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Marc Etkind is out as general manager of Science Channel, a rep for Discovery, which owns Science Channel, confirmed to TheWrap.

His departure marks the end of a 12-year stint at Discovery, having served in his most recent role for four of those years.

He moved into the role of Gm at Science Channel from fellow Discovery-owned network Destination America in 2015.

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He first joined Discovery in 2007 as vice president of development for Animal Planet. There, he was in charge of creating series and stunts aimed at moving the network from a niche animal channel to a broader entertainment destination. At Animal Planet, his series included “Finding Bigfoot,” “Call of the Wildman,” “Gator Boys,” and “Pitbulls and Parolees.”

Before moving to Science Channel, he served as senior vice president of content strategy at Destination America, where he oversaw the development,...

Midland tapped into the dreamy vibe of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” with their atmospheric new song “Put the Hurt on Me.” The country trio follows Isaak’s lead with the music video too, setting the tune to a stark black–and-white video (though theirs doesn’t feature Helena Christensen on a beach).

Singer Mark Wystrach and guitarist Jess Carson gather around a single microphone, as bass player Cameron Duddy harmonizes from afar. Lead guitarist Luke Cutchen, picking out the riff while seated on his amp, and drummer Robbie Crowell,...

Todd Weiser has been promoted to lead Food Network and Cooking Channel’s programming and development departments, TheWrap has learned exclusively.

“Todd brings an expertise in creating smart, innovative and audience-pleasing content,” the networks’ president Courtney White told TheWrap on Tuesday. “Having the most creative team in place to help lead our development and programming slate remains our top priority and I am excited to see what new and delicious fun Todd brings to this newly expanded role.”

Weiser joined Food Network in 2013 as vice president of programming and development, where he launched several successful franchise offerings, such as “Holiday Baking Championship” and spinoffs “Halloween Baking Championship” and “Christmas Cookie Challenge,” and, most recently, the relaunch of “Restaurant: Impossible.”

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Weiser is now a senior vice president at the cable channels.

Prior to his tenure with Food Network,...

Yes, they are fearless, manly men who pounce on alligators and wrestle them into submission, both in and out of the water. But the stars of Animal Planet's Gator Boys have a surprising affinity for the reptile.

"Our job is to catch nuisance gators – ones that wander into people's yards and swimming pools," series star Jimmy Riffle tells People. "But Florida state law prohibits us releasing any gators longer than four feet into the wild. We don't want to have them destroyed, so we find reserves for them to live."

Adds costar Paul Bedard, "I think a lot of...

Yes, they are fearless, manly men who pounce on alligators and wrestle them into submission, both in and out of the water. But the stars of Animal Planet's Gator Boys have a surprising affinity for the reptile. "Our job is to catch nuisance gators - ones that wander into people's yards and swimming pools," series star Jimmy Riffle tells People. "But Florida state law prohibits us releasing any gators longer than four feet into the wild. We don't want to have them destroyed, so we find reserves for them to live." Adds costar Paul Bedard, "I think a lot...

Paul Bedard may be an expert when it comes to alligators, but he's still human and humans are known for their poor judgment from time to time. On the latest episode of "Gator Boys," Paul decided to go in for a "head trick" during a photoshoot. The trick is a gator classic, with Paul putting his head between the open jaws of the gator. Only this gator bit down.

Surprisingly, Paul was largely unfazed by the whole incident. "My fault, man," is all he said after it was over.

It could be that Paul's head was rattled after the bit. The American alligator has the sixth strongest bite in the world, clocking in at a staggering 2,980 pounds of force.

Think of it this way. It is nothing for an American alligator to grab and rip off a man's arm. That's exactly what happened to a 17-year old Floridian last year.

The "Gator Boys" faced a real challenge in Mississippi. It's hard enough trying to capture an alligator in the open waters of their natural environment, but this week they were called in to deal with one that had gotten into a tunnel. In that smaller space, the danger increases dramatically.

The guys had to be crouched down the entire time, and Paul Bedard even suffered a blow to the head. When the alligator spun around, the instinct to jump out of the way proved problematic with such a low ceiling. And being made of concrete, it wasn't the kind of distraction Paul needed while facing off against a gator.

Despite the dangers, though, the men worked together and managed to subdue the creature, taping up its deadly jaws. They even noted that it had particularly strong jaws, making the narrow capture even more threatening in hindsight. Luckily, no one was injured.

The "Gator Boys" are pretty confident around alligators, but that confidence can get shaken pretty easily when one of the beasts acts out of character. In Florida on a routine hunt, one gator's behavior had Paul Bedard getting more than just a little nervous. He started to wonder if his life was in danger.

He'd noosed the alligator, which is a pretty routine process usually. But it is a dangerous one, as the person is in the water with the alligator.

As Paul explained, "Usually when you noose a gator, he’s fighting to go away from you." But this gator wasn't doing that. Instead, it was following Paul, leading him to suspect maybe the gator was hunting him.

