Brokaw Reels In ESPN Show

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ESPN confirmed that Tom Brokaw would be hosting a series where he goes on a weeklong fishing expedition. The show's trailer has received some traction on YouTube with 14,000-plus views.

Sponsored by Ace hardware, "Pirates of the Flats" debuts Dec. 27 on ESPN2's outdoors block.

Brokaw, formerly of NBC News, will be joined by actor Michael Keaton and others in their bone-fishing adventure off the coast of the Bahamas. One message of the show: Fishermen need to be environmentally conscious, with the program produced in partnership with the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust.

At one point in the trailer, Brokaw says the color of the water is "psychedelic," and he was "transfixed" by it.

The series includes six episodes and runs through Jan. 30. Garden & Gun magazine touted the series as "about the coolest fishing show to come around since, well, ever."

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