Question- I've seen forwarded a few times today a letter stating National Geographic Channel will no longer be airing "Diggers."  I have yet to see an official post from NatGeo (association seems wiped clean from Google memory), but if true, it's a great day for preservation of historic sites and just a tremendous demonstration of public involvement for Historical Archaeology.  If you have official confirmation I can share with the public, please contact me off post...I have a lot of local residents & visitors to thank by way of sharing the good news.

Only source I've seen was the NYTime article on the Spike show, that NatGeo issued a statement:

The National Geographic Channel, meanwhile, was more measured about "Diggers," which started on Feb. 28.
In response to a letter from Elizabeth Bartman, the president of the Archaeological Institute of America, which accused the show of encouraging looting and destruction, the cable channel said it had met with representatives of professional archaeological groups.

"As a result of those conversations," it said in a statement, "we are now in the process of organizing a more in-depth set of meetings to explore how we might take more direct advantage of the archaeology community's insights and expertise with programs of this type."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/arts/television/spikes-american-digger-draws-concern-from-scholars.html?_r=1

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