AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: All new on Tuesday August 14
August 13, 2012PROJECT RUNWAY: Season 10 Episode 5 Sneak-Peek
August 14, 2012A new action-packed competition show that pays homage to the men and women who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces and our first-responder services. In this fast-paced competition, eight celebrities contestants will gather at a remote training facility where they will be challenged to execute complicated missions inspired by real military exercises. Each celebrity will be teamed up with a special operative from a military branch or one of our first-responder forces, to train alongside their partners and compete in the missions with them. Each of the teams is competing for a cash prize on behalf of a military, veterans or first-responder charity.
Co-host Samantha Harris introduces the celebrity competitors: four-time undefeated world boxing champion Laila Ali, actor Dean Cain, actor and former National Football League player Terry Crews, multi-platinum recording artist, actor, producer and television personality Nick Lachey, Alaska businessman and four-time Iron Dog snowmobile race champion Todd Palin, NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” trainer Dolvett Quince, Olympic gold medalist Picabo Street, and WWE diva Eve Torres.
Host (retired) General Wesley Clark tells us about the operatives who will train and partner with the celebs on their missions: Dale Comstock, a former U.S. Army Master Sergeant Delta Force and Green Beret, J.W. Cortes, a former U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant, Brent Gleeson, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, Chris Kyle, a former U.S. Navy SEAL sniper and best-selling author of “American Sniper,” Andrew McLaren, a former U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant, Grady Powell, a former U.S. Army Green Beret, Tom Stroup, a SWAT Commander, and Talon Smith, a U.S. Navy Specialist. Together, they represent some of the most elite fighting forces in the world.
Now the squads are set, the operatives ready, and the series is underway! The celebs and their operatives are dropped into a lake and then must take out multiple targets and blow a shack filled with ammunition! Watch the series premiere full double episode “Amphibious Assault” here courtesy of NBC enjoy!
HIGHLIGHT CLIP
Picabo Street Steps Up – Despite her squad being down one man, Picabo keeps her eye on the objective.
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Dolvett Quince and Terry Crews Shoot It Out – The two athletes go head to head on the range in a marksmanship battle to decide who moves ahead and who heads home.
Committed to hiring recent vets on the crew, “Stars Earn Stripes” hopes to inspire other employers throughout the country to make similar commitments to our returning heroes to show audiences just how incredible these heroes’ missions really are. Dick Wolf (“Law & Order,” NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU”), Mark Burnett (NBC’s “The Voice,” “Survivor”) and David A. Hurwitz (“Fear Factor”) serve as executive producers. The series is a production of Universal Television, One Three Media, Wolf Reality, LLC and Bill’s Market & Television Productions.