Deadliest Catch
Don’t you just love the Discovery Channel? I do. And most of the TV junkies here at www.tvchannelsfree.com agree with me. They have so many great shows its almost too hard to count them all. Today we’re going to talk about one of those shows that has turned out to be one of the finest shows on any TV channel and that show is the blockbuster Deadliest Catch.
Deadliest Catch is a documentary series produced for the Discovery Channel by Original Productions. The series documents the events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and Opilio crab fishing seasons.
The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor (located in Unalaska, Alaska) is the base of operations for the fishing fleet. The show’s name derives from the inherent high risk of injury or death the crews face due to the hazardous work environment and nature of the work itself.
Deadliest Catch premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005, and runs in over 150 countries. The first season had ten episodes, with the last airing on June 14, 2005. Season 2 was filmed one year later and began airing on March 28, 2006. Season 3 began airing April 3, 2007. April 15, 2008, was the 4th season premiere. Season 5 premiered on April 14, 2009. Season 6 premiered last night. According to the Discovery Channel’s official site for Deadliest Catch:
“The Bering Sea’s toughest crews return for an all-new season of crab fishing that takes viewers through some of the roughest situations the captains and crews have ever had to face on the high seas. From treacherous weather conditions to crew conflict to the death of beloved Captain Phil Harris, the new season bring viewers into the intimate world of these crab fisherman…”
The series follows eight to ten crab fishing boats and their crews throughout two of the dangerous crab fishing seasons, the October king crab (frequently called “red crab” or “red gold” by crew members) season and the January opilio crab (”orange crab”, “orange gold”, “snow crab”, “opies”, or, as Northwestern crew member Matt Bradley dubbed them, “Norwegian dollars”) season. The show emphasizes the very real danger to the crew on the decks of these boats; situations are just as dangerous for the Discovery Channel camera crews filming them as they are for any other member of the fleet. The fleet’s captains are also featured prominently throughout the episodes, highlighting their camaraderie with their fellow captains and relationships with their crew, as well as their competitive nature against the other boats in the fleet regarding the hunt for crab throughout the fishing grounds.
Because Alaskan crab fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, the U.S. Coast Guard rescue squads stationed at Integrated Support Command Kodiak (Kodiak, Alaska) and their outpost on St. Paul Island, near the northern end of the crab fishing grounds, are frequently shown doing their own dangerous work: rescuing crab boat crew members who fall victim to the harsh conditions on the Bering Sea.
I have given last night’s Season 6 premiere episode an A grade and have a strong feeling that this will be the best season of Deadliest Catch yet. Make sure you tune in for Deadliest Catch every Tuesday at 9pm or you could always watch it free right here at www.tvchannelsfree.com.
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