Discovery, which delayed airing TLC's "Best Funeral Ever" after the Newtown shootings, is giving the death business another try with the new "Funeral Boss."
The six-part series, which will premiere next month on Discovery Fit & Health, follows a funeral business owner who hopes to pass it on to his children.
Also read: TLC Delays 'Best Funeral Ever' After Newtown Shootings
"Best Funeral Ever," which was to premiere in December on Discovery's TLC, featured Dallas-based funeral director John Beckwith Jr. and his staff organizing sendoffs with such unlikely themes as Christmas and a state fair. But the network decided to delay the one-hour special until Jan. 6 because of the mass shooting.
"Best Funeral Ever" had 1.5 million viewers and TLC has ordered more episodes to air later this year.
The new Discovery Fit & Health series will take a more traditional approach than "Best Funeral Ever." Instead of highlighting outrageous funerals, it will focus on a family business that just happens to be readying people for their eternal rest. It follows patriarch Bill Harris as he tries to keep his three sons and a daughter in line. At least one of them hopes to one day take over.
Discovery is attempting, of course, to tap into one of television's largest demograpics: People who will someday die.
