Gold Rush Alaska
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webhosting
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- Oct 20, 2010
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Didn't they spend like $250,000? Looks like they should have invested in something else.
caneman
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- Jan 29, 2010
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Ya, they put down $250K to run for the summer and it was such a hokie design for their wash plant, it was like they didn't put much thought into it or test it out.
I wonder how much they got paid for the the show, that had to help some. I did read somwhere that they are in talks to a second season...
I wonder how much they got paid for the the show, that had to help some. I did read somwhere that they are in talks to a second season...
xboxps3wow
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im watching it right now.. last episode
i doubt they will find enough to make much profit... but we'll see
i doubt they will find enough to make much profit... but we'll see
rebroker
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California gold prospector
California gold prospector
snabbacash
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Now that the claim owner notice they found gold, why would he renew their lease for next summer? Think they are screwed on getting any more gold.
redtide1969
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^^^ Exactly, from what I remember I think the claim owner is still working his own mine also.
Millygirl
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Gold Rush Alaska is a Reality TV show. Reality TV is a mixture of "reality" and acting in order to get viewers into the network.
And no many of these "reality tv stars" aren't paid a whole lot of money by the network.
Most of them make their money by pushing books or products, getting endorsements, etc.
http://www.realitytea.com/2010/12/08/kim-kardashian-bethenny-frankel-top-reality-tv-stars-earning-list/
Finally, here is one blog (not sure how real it is...could be a fake blogger) that might help you:
Code:
http://www.goldminingrealityshow.com/?p=244And yes, I do watch too much "realty" tv shows
A few of the characters in the show approached networks talking about this show and pitching ideas. Like the guy above me said, networks simply aren't paying a lot to the people on these shows. Everyone makes their money from books, appearances, promotions, etc. A few are real, most are not. This if kind of like why Mythbusters has that one chick, and why American Pickers has... that one chick (I actually met her, she lives in the same town as me in the U.S.) who was brought into the show during it's conception even through wikipedia states that she knew them before the show.
These shows exist through the planting of things like gold or old rusty bikes to the development of a storyline that seem real in order to keep the audience tuned in. Because it was real at one time, people will continue to think it is all reality as well.
These shows exist through the planting of things like gold or old rusty bikes to the development of a storyline that seem real in order to keep the audience tuned in. Because it was real at one time, people will continue to think it is all reality as well.