Bait Car is an American television series airing on the truTV network.The pilot episode was called Negro Trap, but was changed after protests from the NAACP. The program retains the original name in Asian and South American syndication. The show depicts would-be car thieves caught in the act of auto theft. Police target criminals with a high-tech bait car, rigged with hidden cameras and radio trackers. Viewers are taken along for the ride from the moment the car is stolen to the thief's arrest.
A comedic unscripted illusionist stunt series featuring master magicians and daredevils Chris Ramsay, Eric Leclerc, Wes Barker and Alex Boyer. From shock collar card tricks to mind bending one of their own cars in broad daylight, no stunt is off limits and no line is uncrossable to these self-proclaimed “Abracadipshits.” Viewers will also get a peek behind the curtain when they reveal how some of these unforgettable experiences were created.
Most Daring is an American reality television show produced by Nash Entertainment and truTV Original Productions. Initially showing only rescue footage, it later became a companion to the show Most Shocking and like its sister show, it features footage of police chases, daring rescues, auto accidents and other crazy and outrageous content and sometimes could be scary for some viewers. It bills itself as "The Footage too shocking for Most Shocking".
In the US, new episodes currently air on Wednesday nights at 9PM Eastern, right after Most Shocking.
A reality television program set in American high schools and features dramatic and humorous encounters between students and principals. Some events that lead to such encounters are students being late to class, truancy, food fights, smoking, and disruptive conduct in class.
Full Throttle Saloon is an American reality television series airing on the truTV network. The series provides an inside look at the world's largest biker bar located in Sturgis, South Dakota. Owner Mike Ballard and a full cast of characters race against the clock to serve huge crowds at the Full Throttle Saloon, which is open from 9am to at least 6pm from early April through the end of October and 6:30am to 2am during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally the first full week of August. More than 300,000 people visit the Full Throttle during the annual event, where Ballard and his team are pressured to make a year's salary in a short time window, all while providing patrons an experience they will not forget. The series marks the first time cameras have been allowed to capture every minute. The series premiered on November 10, 2009 and premiered its fourth season on December 19, 2012 with twelve episodes ordered.
A spin-off of Hardcore Pawn, the series follows the day-to-day operations of the Royal Pawn Shop located in Chicago, Illinois at 428 S. Clark Street, across from the Metropolitan Correctional Center near Chicago's Financial District.
It Only Hurts When I Laugh is an American television series that premiered on TruTV on October 22, 2009. This program showcases hilarious painstaking moments caught on tape. Unlike America's Funniest Home Videos, this one uses a narrator throughout the show, however it is the first truTV show to have laughing audience members in the background, although some footage in the show has real laughter. This show, along with AFV, sometimes uses sound effects for fun. Season 2 debuted on April 15, 2010. Season 3 started on October 11, 2010.
Speeders Fight Back is a nontraditional court show on TruTV that began airing in the fall of 2008 and is a spin-off of Speeders.
Offending motorists that were shown on the original Speeders show challenge the officers that pulled them over and take their cases to the Oak Lawn, Illinois courthouse in front of Mayor and Judge David Heilman. From there, the said individuals use visual aids, alibis, emotional and offbeat excuses to get out of their traffic tickets. New episodes aired on October 1, 2009.
The first season of Speeders Fight Back took place at the Broward County, Florida courthouse with Chief Magistrate Brenda Di Ioia as the magistrate. The first season of the show is actually real. The Magistrate, the officers, the defendants and the court personnel are all actual. There are no scripts. In fact, the production company taped entire court sessions for 4 months from beginning to end then selected the ones they wanted to air.
The second season with the Mayor was scripted and contained some actors who playe
Beach Patrol is a half-hour television series airing on Tru TV. The show features lifeguards and police working together to apprehend criminals and save lives.
Each of the program's four seasons have focused on a different city San Diego, Miami, Honolulu and Huntington Beach.
Follows a civilian tiger team composed of Chris Nickerson, Luke McOmie, and Ryan Jones, which is hired to infiltrate organizations with the objective of testing their weaknesses to electronic, psychological, tactical, and physical threats. Attacks executed on organizations in this television show include social engineering, wired and wireless hacking, and physically breaking into buildings.
Snap Judgment was a daily American legal comedy television program, which aired on CourtTV from 1999 to 2000, hosted by commentator Lionel, and created by The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead.
Court TV described it as "an irreverent, satirical and 'judicially incorrect' look at the absurdities that exist in all areas of the legal system."
According to a review in the New York Observer, "Snap Judgment, hosted by the AM radio personality currently known as Lionel, is a novelty for Court TV, a satirical examination of the process it otherwise treats so reverently. The show contains court testimony from absurd lawsuits and profiles of obscure players in the legal profession." According to The New York Times, "Shown on weeknights, the show features Lionel offering sardonic commentary on legal events in the news and video excerpts from trials, often from small-claims courts. An "expert" then joins Lionel in analyzing the cases. One recent case: a fight between two neighbors over injury to a chicken that inspired pro
The lush Hawaiian Islands provide a dramatic backdrop as the pilots of Windward Aviation risk injury and even death as they perform rescues in this tropical paradise.
Bear Swamp Recovery is an American reality series debuted on August 22, 2011 on truTV. The show's title is the name of the repossessing agency, which is located in Mercerville, New Jersey. Similar to other truTV shows, the series is filmed in a cinema verité style but consists of some scripted and dramatized performances by actors. The show is filmed by showing the scenes of the cast conducting repossession of automobiles for finance companies. In the show, they also perform repossession of other exotic and strange items such as luxury boats, buses, limousines, ATVs, Zambonis, tow trucks, hot air balloons and diggers.
Breaking Greenville takes viewers behind the cameras of two real-life rival TV news stations in one of the smallest TV markets in America: Greenville, Miss. The character-driven, comedic docu-soap spotlights the playful - and at times cut-throat - rivalry between two local news stations and the dynamic newscasters who are determined to take their jobs seriously, even when some of the news they cover is less than serious.
A high-stakes bar competition with a twist, where two bar owners compete to turn the most profit. But there's one small catch: each bar owner has to run the other owner's bar!
Ma's Roadhouse is an American reality television series airing on the truTV network. The series provides an inside look at the Strokers Dallas biker bar located in Texas. Rick Fairless is the owner of Strokers Dallas, a Texas motorcycle shop, tattoo parlor and biker bar. His greatest asset is his 71-year-old mother, who's also his best, but most outspoken, employee.