Spike TV announced it has ordered 1000 Ways to Die, a new reality series that will explore various and bizarre ways that a person can perish.
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Each half-hour episode of 1000 Ways to Die will tell viewers true stories about the unorthodox style of death that different people have encountered by using full reenactments combined with witness testimonials, historical tidbits, scientific explanations and CGI effects.
Some of the cases that will be covered include death from eating a jalapeno pepper; a simple scrape-turned-flesh-eating virus; and a man trapped in an avalanche with plenty of food and water, only to succumb to methane poisoning from too much of his own gas.
1000 Ways to Die is executive produced by Thom Beers, whose reality credentials include Deadliest Catch, Lobster Wars and Monster Garage for Discovery Channel and Ice Road Truckers for History Channel.
"We may not readily admit it, but we all have a strange fascination with death, particularly all the gruesome details of how it occurs," said Beers. "The bizarre humor in some of these cases is undeniable."
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1000 Ways to Die originally aired on Spike TV in May as a two-part special. However it averaged 1.0 million total viewers and a 0.9 rating in the Males 18-34 demographic -- pretty good numbers for the network -- leading Spike TV to order 10 episodes of it.
"We are thrilled to be in the Thom Beers business," said Spike TV executive Sharon Levy. "We loved the special and Thom's vision for the series combines all the things our audience wants -- outrageousness, water cooler facts and a never-before-seen-on-TV quality."
1000 Ways to Die is currently slated to debut in the fall.
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