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May 31st, 2013
07:58 AM ET
Animal Planet scores ratings gold with fake "Mermaids" documentary – John Berman has more on the story
Animal Planet's "Mermaids: The New Evidence" had 3.6 million viewers, making it the highest rated program in the channel's 17-year history.
The show was so convincing, many viewers were left wondering if mermaids are real.
John Berman wonders: Really? He goes into the facts and the myth.
I love how CNN thinks that two films released five years apart constitutes a "wave of films like Splash and The Little Mermaid" Quick! Name a third movie about mermaids!
Oh wait, does Goblet of Fire count?
Pretty pathetic, CNN. Tabloid journalism: u iz it.
amazing what people want to believe and can be lead to believe–me included.
Admitted hoaxes like these are cathartic and good for waking people from thei "faith & belief" sleep
Science fiction on Animal Planet...?
C'mon stick to the factual animals and factual scientific programming.
I realize Navy sonar testing may be beaching whales, but to wrap a sci-fi premise around a political indictment against the Navy is tacky.
When I read that mermaids are real I almost fell off my unicorn