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BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE Featurette

Television Review: #AloneShow

Not The Typical History Channel Show Review by David Clark History channel is once again distancing themselves from the stigma of being a documentary channel with Alone, the latest in competitive survival reality television. Alone is not simply another Survivor or Naked and Afraid. To win Alone contestants will need an impressive set of survival skills, but they will also need a level of mental fortuity that has never before been seen in a reality competition. Taking place on the remote Vancouver Island wilderness, Alone pits 10 men against nature, each other, and themselves. It is a last man standing style game with a grand prize of five hundred thousand dollars. For many people that has the potential to be a life changing amount of money which explains the sacrifices some of the contestants have made. Many of them have left behind families for an unknown amount of time. That is the other catch. Shows like Survivor have an elimination process that guarantees the

Wizard Wars Holds Its Own

How Well Is Syfy’s Reality Show Doing? Story By David Clark The Syfy Channel is often associated as a place comprised entirely of fairytale and alien programming. Some might think it is a channel people quickly switch away from for fear of being labeled a nerd or geek. The honest truth, the Syfy channel has a little something for everybody. Regardless of perception there is one show that might be worth checking out. Latest ratings have Penn and Teller’s show Wizard Wars commanding a weekly viewership upwards of 1.68 million people. The premise of the show has young aspiring magicians trying to impress the infamous Penn and Teller utilizing everyday objects to perform mind bending magic tricks. Airing weekly on Thursday nights in the 10/9c time slot the show has seen an increase in audience size of 36% in the second season. When compared to the field of cable programming available in the same time slot, Wizard Wars is ranked within the top 10 amongst adults age 18-