. There are a lot of adventure reality shows on television, highlighting extreme occupations and paranormal investigators. Many are interesting, but few are through-and-through authentic. That’s why River Monsters is a cut above the rest. Almost every episode of its fourth season, which recently wrapped on Animal Planet, features a bare-knuckles struggle to reel in impossibly large fish. The drama is inherent in the situation, and Wade knows how to be calm, cool and collective throughout his ‘Old Man and the Sea’ adventures.