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Sean Gallagher, one of the founders of Say Yes to the Dress producer Half Yard Productions who spent over a decade at Discovery, died July 19 of cancer. He was 57..

Gallagher was heralded as a “pioneer” of reality television and a “kingmaker” as the industry took shape in its early years. Friends and colleagues including Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav and former A+E Networks CEO Nancy Dubuc paid tribute to Gallagher.

Gallagher founded Half Yard Productions in 2006 with Abby Greensfelder. In addition to TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress, the company made hundreds of hours of unscripted television including Bravo’s The Real Housewives of D.C., Animal Planet’s Hillbilly Handfishin’ and Discovery’s American Loggers and The Last Alaskans, Nat Geo’s Diggers and History’s How The States Got Their Shapes.

Before launching the Bethesda-based company, he spent over ten years working at Discovery. He started as an AP,...

Ryan Fellows, a driver in the Discovery series “Street Outlaws: Fastest In America,” died in a fiery car crash outside of Las Vegas after losing control of his car.

Onlookers were unable to pull Fellows, 41, from his car after it rolled over and caught fire, TMZ reports. The race was being filmed for that night’s episode.

“The Street Outlaws family is heartbroken by the accident that led to the tragic death of Ryan Fellows,” a Discovery spokesperson said in a statement that was also shared to Twitter. “We extend our deepest sympathy to Ryan’s loved ones as they process this sudden and devastating loss.”

The Street Outlaws family is heartbroken by the accident that led to the tragic death of Ryan Fellows. We extend our deepest sympathy to Ryan's loved ones as they process this sudden and devastating loss.

— Street Outlaws (@StreetOutlaws) August 8, 2022

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Exclusive: Franco Porporino Jr., who helped reboot American Chopper for the Discovery Channel, has signed a first-look unscripted TV deal with Lionsgate-owned Pilgrim Media Group.

The Wicked Tuna producer will work with Porporino Jr. to develop and produce unscripted series across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms through his Kiss Fly Productions banner.

It builds on his work with Craig Piligian’s company – Porporino Jr. exec produced Pilgrim’s Hoffman Family Gold for Discovery.

“Franco is a true force of nature with a wealth of strong talent relationships,” said President of Lionsgate Nonfiction Television and Pilgrim CEO and Chair Craig Piligian. “His company’s mission of discovering and fostering new voices while also championing familiar ones fits perfectly with ours.”

“I’m honored to embark on this exciting collaboration with Pilgrim Media Group after having worked with them on Hoffman Family Gold and American Chopper. I’ve been a huge...

Propagate Content has promoted Isabel San Vargas, its President, Production and Operations, to equity partner in the indie content production and distribution company. She joined Propagate as it was founded in 2015 by Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens, rising to her current role in 2018.

San Vargas oversees all aspects of production and operations, including international and domestic production and post-production. She reports to Drew Buckley, Group President and COO.

“Isabel is a seasoned and trusted leader who consistently delivers results,” Silverman and Owens said Thursday. “She is a hands-on operator, and has overseen a number of premium global documentary, scripted and unscripted productions for Propagate during an unyielding global pandemic. We are thrilled to have her assume an expanded role on Propagate’s leadership team.”

Prior to Propagate, San Vargas was SVP Production at Pilgrim Studios, where she helped launch competition series Top Shot and oversaw The Ultimate Fighter, American Chopper and Street Outlaws,...

It’s been over half a decade since American Chopper last graced our screens — now Paul Teutul and son Paul Jr. are returning for an all-new season in 2018! The pair fell out as the original series unfolded over the seasons with Paul Jr. eventually leaving Orange County Choppers to set up his own motorcycle design company, Paul Jr. Designs. What was American Chopper became American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior in 2010, with that show’s last episode airing in December 2012. The all-new series of American Chopper will follow them as they aim to try and mend their bad blood...read more...

2:20 Pm Pt -- Paul doesn't share his ex biz partner's memory of the deal. He tells us, "Unfortunately, Mr. Derbyshire's interpretation of said events is without merit."Paul Teutul Sr. -- co-founder of Orange County Choppers and star of "American Chopper" -- cost his business partner millions and ruined a future TV project ... according to a new suit. Thomas Derbyshire claims he and Teutul formed a company specifically to produce a show for A...

