![]() ![]() The channel also sends weekly educational updates to 125,000 teachers around the country, with guidelines on how the show can help teach history and geography. To further increase viewing among youngsters, The History Channel is engaging in a comic book promotion of the show, with images of Bernstein in his trademark brown fedora on buses and billboards in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington. The Times reports that "Digging" had 1.4 million viewers last year, with hefty increases in the 18 to 49 and 25 to 34 age groups in its time slot. The show, which airs Mondays at 9 p.m., is The History Channel's highest-rated series and is bringing it an infusion of young viewers. 23, even The New York Times gushed that Bernstein "could be the best thing for archaeology since Harrison Ford cocked his hat." And, as a profile in the premiere issue of Men's Vogue reveals, he's a great-looking guy who just may have "the best job in the world."Īs the second season of "Digging" opened Jan. He's also an ardent environmentalist who drives a 1982 Australian-made Toyota Land Cruiser that runs on vegetable oil. Josh Bernstein '93, host of The History Channel's hit series "Digging for the Truth," is a latter-day Indiana Jones. He rappels down a rock face in the Jordan rift valley to find a salt pillar - or Lot's wife? He treks across glaciers in Patagonia and journeys into the volatile deserts of Yemen. Using Homer as a guide, he sails the Aegean Sea in Odysseus' wake. ![]() He dives Alexandria Harbor seeking Cleopatra's palace. He braves crocs in the Amazon to find the real Temple of Doom.
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