# Swords: Warmed over Leftovers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-warmed-over-leftovers/507695 "2009-08-25T21:41:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-warmed-over-leftovers/507695/1 "2009-08-25T21:41:29Z")
Discovery Channel now runs “Swords”, which is about swordfish fishing in the Grand Banks. The style is just like _Deadliest Catch_. What do you guys think? I looked at some of those fisherman, and they wouldn’t last 2 minutes on the Bering Sea. I’m in about three episodes and if someone does get eaten by a shark or get speared, I’m not watching any more. What’s next, Lobstermen? Rockfishers? Abalonians? Ahi? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-warmed-over-leftovers/507695/2 "2009-08-26T15:50:10Z")
They already did [lobstermen](http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/lobster-wars/lobster-wars.html). They concentrated a lot more on the aspect of lots of boats trying to fish a small area, and boats that thought they were entitled to the prime grounds, than the actual danger. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-warmed-over-leftovers/507695/3 "2009-08-26T16:17:38Z")
They must think because of the success of Deadliest Catch that the viewers are clamoring for ever more shows about fishing. Doesn’t matter fishing for anything in particular, just fishing!:rolleyes: Aren’t swordfish, along with many other species, in decline? I haven’t watched but do the fisherman have a strict limit of how many they can catch? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-warmed-over-leftovers/507695/4 "2009-08-26T16:26:13Z")
It does seem like a lame copy of Deadliest Catch. I guess ratings will determine if it’s back or not. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-warmed-over-leftovers/507695/5 "2009-08-26T16:58:51Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > They must think because of the success of Deadliest Catch that the viewers are clamoring for ever more shows about fishing. Doesn’t matter fishing for anything in particular, just fishing!:rolleyes: > > Aren’t swordfish, along with many other species, in decline? I haven’t watched but do the fisherman have a strict limit of how many they can catch? I can’t tell. I know that it costs about 20-50K in fuel and food costs, and that swords are about $5-6 per pound. And you have to pay your crew. They were landing some 100 and 200 pounders last night. So some quick math says you need about $10000 pounds to break even (no salaries). The only cool thing last night was watching the line get tangled, creating a potential backlash effect where someone could have gotten hurt. No one did. Darnit. I wish that guy Chompers would get eaten by a shark, but I hear that those type of sharks aren’t cannibals. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-warmed-over-leftovers/507695/6 "2009-08-26T18:27:34Z")
_Swords_ is like _Deadliest Catch_ because the same person produces them both, [Thom Beers](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0995452/). He also produced _Lobstermen_ as well as _Ice Road Truckers_, _Ax Men_, _Black Gold_, _Verminators_, _Iditarod_ and many, many other shows in a similar vein. He keeps making them, the networks keep buying them. More power to him. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swords-warmed-over-leftovers/507695/7 "2009-08-26T21:41:44Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > _Swords_ is like _Deadliest Catch_ because the same person produces them both, [Thom Beers](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0995452/). He also produced _Lobstermen_ as well as _Ice Road Truckers_, _Ax Men_, _Black Gold_, _Verminators_, _Iditarod_ and many, many other shows in a similar vein. He keeps making them, the networks keep buying them. More power to him. So he is the Tom Clancy of the tube? Damn! Why can’t they do a show called “Geeks”? Wait, it was called _Office Space_…