History Channel's "Top Shot" on Sunday night

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Why film a gun show in a liberal state? Spend your money in a gun-friendly state.
...because then they don't have to put the crew up in a hotel too?

It's not about being gun-friendly, it's about market share and staying within budget. Did it appear that they catered meals or did they cook for themselves?
 
Hire a crew in Arizona. Surely, it would be less expensive (without all the taxes and union parasites) to shoot elsewhere?
 
I don't remember seeing them ever eat on the show. About the only "house" scenes were them practicing, playing cards, or the drama about who to eliminate.
 
I had someone ask and I wasn't sure.

I remember the final four had some steaks laid out when they got back to the house.

It just never occurred to me that they would cook for themselves...that could get ugly
 
On his podcast last nite, Caleb said that Chris ended up doing most of the cooking for the contestants as his family has a background in the restaurant business.
 
Why film a gun show in a liberal state? Spend your money in a gun-friendly state.

Most cable US TV shows are produced by companies in three places: Southern California, New York and, for some complicated reasons, Knoxville, TN.

Those places have a pool of TV freelancers handy. You can get an experienced crew of 30 - 40 camera operators, audio techs and lighting guys to work every day for a month and go home every night. That's a big savings in lodging and catering, especially for an unproven show.

So now that we know the show works, I'm officially welcoming the production to East TN. Maybe I can take a month off.
 
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What a great series. I thought it started off a bit clichéd in places but I didn't go off half cocked whining and grizzling like the some of the silly derisive early comments I saw here. I thought the show was nicely balanced. In the end all the non-shooting moments really built up pictures of the competitors to the point you felt you knew how most of them ticked. Most of the time I kinda felt stink seeing someone leave, including Adam. He said what he thought, regardless of who thought it was right or wrong. He cracked me up. Without the human aspect you've lost a heap of flavour and all you have left is a very one dimensional and far more forgettable experience.


Great show, a clean show, great for promoting shooting, and sure makes me want to get out there and have fun shooting my guns.
 
Top Shot vs. 3 Gun Nation

After watching all of Top Shot and the first several episodes of 3 Gun Nation, I have a couple of observations.

I didn't like much of the Top Shot drama at first, and I loves the emphasis on the shooting of 3 Gun Nation.

However, I watched both shows with my wife and in-laws. My wife is a new-to-the-game shooting enthusiast, my f-i-l was an occasional pheasant hunter, and my m-i-l has fired a gun exactly once - a 20 gauge that put her on her butt, courtesy of my f-i-l when they were first married (he did what we always warn against - gave her too much gun for the first outing).

My m-i-l didn't even stick around to watch 3 Gun Nation, my wife fell asleep, and my f-i-l kept asking to change the channel. They were all glued to the TV for Top Shot.

There was agreement that there was too much drama in the early shows, but they got hooked, and I got to explain a lot of the history and usage of the firearms they used (and why the Mosin is NOT called a "NaganT"). There was universal "we don't get to know the shooters" talk about 3 Gun. Sure - they have 20 second 'interviews', but that doesn't cut it.

After watching most of Top Shot, I even got a non-commital answer from my m-i-l about going to the range. That had been an uncontested and firm "No!" up until this show aired.

So, 3 Gun Nation is out there for those of us that like to watch straight up shooting, and Top Shot is out there to introduce people into the "language" and the fun of firearms enthusiasts. They both have their place, but Top Shot is the clear winner when it comes to drawing new people into the shooting world. At least, in my experience.

Maybe that'll bleed over into other shows eventually, too. I don't know.
 
I actually find 3GN to be not very interesting really as it seems like the show is just an explanation of the course with clips of people running it and taking the shots.
If they actually filmed each of the top contestants full runs and showed them in a way that we could easily see that their shots are hitting and be pretty close to real time action then I think it would be much more watchable as you would have a chance to see how they do and have some idea if their time was good.
 
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