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Monica Martino Guest

Monica Martino

television producer

Reality TV producer

FROM Monica Martino

The Perils of Producing Reality TV

The Perils of Producing Reality TV Monica Martino has made a career of producing "guys in danger" reality shows, like Whale Wars and Deadliest Catch. So when she got the call to be the show-runner on History Channel's Bamazon she was game. But logistics on the shoot proved woefully lacking and she alleges that the safety plan in place for cast and crew was "fabricated."

22 min, 50 sec Feb 18, 2013

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