Editing Jesse Ventura (section)

===''Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura''===
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In December 2009, Ventura hosted [[TruTV]]'s new show ''[[Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/jesse-ventura-working-on_n_130477.html |title=Jesse Ventura Working on Conspiracy Theory Series For truTV |publisher=HuffPost |date=September 30, 2008 |access-date=June 13, 2010 |archive-date=February 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201205148/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/jesse-ventura-working-on_n_130477.html |url-status=live }}</ref> "Ventura will hunt down answers, plunging viewers into a world of secret meetings, midnight surveillance, shifty characters and dark forces," truTV said in a statement. On the program, Ventura traveled the country, investigating cases and getting input from believers and skeptics before passing judgment on a theory's validity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.turner.com/press_kits.cfm?presskit_id=163 |title=TruTv:Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura |publisher=News.turner.com |access-date=December 15, 2012}}</ref> According to TruTV, the first episode drew 1.6 million viewers, a record for a new series on the network.<ref name=ep1viewers>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/12/03/conspiracy-theory-with-jesse-ventura-delivers-1-6-million-viewers-trutv%E2%80%99s-biggest-audience-ever-for-a-new-series-launch/35201/ |title=Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura Delivers 1.6 Million Viewers, truTV's Biggest Audience Ever for a New Series Launch |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=December 3, 2009 |access-date=April 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413053637/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/12/03/conspiracy-theory-with-jesse-ventura-delivers-1-6-million-viewers-trutv%E2%80%99s-biggest-audience-ever-for-a-new-series-launch/35201 |archive-date=April 13, 2011 }}</ref>

The first season was followed by a second in 2010 and a third in 2012.<ref>[http://www.trutv.com/shows/conspiracy_theory/episodes/index.html ''Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura'' Second Season episode list] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205191005/http://www.trutv.com/shows/conspiracy_theory/episodes/index.html |date=December 5, 2011 }}, TruTv.com</ref> After three seasons, the show was discontinued in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|last=Ragsdale|first=Jim|title=Jesse Ventura says 2016 offers best shot for independent presidential candidate|url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/209742001.html|publisher=StarTribune|access-date=August 31, 2013|archive-date=September 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920084247/http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/209742001.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but as of 2017 it is still shown worldwide on satellite TV.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}