Chicago Mega-Towing Team Back in the Spotlight as SPEED[TM] Launches Season Two of Wrecked.15 Original Webisodes Added to List of 2009 Series Offerings CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bill, Marci, Joey Gratzianna and the rest of the crew at Chicago's O'Hare Towing & Recovery return to television next week as SPEED launches Season Two of the Thursday night prime time series Wrecked on May 21 at 9:30 p.m. ET. "Last winter was one of the harshest in recent Chicago history, and as a result the sophomore season of Wrecked is bigger, colder and more intense than ever," said SPEED VP of Programming and Executive Producer Robert Ecker. "The crew at O'Hare was really put to the test, and the production team on site experienced the rigors of working in sub-zero temperatures right along with them. There's a palpable Easily perceptible, plain, obvious, readily visible, noticeable, patent, distinct, manifest. The term palpable usually refers to some type of egregious wrong, such as a governmental error or abuse of power. sense of the danger and duress duress (dy  `rĭs, d`–, d caused by these
extreme weather conditions that adds tremendous urgency and immediacy to
these new episodes."
The 2009 season, produced by North/South Productions, calls for 20 new, 30-minute episodes in 720p High-Definition format. In addition, North/South will deliver 15 original Webisodes to air on SPEEDtv.com Wrecked full-length episodes, advanced screenings and free clips also will be available on SPEEDtv.com and for electronic download via iTunes, Amazon and other electronic download distributors. Exclusive Wrecked short-form content will continue to be made available all season through SPEEDtv.com, VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand cable, iTunes video podcasts Video podcast (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast) is a term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures. , mobile phones, cable broadband sites and viral distribution. On the mobile front, long-form episodes will be available on Sprint wireless handsets via Sprint TV. SPEED clips and original short-form content will be made available to Sprint, Cingular, MobiTV and others. SPEED[TM] is the nation's first and foremost cable television network dedicated to motor sports and the passion for everything automotive. From racing to restoration, motorcycles to movies, SPEED delivers quality programming from the track to the garage. Now available in more than 78 million homes in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , SPEED is among the fastest-growing sports cable networks in the country and, the home to NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. on SPEED and an industry leader in interactive TV, video on demand, mobile initiatives and broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. . For more information, please visit SPEEDtv.com, the online motor sports authority Sports Authority is the USA's largest full line sporting goods retailer. The company is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. It operates over 400 stores in 45 U.S. states under the Sports Authority name. Total sales for the fiscal year ending January 29 2005 were $2.44 billion. . Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5964572&lang=en |
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