Pirate Master
originally aired on CBS
The show followed 16 modern-day pirates on their quest for a gold treasure valued at US$1,000,000. The show was hosted by Cameron Daddo and filmed around and on the Caribbean island nation of Dominica. CBS cancelled Pirate Master on July 24, 2007 after airing only eight of its 14 episodes.
Pirate Master is centered around a fictional story of the pirate captain Henry Steel and the "Treasure of Zanzibar" Each week, the contestants are divided into two crews, Black and Red, to hunt for the treasures indicated by the maps and clues obtained from the most recently opened compartment of the treasure. The first crew to successfully retrieve the treasure — even if the other crew arrived and started searching first — wins the treasure, and indicates their victory by firing a blunderbuss.