Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Feeding Frenzy (TV series)


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The result was keep. RL0919 (talk) 16:39, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Feeding Frenzy (TV series)

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Zero hits on ProQuest, Newspapers, or Google News for "Feeding Frenzy" "animal planet" "Christopher Douglas". Prod contested. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:33, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:33, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. The search query above misses articles that call the actor Chris Douglas or that mention the Discovery Channel instead of Animal Planet. Some additional digging finds this article in the Anchorage Daily News and this piece at Today.com; the show is also discussed in this 2010 book by Chris Palmer and this 2013 book by Sherry Simpson. That's probably enough for a GNG pass, in my view. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:53, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources found by Extraordinary Writ.  The article notes: "Put a TV soap star in a plastic box in the bear pen at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, tie a dummy alongside, turn loose the bears, roll video and what do you get? A whole lotta controversy. A storm of it has been building since a program called "Bear Feeding Frenzy" first appeared on the Discovery Channel. State wildlife biologists call the self-proclaimed "documentary" misleading and worse. The bear authority who worked with the filmmakers says he got snookered. And some average citizens -- taken in by the show's appearance of having been filmed in the wild -- are outraged that television producers would be teaching grizzlies to attack life-like dummies, tear into tents and break into SUVs."  The book has a section titled "Feeding Frenzy". The book notes: "In late fall of 2008, Animal Planet broadcast Bear Feeding Frenzy, Lion Feeding Frenzy, and Crocodile Feeding Frenzy. This three-part series described "experiments" with bears, lions, and crocodiles conducted the ruggedly handsome Chris Douglas ... The film crew built a five-foot cube, which they called a "predator shield," made of see-through Plexiglas with six-inch wide air holes. For dramatic scenes, Douglas climbed inside while the powerful predators came right up to the shield. Certainly, the show had an entertaining hook. The animals were just inches away from the handsome host, and they seemed powerful enough to break through the cube at any moment. ... Many scientists, including wildlife biologist Sterling Miller, were dismayed at what these shows tried to pass off as research."  The article notes: "The scenes are from Discovery’s new cable-TV series “Bear Feeding Frenzy.” And as NBC News’ Peter Alexander reported for TODAY on Tuesday, they have sent many wildlife experts and some viewers as well into a frenzy of their own. “The idea of a bear attack can be terrifying, and this show may not exactly ease those fears,” Alexander said. “It was meant to show bears in their natural environment, but experts say it misses the mark and instead reinforces the stereotype that most bears are looking to attack people.”" Less significant coverage:  The article notes: "Bear Feeding Frenzy, Channel 9, 5pm. Former soap star Chris Douglas sparked controversy when he and Thomas Smith antagonised grizzly bears in Alaska to demonstrate what a bear attack looks like. The pair climbed into a "predator shield", a box designed to protect them from a 360kg grizzly, placed a mannequin outside the box and encouraged the bear to attack prompting outrage from naturalists who called the move misleading."  The article notes about Les Stroud: "In "Shark Feeding Frenzy" on Tuesday, July 31, Stroud tries to determine which of seven species has the strongest jaws."</li> <li> The article notes: "Lion Feeding Frenzy RTE2, 8.05pm In this documentary Chris Douglas heads to Africa, where he studies lions with the help of the expert Scott Lope. They hope to discover more about these majestic and fearsome creatures through a series of controlled experiments, observing different behaviours and explaining how they relate to the animals' predatory instincts. Stand well back."</li> <li> The article notes: "Lope also is featured in "Lion Feeding Frenzy," one of the most popular specials on Animal Planet and Discovery. He goes inside a transparent box placed in the middle of a pack of lions to observe what happens when lions fight for food in the wild."</li> <li> The article notes: "Shark Feeding Frenzy - No longer seen as the robotic, insatiable predator, Les and crew analyze the feeding behavior of seven shark species, including the great white and hammerhead. At 8 p.m. on Animal Planet."</li> </ol></li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Feeding Frenzy to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 07:25, 13 June 2022 (UTC) </li></ul>


 * Keep - Show created a lot of controversy and thus a lot of coverage as indicated above. Clearly meets WP:GNG. ~Kvng (talk) 13:38, 13 June 2022 (UTC)


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