Spike TV Gets Burnett Cowboy Reality Competition Series
Contestants compete in a weekly elimination contest to win the deed to a Wyoming ranch
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/15/2008 9:26:00 AM
Think of it as "Survivor: Rodeo."
Spike TV has a deal for a new eight-episode one-hour series from Mark Burnett, the producer behind Survivor and The Apprentice.
A dozen cowboys will ride horses, bucking broncs and bulls in a weekly elimination contest winnowing them down to a single champion, who will take home the deed to a "spectacular" Wyoming ranch.
Burnett will be executive producer on the show, which debuts Jan. 29 at 11 p.m.
The show is the first fruits of
a production pact between AEG and Mark Burnett Productions.
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rodeo cowboys are as much real cowboys as a pizza delivery boy on a moped is a Hells Angel. Why not have a real (work related) competition between real cowboys who would know what to do with a ranch. It would be educational as it shows the public (who thinks we do not exist) what we do and how we take care of the land.
Bob Kinford - 12/15/2008 3:57:00 PM EST
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