Thom Beers

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TV's Got Male, With More Testosterone Shows To Come

Glenn and Mitchell Guist

When a young programming executive at the History channel first pitched the idea of following a group of Louisiana Cajuns who hunt alligators, "the poor guy got laughed out of the room," says the network's president, Nancy Dubuc. But instead of dropping the idea, he kept bringing it up — and kept getting laughed at.

"But by the fourth meeting, you had to pause," Dubuc says. "If somebody is as passionate as he was about something, what's the harm in letting them run with it?" That germ of an idea turned into Swamp People, an unlikely hit that ...
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Deadliest Catch to Air Captain Phil Harris' Last Voyage and Possibly His Last Days

Captain Phil Harris

Captain Phil Harris' final voyage will air on Deadliest Catch's upcoming sixth season, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Material for the series' new season, to debut in April, was shot in the weeks leading up to Harris... read more

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