The news on the street WAS that the TLC channel would be premiering a new NASCAR reality TV series called “NASCAR Wives.” It was originally ‘s scheduled to follow the Miss America Pageant and there was a full series slated for the spring. Amongst the ladies, the wives that were going to participate was going to be Lindy Hornaday, Kelley Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s sister; and Shana Mayfield, the wife of Jeremy Mayfield.
I already see problems with that original list that doesn’t need further exploration at this juncture.
Now the reality of Hollywood stuck the series and it’s been canceled. TLC ordered 8 episodes and they had a 1-hour premiere last year, but things hit a snag. In fact, the reality of what reality TV struck!
The show did not have enough controversy and here’s the important part (Listen up fans of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette and other such shows)
“The network wanted situations created that were not true to how these women normally act. They wanted conflict, and we just weren’t willing to go down that road,” said Jay Abraham, NASCAR Media Group’s COO.
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Richard Petty speaks to the crowd during the NASCAR Hall of Fame Grand Opening
Back in January, I apprised you that a movie called Petty Blue was being produced and was coming our way soon! It seems that soon can be called now! Or close to it. Production on the Kevin Costner narrated biopic on Richard Petty has wrapped.
We can expect to see Petty Blue on CMT (Country Music Television) and then DVD sometime in the fall of 2010!
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With 4 floors of production studios ready to go, the NASCAR Media Group (NMG) has the resources to create all kinds of media magic. They have access to all the digital archives of NASCAR and if they need to feel inspired, they can sidle over to another part of their own building, the part that houses the NASCAR Hall of Fame!
The group is so equipped, that they could start their own network, but don’t worry. They can’t do that. At least not until some of their media contracts are up in 2014.
Right now, The Atlantic Coast Conference, University of South Carolina and Charlotte-based Raycom Sports are among the first clients that are starting to use the services of the studio, bringing in cash to the studio.
South Carolina struck a deal with the NMG to archive old footage of their sports history. They’ve brought a whole lotta of Betamax and VHS tapes that need archiving to digital format. Dah… that’s gotta be a lot of archiving! Betamax? I haven’t seen or heard that word in quite a while!
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