i never even heard of this until today:
The River
Famed explorer Dr. Emmet Cole (Bruce Greenwood) went looking for magic deep in the uncharted Amazon and never returned. The shocking truth about his disappearance is out there, somewhere, just waiting to be discovered. To the millions of kids who grew up watching his nature show, Dr. Cole was a hero. To his own son, Lincoln (Joe Anderson), he was more of an enigma. Now, six months after he vanished, Lincoln is finally ready to bury the past when Dr. Cole's emergency beacon suddenly goes off. At the urging of his mother, Tess (Leslie Hope), Lincoln reluctantly joins her on a search for his father. To fund the rescue, they agree to let Dr. Cole's cagey ex-producer, Clark (Paul Blackthorne), film the mission documentary-style. The mixed crew of old friends and new acquaintances includes the sexy and resourceful Lena (Eloise Mumford), loyal mechanic Emilio (Daniel Zacapa) and lethal bodyguard Captain Kurt Brynildson (Thomas Kretschmann).
you can watch the pilot here:
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/exclusive-the-river-sneak-peek-pilot-marbeley/5ra8ui0it's from the makers of Paranormal Activity and yes, it is a "found footage" tv show. I hated Paranormal Activity but i actually really enjoyed this. It's able to capture that "mystery" that Lost had when it first started without the obvious tropes of shows that have attempted to duplicate it since.
based on the first two episode it seems that it's gonna do a somewhat "monster of the week" structure with the various spooky paranormal stuff found in the Amazon while also having a specific plot thread that leads it all in one direction.
the thing is that it totally does a lot of the same things you saw in Paranormal Activity. They manage to setup camera in the important scenes and there is totally a part where they fast forward time throughout the night. unlike paranormal activity, the "day time" scenes still take place in a hostile location so you dont get that cold-hot thing where you're just waiting for it to be night for something to happen.
i dug it.