Plane crash kills Ice Road Truckers star flying to film plane crash reality show
Ice Road Truckers star Darrell Ward was killed Sunday in a plane crash; he was flying to film the pilot episode of a show about plane crash wrecks.
Ice Road Truckers star Darrell Ward was killed Sunday in a plane crash; he was flying to film the pilot episode of a show about plane crash wrecks.
A crew working on the History Channel’s Ice Road Truckers was injured in Alaska, while some loggers featured on Ax Men are being investigated because of footage that aired on the show. In Alaska last Thursday morning, “a pickup truck carrying three passengers and a driver hit a rig owned by Carlile Transportation Systems and …
The History Channel’s ratings record-breaking initial contribution to the dangerous jobs genre, Ice Road Truckers, debuts its second season next Sunday, but an episode that airs tonight at 9 p.m. ET and later this week will preview the new season and recap last season. (On both sides of the Sunday preview, the network will air …
A cast member of the original tough-job reality series, Deadliest Catch, says that the cast members one one of the series’ knock-offs aren’t comparable to his. Phil Harris, who captains the Cornelia Marie, says that the cast of Ice Road Truckers, which like Deadliest Catch is produced by Thom Beers, have “puny” jobs. “Ice road …
The History Channel’s most-watched show ever, Ice Road Truckers, will become adapted into a feature film in addition to airing a second season on TV. Variety reports that “Twentieth Century Fox has closed a rights deal to use the premise … as the basis for a tentpole action feature.” (A “tentpole” movie is one that …
At the end of Ice Road Truckers, Hugh made $58,400 by carrying 37 loads, making him the most-successful trucker of the ones we watched. And the show was the most-successful series ever for the History Channel, ending its season by breaking records again. After debuting with 3.4 million viewers in June, the show concluded with …
Capitalizing on the success of its new series Ice Road Truckers, the History Channel will bring back the truckers for a two-episode reunion, and air another one-hour special about ice roads. On August 26, the network will air “The Ice Road: Then and Now,” which is “a one-hour special on the history of ice roads,” …
Ice Road Truckers, the show that follows crazy men who drive trucks over frozen lakes, has been a hit for the History Channel. The show’s debut broke all records for the network. THe show is also popular online: “Searches on the show have spiked on three consecutive Sundays and revved up 80% this weekend,” Yahoo …
The Sunday debut of the History Channel’s docudrama Ice Road Truckers was the most-watched show ever on the network–and beat a network reality series. A total of 3.4 million viewers watched, which is “the best number ever racked up by a series episode in the network’s 12-year history,” according to Variety. In addition, the show …
Two very different reality series debut tonight on two different cable networks, one of which follows crazy women making others’ lives hell to make their dreams come true, while the other shows crazy men risking their lives to make money. First, the fourth season of Bridezillas debuts at 9 p.m. ET on WE. The show …