Cat therapists and Hollywood extras. These are two of the six original series Pilgrim Studios will be launching as part of 1620 Media, their new digital video service.

Founded in 1997 by Craig Piligian, Pilgrim Studios is a TV production company responsible for popular reality series like American Chopper and Dirty Jobs. Now, they're getting into digital content with 1620 Media, a video platform service that promises content ranging from comedy to documentary and animation.

You can view 1620 Media's debut original on their website, 1620media.com, or on their YouTube channel. No pay required.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the site will begin with six series that include Barry Bostwick's parody of Inside the Actors Studio, Inside the Extras Studio, and The Real Cat Therapist of Beverly Hills, which follows a cat doctor who listens to comedians talk about their problems. Other series feature a documentary show...

Exclusive: History wants to get its motor running this summer. The A+E Networks channel will debut new series Biker Background Phoenix on July 1 at 10Pm. Produced by Da Vinci’s Demons producers and BBC Worldwide label Adjacent Productions, the 9-episode unscripted series aims to take viewers inside the world of custom bike building. With the original American Chopper off the air since 2010, Bbp hopes to grab the market on the genre. Sure to be discussed by A+E at their NYC upfront tomorrow, Biker Battleground Phoenix will focus on five of the top shop owners in the desert metropolis as they battle to build the baddest and best bikes possible. Bryn Freedman is serving as executive producer. Julian Hobbs and Elaine Frontain Bryant will be as the EPs for the home of Pawn Stars while Phil Lott, Travis Shakespeare and Jane Tranter serve as EPs for Adjacent.

A new web series is putting fantastical warriors on motorcycles. Blizzard, the company behind the hugely-popular World Of Warcraft, has teamed with Endemol and Paul Jr. Designs for Azeroth Choppers, a unique web series that has already scored millions of views. The premise of Azeroth Choppers is both simple and absurd. It is a competition between two teams of Blizzard employees to see which one can come up with a more awesome motorcycle design. One team represents the game's righteous Alliance, while the other uses the villainous Horde as inspiration. In the first episode, both teams pitch their ideas to designer Paul Jr., who is providing the chopper-constructing talent through his company, Paul Jr. Designs. The second episode has already been released as well, and new ones will arrive each week. The total series will run for eight installments, at which point the champion will be revealed. While Paul Jr.

NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment’s Wilshire Studios is ramping up its unscripted development slate, inking new overall deals with Stephanie Bloch Chambers (Chrisley Knows Best, Married To Jonas) and C. Russell Muth (DEA, Bordertown Laredo). Chambers worked on Bravo’s Toned Up, It’s A Brad Brad World and three seasons of Bethenny Ever After. Muth produced shows for Discovery Channel and TruTV such as American Chopper, American Casino, Tiger Team, and America’s Toughest Bars. He also produced Coast Guard Alaska for the Weather Channel and Big Easy Justice for Spike. Wilshire Studios also is growing its internal development team, hiring reality vet Benny Reuven as VP Development and Programming. Reuven previously served as a development executive at Own and produced shows including Chef Wanted for Food Network.

Wilshire Studios has inked overall deals with two veteran unscripted producers. Stephanie Bloch Chambers, behind USA Network's newly renewed Chrisley Knows Best, and C. Russell Muth, producer of DEA and Bordertown Laredo, have signed new pacts with the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment arm. Gary Auerbach, executive vp development and programming at Wilshire Studios, announced the new agreements. Chambers is a familiar presence within the NBCUniversal properties, having been a producer on Bravo series Toned Up, It's a Brad Brad World and Bethenny Ever After. Muth, meanwhile, worked at Al Roker's production company producing several shows such as American Chopper, American Casino,

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Tracey Lentz joins AMC from 3Ball Productions/Eyeworks USA, where she was VP of development. In her new role as VP unscripted programming, Lentz will focus on developing unscripted series for the network. She will be based in L.A. and report to Eliot Goldberg,  Svp unscripted programming. At Eyeworks, Lentz was involved in the development and sale of shows including Celebrity Splash (ABC), Catch A Contractor (Spike), Hungry Investors (Spike), My Big Fat Revenge (Oxygen), Funniest Wins (TBS), Remote Survivor (Nat Geo) and Opposite Worlds (Syfy). She also helped manage American Chopper and the re-launch of Trading Spaces. She previously held creative positions at Current TV, ABC Media Productions, TLC, Gsn/Game Show Network and Showtime Networks.

