 9, 2014.〔(Smithsonian Channel - Air Warriors )〕 *''The Real Story'' goes behind the scenes of some of Hollywood's biggest movies and displays true stories that inspired some of Hollywood's most famous blockbusters. (Also known as The True Story in the United Kingdom.)〔(Smithsonian Channel - The Real Story )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Smithsonian Channel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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