KNOXVILLE, Tenn.]- Great American Country is heading west for its newest original series The Ultimate Sportsman's Lodge Colorado, premiering Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.
With amazing mountain vistas, a nearby trout stream, and 7,000 square feet of rustic luxury, the Ultimate Sportsman's Lodge Colorado is enough to make any of America's 50 million hunters and anglers salivate. In eight half hour episodes, renowned outdoors expert Chris Dorsey is gathering a team of architects, contractors, and craftsmen to build an outdoorsman's paradise that includes a cutting-edge home theater, a massive bar and saloon for entertaining, a state-of-the-art outdoor kitchen, a canine spa that goes beyond any dog washing station you've seen, a high-end wildlife art gallery, and more. Throughout the season, Dorsey welcomes celebrity outdoors enthusiasts and personal friends including Jimmy Kimmel, Jim Belushi, Tom Brokaw, Jeff Foxworthy and more.
"As a life-long sportsman, the outdoor lifestyle isn't as much what I do as it is who I am," said Chris Dorsey, host of Ultimate Sportsman's Lodge Colorado. "This house is my dream brought to life. We've got incredible features throughout the home-some you might expect and others that will surprise you. Each week viewers will see jaw-dropping room reveals."
"'Ultimate' is the only word to describe this lodge and series," said Steven Lerner, senior vice president of programming and development for Great American Country, HGTV and DIY Network. "Not only do we see a home of incredible scale go from concept to completion in eight episodes, but we also check out the Colorado landscape and the Western way of life. It's a bullseye, and it's right at home on Great American Country."
Coinciding with the premiere of Ultimate Sportsman's Lodge Colorado Great American Country is giving one grand prize winner the ultimate sportsman's dream vacation in the "American Outdoor Adventure Sweepstakes," sponsored by Bass Pro Shops. Beginning Nov. 20 and through Dec. 31, 2014, viewers can visit GreatAmericanCountry.com/Adventure daily to enter for a chance to win a grand prize trip for four to Big Cedar Lodge in Branson, Missouri, including round trip airfare and more, a brand new ATV, and $25,000 cash. Leading up to the grand prize drawing, weekly drawings will award five winners each a $1,000 gift card to Bass Pro Shops.
Ultimate Sportsman's Lodge Colorado, created and produced by Orion Entertainment, is the latest original series on Great American Country, joining a lineup that includes Flippin' RVs, Barn Hunters, and Celebrity Motor Homes, which kicks off season three Wednesday, Nov. 26. Learn more at GreatAmericanCountry.com.
About Great American Country
From Main Street USA to the biggest coastal cities and everywhere in between, Great American Country celebrates the best of American living with original lifestyle entertainment. Distributed in more than 62 million U.S. households, Great American Country honors America with series profiling families, exploring top U.S. destinations, and highlighting all-American stars and celebrities. Learn more at GreatAmericanCountry.com. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, Great American Country is wholly owned by Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. (NYSE:SNI).
About Orion Entertainment
Orion Entertainment is a full-service television production and marketing solutions company specializing in television programming for cable, broadcast, broadband and video. Orion is the largest independent producer of the highest rated proprietary shows and retains that leadership position through an industry best business model that combines a unique combination of best-in- class creative and production services. The Emmy-winning production company staff has contributed to a variety of television networks including HGTV, DIY Network, Great American Country, The History Channel, CNN, ESPN, ESPN2, Spike, TNN, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Travel, Discovery, Destination America, and Velocity as well as print properties ranging from Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, and American Hunter. Orion's busy production slate includes over a dozen series such as Guiding Alaska (Travel Channel), Living Big Sky (HGTV), Building Alaska (DIY Network), and Living Alaska (HGTV), among others.
Great American Country Media Contacts:
Jenna Hudson | Rogers & Cowan | 212-878-5119
jhudson@rogersandcowan.com
Cory Chapman | Scripps Networks Interactive
865-560-3814 | cchapman@gactv.com
