Topic: Thom Beers

Bering TV Review

The concept behind Bering Sea Gold, Discovery's latest highly addictive blue collar reality show, is fairly straightforward: Mix one part Deadliest...
By Eric Volmers: Tuesday night gave a chance for delegates at the Banff World Media Festival to glamour-up for the annual Rockies Award Gala, which...

'Coal' review: Deep into emotional life of miners

0 View Larger Image . There's a reason that some of the most compelling unscripted series hook viewers - because the people in them are not only...

A&E Renews 'Storage Wars' For Season 2

A month into the freshman run of A&E's unscripted series Storage Wars, the cable network has renewed the show for a second season with a 20-episode...
Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline Hollywood's TCA coverage. At first at Monday's TCA, the theme seemed to be high hopes for traditional...

Solid Debut For A&E's 'Storage Wars'

Storage Unit auctions is turning to be the hottest new area in reality television. On the heels of Spike renewing its freshman Auction Hunters with...

The Colony

The Colony is a simulated social experiment created by the Discovery Channel that tests ten individuals in a post-apocalyptic setting. The show is narrated by Thom Beers, who also has worked with Ice Road Truckers , Deadliest Catch , and 1000 Ways to Die ...

The 5 most inexplicably popular reality shows

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There are lame reality shows that are modestly popular. There are vapid reality shows that are hugely popular (E!'s "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" is their queen).But then there are super popular reality shows that, on ...

Black Gold

Producer Thom Beers's documentary series about he-men with dangerous jobs-including Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers-have made pots of money for the Discovery Channel and the History Channel, so it's unsurprising that the network formerly known as Court TV would ...

Wall Street Breakfast

Moody's Reviewing Ratings on Over $100 Billion in SIV Debt. Vivendi to Take Controlling Stake in Activision, Rival Electronic Arts. French entertainment company Vivendi SA is purchasing a controlling stake in Activision for $9.8 billion, forming a combination that will ...