Deadliest Warrior Renewed for Season 3
movieweb.com, February 4, 2011
History's most lethal combatants will continue the fight for ultimate supremacy as Spike TV renews Deadliest Warrior, the network's first original franchise hit, for a third season. It was announced today by Sharon Levy, executive vice president, original programming, Spike TV. The series has averaged 1.6 million viewers over it's first two seasons, the most recent episodes airing from April- July. The season 2 finale on July 27 was the #2 ranked show on cable in its timeslot. The third season of Deadliest Warrior will premiere 10 episodes in Summer 2011.

Richard "Mack" Machowicz, a Navy SEAL and former host and producer of FutureWeapons and Weapons That Changed The World, joins the cast for the new season. Mack brings a warrior's perspective to this series, as well as a weapons and battle tactician's expertise. Mack will provide viewers a richer understanding of the men behind the weapons and provide insight into the specific military strategies of all the featured warriors. His expertise with soldier craft and military hardware comes from his experience as a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Navy SEALs. During his service tenure, he participated in numerous tactical operations with SEAL Team ONE and TWO. While at SEAL Team TWO, he was attached to the training cadre as the Leading Petty Officer of Land, Mountain and Arctic Warfare. He also has over 30 years experience in the martial arts, studying such systems as muay thai boxing, Jeet Kune Do, kickboxing, aikido, jujitsu, savate, arnis and karate.

Mack joins series regulars Geoff Desmoulin and Dr. Armand Dorian for season 3. Desmoulin, a biomedical engineer and karate black belt, is in charge of creating and executing all of the various and often intricate tests that are performed and subsequently entered into the show's computer system. Dorian analyzes the lethal potential of each attack on the human body and discusses the type of medical treatments which were available at the time to treat such wounds.

Deadliest Warrior is produced by 44 Blue Productions, Inc. with Rasha Drachkovitch and Tim Warren serving as executive producers.

The new season will delve deeper into the history of the legendary warriors to create an even more comprehensive composite of these formidable combatants. Season 3 will also expand its scientific exploration of the warriors' weaponry, illustrating its innovation and technology. "We are confident the innovations to Spike's franchise hit, Deadliest Warrior, will be a big hit with show's ever-growing fan base," said Levy. "The addition of more scientific explanation behind the weapons and the historical context of the warriors will enhance the viewers' experience."

"Deadliest Warrior: The Game" for Xbox LIVE Arcade has been a top-selling title on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, selling over 190,000 units within the first month of its July 14 release.

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January 21 , 2007
DGA Announces Nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs for 2006.
“The director's role in creating compelling television has never been greater, and will continue to grow in importance as TV gets more competitive and audiences more demanding,” said Apted. “The nominees for the DGA Television Awards are the vanguard of this movement, setting ever-higher standards of quality and taking on the challenge to deliver excellence in all genres week after week.”

TIM WARREN Pros vs. Joes – “Episode #101” - Spike

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January 11, 2007
DGA Nominates TV Favorites
Directorial Achievement In Reality Programs
Tim Warren, "Pros Vs. Joes" (Spike)

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May 1, 2005
All About the Family Screen Scene
Endurance: Hawaii has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Series. The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards is a presentation of the National Television Academy in cooperation with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. This year’s ceremony will be broadcast live on CBS on Friday, May 20, from New York City’s Radio City Music Hall from 9-11 PM (ET).

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February 17 , 2005
FX Network Press Release
FX has placed a second season order of seven episodes for its unscripted original series NASCAR Drivers: 360, announced John Landgraf, FX President of Entertainment. The popular show, which takes a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday lives of some of NASCAR’s top drivers, will premiere on Friday, May 13 at 10:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM PT.

Flame Television Chairman and CEO Tony Krantz (24, Sports Night), and Scott Messick of Mess Media (Survivor) are Executive Producers with Tim Warren and Nina Lederman serving as Co-Executive Producers.

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January 10 , 2005
The New York Times
They've Got the Horse Right There and It's Real
By ANITA GATES
The producers of "American Dream Derby" have gathered together an awfully good-natured bunch of contestants. In the first episode, tonight at 9 (followed by a second episode at 10) on GSN, the only real grumbling to be heard is the comment "Some people just can rub you the wrong way," made by Tara Walden, a 32-year-old Los Angeles massage therapist. She is talking about Sara Slavin, a 24-year-old model from West Milford, N.J. Yes, this reality show actually acknowledges that people have last names, but maybe that's just because there are two Taras in the show. (The other is a ranch owner from Nevada.)

Scott Stone, Sharon Levy, Anthony Ross, Kathy Sutula are Executive Producers. Tim Warren is the Director.

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January 10 , 2005
The Hollywood Reporter
By Barry Garron
"American Dream Derby" makes a horse race out of the reality game show elimination genre in every sense of the term. Set at the historic Santa Anita racetrack, "Derby" pits 12 contestants -- some horse aficionados and some with absolutely no horse sense -- against each other. After the usual eliminations, alliances, accusations and bizarre challenges -- along with call-in votes that allow players to be reinstated -- eight contestants will select a horse that runs during a live telecast Feb. 21. To the winner goes $250,000 and a stable of thoroughbreds.

The show, from Stone & Company Entertainment, is well cast. The players are a diverse lot and provide the necessary ingredients of snappy comments and superheated emotion. What's more, as in the better reality shows, there's some worthwhile information to be gleaned from viewing, some of which could come in handy later at track windows.

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July 2-5 , 2004
USA TODAY
NASCAR takes a female turn
By Emily Murphy
"You know what else has made me follow (NASCAR) more? asks Misha Kelly, 32, from Annapolis, Md. "That reality show, NASCAR Drivers: 360. I love it!"

NASCAR Drivers: 360 (FX 10:00 p.m. ET, Friday) is finding an audience with female fans. The show premiered May 14 and was replayed three times that weekend, receiving a strong 3.8 cumulative rating, pulling in 4.8 million viewers. The ratings have remained steady since the show's launch.

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May 17, 2004
Sports Illustrated
Scorecard, Under Review
By S.P.
BEHIND THE WHEEL On May 14, FX debuts NASCAR Drivers: 360, an hourlong weekly series that follows the personal and professional lives of some of the sport's biggest names. While many program promise unfettered access to athletes, this show actually delivers the goods. The premiere features genuinely tender and awkward moments in the households of drivers Kevin Harvick, Kenny Wallace and Rusty Wallace.

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May 13, 2004
Daily Variety
Television Review, NASCAR Drivers: 360
By ANNE DONAHUE
There's a joke among the uninitiated about what NASCAR stands for: No Athletic Skill, Centered Around Rednecks. FX's "NASCAR Drivers: 360" seeks to remedy this stereotype and give a behind-the-scenes look at the drivers on the mammoth-ticket Nextel and merely big-ticket Busch racing circuits. Bowing on mucho macho FX right after this week's coverage of the Busch series race from Richmond, Va., docu's focus on family life may convince the wives of NASCAR dads to stay tuned after the race.

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