Spike TV Adds Four New Originals

NEW YORK: Four new male-skewed series have been added to the Spike TV schedule for 2012, including Big Easy Justice and Undercover Stings, from the producers of Cops.

American Digger comes from the creators/producers of Auction Hunters, Gurney Productions. Spike ordered 13 half-hour episodes, which watch as former professional wrestler turned modern-day relic hunter Ric Savage and his team at American Savage dig in the backyards of everyday people who may be sitting on artifacts from battlefields or historic sites.

Big Easy Justice is set within post-Katrina New Orleans, following a legendary bounty hunter, Tat-2, and his fugitive recovery team as they track down some of the city’s most elusive criminals. The 10×30-minute series comes from Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, Al Roker Entertainment in association with CRM Entertainment, and Bodega Pictures.

World’s Worst Tenants features Todd Howard, who confronts dangerous and despicable tenants and forcibly removes them. He is joined by his wife, Randye, and his business partner, Rick, who keep tabs on more than 150 residential, commercial and retail units. The show, given a 10×30-minute order, is produced by Barry Poznick and John Stevens of Zoo Productions of Southern Fried Stings. 

From the producers of Cops, John and Morgan Langley, comes Undercover Stings. The 10×30-minute show takes viewers inside the high-stakes world of orchestrated busts and undercover police operations.

Spike TV has also ordered a new season of 20 additional episodes of Repo Games.

Sharon Levy, the executive VP of original series at Spike TV, said, "These shows share a common theme of dynamic characters that exist in high risk/high reward situations. We feel these larger-than-life personalities and their worlds will resonate with the Spike audience."