Comments on: NBC: Deadliest Network http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2007/12/03/nbc_deadliest_network/ A blog about television by TIME’s TV critic James Poniewozik. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:32:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Keith http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2007/12/03/nbc_deadliest_network/comment-page-1/#comment-15724 Keith Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:47:29 +0000 http://timetunedin.wordpress.com/?p=1031#comment-15724 @David - You may already know, but Bear on Man vs Wild has a whole crew along with him for his staged survival and goes back to a camp or hotel at night. Les goes into the wild alone with 60 lbs of camera equipment and films himself. He does have a safety crew reachable by radio. In my opinion, Bear does some extremely stupid and dangerous stuff just to add some excitement to the show. If you are in a survival situation, you don't jump off of cliffs into rivers. Another favorite is Mythbusters on Discovery. Back in the day, my son and I used to watch alot of the old Junkyard Wars and Monster Garage together. @David - You may already know, but Bear on Man vs Wild has a whole crew along with him for his staged survival and goes back to a camp or hotel at night. Les goes into the wild alone with 60 lbs of camera equipment and films himself. He does have a safety crew reachable by radio. In my opinion, Bear does some extremely stupid and dangerous stuff just to add some excitement to the show. If you are in a survival situation, you don't jump off of cliffs into rivers.

Another favorite is Mythbusters on Discovery. Back in the day, my son and I used to watch alot of the old Junkyard Wars and Monster Garage together.

]]> By: David http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2007/12/03/nbc_deadliest_network/comment-page-1/#comment-15723 David Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:15:06 +0000 http://timetunedin.wordpress.com/?p=1031#comment-15723 Backing up Keith up there. I -love- those channels. Deadliest Catch was really really good, and Survivorman is excellent(Far better than Man vs Wild, imo). Backing up Keith up there. I -love- those channels. Deadliest Catch was really really good, and Survivorman is excellent(Far better than Man vs Wild, imo).

]]> By: Keith http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2007/12/03/nbc_deadliest_network/comment-page-1/#comment-15722 Keith Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:08:23 +0000 http://timetunedin.wordpress.com/?p=1031#comment-15722 @James - "Clearly someone loves these shows" Guilty as charged. While I have my dramas and comedies that I watch, you'll find my TV tuned to various Discovery channels, History Channel, National Geographic, etc. Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch are huge shows for Discovery. While Ice Road Truckers really has nothing to do with "history", I think the History Channel grabbed it for ratings after seeing what Deadliest Catch did for Discovery. I guess I've reached that demographic that likes to be educated and entertained at the same time. My favorite? Survivorman. @James - "Clearly someone loves these shows"

Guilty as charged. While I have my dramas and comedies that I watch, you'll find my TV tuned to various Discovery channels, History Channel, National Geographic, etc.

Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch are huge shows for Discovery. While Ice Road Truckers really has nothing to do with "history", I think the History Channel grabbed it for ratings after seeing what Deadliest Catch did for Discovery.

I guess I've reached that demographic that likes to be educated and entertained at the same time.

My favorite? Survivorman.

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