Dying BreedTelevisionWork with usMore than 25 years in national television—built through field experience, family, hard lessons, and an unwillingness to endorse what he does not believe.
Read Shawn's story
Host & Executive ProducerShawn Chatham did not enter television through a studio door. He built his way in—with the same work ethic, accountability, and willingness to learn that shaped every chapter before it.
Shawn took over a branch of his family's construction operation in 1992. The work taught him how to build teams, solve problems under pressure, and earn trust one job at a time. Those lessons later became the backbone of the way he produces television and works with sponsors.
In 2000, determination carried Shawn into national outdoor television with Chasing the Dream on Outdoor Channel. He learned production by surrounding himself with experienced professionals, asking questions, and putting in the hours until he could edit and shape the show himself.
The program began with hunting, but the idea was always bigger: tell honest stories about adventure, the people who live it, and the work behind each experience.
Shawn's production work expanded beyond hunting into fast cars, UTVs, fishing, and professional sports. He later produced a weekly New Orleans Saints program, working with the team and NFL highlight footage before returning to big-game outdoor television through Trophy Time TV.
Every assignment sharpened the same skill: finding the human story inside the action and translating it into television that feels real.
“Sponsorship equals relationship. If I would not recommend a product without being paid, I will not recommend it because someone is paying.”
Dying Breed was created around values Shawn felt were becoming harder to find: faith, family, personal responsibility, patriotism, and respect for the land and the people who work it. The show remains rooted in hunting and the outdoors while making room for practical products, property projects, automotive and off-road adventure, fishing, health, travel, and the new Wide Open Dreams segment.
The subject matter keeps growing. The promise to the audience does not: every story should be worth their time, and every recommendation should be earned.
A television relationship only works when the viewer believes the person holding the product. That trust is earned slowly and can be lost in a single segment.
Products must be understood in real conditions before they are recommended.
Useful details matter more than scripted praise or exaggerated claims.
The strongest sponsorships grow from shared values and long-term fit.