Discovery Communications Is Readying 3 Shows for Facebook's Watch

Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery and TLC are getting involved

Discovery Communications is climbing aboard the Watch on Facebook train with three new shows.

Celebrity Animal Encounters from Animal Planet will be the first to debut on the social network’s recently introduced video platform next week.

The five-episode series, produced by Asylum Entertainment, will feature celebrities including Kristen Bell, Justin Hartley, Fabio and Danny Trejo sharing their experiences with “loveable, crazy, shocking and outright hilarious animals.”

Celebrity Animal Encounters will debut on Facebook’s Watch next week.

Investigation Discovery will chime in this fall with Sill a Mystery, in which a single crime will be reinvestigated via interviews with law enforcement, family members and private investigators, with news footage and social media content incorporated.

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