“American Chopper,” “Moonshiners” bring in the men for Discovery

December 9, 2011 by Barry Walsh

Moonshiners

The American Chopper Live: The Build Off special proved to be a strong lead-in for the premiere of new Discovery Channel series Moonshiners (pictured), which enjoyed the net’s highest-rated series launch in several demos.

American Chopper Live: The Build Off earned a 3.13 HH rating and a 2.98 P25-54 rating and was watched by 4.77 million viewers. The special featured a three-way “build off” between series regulars build off between Senior, Junior and Jesse James.

Moonshiners‘ premiere episode earned a 2.07 HH and a 1.59 P25-54, delivering 2.83 million viewers P2+.

“It’s incredibly gratifying that after 10 years and eight fantastic seasons, Chopper continues to resonate with its core viewership, and to grow new fans as well,” said Craig Piligian, executive producer for Pilgrim Studios.

Piligian, Ralph Wikke and Mitch Rosa are executive producers for Pilgrim Studios, and Christo Doyle is executive producer for Discovery Channel.

Tags: American Chopper, Craig Piligian, Discovery Channel, Moonshiners, Pilgrim Films & Television

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OWCLUDRRSLR24ML47QOXPJBOLM Gary S

The Discovery Channel and Paul Jr and his crew falsely promoted the aircraft they based the bike on as a “P-51 Mustang”.
The P-51 Mustang has six exhaust outlets on each side because the Merlin is a V-12.
The rivets that Paulie admired and decided to incorporate into his design do not resemble the flush rivets used on the North American P-51 Mustang.
PJD could have stretched the faux tank to put six pipes on it, if Paulie Jr had been aware of what a real Mustang looks like.
The only copper on a P-51 is in the wiring and electronics, because copper is heavy and (unlike the PJD creation) the P-51 was meant to be functional.

It fooled the majority of voting viewers.