IceRoadTrucker-related stories
Posted Jun 25th 2009 12:03PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Documentary
It's doubtful the tough guys (and gal) driving north to Alaska on the current season of
Ice Road Truckers are big video game players. They're too busy staying alive while driving tons of cargo over roads would keep sane people home from school.
But, that's not stopping The (former) History Channel from launching its first paid
iPhone and iPod Touch game with an application that allows users to command 18-wheelers across Arctic roads.
Fans of the show -- and of snowy truck driving in general -- can download a free, "lite" test version of the game now through Apple iTunes.
Continue reading Ice Road Truckers iPhone app lets fans hit the frozen road
Posted May 20th 2009 5:12PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Documentary
The History Channel has updated its website and schedule for the the return of one of its toughest and most popular reality series,
Ice Road Truckers.
Set to return Sunday nights on May 31, new episodes of
Ice Road Truckers take the show's cameras from the diamond mines and frozen highways of Canada's Northwest Territories north to the oil fields of Alaska.
Previous seasons featured rugged truck drivers (like Hugh "The Polar Bear" Rowland, right) braving subzero temperatures to drive rigs weighing thousands of tons over ice pathways smoothed out over frozen lakes.
Continue reading Ice Road Truckers heads north to Alaska for third season
Posted Aug 3rd 2008 12:02PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd, Pickups and Renewals
Spike TV has picked up the original, non-scripted series
1,000 Ways to Die. The title of the show says it all -- it just chronicles the many ways people leave this world. It's from Thom Beers, the same guy who produced
Ice Road Truckers,
The Deadliest Catch, and
Ax-Men. There seems to be a theme with Beers's shows, don't you think? The show was originally a two-part special that aired in May on Spike. It performed so well that the network has order ten 30-minute episodes.
Continue reading Spike TV announces pick-up of 1,000 Ways to Die
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