Discovery Channel has set the premiere date for Season 22 of its hit franchise “Deadliest Catch,” and has shared further information on how the show will address the death of rookie crew member Todd Meadows.
“Deadliest Catch” returns on Friday, May 8 at 8 p.m. ET on Discovery Channel. Episodes will feature Meadows, who joined the Aleutian Lady as a deckhand in May 2025. He died on February 25 after falling overboard; he was featured as the show was in production for the second half of its season, and scenes with Meadows were filmed in the weeks before the accident.
According to background information shared with press, the Aleutian Lady was equipped with cameras at the time of the incident, but it will not be shown on the show out of respect for his family and loved ones.
Per information from Discovery, the season will pay tribute to Meadows in its premiere episode, and also share how his loss has impacted the Aleutian Lady crew and the fishing community. Meadows’ contributions will continue to be featured in the following episodes.
According to a death certificate obtained by TMZ, Meadows died from “drowning with probable hypothermia” and “submersion of body in cold water.” The Alaska Department of Health ruled that Meadows’ death was an accident.
Here’s the logline for this season: “With a new king crab population appearing far north, the fleet relocates 225 miles to St. George Island, facing colder weather and more extreme seas than any season before as they work to sustain their livelihoods in rapidly changing waters. For the first time in decades, the captains abandon familiar fishing grounds to chase a rare breed of Red King Crab lurking in the frozen waters of the far North. This elusive catch, worth a fortune, pushes the fleet into remote territory and tests their experience and resilience at the edge of the world.”
Among this season’s highlights, Captain Sig Hansen “launches an unprecedented covert scouting mission, deploying an underwater drone into the unknown waters in a bold attempt to locate the rare strain of king crab before the rest of the fleet arrives.”
Meanwhile, Captain Wild Bill Wichrowski “journeys to St. George Island to share his decades of hard-earned knowledge” and Captain Jake Anderson, having lost his boat and his marriage, returns as a deckhand for the first time in 11 years. “When an unexpected opportunity emerges to restore the legendary Cornelia Marie, Jake steps back into the captain’s chair, putting his reputation and his family’s future on the line for one final shot at redemption,” the logline added.
Fremantle’s Original Productions produces “Deadliest Catch” for Discovery. Here’s a first look:
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