Shipping Wars

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For the shipping wars, or tensions, between fans (or shippers) of two or more different character relationships in either canon or fan fiction, see shipping (fandom).
Shipping Wars
Genre Reality
Starring
  • Roy Garber
  • Marc Springer
  • Jennifer Brennan
  • Jarrett Joyce
  • Suzanne & Scott Bawcom
  • Christopher Hanna & Robbie Welsh
  • Dusty Davies
  • Todd & Tamera Sturgis
  • Jessica Samko
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 7
No. of episodes 93 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Elaine Frontain Bryant
  • Neil A. Cohen
  • Graham Davidson
  • Jeff Keels
  • David McKillop
  • Jonathan Nowzaradan
  • Tom Mireles
Camera setup Ryan Benton Miller
Running time 24 minutes
Production company(s) Megalomedia
Release
Original network A&E
Original release January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10) –
April 29, 2015 (2015-04-29)
External links
Website

Shipping Wars is a reality TV series on A&E that began airing on January 10, 2012.[1] The show follows various independent carriers who have discovered that money can be made transporting items that traditional carriers either cannot or will not haul.[2] They compete for loads in special timed auctions conducted by uShip, the world’s largest online auction house for independent truckers.[3]

Overview

In a typical episode, the carriers place bids on two jobs listed on uShip, in a reverse auction format. Each client has the option of awarding the job either to the lowest bidder, or to a higher bidder based on feedback from previous clients, although on the show, the latter rarely, if ever, happens. Ties are broken in favor of the carrier with the higher average feedback rating. Winners load their cargo and attempt to deliver it intact by the client's deadline. Feedback ratings from clients are displayed as the loads are delivered. At the end of the episode, each carrier's net profit or loss is tallied on-screen, with the expenses (fuel, labor, late-delivery penalties, fines, etc.) subtracted from the bid amount to determine the overall profit or loss. At times, a carrier will arrange to haul one or more additional loads on the same trip, with the extra money figured into his/her tally, or will be unable to complete a job due to concerns over load size/weight or road safety.

Participants

     Current Shipper      Previous Shipper      Partial Season
Shipper Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7
Marc Springer ("The Big Rig") [4]
Jennifer Brennan ("The Cowgirl")
Jarrett Joyce ("The Rookie")
Dusty Davies ("The Prodigy")
Todd and Tamera Sturgis ("The Double Threat")
Jessica Samko ("The Road Warrior") [5]
Suzanne and Scott Bawcom ("The Veterans") [6]
Roy Garber ("The Handyman")
Christopher Hanna and Robbie Welsh ("The Hotshot Couple")
Courtney Carter and Chelsea Chirila ("Two Blondes and a Truck")

Roy Garber died on Friday, January 17, 2014. According to major news outlets, he suffered a massive heart attack and was rushed to a Texas hospital, where he died shortly after. He was 49 years old.[7] He was a main cast member from seasons 1 to 5 and in the first two episodes of season 6.

Reception

David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle says the show is "well made and fun to watch".[8] David Knowles of The Hollywood Reporter states, "Though the fast paced editing scheme manages to keep the point and click bidding from feeling as droll as Internet auctions are in real life, the relentlessly quick hits of dialog and action make the proceedings feel like a teaser rather than the actual program".[9] Monica Hesse of The Washington Post states, "Shipping Wars is mostly about the perfectly packed trunk and the ecstasy of having not an inch to spare".[10]

