"Discovery Channel Is Finally Breaking Up With Bad Science"

"By contrast, Hoffman is regarded as documentary aristocracy: a 17-year veteran of HBO with a record of meticulous science documentaries like The Alzheimer's Project and The Weight of the Nation, on which he partnered with leading research and advocacy groups to present definitive pictures of Alzheimer's disease and obesity, respectively. He's won a Peabody Award and two duPont-Columbia awards.

Along with Hoffman comes a new Discovery documentary unit of five staff members, and a big budget (though he wouldn't tell me exactly how big). It's "a demonstration of Discovery's commitment to documentaries as a really important part of the schedule," Hoffman said."

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2015/11/racing-extinction-climate-change-discovery-john-hoffman