Deadliest Catch

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Deadliest Catch
Series DVD Cover
Genre	Reality television (Documentary Style)
Creator(s)	Thom Beers
Starring	Mike Rowe (Narrator)
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	45 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Discovery Channel
Original run	April 12, 2005 – present
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Deadliest Catch is a documentary-style television series that documents the events aboard six fishing boats in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and Opilio crab fishing seasons. The show is named "Deadliest Catch" because the crew of these boats are at a high risk of death or injury due to the conditions of the sea during the seasons they fish, earning the title of most dangerous job in the world. The show was created after the success of a three-part miniseries about Alaskan crab fishing called America's Deadliest Season (also created by Thom Beers). Deadliest Catch premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005. The first season had ten episodes with the last airing on June 14, 2005. Season two was filmed one year later and began airing on March 28, 2006. Season three began airing April 3, 2007.

The opening theme for the TV airings is "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi, although this song is not used on the official DVD release of the first season. The spots for Season Three feature an updated and faster version of the hit STYX song "Come Sail Away" performed by the punk rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

In North America, the series is narrated by Mike Rowe, while Bill Petrie narrates the show in Europe.

1 Format
2 Vessels
3 Episodes
4 See Also
5 External links
6 Unofficial Sites and Fan Sites

[edit] Format

The series follows six fishing boats and their crews throughout the dangerous crab fishing seasons. The show emphasizes the danger to the crew on the decks of these boats. Each episode has a focus on a story or situation that occurs on one or more boats, on the background story and particular activities of one or two crew members, in particular the greenhorns (inexperienced crew members) on several boats.

[edit] Vessels

Crew members struggle to recover a crab pot as a wave crashes over the side of the ship.

The show is filmed aboard various fishing vessels, some of which change between seasons:

Fishing Vessel	Captain	Season(s)
Aleutian Ballad	Jerry "Corky" Tilley	2, 3
Big Valley ¹	Gary Edwards	1
Billikin	Jeff Weeks	1
Cornelia Marie	Phil Harris	2, 3
Early Dawn	Allen Oakley	3
Erla-N	Bing Henkel	Pilot
Farwest Leader	Greg Moncrief	3
Fierce Allegiance	Tony LaRussa	1
Lady Alaska	Pete Liske	1
Lucky Lady	Vince Shavender	1
Maverick	Rick Quashnick	1, 2
Maverick	Blake Painter	3
Northwestern	Sig Hansen	1, 2, 3
Retriever	Jim Stone	1
Rollo	Eric Nyhammer	2
Saga	Roger Strong	1
Sea Star	Larry Hendricks	1
Time Bandit	John Hillstrand, Andy Hillstrand	2, 3
Western Viking	Coleman Anderson	1
Wizard	Keith Colburn	3

Note 1: The Big Valley sank January 15th, 2005. 5 of the 6 crew were killed, 3 never found. Cache Seel was the only survivor. Aaron Marrs, friend of members of the popular Christian bands Relient K and Bleach, was aboard when she sank. Two songs written by Bleach were later featured on the My Other Band, Vol. 1.