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"Half-Hour Series to Focus on Brave Men and Women from Crystal Mountain, Wash., Who Put it All on the Line to Keep the Slopes Safe
Premieres Monday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on truTV.
09.26.2008
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Millions
of skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes every year — in fact last
year the nation’s ski resorts saw a record number of visitors. While
snow sports enjoy an excellent safety record, injuries and deaths occur
on the slopes each year. With the ski season about to kick off, truTV
is set to launch a high-adrenaline, high-stakes series called SKI PATROL.
Premiering Monday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), the series follows an
elite group of patrollers whose special training makes them part
mountain rescuers, part medical technicians, part cops and part good
Samaritans.
In SKI PATROL,
truTV follows two teams of men and women who work in some of the most
extreme environments in the country. Whether they’re performing
high-altitude rescues, splinting a broken arm or busting unruly
snowboarders, these brave men and women put it all on the line to keep
the slopes safe.
The half-hour series gives viewers unique access to patrol units at
Blue Mountain, Pa., and Crystal Mountain, Wash., as they respond to
everything from injured vacationers and missing children to
out-of-bounds snowboarders and skiers careening out of control. truTV
also follows the patrollers after hours, as they seek to unwind from
the day’s events.
In episode one, a young man faces paralysis after taking a ski pole
to the chin while attempting a difficult stunt. When an avalanche
blocks an emergency vehicle from scaling the mountain, an already
demanding rescue becomes nearly impossible. Also, one young girl
shatters her wrist after a spill on the mountain but falls even harder
for the patroller who helps her.
In episode two, the extreme sport of paraskiing takes over Crystal
Mountain. Extra patrollers are called in to monitor dozens of
paraskiers flying above. Later, a patrol mobilizes to treat a
snowboarder who suffers a severe head injury and broken vertebrae after
a flip goes wrong. When married patrollers Andrew and Michelle perform
a routine avalanche control mission, the day turns disastrous as
Michelle is buried alive.
SKI PATROL’s
Crystal Mountain episodes are produced by Varuna Entertainment, Inc.
for truTV and executive-produced by Jason C. Morgan and Robert A.
Zazzali. The Blue Mountain episodes are produced by Bunim/Murray
Productions for truTV and is executive produced by Jeff Jenkins and
Jonathan Murray. For truTV, Robyn Hutt is the executive in charge of
production. Tony Horn is executive producer and Madelyn Brudner serves
as associate producer on the series.
truTV is television’s destination for real-life stories told from an
exciting and dramatic first-person perspective. Currently seen in 91
million U.S. households and enjoying more than a year of solid and
consistent ratings growth, truTV features high-stakes, action-packed
originals that give viewers access to places and situations they can’t
normally experience. Among truTV’s primetime fan favorites are the
original series Smoking Gun Presents; Most Daring; Speeders; Ocean
Force; Principal’s Office; Forensic Files; and Dominick Dunne’s Power,
Privilege and Justice. During the daytime, the channel features expert
trial coverage under the name IN SESSION.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and
programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media
environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the
world."
SOURCE truTV
"Half-Hour Series to Focus on Brave Men and Women from Crystal Mountain, Wash., Who Put it All on the Line to Keep the Slopes Safe
Premieres Monday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on truTV.
09.26.2008
show individual article. don't use mc_article
Millions
of skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes every year — in fact last
year the nation’s ski resorts saw a record number of visitors. While
snow sports enjoy an excellent safety record, injuries and deaths occur
on the slopes each year. With the ski season about to kick off, truTV
is set to launch a high-adrenaline, high-stakes series called SKI PATROL.
Premiering Monday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), the series follows an
elite group of patrollers whose special training makes them part
mountain rescuers, part medical technicians, part cops and part good
Samaritans.
In SKI PATROL,
truTV follows two teams of men and women who work in some of the most
extreme environments in the country. Whether they’re performing
high-altitude rescues, splinting a broken arm or busting unruly
snowboarders, these brave men and women put it all on the line to keep
the slopes safe.
The half-hour series gives viewers unique access to patrol units at
Blue Mountain, Pa., and Crystal Mountain, Wash., as they respond to
everything from injured vacationers and missing children to
out-of-bounds snowboarders and skiers careening out of control. truTV
also follows the patrollers after hours, as they seek to unwind from
the day’s events.
In episode one, a young man faces paralysis after taking a ski pole
to the chin while attempting a difficult stunt. When an avalanche
blocks an emergency vehicle from scaling the mountain, an already
demanding rescue becomes nearly impossible. Also, one young girl
shatters her wrist after a spill on the mountain but falls even harder
for the patroller who helps her.
In episode two, the extreme sport of paraskiing takes over Crystal
Mountain. Extra patrollers are called in to monitor dozens of
paraskiers flying above. Later, a patrol mobilizes to treat a
snowboarder who suffers a severe head injury and broken vertebrae after
a flip goes wrong. When married patrollers Andrew and Michelle perform
a routine avalanche control mission, the day turns disastrous as
Michelle is buried alive.
SKI PATROL’s
Crystal Mountain episodes are produced by Varuna Entertainment, Inc.
for truTV and executive-produced by Jason C. Morgan and Robert A.
Zazzali. The Blue Mountain episodes are produced by Bunim/Murray
Productions for truTV and is executive produced by Jeff Jenkins and
Jonathan Murray. For truTV, Robyn Hutt is the executive in charge of
production. Tony Horn is executive producer and Madelyn Brudner serves
as associate producer on the series.
truTV is television’s destination for real-life stories told from an
exciting and dramatic first-person perspective. Currently seen in 91
million U.S. households and enjoying more than a year of solid and
consistent ratings growth, truTV features high-stakes, action-packed
originals that give viewers access to places and situations they can’t
normally experience. Among truTV’s primetime fan favorites are the
original series Smoking Gun Presents; Most Daring; Speeders; Ocean
Force; Principal’s Office; Forensic Files; and Dominick Dunne’s Power,
Privilege and Justice. During the daytime, the channel features expert
trial coverage under the name IN SESSION.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and
programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media
environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the
world."
SOURCE truTV
