FX Reality Show to air in May UPDATE:

  • Daily Variety says 10 Nextel Cup drivers have been lined up for a “docu-style” series scheduled to debut on the FX cable channel in May, today’s Sports Business Daily reports. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Jeremy Mayfield, Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears, Tony Raines, Brian Vickers, Kenny Wallace and Rusty Wallace are scheduled to take part, the story says. Daily Variety’s Denise Martin writes that FX has approved ordering eight hours of the series, which is tentatively titled “NASCAR: Drivers Unscripted.” Each episode is expected to focus on three drivers prior to a race, and production is scheduled to begin with the Daytona 500.(NASCAR Scene Daily Newsletter)(2-5-2004)
    UPDATE: FX has placed an order for eight episodes of an unscripted series featuring some of the top drivers of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, it was announced jointly by FX Networks President and CEO Peter Liguori and NASCAR Vice President, Broadcasting and New Media Dick Glover. Scheduled to premiere in May, NASCAR: Drivers Unscripted (working title), is a weekly, one-hour series that will give viewers an unvarnished look at nine drivers, their families and teams, primarily focusing on their lives away from the tracks. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Jeremy Mayfield, Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears, Tony Raines, Brian Vickers, Kenny Wallace and Rusty Wallace will be featured in multiple segments over the course of the show’s eight-week run.(NASCAR PR), see full story on my TV/Media Info and News page.(2-6-2004)