Reality TV is always going to be a guilty pleasure. When award season comes around we will always declare our love for Mad Men but how many of us pretend we aren’t actually interested in the Kardashians?

Here are some reality shows that we might feel less guilty about watching. Some you may have heard of but some may passed you buy as you watch Gordon Ramsey yell at overweight New Yorkers. Not all reality is pure trash.

10. Face Off (SyFy)

It’s like a weekly dose of DVD’s extras. Make up effects artists battle out by showing a different style of makeup effect from zombies to aliens and the one girl who always makes a fairy. There is a foundation challenge where contestants showcase a tiny bit of their skills before the big Spotlight challenge. The Spotlight is a three day challenge where they are given a...

Fugitives, beware. "Dog and Beth" fans, rejoice! Cmt has ordered 11 more episodes of bounty hungers "Dog," Beth and Leland Chapman's new series bringing its Season 1 order to 22 episodes. Production on the back 11 episodes will begin immediately. "We knew Dog and Beth would shake up the programming landscape at Cmt and they've done just that, more than doubling our quarter-to-date prime average," said Cmt's executive vice president Jayson Dinsmore in a statement on Tuesday. Also read: 'American Chopper's' Paul Teutul Sr. Lands New Cmt Series 'Orange County Choppers' Produced by Electus,...

Discovery Channel's "American Chopper" star Paul Teutul Sr. is returning to television on a new series for Cmt. Pilgrim studios will produce eight episodes of the one-hour unscripted show, "Orange County Choppers," for Cmt. It starts production this summer and slated to air later this year on the cable network. "We're thrilled to be back on television doing what we do best: building outrageous custom motorcycles," said Teutul in a statement. "We have a lot of very cool projects coming up and can't wait to deliver on this new partnership with Cmt...

Episode 1 of "All-Star Celebrity Apprentice" is ominously titled, "The Wolf in Charge of the Hen House." The show opens in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as the returning best of the best -- and worst of the worst -- "Celebrity Apprentice" contestants join Donald Trump to be split into teams.

Trump puts one-time winner Bret Michaels and previous second-place contestant Trace Adkins in charge as team leaders. Donald takes the opportunity to criticize Brett for coming back, and exposing himself to the chance at going home a loser after his first win. Unfazed, Bret takes turns with Trace drafting their teammates. Bret chooses Omarosa Manigault first, determined to harness her negative energy for good. The guys leave Dennis Rodman as the last player picked. (Something tells us that never happened to Rodman in gym class.)

The contestants move to suites at Trump Tower, and convene to choose team names. Omarosa...

After 10 years on the air, American Chopper has finally come to an end. Fortunately, Senior, Junior and Mikey came together last night for the “real” finale. In it, all three Teutuls reflected on their experience making the show, good and bad, as well as revealed their final thoughts about the entire “American Chopper experience.”

When the Teutuls reflect on past events, fans can typically expect to see familiar scenes of fighting, laughing, building and destruction – and in that respect, this episode wasn’t much different. What this episode did have, however, was new interviews with the three Teutuls sitting next to each other, reflecting about the recent events which almost tore their family apart. For a final episode, the reunion of all the Teutuls is what fans most hoped for, ...

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During the "American Chopper Live" special, the Teutuls took a moment to talk about their relationship, and where they see it going from here. Fans of the show have seen Senior and Junior have a complete falling out, leading to a rebranding of the show, pitting one against the other. In this most recent season, they've started repairing their relationship.

