Gawker | by Richard Lawson | Thu, May 28
Thu, May 28
ABC has picked up a summer reality series called Crash Course, about cars crashing into things. They're also excited about their fall series Things Blowing Up, to be followed in the spring by Man Getting Hit With Football, featuring the ghost of George C. Scott. [THR]
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