Category: Deadliest Catch

EXCLUSIVE Deadliest Catch preview: The Wizard swallowed by Super Typhoon Nuri waves

Discovery's 13-time EMMY Award winning series Deadliest Catch always lives up to its non-hyperbolic title, but this season is even deadlier than usual as the crews battle through hurricane-force winds and waves up to 50 feet courtesy of Super Typhoon Nuri. On tomorrow night's episode things go from bad to worse for the boats choosing to remain at sea through the storm, and we are extremely excited to share an exclusive jaw-dropping preview clip of the Wizard and her crew being swamped by two massive waves, apparently seriously injuring one crew member.

DEADLIEST CATCH What is a Bairdi tanner crab? How is it different than an opilio snow crab?

Discovery’s ground-breaking reality series Deadliest Catch returns for its eleventh season tonight, but this season the game has completely changed. “After years of keeping a lid on Bairdi crab quota, new government regulations have increased the inventory by 400 percent,” reads the network press release. Keep reading to find out why the quota was raised so dramatically, and how the Bairdi crab differs from the opilio snow crab viewers are accustomed to.