It has been on Discovery channel, and also I think it was on a 1-hour special called The Chopper. I used to show it to my students at night school to put them off helos.
The blades were fired off in sequence, then little rockets that spun like pinwheels pulled each crewmember out of the seat on a long cord and opened the parachute. Only demo'd with dummies borrowed from a Volvo commercial.