This Saturday night in North America, while you are pacing the floor in anticipation of Spore’s release on Sunday knowing our European friends are already playing it, you can watch a two-hour-long documentary special on The Discovery Channel television network, entitled, “The Future Is Wild and the Making Of Spore“. It will play twice on Saturday, September 6: once at 8pm Eastern time, 7 Central, 6 Mountain, and 5 Pacific, then again four hours later at 12E, 11C, 10M, and 9P. These are the only two times the program is currently scheduled to be aired. An advance description of the two-hour special states,

“Documentary, Special, (2008) A look into the future of how the world evolves millions of years from now and how this special inspired the video game Spore.”

The Discovery Channel is the flagship of Discovery Communications, LLC, which provides primarily educational programming to 810 television subscribers in more than 170 countries. Its sister channels, The Learning Channel (TLC), Animal Planet, Discovery Health, Discovery Kids, The Science Channel, The Military Channel, The Travel Channel, BBC America, BBC World, and others, each provide 24/7 educational and historical documentaries.

SIMphoni does not yet have information about showings in other regions of the world, but those of you with Discovery Channel access should check your local television listings for broadcast times.