great american road trip -related stories
Posted Aug 24th 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone Filed under: Programming , Celebrities , What To Watch Tonight , Reality-Free
At 8, NBC has a new Great American Road Trip .
ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, followed by a new Make It or Break It .
Discovery has Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer at 8, then two new episodes of Out of Egypt .
ESPN has Pre-Season Football at 8, the Ravens vs. the Jets.
ESPN2 has the Little League World Series at 8.
Nickelodeon has a new Glenn Martin, DDS at 8.
BBC America has a new Top Gear at 8.
At 9, ABC has a new Dating in the Dark .
USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
TNT has the summer finale of The Closer at 9, then the summer finale of Raising the Bar .
At 10, NBC has a new Dateline .
Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, followed by the season finale of Nurse Jackie .
Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations at 10.
A&E has a new Hoarders at 10.
There's a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives on Food Network at 10.
Also at 10: E! has a new The Soup Presents .
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Glenn Martin, Raising the Bar, Weeds, Hoarders
Posted Aug 17th 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night , Programming , Celebrities , Talk Show , What To Watch Tonight , Reality-Free
At 7:30, Nickelodeon has two new episodes of Penguins of Madagascar , then the series premiere of Glenn Martin, DDS .
At 8, ABC has a new Who Wants To Be A Millionaire , followed by a new Dating in the Dark .
NBC has a new Great American Road Trip at 8.
ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, then a new Make It or Break It .
ESPN has Pre-Season Football at 8, the Giants vs. the Panthers.
ESPN2 has Little League Baseball at 8.
BBC America has a new Top Gear at 8.
At 9, TLC has a new Jon & Kate Plus 8 .
TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Raising the Bar .
USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
At 10, NBC has a new Dateline .
Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, followed by a new Nurse Jackie .
TLC has a new Cake Boss at 10.
Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations .
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Millionaire, Glenn Martin, DDS, Top Gear, Dating in the Dark
Posted Aug 17th 2009 8:10AM by John Scott Lewinski Filed under: Other Drama Shows , Other Comedy Shows , Other Reality Shows , Cancellations , Ratings
It's not really possible that every summer premiere on the great
American broadcast TV schedule crashed and burned, is it?
But, out of all the original programs that premiered on the major networks after the completion of the fall 2008 season, not a single one got traction.
According to
analysis reports , you can take your pick from any of the following shows:
Defying Gravity ,
The Superstars ,
The Listener ,
Mental ,
The Philanthropist ,
Hitched or Ditched ,
Merlin and
Great American Road Trip . All of them bombed -- each hovering just above a one market share.
In fact, you don't need numbers to prove that the fall crop crapped out. Ask your friend what his/her favorite summer replacement show was. You'll be waiting awhile.
Continue reading Entire summer TV schedule declared a failure
Posted Aug 10th 2009 4:04PM by Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night , Programming , Celebrities , Talk Show , What To Watch Tonight , Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new Who Wants To Be A Millionaire , followed by a new Dating in the Dark .
FOX has the 2009 Teen Choice Awards at 8.
NBC has a new Great American Road Trip at 8.
At 9, PBS has two new episodes of History Detectives .
TLC has a new Jon & Kate Plus 8 at 9.
There's a new episode of The Closer on TNT at 9, then a new Raising the Bar .
USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
Also at 9: Travel Channel has Confessions of a Travel Writer , followed by a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations .
At 10, NBC has a new Dateline .
Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, then a new Nurse Jackie .
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Teen Choice Awards, The Closer, Anthony Bourdain
Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:03PM by Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night , Programming , Celebrities , Talk Show , What To Watch Tonight , Reality-Free
Discovery's Shark Week continues all night.
At 8, ABC has Sugarland: Live on the Inside .
NBC has a new Great American Road Trip at 8.
ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, followed by a new Make It or Break It .
At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW (with Jeremy Piven).
TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Raising the Bar .
TLC has the return of Jon & Kate Plus 8 at 9 (two episodes).
At 10, ABC has a new Dating in the Dark .
NBC has a new Dateline at 10.
Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, then a new Nurse Jackie .
TLC has a new Ultimate Cake-Off at 10.
Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List at 10.
IFC has the movie I, The Jury at 10.
Also at 10: Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives .
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Road Trip, Kathy Griffin, Raising The Bar
Posted Jul 27th 2009 4:05PM by Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night , Programming , Celebrities , Talk Show , Reality-Free
At 7, Bravo has a new Inside The Actors Studio , with Judd Apatow.
At 8, ABC has the two-hour season finale of The Bachelorette , followed by a new Dating in the Dark .
