It would be a matter of opinion, I think. We have watched most of the first season, after a fashion, and some find it suitable and some less so. We have been watching it in it's native Discovery channel form with commercials, which probably robs some of it's appeal, and on discs that Hans' player has trouble reading sometimes, which robs a little more...
The link won't play for me, it just locks up my computer; are they making the show available over the internet finally? It hasn't been available in Canada before, which is why we are playing it on discs recorded in Michigan for us.