Out of the Wild, the fascinating and entertaining survival series, has been renewed for a third season, and it is leaving Alaska for South America. The casting notice calls the show Out of the Wild 2, but that ignores its predecessor, The Alaska Experiment, which had a different format. Both series took place in Alaska …
Three reality series use expeditions, both real and contrived, to show us lots of actual reality, and all three are definitely worth your time. Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, Animal Planet debuts the second season of Whale Wars, its docudrama about environmentalists committed to stopping Japanese whalers who insist they’re killing whales for scientific research …
It’s Alaska Week on the Discovery Channel, and as part of that, the network’s two best reality shows return tonight: the dysfunctional functioning crab-fishing pseudo-families of Deadliest Catch and a new group of out-of-their-element volunteer survivalists on The Alaska Experiment. First, Deadliest Catch debuts its fifth season at 9 p.m. ET. As usual, it starts …
One of 2008’s best series, The Alaska Experiment, will return in April on The Discovery Channel, but the new season will have a new format and new producers: Pilgrim Films and Television, which has produced shows such as Dirty Jobs and Tommy Hilfiger’s The Cut, replaces Ricochet Television, which most recently produced The Real Housewives …
Sometimes, cable reality shows deliver contrived, artificial versions of reality, however enjoyable it sometimes is (see VH1 for examples). But there seems to be a shift underway, encouraged by the success of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch, toward raw, realistic experiences. Even Animal Planet is getting into the game, which will air a miniseries called Whale …