Posts Tagged ‘model production’

Knight Rider premiere pulls 4.9/10 Nielsen rating

Friday, September 26th, 2008
The series premiere of Knight Rider on NBC last night pulled a 4.9/10 Nielsen rating in its 8PM time slot, which, according to tvbythenumbers.com, isn't exactly a stellar score for a series opener. In other words, Nielsen is estimating that 4.9% of all TV households were watching Knight Rider last n......

Flash of Genius film reveals dirty history of intermittent wiper

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Click above to view Flash of Genius trailerConsidering that automakers today are racing to develop complex electric drive and alternative fuel technologies, it's amazing to realize that the biggest technological hurdle to overcome back in 1967 was getting wiper blades to operate intermittently. As i......

16th Annual Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance

Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Click image above for full high-res gallery.The 16th Annual Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance was held this Sunday at Trump National Golf Club in Palos Verdes, California. Like a half-scale Pebble Beach, the PV Concours offers visitors a golf course setting above the Pacific that produces a beautiful......

More pics from Top Gear testing American metal

Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Click above for high-res galleryNot long after we learned that the famous Top Gear trio was in the U.S., a fan managed to snap some shots of Clarkson, Hammond and Mays testing their favorite examples of American muscle at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The hosts made their way to salt flats by w......

VIDEOS: The Goodwrench Report with Stephen Colbert

Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Click above to watch the video after the jumpOur sides were still hurting from the Bob Lutz interview on the Colbert Report when we read through the GM vice-chairman's thoughts on having appeared alongside the pseudo news anchor, whom he referred to as a "comic genius". We managed to stop laughing ......

Bob Lutz on The Colbert Report tonight!

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
We just got word from GM PR that Bob Lutz will be a guest on The Colbert Report on Comedy Central at 11:30 PM EST tonight. As with all episodes of The Colbert Report, it will also be replayed several times tomorrow and we expect the segment to appear on Comedy Central's website, as well. We'll be wa......

Video: Vin Diesel rides custom bikes from Lazareth in Babylon A.D.

Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Click above for more shots of the custom bikes from Babylon A.D.Having managed to avoid Babylon A.D. completely up until this point, it's hard to give any sort of commentary on the actual flick (we heard it was pretty bad...), but after seeing some of the cool machinery that was showcased in the Vin......

Take a sneak peek at Top Gear Australia

Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Going through Top Gear withdrawals? It's understandable. In lieu of mind-altering drugs, may we suggest watching a video of the new Australian crew doing their best Clarkson, May and Hammond impressions? All right, what do we see here? There's a bright yellow Lotus, a ridiculously long Hummer limo, ......

NASCAR Dads? How about Formula-D First Lady?

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
It won't do anything to bolster her "green" credentials, but the fact that Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, can hold her 240SX in a glorious sideways slide as long as you please strikes us not only as surprising, but, well, a little off the hook. It seems the McCa......

Knight Rider premiering online Sept. 17th, a week before broadcast

Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Hey kids, don't forget: the new, not-at-all-improved Knight Rider becomes a weekly series on Wednesday, September 24th. As was the case during the pilot that aired back in February, I'll be on my couch with my laptop, liveblogging the proceedings and adding much-needed "perspective" each week, right......