• Source: The Great American Road Trip

      • Great American Road Trip is a reality television competition series that aired on NBC. It follows seven families as they go on a road trip and compete against each other at different landmarks in and around U.S. Route 66 in the United States. The series is hosted by comedian Reno Collier.
      The show premiered on July 7, 2009 as the lead-in to America's Got Talent. However, due to poor ratings, NBC moved the show to Monday nights, with the next episode coming less than a week later. In the second week, ratings declined about 10 percent, as seen in the chart below.


      Structure


      The families are given recreational vehicles for use throughout the competition. They drive from place to place to compete in various challenges. There are two contests each week. The first is the "King of the Road" challenge, in which the winner receives a reward, and the second is the "End of the Road" challenge, in which the losing team goes home.


      Families


      The following families are in the competition. They are listed with their hometowns:


      Locations




      = Episode One

      =
      Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
      Illinois State Fair, Springfield, Illinois
      Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri


      = Episode Two

      =
      Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, St. Louis, Missouri
      Meramec Caverns, Stanton, Missouri
      Welk Family Theater, Branson, Missouri
      Route 66 Drive-In Theatre, Carthage, Missouri


      = Episode Three

      =
      The Little House on the Prairie Home, Independence, Kansas
      Red Buffalo Ranch, Sedan, Kansas
      The Big Texan Steak Ranch, Amarillo, Texas


      = Episode Four

      =
      Midpoint Café, Adrian, Texas
      Albuquerque International Sunport, Albuquerque, New Mexico
      Wigwam Resort (Coote family), Litchfield Park, Arizona
      Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, Arizona


      = Episode Five

      =
      Slide Rock State Park, Oak Creek Canyon (near Sedona, Arizona)
      Grand Canyon National Park, Fredonia, Arizona (North Rim) and Grand Canyon, Arizona (South Rim)
      Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, Arizona


      = Episode Six

      =
      Roadkill Café, Seligman, Arizona
      Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada
      Rio Hotel Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada
      These hotels were locations during the scavenger hunt:

      Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada
      Excalibur, Las Vegas, Nevada
      Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada


      = Episode Seven

      =
      Bootleg Canyon Mountain Bike Park, Boulder City, Nevada
      Oatman Ghost Town, Oatman, Arizona
      Soggy Dry Lake Bed, Johnson Valley, California


      = Episode Eight

      =
      Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California
      Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City, California
      Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
      Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California


      Episodes



      *^Note A : In episode two, no teams were eliminated. Instead, the top three teams in the King of the Road challenge (Pollards, Cootes, and Ricos) faced off in a second challenge, with the winning team receiving a prize. The Cootes received a trip to an upcoming movie premiere in Hollywood.
      *^Note B : In episode 6, instead of an End of the Road challenge, the top 2 families compete for the luxury.
      *^Note C : In episode 7, there were only 2 teams in the bottom instead of 3.


      Elimination chart




      Other details




      = Episode 2

      =
      The judges for the talent show were Andy Williams, Yakov Smirnoff, and Raeanne Presley, the mayor of Branson.
      After the second reward challenge in Episode 2, the families were treated to an advance screening of the Twentieth Century Fox movie Aliens in the Attic.


      Ratings




      References




      External links


      Great American Road Trip on NBC.com

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