53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron - Cable Television Series

Cable Television Series

The Weather Channel announced in January 2012 that it would be presenting a four-episode docu-reality series (Hurricane Hunters) in July 2012 centered around the operations of the 53d WRS in the 2011 hurricane season. However even before its debut, the series and its network were beset by controversy when a 53d WRS member, Captain (Major select) Nicole L. Mitchell, an ARWO and on-camera meteorologist for TWC from July 2004 to January 2011, revealed on 4 June 2012 that she had filed suit 9 September 2011 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against The Weather Channel and its owners, NBC Universal and two private equity firms, Bain Capital and the Blackstone Group, claiming that the termination of her employment in 2010 was discriminatory and in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. The series premiered a week later, a month ahead of its announced date, but Mitchell, who was active during its filming in September and October of 2011, was not a part.

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