''Cannabis Planet'' is an American
television program
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created by Brad Lane with the intent to promote the benefits of
marijuana
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.
According to
producers
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, the show covers "the merits of the cannabis plant (medicinally, industrially, agriculturally), and the benefits this plant brings to planet earth, mankind and the United States."
The
Los Angeles
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–based program first
broadcast
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in July 2009 on the
television station
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KJLA
KJLA (channel 57) is a Spanish-language religious independent television station licensed to Ventura, California, United States, serving the Los Angeles area. The station is owned by Costa de Oro Media, LLC, a company run by Entravision Commu ...
, which airs throughout most of
Southern California
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. Most recently, the program broadcast 13 new episodes into five major media markets including Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Palm Beach. (October 2017 – January 2018)
''Cannabis Planet'' was originally co-hosted by ''West Coast Cannabis Magazine'' publisher
Ngaio Bealum
Ngaio Bealum is an American comedian, musician, writer, actor, activist, juggler and publisher. He co-hosted '' Cannabis Planet'' and published ''West Coast Cannabis Magazine''. Bealum hosted a podcast on Cannabis Radio. The podcast was formatted ...
and
medical marijuana
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activist
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Sarah Diesel and Broadcaster/TV Host Lani Garcia,
[ Seasons 2 and 3 were hosted by Brandon Stone and Jean Marie Tolkien. Season 4 the show took on a high tech look and featured a variety of hosting presenters.]news presenter
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Patrick Finerty, field reporters Seirah Royin and Dragonfly de la Luz, horticulturist
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and author
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Ed Rosenthal
Edward "Ed" Rosenthal (born December 2, 1944) is an American horticulturist, author, publisher, and ''Cannabis'' grower known for his advocacy for the legalization of Cannabis (drug), marijuana use. He served as a columnist for ''High Times, Hig ...
as a cannabis expert, and chef
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Mike Delao to illustrate the preparation of cannabis foods
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.[
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History
The idea of ''Cannabis Planet'' came to Brad Lane in May 2009 after he observed an increasing number of advertisements in ''OC Weekly
''OC Weekly'' was a free alternative weekly paper distributed in Orange County and Long Beach, California. It was founded in September 1995 by Will Swaim, who acted as editor and publisher until 2007.
The paper was distributed at coffee shops, ...
'' relating to marijuana and alternative medicine
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.KDOC-TV
KDOC-TV (channel 56) is a religious television station licensed to Anaheim, California, United States, serving the Los Angeles area as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station maintains studios on East F ...
aired the first episode in July 2009, but the station "got cold feet", allowing KJLA to continue broadcasting the series.[
In the San Francisco Bay Area, ]KOFY-TV
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picked up ''Cannabis Planet'' in 2010 and aired it on Fridays at midnight, but was unable to remain on the air following their post proposition 19 election episode in November due to lack of sponsors.'Cannabis Planet' promotes all uses of pot
Trey Bundy, 17 February 2010, SFGate.com
The show also aired in Sacramento on KTNC television and in San Diego on Cox Channel 14 following the KTLA news broadcast each Friday evening at 11:00 p.m.
Season 4 of ''Cannabis Planet'' aired in November 2013 in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, in addition to Phoenix, Arizona, Detroit, Michigan, Las Vegas, Nevada and Denver, Colorado. Cannabis Planet 4.0 re-launched on Thanksgiving Weekend 2013 into fourteen media markets focusing on Prohibition States. The series is hosted by committee alternating each week, Celeste Creel, Salome Azizi and Jacqueline Robinson share this task. Returning cast members include news anchor Patrick Finerty who provides weekly information about industrial HEMP and Chef Mike DeLao providing healthy Hemp recipes. Season one co-host Ngaio Bealum returns to the show with a weekly segment, "The Higher Perspective", offering a philosophical perspective on the plant.
On October 14, 2017, Cannabis Planet returned to the national television airwaves with a vengeance with 13 freshly baked episodes. Celebrity guests included '' The Walking Dead''s Cooper Andrews
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, ''Orange Is the New Black
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s Matt Peters
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Life and career
Peters began performing as a stand-up comedian in Los Angeles and appeared in a number of shor ...
, the NBA's John Salley
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, Riley Cote
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and Darren Jackson from the NHL, Marvin Washington
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, Nate Jackson and Eben Britton
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from the NFL, former MMA star Steve Cantwell
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, and many more. New presenters Heidi Kaufman and Rebecca Capatano joined returning cast members Patrick Finerty, Celeste Creel, Solame Azizi and Jacqueline Robinson. Chef Mike DeLao and comedian Ngaio Bealum are also in the mix.
Production
According to Lane, ''Cannabis Planet'' costs about $10,000 a week to produce.
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
References
External links
* {{official website, http://www.cannabisplanet.tv/
''Cannabis Planet''
at blip.tv
2009 American television series debuts
Cannabis media in the United States