When does National Geographic Specials return?

The National Geographic Channel launched on January 7, 2001, as a joint venture of National Geographic Television & Film and Fox Cable Networks. The channel features documentaries with factual content involving nature, science, culture, and history, plus some reality and pseudo-scientific entertainment programming. The '90s: The Last Great Decade, a documentary series narrated by Rob Lowe, pulled in 1.10 million viewers in July 2015. The 2000s: A New Reality, also narrated by Lowe, premiered on July 12, 2015, and was the second highest-rated July telecast in the National Geographic channel's rating history.