Cannonball Run 2001 was a reality television series broadcast on the USA Network in 2001. It was inspired by the Cannonball Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an outlaw road race of the 1970s which was the source for the famous Cannonball Run movies. The show featured a series of five location-specific challenges along a New York to Los Angeles course, as in the original race. Development of the series started without the participation of Brock Yates, organizer of the original Cannonball and holder of the trademark. The production company reportedly paid Yates for the use of the name just before the show aired. Yates was not pleased with the reality version of his race because he felt it was fake and staged. In 2005 Brock teamed together with Cannonball Driver and Producer J. Sanchez (Catalyst Entertainment) to produce another reality series called "Cannonball: This is reality" it is understood this new series will run along side the actual Cannonball: One Lap of America race and will be based in "reality." Reality television is a genre of television programming which generally is unscripted, documenting actual events over fiction, and featuring ordinary people over professional actors. ... USA Networks new logo was implemented on July 8, 2005 as part of the networks 25th anniversary rebranding campaign. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cannonball Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, widely known as the Cannonball Run, was an outlaw automobile race run four times in the 1970s from New York City to Los Angeles. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Cannonball Run was a campy, screwball comedy released in 1981 that starred Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise and Farrah Fawcett-Majors. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Brock Yates is executive editor of Car and Driver, an American automotive magazine. ...

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