Their latest revelation came in the most recent episode, when they realized they might be better off keeping their business ventures separate. They echoed that conclusion live.

"I think that the one thing that we definitely learned is that we can’t do business together. So, maybe the show going away will be the best thing that could possibly happen to us," Senior said.

Junior agreed, emphasizing the importance of family. So, while it's disappointing for fans that the show is coming to an end, there is at least a...

After a heavily censored evening, the American Chopper Live: The Revenge build-off winner has finally been revealed. Mirroring the results our own poll, Paul Jr. Designs once again come out as the victor. Did the best bike win?

Now that all of the festivities are over with, fans can wonder how Senior and Junior were the calmest people on stage. Thanks to a feud between fellow Texans, Jesse James and Fast N’ Loud, a good portion of the show went without sound, almost leading to a physical altercation between James and the “rich” Fast N’ Loud guy.

But even though Fast N’ Loud were newcomers to the build-off, they still managed to take home second place with their text book build of an old-school bike. What’s interesting is why the rest of ...

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With only a few episodes left after being canceled, the American Chopper Live: The Revenge has turned into a so-called swan song for series fans. Once again bringing together Junior, Senior and Jesse, as well as introducing Discovery newcomers Fast N’ Loud, it’s now time to decide who built the better bike. Will Junior take home the trophy again?

Like in last year’s episode, fans watched a two-hour lead-in to Tuesday’s live episode, allowing viewers to see the process that each of them goes through when building a chopper. And, as expected, Jesse James doesn’t disappoint.

Not only has Jesse James returned with another hand-forged motorcycle, but he’s decided to build it his own way, with no faux television deadlines to worry about. While the rest ...

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It was the last regular episode of "American Chopper" before the live build-off next week, so fans were left wondering just how the Teutuls would end things. While the season started on a positive note, with Senior and Junior mending their relationship over a bike build just for fun, that old tension started to rise when they decided to try for a joint business venture.

This week, they wisely decided they needed to back down on the business project without abandoning the progress they'd made in their personal relationship.

"Business comes back into play, messes everything up," Junior said. "I don’t want it. I mean, I just want to have a relationship and just be ... friends. But we've got to start somewhere, right? I mean, we’re a father and son, but it’s been a long time coming."

Senior agreed, saying, "You got it. I’m Ok with that.

It was the last regular episode of "American Chopper" before the live build-off next week, so fans were left wondering just how the Teutuls would end things. While the season started on a positive note, with Senior and Junior mending their relationship over a bike build just for fun, that old tension started to rise when they decided to try for a joint business venture.

This week, they wisely decided they needed to back down on the business project without abandoning the progress they'd made in their personal relationship.

"Business comes back into play, messes everything up," Junior said. "I don't want it. I mean, I just want to have a relationship and just be ... friends. But we've got to start somewhere, right? I mean, we're a father and son, but it's been a long time coming."

Senior agreed, saying, "You got it. I'm Ok with that." So there's hope yet.

There’s much to celebrate tonight: Bones reaches 150 episodes, 90210 is at 100 episodes and American Chopper is… canceled after tonight (except for the live build-off). So before the holiday season (or cancelation) takes away your favorites shows, it’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy Monday’s line-up.

Tonight, Bones gets spiritiual in its 150th episode; How I Met Your Mother finds Robin chasing after Barney; American Chopper builds its final bikes; Castle puts Rick and Beckett in charge of finding Santa’s killer; Catfish: The TV Show reveals the love (and lies) on the Internet – and much more.

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Fans hoping for a happy ending after a decade with the Teutuls on "American Chopper" are probably feeling more and more hopeless as this final season progresses. While things started off great with that personal bike build that seemed to bring Senior and Junior closer together, they moved perhaps too quickly into a joint business venture.

Now, everything is becoming a point of contention. This week, it was the fact that Sr. did designs for a bike on paper causing Jr. to blow up. "The way we design is on the lift," he told his father.

In fact, in this argument, it seemed that Sr. was trying to be reasonable and accommodating, but Jr. was having none of it. Ultimately, Jr. decided he needed to walk away from the argument.

