It looks like at least one of PAX TV's first three reality show attempts is doing well enough to merit a second season. PAX has announced that it has begun production of Cold Turkey 2, a second season of its Big Brother-like series that forces unsuspecting contestants to quit smoking.
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Executive produced by Average Joe and Manhunt creator Stuart Krasnow, Cold Turkey will wrap up its first season on Tuesday, December 7 at 10 PM ET/PT. Currently filming in San Diego, Cold Turkey 2 will premiere in January 2005.
The ten unsuspecting smokers participating in Cold Turkey 2 are:
• Chelsea Merrick, a 21-year-old journalism student from Austin, Texas
• Michele Angelvine, a 25-year-old veterinary technician from Brooklyn, New York
• Jessie Gibson, a 29-year-old office manager for a not-for-profit organization from New York, New York
• Linda Reinecke, a 45-year-old mother from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Brenda Hawkins, a 60-year-old retired truck driver from Blue Springs, Missouri
• Christian Driggs, a 25-year-old construction worker and surfing instructor from Wyckoff, New Jersey
• Brad Robinson, a 27-year-old promotional events manager and aspiring actor from Los Angeles, California
• I-Fu “Pete” Chen, a 28-year-old self-proclaimed computer geek and IT manager from Atlanta, Georgia
• Greg Rizzo, a 40-year-old stock broker and part time musician who works on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• AJ Ramirez, a 50-year-old mortician who has handled over 7,000 funerals in the past 30 years from Alice, Texas