Discovery Iditarod Series - Late Summer Debut

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Discovery Iditarod Series - Late Summer Debut

Postby Johncn » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:11 am

Hello,

According to a couple of sources my robots tripped over, the Iditarod reality show that followed eight mushers (including Rick Holt) this year will start in late summer, and have six parts. It has been bought by Discovery Channel.

Source: Hollywood Reporter
The Discovery Channel has ordered two more series from the producer of Deadliest Catch, Thom Beers and his Original Productions. Six episodes of Coal will debut in the fall and “will follow coal miners working at a small company in Brady’s Bend, Pa., as they compete against the conglomerates in the constant struggle to find new coal to supply to buyers,” while Iditarod is “a six-part series being eyed for a late-summer premiere” that “follows eight teams in the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — a 1,151-mile race that takes place over two weeks each March in the subzero Alaskan wilderness,....


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Re: Discovery Iditarod Series - Late Summer Debut

Postby Heidi » Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:20 pm

Late summer eh? I guess that's not tooo far way. :mrgreen:

Thanks for posting that John. :)
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