TruTV orders 'Hardcore Pawn' spinoff 'Fort Bragg'

"Hardcore Pawn: Fort Bragg" will focus on the employees as well as the clients of Guns Plus, that's nearby in the military base. JurisTurner's fast-growing TruTV is doubling lower round the pawn biz, ordering a sixth season of the top-rated "Hardcore Pawn" together with a spinoff series set at shop in Fort Bragg, N.C. focusing in guns and weaponry."Hardcore Pawn: Fort Bragg" will probably be set at Guns Plus, situated nearby within the city's sprawling military base. Spinoff, having a seven-episode order, will focus on the military males running the shop as well as the backstories in the service vets who, for a number of reasons, bring their weapons for the store.Both "Pawn" skeins are produced by Zodiak USA. TruTV has furthermore bought 13 more cases of Zodiak's "Lizard Lick Towing" skein, now its second season.The orders come as TruTV looks to help keep its momentum previously year since it ascends for the ranks of fundamental cable's top nets. The cabler formerly known to as CourtTV has produced out a market inside the crowded arena of unscripted cable shows having a concentrate on comedy reality fare."Quite a few rivals frequently possess a serious have a look at their written content,In . mentioned Marc Juris, TruTV's professional veep and chief operating officer. "We felt, just like existence, you will need as much comedy as you have drama. We thought that might be a location that nobody has truly found. We are trying to find suggests that capture a sense of the crazy, with large, outsized figures.""Hardcore Pawn" is overall the initial half of their most-seen season so far, calculating 2.9 million audiences within the Tuesday 9 p.m. timeslot. "Lizard Lick Towing," turning around a couple running a towing and auto repo service in Wendell, N.C., has averaged 1.6 000 0000 audiences within the Monday 10 p.m. slot up to now this season.TruTV also provides loved a sizable ratings boost in the recent acquisition of off-network cases of ABC's stunt-competish series "Wipeout."The cabler's finest strength against its fundamental-cable competish is its attract males inside the 18-34 and 18-49 demos. Lately TruTV hit ratings levels with typically 1.2 million audiences in primetime, up 4% in the month of the month of january 2011, and 379,000 that face men 18-49, up 5%. In grownups 18-49, it absolutely was up 8% to 673,000.Grant Mansfield, Boss of Zodiak USA plus an professional producer in the "Pawn" franchise, mentioned the primary focus that Juris and also the team supply the expansion and production process is refreshing to producers. He was surprised when Juris reported Comedy Central just like a network that TruTV saw just like a prime competitor, nevertheless it has aided guide their decision-making on various shows.Zodiak may also be creating for TruTV the arrival series "Killer Karaoke," which challenges participants to keep crooning while unforeseen unpredicted unexpected things happen on their behalf and around them. Juris calls it "'Wipeout' meets 'American Idol' meets 'Fear Factor.'" Zodiak wasn't even thinking about pitching the show to TruTV until Juris pressed those to make sure he understands about projects the Zodiak team didn't think were appropriate for TruTV."They are excellent professionals to get results for,In . Mansfield mentioned. "There's a really apparent focus on what they require and Marc cares passionately about all his shows. He's very mixed up in development process.""Fort Bragg" marks a bit of the departure within the zany-reality approach. The show will stress the non-public histories in the males and girls who populate Guns Plus, which handles custom modifications of military-launched weaponry for soldiers. "There's a really loyal feeling relevant for this show," Juris mentioned. "It shows you another side in the (people) that are serving inside the military and what veterans undergo. Everybody who walks inside has fantastic tales. The area of pawn shops has been created very popular by television, but (Guns Plus) can be a unique world within that world." Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com