NBC Greenlights Reality Series With Bear Grylls

Adventure-competition show ‘Get Out Alive' set for summer 2013

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/8/2012 9:54:11 AM

NBC has ordered a reality competition series starring adventurer Bear Grylls to premiere in summer 2013, it was announced Monday.

The network has greenlit eight episodes of Get Out Alive (working title), which will test teams of two in the wild. The series is co-produced by Bear Grylls Ventures and Electus.

It is the first network TV role for Grylls, best known for his former Discovery series Man vs. Wild. Discovery terminated that relationship last spring. "For us, Bear represented an untapped goldmine," said Electus CEO Chris Grant in an interview.