A&E to broadcast The Fugitive Chronicles

Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Pickups and Renewals

There are a few forms of reality television I enjoy, the most predominate of which is the documentary (which has been around for as long as television itself). Even the editorial opinion documentary such as any of Michael Moore's movies have their place.

It looks like A&E is trying to blend the two genres with their new series The Fugitive Chronicles, which will dramatize, documentary-style, "some of the most compelling fugitive captures in the past 20 years". It will include re-enactments and interviews with the hunters and the fugitives (although the fugitives for the most part won't be represented live because they're currently in prison).

This seems like a pretty good idea given the popularity of crime dramas and reality television. It may also give a good lesson on the things one has to do to escape from the law in case anybody watching is planning to break the law in the future. That's info-tainment!

 

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