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“Doomsday Preppers” Season 2 begins Nov. 13 on NGC

Don’t bug out! Stock up on those munchies — National Geographic Channel’s highest-rated series is back. Doomsday Preppers, which has become a pop-culture phenomenon and a ratings hit, is back for Season 2 starting Nov. 13. Over the course of 15 episodes we will meet more individuals who are committed to thinking through every contingency plan for what they personally believe will be the inevitable disaster that brings the complete breakdown of society. There’s a diabetic mother stockpiling insulin to survive the F-5 tornado she fears is coming; a 14-year-old prepping for global economic collapse; a millionaire doctor getting ready […]

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“Doomsday Preppers” closes its first season as NGC’s highest-rated series ever

The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence has called it a “guilty pleasure,” and apparently many others agree. National Geographic Channel’s Doomsday Preppers just ended its first season, and the numbers have it closing as the network’s highest-rated series ever. According to NGC, this past Tuesday’s season finale of Preppers had 861,000 people 2+ tuning in, with 541,000 in the P25-54 demo, and averaging P25-54 0.6 rating, which is on par with the show’s successful P25-54 0.6 for the full 11-episode season. Next week, NGC will air a bonus “Best Of” compilation episode (“Extreme Prep Edition”) focusing on individuals preparing for […]

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Preppers movement, underground shelters focus of “Doomsday Bunkers” on Discovery

Fueled by devastating news headlines that range from nuclear disasters to the failing economy, shooting sprees, suicide bombers and/or horrific weather, a growing group of Americans are taking their worst fears and are planning for it. They are known as preppers, and they are preparing for the worst, but hoping for the best. Discovery Channel casts light on their world by exploring the advanced and secretive underground bunkers they are installing in Doomsday Bunkers. The three-episode series premieres tonight (March 7) at 10pm ET/PT and will air March 14 and 21. The series follows Scott Bales, owner of Deep Earth […]