VICELAND, the new cable network from VICE and A+E Networks, today announced it will premiere a new 10-part series TRAVELING THE STARS: ANCIENT ALIENS with Action Bronson and Friends on Thursday, July 21, at 11:00 PM ET/PT.
Following the success of his 4/20 special, Traveling the Stars:
ANCIENT ALIENS with Action Bronson and Friends, Bronson and co-host The Alchemist are back combining their two favorite things: the hit HISTORY series "Ancient Aliens" and smoking weed. Joined by his producers, friends, and special guests, Bronson will watch, comment on, and give the highest praise to some of the series' most iconic episodes.
Special guests include hip hop artist Schoolboy Q; rapper Earl Sweatshirt; actor and comedian Andy Milonakis ("The Andy Milonakis Show", "Kroll Show"); actor and rapper Simon Rex (Scary Movie franchise, National Lampoon's Pledge This!); rapper Riff Raff; Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge; rapper Tyler, The Creator; chef Roy Choi; wrestler Sabu; wrestler Rob Van Dam; and actor and comedian Eric Andre ("2 Broke Girls", "Man Seeking Woman"), among others, as well as performances by MC EIHT and Too Short.
Episode descriptions:
Episode 1-Dinosaurs
Action Bronson and The Alchemist dab with special guests Schoolboy Q and Earl Sweatshirt to theorize that dinosaurs were selectively killed off by Ancient Aliens.
Episode 2-Temples of Gold
Bronson and The Alchemist are joined by Riff Raff, Andy Milonakis & Simon Rex to challenge the idea that aliens came to this planet to harvest gold, and used genetically modified humans to do so.
Episode 3-Unexplained Structures
Action and The Alchemist and Tyler The Creator learn that famous historic ruins and structures around the world show construction techniques that humans couldn't possibly have made.
Episode 4-Creation of Man
The hosts are joined by spiritual wind dancer Alorah Inanna as they dive deep into the concept that extraterrestrials had an integral part in the development of the human race.
Episode 5-Destination Orion
Action Bronson and friends hang with the delightful Melissa Etheridge. Together, they find out why ancient societies were so fascinated by the Orion constellation.
Episode 6-Mysterious Places
From The Bermuda triangle to the Zone of Silence, Action Bronson and his crew learn that Aliens may have known about the locations of some of the world's most mysterious phenomena.
Episode 7-Angels & Aliens
Action, Alchemist, Big Body Bes, and Knxwledge are joined by a gospel choir to discuss whether ancient people misinterpreted a flesh and blood ET who visited earth as an angel.
Episode 8-Alien Devastation
Action Bronson and crew, joined by pro wrestlers Rob Van Dam, Sabu, and Super Genie, learn how aliens may have caused some of Earth's ancient natural disasters.
Episode 9-Alien & Tech
Joined by The Alchemist, Big Body Bes and Knxwledge, Action Bronson learns which concepts for today's technology may have originated with Aliens thousands of years ago.
Episode 10-Founding Fathers
In this action-packed episode, Action Bronson, Eric Andre, & Earl Sweatshirt, learn that American founding fathers may have known about Ancient Aliens.
Traveling the Stars:
ANCIENT ALIENS with Action Bronson and Friends will premiere on Thursday, July 21, at 11:00pm ET/PT on
Viceland and run for 10 episodes.
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About
Viceland Most TV channels are just a collection of shows -
Viceland is a collection of personal points-of-view.
Viceland is a 24-hour cable channel specially programmed with engaging, original content across the worlds of culture, food, sex, fashion, music, sports, and much more. The network launched on February 29, 2016. Everything at
Viceland has a reason to exist and a strong perspective. Our mission is to examine the world we live in, and explore the things that confuse us, make us curious, make us laugh, or awaken our sense of wonder.
The channel is overseen by Oscar-winning writer/director
SPIKE Jonze, a long-time VICE partner and creative director for the company, and features series hosted by VICE newcomers like Ellen Page, Ian Daniel, Michael K Williams and Hailey Gates, as well as longtime VICE hosts like Action Bronson, Thomas Morton and Eddie Huang. Jonze and VICE's chief content officer Eddy Moretti worked closely with the filmmakers in developing the
Viceland programming.
