History is relying on “Survivor” producer Mark Burnett to draw audiences with “Expedition Africa: Stanley & Livingstone,” which debuts in June, New York Daily News reports. The eight-episode show tracks four participants as they retrace the 1871 journey of journalist Henry Morton Stanley when he searched for missionary David Livingstone, the newspaper says. “This is the biggest investment we’ve [ever] made,”A&E Television Networks CEO Abbe Raven tells the publication.
—Aimee Picchi