From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American TV series or program
Back in the Day
|
---|
|
Starring
| Dale Earnhardt Jr.
|
---|
Country of origin
| United States
|
---|
|
Running time
| 60 minutes
|
---|
|
Network
| Speed Channel
|
---|
Release
| February 9, 2006
(
2006-02-09
)
|
---|
Back in the Day
is a television show on the
North American
cable
/
satellite
network,
Speed Channel
. It was hosted by
NASCAR
superstar driver
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
The show, which premiered on February 9, 2006, is a repackaged version of the 1960s and 1970s show
Car and Track
, which was hosted and narrated by
Bud Lindemann
. The
syndicated
30-minute program carried highlights of major NASCAR races, before such coverage was widely available on
network television
.
[1]
The new version features trivia about stock-car racing and other topics, presented in a "pop-up" style (similar to
VH1
's
Pop-Up Video
).
Earnhardt Jr. tapes his segments at his home and at the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame. Both are located in
Mooresville, North Carolina
.
The most common featured years are those of the early 1970s.
The show stopped airing before the conversion of Speed Channel to
Fox Sports 1
.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Hammerhead Entertainment
[
edit
]
Back in the Day
was created and is produced by Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Hammerhead Entertainment. The firm is headed by former New York marketing executive Thayer Lavielle. Prior to working with Earnhardt, Lavielle worked as a producer for
ABC
’s
Good Morning America
. Hammerhead also produces Dale Jr.’s Unresricted, a loosely formatted radio show on XM.
Reception
[
edit
]
The Grand Rapids Press
'
s Steve Kaminski praised the television show, writing, "What
Back In The Day
does is dust off Lindemann's
Car and Track
show and juice it up with Earnhardt's commentary and the bubbles.
Back In The Day
is great news for old-time fans, especially ones in West Michigan."
[2]
Jane Miller of
Peoria Journal Star
said the show was "pretty entertaining".
[3]
References
[
edit
]
External links
[
edit
]
|
---|
Broadcast television partners
| |
---|
Secondary broadcast television partners
| |
---|
Cable television partners
|
|
---|
Secondary cable television partners
| |
---|
Radio partners
| |
---|
Current regular season
| |
---|
NASCAR playoffs
| |
---|
Non-points events
| |
---|
Previous
| |
---|
News television series
| |
---|
Prerace television series
| |
---|
Postrace television series
| |
---|
Race rebroadcasts
| |
---|
Broadcast technology
| |
---|
Reality television series
| |
---|
Anthology television series
| |
---|
TV history by decade
| |
---|