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  • Cable TV's Spike will have Navy access for show on pirate hunters

    04/14/2009 8:23:46 AM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 9 replies · 418+ views
    AP ^ | April 13, 2009 | DAVID BAUDER
    NEW YORK (AP) — Barely a day after the daring rescue of an American sea captain, cable TV's Spike announced a deal Monday to produce a show about U.S. Navy pirate hunters. Two crews for 44 Blue Productions hope to be on board Navy vessels patrolling in the pirate-infested waters off the coast of Africa within two weeks. The company is aiming to have a series ready to put on the air by September, said Rasha Drachkovitch, 44 Blue's president and founder. He'd been talking to the Navy about the idea for three months, but it was finished late last...