March 22, 2012 – There’s nothing contrived about “Wicked Tuna,’’ a new reality show that follows several fishermen out of Gloucester who spend a season chasing one of the ocean’s largest and fastest fish: the bluefin tuna.
The 10-part series premieres at 10 p.m. April 1 on the National Geographic Channel.
While the format is similar to Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch,’’ which follows fishermen chasing Alaskan king crab in the Bering Sea, the pace of “Wicked Tuna’’ is slower, allowing the viewer to grasp the range of emotions fishermen experience.
The viewer gets a glimpse of the small talk that fills a boat, including use of local slang – it’s wicked this, wicked that – as crew members go about their routine in the silence of the open seas.
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