Many people didn't realize how hard it is to make such a show into a reality.
First, the filming crews have limited space to work with, they have to film the pirates without getting themselves in the scenes. Second, it is hard to film every pirates' private chats without bumping into other members. Unlike survivor shows, they have at least an entire island to walk around. And in "big brother" show, the cameras are installed everywhere, so the houseguests can just talk freely without feeling someone is recording right on their faces. That is why it is so hard to make this show believable. And while they were cruising along the Dominica's coastline, they also have to avoid showing any of the houses in the distant.
While they competed every week for the prize, someone has to block the road, so local people won't get in the way; and cbs probably had to fly a helicopter all the way from the US just to film this show, because Dominica's own helicopter numbers are limited.
I personally think that this is a show that is very well done. The music was good, the scenery was so beautiful. I like one scene of one episode, where ben and captain was chatting around the sunset time, it was so romantic, the dark red sky, with their silhouettes shown. Then another one before the finale, they showed the beautiful Caribbean rainbow,it was awesome.
I suppose that most people like to watch big brother, it is because they like to see people gossiping, fighting, etc. This pirate master doesn't have a lot of that due to the limitation of the space they have on the ship.
cbs made a bad decision to cancel it in the middle of the show. After all, so many people flied all the way from the US to Dominica, and they had to stay there for quite a while, select places, set up different sites,etc. It certainly wasn't an easy job to do to make this show a reality. In the end, I am sure that all the crew members are disappointed that their hard work didn't get pay off.
There probably won't be another season of pirate master, but if they ever make another one, I will certainly watch it from the first till the last episode.
