Spike to slip scripted organ-theft drama in between Bar Rescue reruns
Spike, attempting to shift away from its image as the network where large, angry men scream about beer-pouring techniques while celebrities earnestly lip sync Taylor Swift songs in the background, has announced its first venture into making a scripted drama series in almost a decade. The network is partnering with Jerry Bruckheimer and Warner Horizon Television for Harvest, a new series about a morally conflicted cemetery caretaker who’s blackmailed by his criminal father into stealing organs from his recently deceased charges. (Harvest was originally developed for A&E in 2013, shortly before that network made its own transition into the “All celebrity-run bars and restaurants, all the time” channel.)