Deadliest Catch is a documentary television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel.
Deadliest Catch premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005, and the show currently airs worldwide.
It primarily consists of roundtable discussions between the captains about their experiences as featured on the show, and after the season ended.
Mike Rowe returns as host; filmed at the "Blue Nile" bar and other locations in and near New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Bait was a "pregame show" roundtable documentary-style television mini-series that previews select episodes of Deadliest Catch for seasons 9 and 10, filmed in Dutch Harbor, and hosted by Sig Hansen, Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand, and Keith Colburn, with narration by Deadliest Catch narrator Mike Rowe.
Regular features included "The Hot Seat" (interview focused on one Captain or deckhand) and questions from celebrity fans of the show.
Theme music was a six-second instrumental clip at the end of "Hard Row To Hoe" by Dege Legg (from After the Catch VI).
In the ninth season in 2013, Discovery continued the trend of expanded show notes and unaired scenes in its series with Deadliest Catch: On Deck.