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01-11-2008, 03:10 AM
| | Seasoned Veteran | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Michigan
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| |  Season two for Ice Road Truckers scraped
Quote: Season two of ice road documentary put on ice
YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. -- A popular TV documentary series on trucking on the Contwoyto ice road in the Northwest Territories will not be repeated, because the series made the job appear riskier than it is, according to a report by the CBC.
Ice Road Truckers was shown last year on the History Channel. It showcased the lives of truck drivers who haul loads to the diamond mines along the ice road. The series was viewed by more than 3.4 million viewers. Producers of the series wanted to shoot a follow-up, but the company that builds the winter road featured in the documentary say they want no part of the sequel.
According to a report by the CBC, producers sought permission to film a second season but were turned away by the mining companies responsible for building the road.
"It's a TV series built around this romantic notion of people making a dash for money and doing it at a very high risk," Tom Hoefer, a spokesman with Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., told the CBC. "It's very far, far from the reality of how we operate the road, and so we just didn't see any value in continuing that message."
The History Channel is now reportedly looking at shooting the sequel on other ice roads.
| trucknews.com - Truck News - 1/11/2008
Too bad because I like many on the boards enjoyed watching the Ice Road Truckers.
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01-11-2008, 10:47 AM
| | R.I.P. Miss Pooh | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SE
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Yeah, my wife and I both will miss that show and just about everyone at fxfe.
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01-11-2008, 10:58 AM
| | Is Gonna Miss the Cow | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: State of Confusion
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I was saying that about it the whole time it was running. Its far more dangerous running I 80 across PA, at night, during a snow/ice storm.
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01-11-2008, 12:14 PM
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Thats too bad. I did enjoy watching the show
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01-11-2008, 01:00 PM
| | Capitalist Pig | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: S East
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Well that sucks....
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06-05-2008, 07:27 PM
| | Lurker | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles
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| |  History Channels Ice Road Truckers
Catch the brave astronauts who pioneered the NASA program on The Discovery Channel's new six part series When We Left Earth airing on consecutive Sundays, June 8, 15, and 27. For the space programs 50th anniversary, NASA has unlocked it's vaults to reveal mission and training footage completely restored and remastered for HD television. Series premieres June 8 at 9PM. For more info, visit: The NASA Missions : When We Left Earth : Discovery Channel | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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