GT Academy USA Reality Show Gets SPEED TV Air Date

When it was first announced that GT Academy would be coming to the United States, it was also mentioned that the competition would air as a reality show on SPEED TV in the fall of 2011, with host Kristen Adams. Now, we finally have air dates for the program according to SPEED TV’s website:

  • Tuesday, September 20, 2011 @ 10:00PM ET
  • Wednesday, September 21, 2011 @ 1:00AM ET
  • Wednesday, September 21, 2011 @ 10:00AM ET
  • Tuesday, September 27, 2011 @ 10:00PM ET
  • Wednesday, September 28, 2011 @ 1:00AM ET

Mark your calendars and set your DVRs! Thanks to Dan for the tip.

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Comments (54)

  1. Cocomoto

    Here in Brazil Speed is horrible, not in content but in image qualite.

    So far the worse in the Sky TV, really a shame. You can’t even see most of the number in the top of the screen showing the race position.

  2. Bien Cien

    Please honey, the only driving you’ll do is staking vampires on True Blood with those shoes. *snap* *snap*

    They also want their outfit back.

    (But seriously looking forward to the show.)

    1. Amac500

      Seeing Speed covers F1, Grand-Am ( both Rolex and Continental leagues), V8 Supercars, Le Mans, moto gp, off road racing, and sprint cars, then I would say you are incorrect.

      My favorite SPEED show is “Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain” which is on Sunday’s at 9:00 and covers every thong racing.

  3. Amac500

    Does this really deserve a tv show? Do you also watch shows abou peoples Madden leagues? Just throw it on that tv part of the game nobody uses. Seriously, what could they possible show that is worth watching?

    1. Nagan

      Some people will like it and the rest of us will just have to change the channel.

      Hopefully it won’t be like other reality shows complete with the poorly-acted and producer-encouraged “drama” that drive me to avoid so much programming these days.

      Personally, I’d enjoy the opportunity to just watch any straight motorsports programming. Varied motorsports updates and car education — hard to imagine Kaz wouldn’t want that kind of programming.

    2. 88FoxBodyFan

      It has to be better than that “housewives” crap and everything else that comes on TV now days. Since NFL doesn’t play on Tuesdays I’ll watch it.

    1. R1600Turbo

      New episodes are Tuesday night, so the Wednesday shows are repeats. That’s not the full schedule, just the first two episodes.

  4. Russianmule

    What has come of GT games? If they weren’t so busy with these kinds of shenanigans, maybe the game could have been better.

    1. Russianmule

      Just because you don’t like the comment doesn’t mean I, or anybody else should be called out for it. Your supposed to be a professional about it. What are you going to do two years down the road when the press calls you out? Tell them there stupid?

    2. R1600Turbo

      Dude, you should know better. Looks what this program has done for Gran Turismo as a whole. You want to tell Lucas to his face that he doesn’t deserve it because the whole thing is just “shenanigans”?

    3. Russianmule

      You know man, I bought GTpsp to get a head start on gt5 like say said we could, only to find out the cars I bought could not be used in anything other then arcade. I bought gt5 in hope of having a long a spec career, that also didn’t happen. How is a reality show, and GT academy helping the Gran Turismo brand. I think it’s gotten worse.

  5. Turismo

    I miss Speed channel alot. :( But that won’t stop me from seeing stream if possible? Or after puttin on youtube.

    And that girl. She’ll be Gran Turismo’s race girl for GT6. ;) LOL

  6. BLADErunner80

    Clearly she got this job thru her racing know how and the incredible insight she can bring about car handling.

    And peopl say she’s just a big pair of…

  7. GTP_Jump_Ace

    Can’t bring myself to watch. IMO USGTA was a joke, poor implementation, allowing cheaters, who ever has the most available time to race wins, etc etc.

    I’m sure the fastest drivers got to the end anyway, however the execution was embarrassing.

    Jerome

  8. Jon64½

    Really? I like the 350Z better, but I think that the 370Z looks pretty cool. In my opinion the paint scheme in the picture makes it look pretty awesome. Kind of evil looking.

    1. 07_HSV_GTS

      I don’t like the look of Porsches or 370’s, it’s just the shape I don’t like but I do like the Porsche Carrera GT

  9. EliteDreamer

    Hmm… I’ll be watching! I hope it won’t be like some programs I’ve seen where they act like you know nothing of the game. Even though it’s about GT Academy rather then GT5. By the way, what show is she from? Or whatever she originated from.

  10. DaveTheStalker

    Oh wait, Kristen is only mildly irritating. She’s so awesome at finding all of those cheats though!!! I was originally thinking the host was the same host that does The Tester and other gaming competition shows. SPEED should’ve gotten the Cope sisters :p

    1. neem'

      If it’s anything like what we had here in the UK, it’ll be a series. A short one, though, I think ours was like 6 episodes long. I meant to check it out but completely forgot, and by the time I remembered it was already gone.

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