Primetime With a RI Twist

I was flipping through channels the other night when a scene on the Discovery Channel caught my eye. It looked awfully familiar, and I realized I wasn’t imagining things: I had stumbled across “Lobstermen,” a new documentary-style show in the same vein as “Deadliest Catch” with (almost) as much drama. But making this show even more intriguing than the one that follows Alaskan king crabbers is that it chronicles the trials and tribulations –– lost traps, sand flea infestations, etc. –– of lobstermen based out of ports in Hyannis, Mass., and Point Judith, RI. Currently, the plot centers on the vet lobstermen fending off the new guys as they try to infringe on territory off George’s Bank in the North Atlantic that their families have been lobstering for generations. It’s a unique perspective on how those crustaceans we enjoy so much with drawn butter go from sea to table.