On February 20, 2007, Bernstein announced that he was leaving The History Channel and Digging for the Truth to join the Discovery Channel as an executive producer and host of specials as well as a new prime-time series called "Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein." [5] The new series premiered on August 18, 2008, and is just as adventurous and globe-trotting as Digging for the Truth, but with less of an archaeological focus.