Thom Beers, exec producer of Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, and Ax Men, is known for being the king of the dangerous job genre of reality TV. Without that reputation for delivering quality, guilt-free Testosterone TV (something he’ll speak about at next month’s Nab Show in Las Vegas), his latest docu-series, Spike Coal’s, premiering March 30, may never have happened. It took Beers four years to find the right coal mine to turn his cameras on: He needed a company willing to trust that he would show what working underground is really like (that’s where his credits...
- 3/23/2011
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
In wake of last year’s triumphant rescue of the West Virginia coal miners, Spike TV is giving its viewers an unprecedented look into one of the world’s most dangerous jobs with its new reality show ‘Coal,’ www.spike.com is reporting. The show follows the life of Mike Crowder and Tom Roberts, who are part-owners of Cobalt Mine in Westchester, West Virginia, as well as the miners and their families in the area. ‘Coal,’ which is set to start its 10 episode, one-hour series premiere on Wednesday, March 30, is being produced by Thom Beers, who has worked on such hit reality shows as ‘Deadliest Catch’ and ‘ice Road Truckers.’ The series, which [...]...
- 3/11/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
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