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Truckers, family-owned trucking companies sought for proposed TV shows
Key creative personnel behind numerous cable TV reality shows including Ice Road Truckers appear to be involved with the creation of a new trucking-related competition show. In addition, a casting call has been issued for family-owned trucking companies specializing in oversized hauling.
August 7, 2019
Life
Texas-based owner-op competing on âSurvivorâ TV series
Independent trucker and Beaumont, Texas resident Carl Boudreaux, has yet to be voted off of this season of Survivor. Check out his story here on Overdrive.
October 4, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Skip that DVD rack and stream what you want
Though the many movie and TV-streaming apps now available offer a solution, only three in 10 Overdrive readers say they subscribe to a streaming movie/TV service. This video covers five apps for streaming commercial productions on phone, tablet or laptop.
January 3, 2018
Custom Rigs
The day five famous 70s/80s rigs made history on 'Hollywood Hill'
A firsthand account of the event, bringing together restored trucks from movies âDuel,â âConvoy," and âSmokey & the Banditâ with âMovinâ Onâ and âB.J. & the Bearâ TV rigs â among others at the Southern Classic Truck Show in 2016.
December 21, 2016
Business
TV network for truckers to launch in Jan.
The Transportation Nation Network (TNN) will launch via its website on New Yearâs Day this coming year. The network bills itself as a âvideo streaming platform dedicated to the trucking industry.â
December 12, 2016
Business
Conversing while traversing
âWe communicate verbally a helluva lot more when heâs away than we do when weâre in the cab together, and the conversations can get admittedly weird, especially if weâre both tired, or donât have a good connectionâŚâ
May 17, 2015
Business
Donât eat me, bro
The connection between rubberneckers and those who will watch the âearth-shattering eventâ promised Dec. 7 by a certain cable network and a man who plans to feed himself to an anaconda.
November 12, 2014
Business
TV truck-stop comedy in works
âThe next big TV hit could well be a comedy set in, of all places, a truck stop in Kansas.â So writes TruckersNews.com editor David Hollis in the story at this link, following news from several Hollywood media outlets that Big Stop is being produced one of the stars of ABCâs Emmy award-winning show Modern Family and is expected to [âŚ]
October 10, 2014
Business
I am funnier than âHot Tub Time Machineâ
âAs I limp around America, I do so with the firm knowledge that Iâm funnier than âHot Tub Time Machine.'â
October 25, 2013
Life
âShipping Warsâ season 3 features refused load, Evel Knievel truck
âEither itâs legal, safe and compliant or Iâm not going to do it.â âowner-operator Marc Springer, who refused a load heâd won the bid on during filming of Shipping Warsâ third season.
December 27, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Worldâs Toughest Trucker contestants at Great West
Drivers Jason Johnson and William Carlos âL.A. Rookieâ Weekley (pictured) will be joining representatives of the Truck It Smart load matching service at their booth in Las Vegas at the Great West Truck Show, beginning Thursday. Not only have both drivers proven they can hang hauling loads in the Australian Outback and in the Himalayas, [âŚ]
June 12, 2012
Channel 19
IRT without Lisa Kelly: Downer for many fans
With Ice Road Truckersâ sixth season premiere on the History Channel last Sunday, fans were reportedly bummed by the absence of the biggest star the showâs produced, trucker Lisa Kelly. (Find my 2010 interview with her here.) On Overdriveâs Facebook page, one commenter went farther: âLooks like this will be the worst season ever. Hot [âŚ]
June 6, 2012
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