"That’s why we need to do sh*t like this, so we don’t have this problem like we used to have,...

The generational changeover at Discovery Channel continues with the cancellation of another aging reality series. Dirty Jobs has ended its run after eight years, series star/creator Mike Rowe announced in a blog post yesterday. The show, executive produced by Craig Piligian, was among the shows that ushered in the successful genre of docu series featuring guys doing blue-collar jobs. Dirty Jobs featured Rowe perform difficult, strange and often disgusting duties. It joins fellow Discovery veteran American Chopper, which was recently cancelled after 10 seasons as long-running reality series see their ratings decline and costs going upward. Here is Rowe’s post, chronicling Dirty Jobs road from a segment on a local TV station to a successful series on national TV: It never fails. Whenever Dirty Jobs goes off the air for a few months, people start to wonder if the show has been canceled. Rumors begin to swirl, and questions...

Chris Colfer at a book signing in New Jersey.

Birthday shoutouts go to Marlo Thomas who is 75, and Goldie Hawn is 67.Just a reminder to please join me on Sunday night at 9 Pm Et, when I Liveblog the Lifetime original movie Liz and Dick.Programming Note: Because of the holiday, Ae will have a very limited schedule tomorrow and Friday, but we will have a Meme and Briefs both days, as well as a Puzzler, and recaps of Survivor and Glee. In ratings news, it was a bad night for Happy Endings and The New Normal, which both hit series lows.Discovery has canceled Dirty Jobs and American Chopper. 10 Queer Things About Thanksgiving.Straight Men Respond to: "Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends".

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Finally, Your Holiday Mom, now through New Year's Day.

How I Met Your Mother has a super-sized Christmas gift for fans.

Co-creator Craig Thomas has announced via Twitter that CBS will air an hour-long holiday installment on Dec. 17 — the series’ first ever Xl ep.

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“Some really big crap happens!” he teased. Like mayhaps a Barney and Robin surprise engagement? One can dream!

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• Discovery has scrapped two of its long-running series, Dirty Jobs and American Chopper. The latter will air its final installment Dec. 11. (Mike Rowe...

First American Chopper. Now Dirty Jobs. Another veteran Discovery Channel series is coming to an end.

“A few weeks ago, I was officially informed that Dirty Jobs had entered into a new phase,” Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe wrote in a blog post. “One I like to call, ‘permanent hiatus.’ Or in the more popular industry vernacular, canceled … Dirty Jobs is a very personal show, and it’s difficult for me to imagine a future that does not involve exploding toilets, venomous snakes, misadventures in animal husbandry, and feces from every species.”

Rowe, who’s been hosting the series since...

The Discovery Channel has canceled American Chopper after 10 years, Entertainment Weekly reports.

"After 10 years and 233 episodes of incredible, riveting reality television, American Chopper will be ending its run," Eileen O'Neill, president of Discovery and TLC Networks, said. "This series was one of the very first family-based reality programs on television ... The Teutuls have given us really innovative bike builds and real drama since 2002. We wish both Orange County Choppers and Paul Junior Designs the best."

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"American Chopper" is heading to the chopping block again. It was recently announced that the series will be ending after the current batch of episodes wraps. This season has been about the attempted reconciliation of father and son, but will it end on a positive note? Things aren't looking great.

The two recently decided to try a joint business venture, but it's going downhill fast. "There have not been any meetings that have been productive or had any good direction that would signify the idea that we could be in business together again," Junior said at one point. "Do we to be in business together? That's the question."

The last time the show was cancelled, though, was because Pauls Teutul Sr. and Jr. had a falling out. But it came rising back as "American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior." This lead Entertainment Weekly to speculate, "Could 'American Chopper' rise...

With Thanksgiving kicking off the holiday season, it’s time to make sure to watch your favorite new shows before they’re canceled. If you’re a fan of 666 Park Avenue, Last Resort or Partner, they’re now canceled. In fact, networks are going cancelation crazy: American Chopper and The Layover are also canceled! So if you’re favorite show isn’t on in the coming weeks, you better hope it’s on hiatus!