The odds of someone being able to outswim an alligator are almost nothing. If you’re close and he wants to go for it, you have no chance," he said.

Luckily,...

Gators and Southern boys - like peanuts and beer. So goes it for Animal Planet's docuseries 'Gator Boys,' back this January 6. In its first hit season, Animal Planet introduced us to Paul Bedard and Jimmy Riffle - two men who defy death by capturing alligators with their bare hands. The series killed in the ratings - as rapt fans watched wide eyed as Paul and Jimmy wrangled ornery Florida gators and rescued countless reptiles from master bedrooms, swimming pools and outdoor cafés. Now in season two, Paul and Jimmy take on the mighty Mississippi, beginning Sunday, January 6, at 9pm Et/Pt, and face treacherous terrain, deadly sinkholes, gun-toting locals and the biggest, most...

On "Gator Boys" (Sun., 9 p.m. Est on Animal Planet) Sunday night Paul Bedard and Jimmy Riffle helped make a wounded veteran's dream come true.

Todd Love, Corporal Usmc, lost both his legs and his left arm in an Ied explosion in Afghanistan in October 2010.

Despite the severity of his injuries, Todd had not given up on his dream of wrestling an alligator, and so the "Gator Boys" obliged. He also got to touch an 11-feet-long alligator on the nose.

Talking about his wounds, Todd said, "I miss my legs, but I have other things that I have gained from this. The power to influence people."

"Gator Boys" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. Et on Animal Planet.

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The "Gator Boys" (Sun., 9 p.m. Et on Animal Planet) were called in to deal with an alligator that had invaded one family's swimming hole, but the beast proved to be more than they were comfortable handling on their own. So they called in backup.

Even so, the gator still managed to pull Paul Bedard into and under the water, stunning his long-time partner Jimmy Riffle. "Paul never gets pulled into the water," he said later. "And when he did, I knew this was going to be a fight."

Once they managed to get a good look at the alligator, they realized it was 11-feet long, and more than powerful enough to kill with one strike. Finally, though, they managed to subdue it and get it's 500 pound bulk loaded onto their truck. It was a good thing they called that back-up, if just to heft the massive animal.

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The "Gator Boys" (Sun., 9 p.m. Et on Animal Planet) were called in to deal with an alligator that had invaded one family's swimming hole, but the beast proved to be more than they were comfortable handling on their own. So they called in backup.

Even so, the gator still managed to pull Paul Bedard into the water, stunning his long-time partner Jimmy Riffle. "Paul never gets pulled into the water," he said later. "And when he did, I knew this was going to be a fight."

Once they managed to get a good look at the alligator, they realized it was 11-feet long, and more than powerful enough to kill with one strike. Finally, though, they managed to subdue it and get it's 500 pound bulk loaded onto their truck. It was a good thing they called that back-up, if just to deal with the heft of the massive animal.

On the latest episode of "Gator Boys" (Sun., 9 p.m. Est on Animal Planet) Paul Bedard and Jimmy Riffle had a photoshoot to promote their rescue center.

The boys enlisted the help of some adventurous swimsuit models who posed with live alligators. The models were particularly taken with one large gator known as Godzilla.

Thanks to the boys' expert posing advice the photoshoot passed off without incident.

"Gator Boys" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. Et on Animal Planet.

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Paul Bedard and Jimmy Riffle are the "Gator Boys" (Sun., 9 p.m. Est on Animal Planet). Working in the Florida Everglades they're in the business of trapping alligators who've taken a wrong turn into residential neighborhoods and ended up in swimming pools, backyards, garages and even bedrooms.

On Sunday night's episode they decided to have a little fun and put on a show with some alligators at the Everglades Holiday park.

What did Jimmy say was "one of the most dangerous stunts you can do" with an alligator? Stick your head in its mouth. What did Jimmy then proceed to do? Stick his head in its mouth.

As volunteer Tre looked on nervously Jimmy got ready to attempt the stunt, viewers learning from the voiceover that should even one drop of sweat fall from his brow into the gator's mouth then it would be game over for the trapper.

In...

Paul Bedard and Jimmy Riffle are the "Gator Boys" (Sun., 9 p.m. Est on Animal Planet). Working in the Florida Everglades, they're in the business of trapping alligators who've taken a wrong turn into residential neighborhoods and ended up in swimming pools, backyards, garages and even bedrooms.

On Sunday night's episode they decided to have a little fun and put on a show with some alligators at the Everglades Holiday park.

What did Jimmy say was "one of the most dangerous stunts you can do" with an alligator? Stick your head in its mouth. What did Jimmy then proceed to do? Stick his head in its mouth.

As volunteer Tre looked on nervously, Jimmy got ready to attempt the stunt, viewers learning from the voiceover that should even one drop of sweat fall from his brow into the gator's mouth then it would be game over for the trapper.

In...