NBC has a new Great American Road Trip at 8, then new episodes of The Wanted and Dateline .
ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, then a new Make It Or Break It .
TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, followed by a new Raising the Bar .
History Channel has Sex in 69: Sexual Revolution in America at 9.
Also at 9: Food Network has a new Unwrapped .
At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives .
USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives .
Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, then a new Nurse Jackie .
Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations .
Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List at 10.
TLC has a new Cake Boss at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Bachelorette, Unwrapped, Nurse Jackie, Cake Boss
Posted Jul 20th 2009 4:00PM by Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night , Programming , Celebrities , Talk Show , What To Watch Tonight , Reality-Free
TCM has moon and space movies all night.
At 8, ABC has a new episode of The Bachelorette , followed by the series premiere of Dating in the Dark .
NBC has a new Great American Road Trip at 8.
ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, then a new Make It or Break It .
At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives .
USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, followed by a new Raising the Bar .
BBC America has the premiere of Torchwood: Children of Earth at 9.
ESPN2 has the World Cup Softball final at 9.
At 10, NBC has the series premiere of The Wanted .
Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, then a new Nurse Jackie .
TLC has a new Cake Boss at 10.
VH-1 has the series premiere of The T.O. Show at 10.
Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations at 10.
Also at 10: Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List .
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: The Closer, Torchwood, Dating In The Dark
Posted Jul 13th 2009 4:04PM by Bob Sassone Filed under: Programming , Celebrities , What To Watch Tonight , Reality-Free
Discovery has a marathon of new episodes of Wild Pacific all night.
At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour episode of The Bachelorette , followed by the season finale of Here Come The Newlyweds .
NBC has a new Great American Road Trip at 8.
ESPN has the 2009 Home Run Derby at 8.
At 8:30, Disney XD has a new Zeke & Luther , then a new Aaron Stone .
At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives .
USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
There's a new episode of The Closer on TNT at 9, then a new Raising the Bar .
At 10, NBC has a new Dateline .
Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List at 10.
TLC has a new Cake Boss at 10.
Spike has a new 4th and Long at 10.
Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, followed by a new Nurse Jackie .
Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations .
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: RAW, The Closer, Cake Boss, Nurse Jackie
Posted Jul 8th 2009 1:00PM by Isabelle Carreau Filed under: Other Reality Shows , Video , Episode Reviews , Casting
I'll admit it upfront, I watched this week's premiere of NBC's
Great American Road Trip . What can I say? I enjoy reality series, there was nothing else on TV, plus I had to tune in to NBC to watch and review
America's Got Talent .
When the families were presented, I couldn't get over the feeling that I had seen Silvio DiSalvatore before on another reality show. Thanks to
IMDb.com I quickly connected the dots ... DiSalvatore appeared on
American Inventor , and it wasn't pretty. Considering the "invention" DiSalvatore presented and the response he got from the judges and viewers back then, it wouldn't surprise me if NBC actually asked him and his family to appear on
Road Trip . Let's face it, DiSalvatore is quite a character and so was his "invention".
Don't recall what invention DiSalvatore created? Silly video and a link to his official web site after the jump!
Continue reading Great American Road Trip collides with American Inventor
Posted Jul 7th 2009 4:02PM by Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night , Programming , Celebrities , Talk Show , What To Watch Tonight , Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new episode of The Superstars .
NBC has the season premiere of The Great American Road Trip at 8, followed by a new America's Got Talent and A Farewell To Michael Jackson .
ABC Family has the series premiere of 10 Things I Hate About You at 8.
At 9, PBS has a new Nova scienceNOW .
Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9.
TNT has a new Hawthorne at 9, then a new Saving Grace .
Bravo has a new NYC Prep at 9.
Also at 9: SyFy has the series premiere of Warehouse 13 .
At 10, ABC has a new Primetime: Family Secrets .
There's a new Rescue Me on FX at 10.
A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner at 10.
Food Network has a new Chopped at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Great American Road Trip, 10 Things I Hate, Warehouse 13
Posted Jul 1st 2009 3:29PM by Bob Sassone Filed under: Other Reality Shows , Video
This is another one of those summer shows I didn't know was coming up until I started seeing ads a few days ago.
The Great American Road Trip is NBC's new reality show that sends seven families cross-country, where they engage in various challenges against each other for fame and fortune. Or maybe just fortune.
This could actually be a fun show, sort of
The Amazing Race meets
Family Double Dare . You know there's going to be families to hate and families to love. Maybe they'll have a challenge where they tie a dog to the bumper and have to keep him alive on the drive to the next state. It starts July 7.