Tonight, How I Met Your Mother sees Barney return to normal (with the help of strippers); Bones busts out impenetrable pods and secret romances; Castle continues to put Rick and Backett’s relationship to the test; Revolution has everyone going crazy (literally); Catfish: The TV Show continues to reveal the love (and lies) on the Internet – and much more.

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After 10 years and a lasting legacy of shows about people who hate sleeves almost as much as they hate each other, American Chopper is ending its run on the Discovery Channel. The series about a father and son who work on motorcycles/clumsy metaphors for their relationship was canceled once before in 2010, after the constant fighting between Paul Teutul Sr. and Junior spurred Discovery's sister channel TLC to pull the plug on the show, no doubt while exclaiming, "Families fighting bitterly with each other? Good sirs, this is not what reality television is about!" However, while Chopper ...

For American Chopper, its tires are being flattened for good. The Discovery Channel show revolving around the custom-bike-building Teutul family is coming to an end after 10 years, Entertainment Weekly reports. The popular reality program's final episode, a live Las Vegas special, will air on Dec. 11. American Chopper premiered on Discovery in 2002 but was later moved to Discovery's sister station, TLC, in 2008. While it was canceled two years later after some of the Teutul family members had a falling out, everyone eventually patched things up and the series was soon brought back to Discovery. During its run, the show not only featured guest stars like Sarah Palin and Jon and...

After ten years on the air, Discovery has decided to bring their long-running series American Chopper to a end. And even though this is the second time that the network has canceled the series over the past two years, they mean it this time: American Chopper is done! That is, unless you talk to series creator, Craig Piligian.

News of American Chopper’s cancelation comes weeks before the Teutuls are expected to be in Vegas for American Chopper Live: The Revenge. Unfortunately, after today’s announcement, the live build-off will now serve as the final episode for the series. Not exactly the type of final episode you’d want from American Chopper, but it appears that Discovery’s decision may have taken producers by surprise, thus limiting their ability to prepare an alternative conclusion. But could ...

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It looks like it's the end of the road for American Chopper once again. The Discovery Channel reality series will wrap with a four-way bike build-off special, titled The Revenge. It'll air live from Las Vegas on December 11th.

In a statement to EW, Discovery's Eileen O'Neill said, "After 10 years and 233 episodes of incredible, riveting reality television, American Chopper will be ending its run. This series was one of the very first family-based reality programs on television. Special thanks to Pilgrim Studios for over a decade of great producing. The Teutuls have given us really innovative bike builds and real drama since 2002. We wish both Orange County Choppers and Paul Junior Designs the best."

American Chopper began on Discovery Channel in March 2003 and later moved to Discovery's sister channel, TLC. The show was canceled by TLC in February 2010 but, six...

The Teutul family is saying goodbye to reality TV. "American Chopper" has been canceled by Discovery after it decade-long run.

“After 10 years and 233 episodes of incredible, riveting reality television, American Chopper will be ending its run,” Eileen O’Neill, group president, Discovery and TLC Networks told EW. “This series was one of the very first family-based reality programs on television. Special thanks to Pilgrim Studios for over a decade of great producing. The Teutuls have given us really innovative bike builds and real drama since 2002. We wish both Orange County Choppers and Paul Junior Designs the best.”

The show was primarily based in the Teutul family's custom motorcycle-building shop -- Orange County Choppers -- in Newburgh, New York, and thrived on the tension between Paul Sr. and Paul Jr. In "American Chopper's" later years, the inter-generational rivalry turned into a feud that nearly ripped the family apart.

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American Chopper has been canceled, according to EW. Does it surprise you to learn that American Chopper was still on? Per … haps. The show has been on for ten years and has already switched networks twice — it started on Discovery, then moved to sister network TLC, and then back to Discovery, plus the show was canceled once already, too, when TLC dropped the ax in 2010. Chopper definitely had its moments, though: We can remember many a pleasant couch day spent watching marathons of Pauls Senior and Junior degrading one another, and blank hunks of metal morphing into enchantingly elaborate gas tanks. But the show became a lot less fun when every single motorcycle became a "tribute" bike. Why? Why did everything suddenly need to be sad/emotional?...

After ten years, Discovery Channel is ending American Chopper.

The Teutuls are going to build their final bikes on the network next month. One of Discovery’s most popular programs, American Chopper helped pioneer the “docusoap” reality genre and inspired a surge of gear-head shows. Chopper’s run will conclude with the previously announced four-way bike build-off special titled The Revenge airing live from Las Vegas on Dec. 11.

“After 10 years and 233 episodes of incredible, riveting reality television, American Chopper will be ending its run,” says Eileen O’Neill, group president, Discovery and TLC Networks. “This series was one of the...

As a result of Hurricane Sandy, last week’s television schedule had a quite few holes in it. But now that television is returning to its normal programming, you can be excited to see last week’s shows all over again – only this time you’ll actually get to see them.

Let’s try this again: On How I Met Your Mother, the season of breakups is now upon us; 2 Broke Girls brings on Cedric the Entertainer as Earl’s son, while Max and Caroline get a new credit card; Bones comes back from hiatus with a bromance; American Chopper finds Senior and Junior fighting (again – even though it’s a new episode); Castle takes Rick and Beckett to a sci-fi convention; Anthony Bourdain: No Reservation comes to end – and much more…

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With Autumn in full swing, it’s time for some of our favorite television series to throw a few twists into their seasonal stories. Whether it be fighting, heartbreak, or even revelations, Monday’s TV picks contain more than enough plot twists for fans to enjoy (or hate).

On How I Met Your Mother, the season of breakups is now upon us; 2 Broke Girls brings on Cedric the Entertainer as Earl’s son, while Max and Caroline get a new credit card; American Chopper finds Senior and Junior fighting (again); Castle puts Rick’s relationship with Betckett to the test when he’s framed for murder – and much more…

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If the latest episode of "American Chopper" is any indication, maybe the Teutuls had better keep their newly kindled relationship strictly personal. Building a bike for fun and nostalgia is one thing. The notion of having their separate companies join forces to design a bike might be more than they could handle.

And it wasn't just the Teutuls immediately feeling the tension of the proposal. It would make sense that some of the employees of Paul Jr. Designs and Orange County Choppers may have formed some opinions of their own about the longstanding emotional feud between their bosses.

One of Junior's employees had no problem letting it be known, saying, "I don’t wanna work for Occ. I don’t. I’ll put that right out there."

Emotions ran high up front as well, with Senior snapping at Junior during the presentation for cutting him off. It's a huge...

It looks like the tremendous progress Paul Teutul Sr. and Jr. made during their personal bike build project will stick. While building the bike together was fun, it was their relationship that needed the most work, and viewers loved seeing them come together as this season of "American Chopper" has progressed.

The build culminated in father and son going for a ride together. In the latest episode, Senior took another big step, stopping by his son's shop for the first time ever.

"It’s not that I’m spying on his shop, I’d really like to see his shop and what he’s doing over there," Senior explained.

Junior was stunned to see him, but happy at the same time. "I think overall it’s going in the right direction, but only time will tell," Junior said of their burgeoning relationship. Fans online, though, were loving seeing them closer than ever.

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The build-off is on again! On December 10th, Senior, Junior and Jesse James will return to Las Vegas for American Chopper: The Build-Off 2. This time the trio will have a new competitor in Richard Rawlings and Aaron Kaufman, the mechanical masterminds behind Discovery’s new car renovation series Fast N’ Loud. Will Junior take home the win again, or will someone else manage to take the title away from Paul Jr. Designs?

Last year, American Chopper fans (and haters) finally saw their dream build-off happen as Senior, Junior and James battled it out to find out who among them is the best bike builder. The live show saw Senior and Junior speak to each other for the first time in years and Jesse James challenge ...

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American Chopper is set to announce a live four-way bike build-off special.

Paul Teutul Senior and Junior will face-off against Outlaw Garage star Jesse James and Discovery Channel’s Fast ‘N Loud stars Richard Rawlings and Aaron Kaufman in a competition event.

