First-Ever "CMT Bike Week" Kicks Into High Gear With Jaw-Dropping Special "Tunnel Of Fire," Premiering Tuesday, August 20 At 8:00 p.m. ET/PT

First-Ever "CMT Bike Week" Kicks Into High Gear With Jaw-Dropping Special "Tunnel Of Fire," Premiering Tuesday, August 20 At 8:00 p.m. ET/PT

Seven Nights of Badass on CMT Continues with Premieres of TUNNEL OF FIRE, BIKER BATTLES, DOOMSDAY GARAGE and KID ROCK: LIVE FROM BUFFALO CHIP

STURGIS, S.D., Aug. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CMT brings the annual motorcycle festival best known for its jaw-dropping stunts and off-the-wall competitions to television with CMT BIKE WEEK, 10 hours of bike-themed programming centered around the 2013 Sturgis Rally, premiering every night at 8 p.m., ET/PT Sunday, August 18 through Saturday, August 24. Filmed at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip's two-week event in Sturgis, S.D., CMT BIKE WEEK will give viewers an in-depth and behind-the-scenes look into the music, culture and camaraderie that make up this popular festival. Cameras will be on-hand to document three separate world record attempts, including Clint Ewing's death-defying attempt to ride his motorcycle through a blazing 360-feet inferno.

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Throughout the week, CMT will premiere four, all-new specials including TUNNEL OF FIRE, BIKER BATTLES and KID ROCK: LIVE FROM BUFFALO CHIP; the 30-minute special DOOMSDAY GARAGE; as well as all-new episodes of HILLBILLIES FOR HIRE and DOG AND BETH: ON THE HUNT. Beginning tonight, fans can also check out CMT.com to see how things heat up at Sturgis when the sun goes down, with never-before-seen "After Dark" video content.

The CMT BIKE WEEK lineup includes:

ALL-NEW SPECIALS


-- TUNNEL OF FIRE - Premieres Tuesday, August 20 at 8:00 - 9:00 p.m.,
ET/PTHosted by Rossi Morreale and Cristy Lee, this adrenaline-pumping
special highlights the craziest daredevils and stunts that happen at the
Sturgis Buffalo Chip. Motorcyclist Clint Ewing will attempt to set a
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title, completing the death-defying "Tunnel of
Fire" stunt by traveling through a towering inferno longer than a
football field. The special will also feature front row seats to the
"Wall of Death," where American hell-rider Patch McGillicutty will steer
a motorcycle around a circular wall at 90 miles per hour. An encore of
TUNNEL OF FIRE will air immediately after at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT. TUNNEL
OF FIRE is produced by Cary Glotzer, Jordan Stone, Joe Townley and
Michael Yudin of MY Tupelo Entertainment.

-- BIKER BATTLES - Premieres Wednesday, August 21 at 8:00 - 9:00 p.m.,
ET/PT This all-new special will highlight the most insane and outrageous
competitions that take place at Sturgis each year. Hosted by Big Jay
Oakerson, the show will highlight everything from a makeshift bikini
competition, to a tattoo challenge, bike build and burnout contest and
even a vertical motorcycle hill climb. BIKER BATTLES is produced by
Cary Glotzer, Joe Townley and Michael Yudin of MY Tupelo Entertainment.
-- DOOMSDAY GARAGE - Premieres Wednesday, August 21 at 9:30 - 10:00 p.m.,
ET/PT Father and son team Jeff and Zach are the go-to guys for rides
that can do a lot more than just off-roading. They are the leading
builders of doomsday vehicles; cars, trucks, buses and boats that are
built for survival against all elements and extended escape from
civilization. With a crack team of automotive experts, Jeff and Zach
take run-of-the-mill vehicles and turn them into all-out survival
machines, building everything from a luxury RV to an armored tank.

-- KID ROCK: LIVE FROM BUFFALO CHIP - Premieres Thursday, August 22 at 8:00
- 9:00 p.m., ET/PT Don't miss superstar Kid Rock performing all of his
greatest hits in front of thousands of fans and the rowdiest biker crowd
in all of America, live at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip, in this all-new
concert special. KID ROCK: LIVE FROM BUFFALO CHIP is produced by Cary
Glotzer, Joe Townley and Michael Yudin of MY Tupelo Entertainment.
SERIES/MOVIE PREMIERES


-- HILLBILLIES FOR HIRE - Premieres Wednesday, August 21 at 9:00 - 9:30
p.m., ET/PT HILLBILLIES FOR HIRE follows perennial pranksters Jeremiah
and his best friend, Big Ox, as they use their backwoods ingenuity to
concoct the most outrageous pranks imaginable. Well-known for pulling
pranks on their family and friends, the guys also run a for-hire prank
business in Polk County, Fla., making themselves available to anyone who
feels the need to enact a little "redneck revenge" on someone they know.
On this special bike-themed episode, a son wants to teach his
overprotective mother a lesson, so Ox and Jeremiah devise a prank at a
local motocross track.

-- CMT #1 MUSIC & A MOVIE: WILD HOGS - Premieres Friday, August 23 at 8:00
- 11:00 p.m., ET/PT Starring Tim Allen, John Travolta and Martin
Lawrence, WILD HOGS centers around a group of suburban biker-wannabes
looking for adventure on the open road. The guys get more than they
bargained for when they encounter a New Mexico gang called the Del
Fuegos.

-- DOG AND BETH: ON THE HUNT - Premieres on its new night Saturday, August
24 at 9:00 - 10:00 p.m., ET/PT The world's most renowned bounty hunters,
Dog and Beth Chapman, return to CMT with all-new episodes of DOG AND
BETH: ON THE HUNT. Dog and Beth, joined by their son Leland, will step
outside their headquarters in Hawaii to unite with bail bondsmen from
around the country as they hunt down some of America's most dangerous
criminals. On this all-new episode, Leland Chapman's 18-year-old son
Dakota wants to join the family business, but first he must prove
himself on a treacherous hunt in the lawless jungles of Hawaii.
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Video with caption: "Ride along during Clint Ewing's insane motorcycle stunt featured on CMT's "Tunnel of Fire" premiering Tuesday, August 20 at 8:00 p.m., ET/PT on CMT. This new footage comes from a GoPro camera on Ewing's bike and gives a perspective on what it was actually like inside the inferno." Video available at: http://origin-qps.onstreammedia.com/origin/multivu_archive/PRNA/ENR/FX-CL66051-20130819-1.mp4



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