In Brief: History Channel Pulls New Episodes of "Ancient Aliens"

​The History channel pulled at least two new episodes of Ancient Aliens that were set to air on February 12 and February 19 from their schedule, replacing them with reruns of Dan Akryod’s The UnBelievable on February 12 and Danny Trejo’s Mysteries Unearthed on February 19. The network did not offer a reason for the schedule change, and they have not rescheduled the episodes, which were scheduled to be clip shows assembled from segments of previous episodes.

The schedule change was abrupt, coming just four weeks into the show’s twenty-second season and sudden enough that the History channel’s website still contains the original air dates on the Ancient Aliens page, though their published schedule has been updated. The stars of the series made no mention of the schedule change on their social media feeds, most of which have not been updated in weeks.
 
The schedule change was made prior to Ancient Aliens star Nick Pope announcing yesterday that he is currently in the final stage of esophageal cancer and has stepped back from his work on Ancient Aliens and as moderator of Ancient Aliens Live, the traveling stage show featuring the program’s talking heads.
 
Tickets are still being sold for Ancient Aliens Live shows this month.