What extremely popular TV show was a St. Christopher fishing vessel the inspiration for?
Thom Beers, CEO and Executive Producer of Original Productions, a division of FremantleMedia, and his Emmy® nominated Deadliest Catch team are set to debut their first scripted television event. The team, including Beers and Original Productions President Philip Segal, will premiere the movie, Deadliest Sea, this Sunday night July 19 at 9PM ET/PT, on the Discovery Channel. The epic launches just a few days after the ATAS (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences) announcement (7.16.09) that their five-year-old Discovery Channel ratings winner, Deadliest Catch, has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy® Awards. “The scripted film is a natural extension of Original’s and Discovery’s ‘Deadliest Catch’ brand, because there are stories of heroism that have been left untold on the ocean’s storm-whipped waters,” said Beers. “The Deadliest Sea tells the story of the decision every sea captain fears: the announcement to abandon ship,” said Segal. “This is a very real concern each time our film cr
The story of how a St. Christopher fishing vessel inspired the series “Deadliest Catch.” ———– Deadliest Catch: Crab Fishing in Alaska” A documentary series chronicling the real-life high-sea adventures of the Alaskan crab fishermen. This is the most deadly profession in the world. Sources: http://www.imdb.
he Emmy award nominated team of “Deadliest Catch” are reportedly getting together with Thom Beers, who is the CEO and Executive Producer of Original Productions (a division of Fremantle Media), in an effort to bring on television screens, their maiden television event, the movie “Deadliest Sea.” According to reports, the team of “Deadliest Catch” along with Beers and Original Productions President Philip Segal, were present for the premiere of the movie which took place on Sunday night, July 19, 2009. It was aired at 9 p.m ET/PT on the Discovery Channel. The engaging series has been launched only days after the announcement came from ATAS (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences) on the 16th of July, that “Deadliest Catch” had been nominated for as much as four Prime- time Emmy Awards. The immensely popular show had enjoyed a high viewership rate for a period of more than five years on the Discovery Channel networks. Sources:
