Well that didn’t take too long. As soon as the last Chilean miner was out of the ground, there was already news of a coal mining reality show in the works for Spike TV. And it’s title is simply Coal. Which is a lot stupider than my idea of A Cole Hard Life in B Miner.
The insane coincidence of this announcement should raise some eyebrows. However, apparently this show has been in the words for a while now. And granted, a show about coal mining seems to be the next logical choice for extreme jobs but still, the timing is deliciously Hollywood whoremongering. As the unfortunate events in Chile demonstrate, this is a very dangerous job. I guarantee you though they were holding off on the announcement until they saw how the Chilean incident played out. If it ended poorly I bet this project would have been scrapped faster than Pedobear getting overly excited about all this news about miners. But we got a happy ending so we get a reality television show about it. I’m sure the miners are beside themselves with giddiness.
Coal will focus on the town of Westchester, West Virginia and the daily tasks of Cobalt Mine. Needless to say, the town folk are really really really ridiculously good looking, though they don’t prance around in their underwear with their weiner hanging out for everyone to see.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
