Mark Burnett, CBS doing pirate reality show

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Pirates pegged for CBS
The buc stops at the Eye in '07
By JOSEF ADALIAN

Shiver me timbers: CBS and Mark Burnett are hitting the high seas,
teaming up for a pirate-themed reality adventure skein.

Eye has greenlit production on approximately 13 episodes of the
untitled project, which begins casting shortly with an eye on a summer
2007 premiere. Details of the project are being kept under wraps.

What is known is that the action in the skein will take place on both
land and at sea, suggesting the presence of ships and islands as
central characters in the unscripted drama.

It's also expected the skein will incorporate traditional reality
elements such as competitions and elimination ceremonies. (Perhaps
losers will have to walk the plank?)

However, one person familiar with the details of the skein cautions
the show will not simply be "Survivor" at sea, and will vary from
Burnett's original Eye skein in many ways.

Obveeus...

Somehow I predict Rupert as the show's host and that the show will end up
being like one of those PBS shows where people pretend to actually live in a
past area. I can see diffferent cast members arguing now about how to
properly load a cannon or properly raise a sail in the 1600's.

Steven L....

Hey, at least that would be an improvement over that PBS reality show in
which young people had to pretend to live in the 1970's. I know that
for today's young people, life without cell phones and the Internet is
nearly intolerable (not to mention the avocado decor of the
seventies)--but I lived thru that era as an adult and I didn't consider
it to be the forest primeval.

Susan Bartholomew...

Same here! Though I understand the kids had no idea how to use a rotary
phone-I wish I'd seen them trying to figure it out!

Bianca...

My first thought when I read the original post was "they're figuring out
a way to use Rupert."
And I have no problem with that.
He stole my heart...when he stole the other team's shoes...

A CBS rep confirmed the order and the pirate theme, but declined to
discuss specifics. Burnett could not be reached for comment over the
weekend.

Mark Burnett Prods. is wrapping up its AOL-based competition "Gold
Rush" this week, while continuing a Web-based promotion for "Flushed
Away."

Company's slate also includes "Survivor," "The Apprentice," "The
Contender," "Martha" and the upcoming Steven Spielberg collaboration
"On the Lot."

Eye has not yet announced whether Burnett's "Rock Star" will return
for a third season.

Obveeus...

It would be hard to find something less resembling a 'real band' than what
they put together last season.