{"id":3354,"date":"2019-10-07T09:31:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T09:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2019\/10\/07\/thunderbird-celebrates-highway-thru-hells-100th-episode-milestone\/"},"modified":"2019-10-07T09:31:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T09:31:20","slug":"thunderbird-celebrates-highway-thru-hells-100th-episode-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2019\/10\/07\/thunderbird-celebrates-highway-thru-hells-100th-episode-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbird Celebrates Highway Thru Hell\u2019s 100th Episode Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Highway Thru Hell Season 8 moves to a new night and premieres on Monday, October 7, 2019<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Season 9 of the top-rated series* on Discovery Canada will be the largest ever, with 18 original hours <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VANCOUVER \/ October 4, 2019<\/strong> \u2013 Discovery\u2019s Canadian original series <em>Highway Thru Hell <\/em>returns for Season 8 and moves to a new day and time, premiering Monday, October 7th 2019 at 10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT. The international hit series, which is Discovery\u2019s top-rated series for audiences of all ages, will also return for an 18-episode ninth season, its largest ever. Season 9 goes into production this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Thunderbird Entertainment\u2019s Factual Division,\u00a0in partnership with Discovery Canada, <em>Highway Thru Hell <\/em>follows\u00a0the lives of the men and women who fight to keep traffic moving on BC\u2019s mountain highways through\u00a0vicious winter storms. The program\u2019s broad appeal has made it a Canadian staple, and an\u00a0international hit.\u00a0 It is watched in 200 territories, in more than 12 languages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe momentum of this series is beyond anyone\u2019s imagination,\u201d said Mark Miller, series creator and President of Thunderbird Entertainment.\u00a0\u201cThese are authentic heroes; people who fans connect with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The global success of the series has prompted\u00a0Discovery to order an additional season with even more episodes. \u201cSeason 9 will include 18 original hours,\u201d confirmed Miller. \u201cTo get an order for a new season, before the current season has even aired, is a testament to the quality of this series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Highway Thru Hell<\/em>\u00a0is a\u00a0top-rated\u00a0series on Discovery.\u00a0It\u00a0airs globally in more than 12 languages, including Discovery (Canada), The Weather Channel (United States), ABC (Australia), National Geographic (Norway, UK and Ireland), RMC\u00a0D\u00e9couverte\u00a0(France) and IRIB\u00a0Mostanad\u00a0(Iran). It also streams worldwide on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Season 8 of <em>Highway Thru Hell<\/em>\u00a0consists of 17 all-new episodes,\u00a0documenting the trials of Jamie Davis and his fellow hardworking and heroic heavy recovery operators,\u00a0as they fight\u00a0to keep the roads open through British Columbia\u2019s Coquihalla and Cascade mountains.\u00a0Following the\u00a0season\u00a0premiere on October 7 at <strong>10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT<\/strong> on Discovery,\u00a0Thunderbird invites\u00a0viewers to join a Facebook Live event to celebrate along with its production partners.<\/p>\n<p>*P2+ in BY18\/19<br \/>\nSource: Numeris, Total Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thunderbird Entertainment Group (TSXV:TBRD) is a Vancouver-based global multi-platform entertainment company with offices in Vancouver, Los Angeles, Toronto, Ottawa and London (UK). Thunderbird creates award-winning scripted, unscripted and animated programming for the world\u2019s leading digital platforms, as well as Canadian and international broadcasters. Thunderbird\u2019s vision is to produce high quality, socially responsible content that makes the world a better place. The company develops, produces and distributes animated, factual and scripted content through its various divisions: Kids and Family Division (Atomic Cartoons), Factual Division (Great Pacific Media), and Scripted Division (Thunderbird Productions). Thunderbird also has a division based in the United Kingdom dedicated to establishing partnerships with production companies to develop the Company\u2019s intellectual property (IP) and growth in key international territories. Thunderbird is on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @tbirdent. For more information, visit:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thunderbird.tv\/\">www.thunderbird.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Investor Relations Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lucas Cahill and Freddie Leigh<\/p>\n<p>Phone: + 1 604.683.3555<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:investors@thunderbird.tv\">investors@thunderbird.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Relations Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Julia Smith, Finch Media<\/p>\n<p>Phone: +1 604.803.0897<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:julia@finchmedia.net\">julia@finchmedia.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highway Thru Hell Season 8 moves to a new night and premieres on Monday, October 7, 2019\u00a0 Season 9 of the top-rated series* on Discovery Canada will be the largest ever, with 18 original hours VANCOUVER \/ October 4, 2019 \u2013 Discovery\u2019s Canadian original series Highway Thru Hell returns for Season 8 and moves to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2019\/10\/07\/thunderbird-celebrates-highway-thru-hells-100th-episode-milestone\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thunderbird Celebrates Highway Thru Hell\u2019s 100th Episode Milestone - Thunderbird Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2019\/10\/07\/thunderbird-celebrates-highway-thru-hells-100th-episode-milestone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thunderbird Celebrates Highway Thru Hell\u2019s 100th Episode Milestone - Thunderbird Entertainment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Highway Thru Hell Season 8 moves to a new night and premieres on Monday, October 7, 2019\u00a0 Season 9 of the top-rated series* on Discovery Canada will be the largest ever, with 18 original hours VANCOUVER \/ October 4, 2019 \u2013 Discovery\u2019s Canadian original series Highway Thru Hell returns for Season 8 and moves to &hellip; 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