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date Production
code		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 1 "Shipping Wars (Pilot)" January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10) 101 / 01 3.084[11]
2 2 "Double Down and Bean Town" January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10) 102 / 02 2.957[11]
3 3 "Bullship" January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17) 104 / 04 2.272[12]
4 4 "Cash for Tanks" January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17) 103 / 03 2.435[12]
5 5 "Pain in the Caboose" January 24, 2012 (2012-01-24) 105 / 05 2.587[13]
6 6 "Camel in Tow" January 24, 2012 (2012-01-24) 106 / 06 2.396[13]
7 7 "Tavern on the Greenbacks" January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31) 107 / 07 2.175[14]
8 8 "Jennifer's Arch" January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31) 108 / 08 2.393[14]
9 9 "Baja or Bust" February 7, 2012 (2012-02-07) 109 / 09 1.919[15]
10 10 "May the Ship be With You" February 7, 2012 (2012-02-07) 110 / 10 1.946[15]

Season 2 (2012)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date Production
code		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
11 1 "Two Halves of the Same Willie" August 7, 2012 (2012-08-07) 202 / 12 1.862[16]
12 2 "The King and His Axe" August 7, 2012 (2012-08-07) 203 / 13 2.011[16]
13 3 "Love at First Flight" August 14, 2012 (2012-08-14) 204 / 14 1.529[17]
14 4 "One Crystal Short of a Geode" August 14, 2012 (2012-08-14) 201 / 11 1.970[17]
15 5 "From Sphere to Infinity & Beyond" August 21, 2012 (2012-08-21) 206 / 16 1.666[18]
16 6 "Chicken Ship" August 21, 2012 (2012-08-21) 205 / 15 1.952[18]
17 7 "Mud Bug Boogie" August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28) 207 / 17 1.940[19]
18 8 "Not with a Whimper but a Bang" August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28) 208 / 18 2.043[19]
19 9 "Planes, Pains, and a Spire of Flames" September 11, 2012 (2012-09-11) 209 / 19 1.722[20]
20 10 "Flux Capacity" September 11, 2012 (2012-09-11) 210 / 20 1.784[20]
21 11 "Wheels of Misfortune" September 18, 2012 (2012-09-18) 211 / 21 1.837[21]
22 12 "Wings, A Prayer, and a Know-It-All" September 18, 2012 (2012-09-18) 212 / 22 1.821[21]
23 13 "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'" October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02) 213 / 23 1.630[22]
24 14 "Big Idea, Bad Idea" October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02) 214 / 24 1.487[22]

Season 3 (2012–13)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date Production
code		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
25 1 "More Bullship" December 12, 2012 (2012-12-12) 302 / 26 1.732[23]
26 2 "Safari So Good" December 12, 2012 (2012-12-12) 301 / 25 1.721[23]
27 3 "Geometrically Challenged" December 19, 2012 (2012-12-19) 304 / 28 1.840[24]
28 4 "Return to Send-Arrrggghhh!" December 19, 2012 (2012-12-19) 303 / 27 1.800[24]
29 5 "The Carney Code" December 26, 2012 (2012-12-26) 305 / 29 1.593[25]
30 6 "Frankenship Horrors" January 9, 2013 (2013-01-09) 306 / 30 2.077[26]
31 7 "Damaged Goods" January 9, 2013 (2013-01-09) 307 / 31 2.111[26]
32 8 "Candy, Karma, and Catastrophes" January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16) 308 / 32 1.742[27]
33 9 "Rock 'em, Sock 'em, Ride 'em, Drop 'em" January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16) 309 / 33 1.808[27]
34 10 "The Good, The Bad, and The Evel" January 23, 2013 (2013-01-23) 310 / 34 1.645[28]
35 11 "Wearheads and Gearheads" January 23, 2013 (2013-01-23) 311 / 35 1.565[28]
36 12 "Tyrannosaurus Hex" January 30, 2013 (2013-01-30) 312 / 36 1.660[29]

