Animal Planet should be commended for the ambition of Taking on Tyson: a beautifully shot series about Mike Tyson’s actual, real-life love for pigeons. Unfortunately, the series was boring, sometimes excruciatingly so, never mind repetitive, and its six hours should have been condensed into one 90-minute documentary. The fact that this quasi-review is being published …
When Animal Planet first announced its reality series Taking on Tyson, on which Mike Tyson will race pigeons, it seemed like a joke. But like A&E’s Teach: Tony Danza, the reality turns out to be considerably different–at least judging by the trailer and Mike Tyson’s appearance in front of TV critics yesterday. Watching the preview, …
Next year, Animal Planet will air Taking on Tyson, an unscripted series about pigeon racing that stars Mike Tyson, because he “has a deep passion for the birds.” And no, it is still not April 1 yet. In a press release, the network describes the series as going “inside the intensely competitive and bizarrely fascinating …