Rawlings recently made some thinly veiled taunts against James, though trash talk is very much part of the biker building culture. The contest will air live from Las Vegas across two nights, Dec. 10 and 11 at 9 p.m.

The event will mark the long-running show’s second live competition special. Last December, Teutul Jr. won a the first build-off,...

This season of "American Chopper" has become all about fans rooting for the Pauls Teutul to reconcile their differences and come together as father and son. Their new bike project -- which is intentionally personal and has no business attachments at all -- is proving to be just what the pair needed.

This week's episode saw them reach the first day of assembly on the bike, and things were going better than even the men could have expected.

"We’re probably getting along better than I thought we would, which is kind of scary," Senior said.

Huliq was thrilled with their progress, and the ability of both men to approach this opportunity with maturity, writing, "Paul Sr. is doing a good job, putting any leftover anger and professional competitive jealousies behind him, and Paul Jr. is doing a good job, as well, putting aside past hurts and not continually digging up the past.

The great motorcycle-relationship experiment was progressing very well on "American Chopper." The latest episode saw both Mike Teutul Sr. and Jr. feeling confident about how their personal project is helping them open those crucial lines of communication.

"I think every time we’re up here it gets a little progressively better," Senior said. "We’re starting to talk about some of our personal life, which is interesting. I don’t even know if we did that before."

The distraction of the project keeping them busy and focused was allowing for more casual conversation that was soothing past hurts. In fact, Junior said he felt like he can't get hurt in this situation.

"On top of it, I don’t really have anything to lose," he added, considering that he only had to gain a relationship with his father. If the project fails, they're only back where they were when things began.

The great experiment at the heart of these early episodes on the new season of "American Chopper" got under way. Junior and Senior are officially working together on a personal project. They're meeting up at Senior's garage to try and rebuild a bicycle, and both men seem to be trying their best to make this opportunity to mend their broken relationship work.

As Huliq pointed out, "Senior seems almost afraid to speak when he is with his son, for fear he might say the wrong thing. … Junior … is not turning every word into a study in psychiatric philosophy ... just taking his dad at face value, giving him a chance."

Fans are perhaps as hopeful as the father-and-son duo that they can find their way back to a more healthy relationship.

"I don’t think we’re quite there yet, but I think that, hopefully, by the time this bike is done,...

Paul Teutel Sr. and his son, Paul Teutel Jr., have been working to mend their relationship on this season of American Chopper. The two have been feuding for the past couple of years, prompting Discovery Channel to change the title of the show to American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior for the previous two seasons. Photos: THR's Reality TV Poll: The 6 Biggest Surprises In last season's finale, they met up to talk about their issues, and this season, they decided to build a bike together to try to rebuild their relationship. Monday night's episode shows their first attempt at building

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It looks like the relationship between the Pauls Teutul won't be the only one making slow steps toward a healthier place on the new season of "American Chopper." Paul Sr. is trying to rebuild his relationship with son Michael as well. Mike left the show after last season. A text on Senior's phone from Mike reads, "You lie, stay away from me please."

A couple of months later, Senior declared that it absolutely made his day to get a "Happy birthday" text from Mike on his phone. It's a far cry from having him working in the shop and on the show alongside him, but it's a huge improvement from that aforementioned previous text.

Also in the episode, Senior made plans for him and Junior to recreate the first bike they ever built together. The hope is that sharing this nostalgic project will help them improve their relationship as well.

Discovery removed the "Senior vs. Junior" subtitle from the new season premiere of "American Chopper," because they're hoping that's what the Pauls Teutul can do as well. Junior and Senior recently told "Late Show" they were working on mending their relationship, and evidence of their progress could be seen in this opener.

Paul Sr. suggested they build a bike together for charity, but Junior seemed a little hesitant to jump into something that intense right off the bat.

"“If we could do something that’s more like we used to do before we professionally [built] bikes," Paul Jr. suggested. "Doesn’t have to be any business anything, it can just be me and you having a project."

It may be incremental progress toward mending their fractured relationship, but it is forward momentum, and that relationship could drive the bulk of this season. Find out if it does as "American Chopper" continues every Monday at 9 p.