River Monsters Coming Back!

And though P:NW has still been cancelled, I have some good news, at least: River Monsters is coming back in April 2013 for a fifth season. That is very cool! Admittedly, this show does aim to entertain and humour and enrapture its audience, but there are some scientific elements present in this show as well, unlike, say, Hillbilly Handfishing (not that I have anything against it, mind). I can hardly wait for RM to re-appear.

And speaking of RM, earlier this week JW has aired several of his ‘specials’ – “Killer Weapons”, “Lethal Legends” and “Deadliest Encounters”, to name a few. In each of those special episodes he provides a medley of his encounters with various fish and other creatures, from New Zealand’s longfin eel to the Japanese giant salamander, to name a few. Each of those encounters had some importance for JW, spiritual or experience-wise or something other. This also shows that this show is maturing into something more than more entertainment, which is good. After all, with so many shows being cancelled, it is nice to see that RM keeps going on. I wish it and JW best of luck in the future.