Thursday, April 19, 2007

Ahoy, mateys

During my lunch break today I spotted an item in the LA Times about a just-announced TV series that combines two of my greatest passions in life: pirates and reality shows.

Pirate Master” will send 16 modern-day pirates on a high seas adventure where they will live as buccaneers and travel around the Caribbean island of Dominica in search of hidden treasures worth $1 million. Over the course of 33 days, these pirates will live aboard a massive 179 foot, square-rigged barque which carries 12,500 square feet of sail.

Unfortunately, the rest of the description makes the format sound really similar to Survivor, which I hate (and which also makes sense, since both shows are produced by the same guy). But I really want to like this show. I mean, it's pirate themed, for one. Plus, what else am I going to watch between the end of Amazing Race and the beginning of Project Runway? Baseball? I don't think so. Unless it involves someone getting hit in the face with a pizza.

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