Season 4 (2013)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date Production
code		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
37 1 "Monkey Business" June 11, 2013 (2013-06-11) 403 / 39 1.771[30]
38 2 "Dysfunction Junction" June 11, 2013 (2013-06-11) 404 / 40 1.464[30]
39 3 "Manners Meltdown and Minor Mishaps" June 18, 2013 (2013-06-18) 401 / 37 1.585[31]
40 4 "If the Boat's a Rockin'..." June 18, 2013 (2013-06-18) 402 / 38 1.624[31]
41 5 "A Fairy Tale Disaster" June 25, 2013 (2013-06-25) 405 / 41 1.744[32]
42 6 "Crypto-Prank-ology" June 25, 2013 (2013-06-25) 406 / 42 1.861[32]
43 7 "Punch Drunk Love" July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02) 407 / 43 1.763[33]
44 8 "Broken Down and Busted" July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02) 408 / 44 1.923[33]
45 9 "High Tech Rednecks" July 9, 2013 (2013-07-09) 409 / 45 1.646[34]
46 10 "Old Man and The Sea Life" July 16, 2013 (2013-07-16) 410 / 46 1.665[35]
47 11 "Bidder Bee-ware!" July 23, 2013 (2013-07-23) 411 / 47 1.645[36]
48 12 "Ready, Set... Pedal!" July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30) 412 / 48 1.332[37]

Season 5 (2013–14)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date Production
code		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
49 1 "A Whole Bunch of Cluck-Ups" December 3, 2013 (2013-12-03) 501 / 49 1.309[38]
50 2 "Guys and Dolls" December 3, 2013 (2013-12-03) 502 / 50 1.275[38]
51 3 "Buggin' Out" December 10, 2013 (2013-12-10) 504 / 52 1.364[39]
52 4 "Flight of the Giant Baby Head" December 10, 2013 (2013-12-10) 503 / 51 1.272[39]
53 5 "We Come in Pieces!" December 17, 2013 (2013-12-17) 505 / 53 1.363[40]
54 6 "Chivalry's Dead... Roy Killed It" December 17, 2013 (2013-12-17) 506 / 54 1.231[40]
55 7 "War of the Roses" December 24, 2013 (2013-12-24) 508 / 56 1.539[41]
56 8 "Pop, the Tragic Dragon" December 24, 2013 (2013-12-24) 507 / 55 1.625[41]
57 9 "Drilling & Probing" January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07) 557 / 57 1.533[42]
58 10 "What NOT to Expect When You're Expecting Jarrett" January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07) 509 / 57 1.530[42]
59 11 "Jack Pots & Cheap Shots" January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14) 511 / 59 1.398[43]
60 12 "It's My Party & I'll Shoot You If I Want To" January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14) 514 / 62 1.507[43]

Season 6 (2014)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date Production
code		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
61 1 "Giant Pains in the Ass"[44] June 3, 2014 (2014-06-03) 602 / 61 TBA
62 2 "Who You Gonna Call!? ...Not Two Blondes and a Truck"[44] June 3, 2014 (2014-06-03) 601 / 60 TBA
63 3 "Highway to the Stranger Zone"[44] June 10, 2014 (2014-06-10) 604 / 63 TBA
64 4 "Three Horses and a Funeral"[44] June 10, 2014 (2014-06-10) 605 / 64 TBA
65 5 "A Tactical Disaster"[44] June 17, 2014 (2014-06-17) 606 / 65 TBA
66 6 "Head Today, Gong Tomorrow"[44] June 17, 2014 (2014-06-17) 607 / 66 TBA
67 7 "Spaced Invaders"[44] June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24) 608 / 67 TBA
68 8 "I Can't Believe It's Not Better"[44] June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24) 609 / 68 TBA
69 9 "Fiberglass, Steel, and Iron Wills"[44] July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01) 610 / 69 TBA
70 10 "Perfect like Roy"[44] July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01) 611 / 70 TBA
71 11 "Hernias and Hissy Fits"[44] July 8, 2014 (2014-07-08) 612 / 71 TBA
72 12 "Punk-Drunk Love"[44] July 8, 2014 (2014-07-08) 613 / 72 TBA
73 13 "Do No Bodily Harm"[44] July 15, 2014 (2014-07-15) 614 / 73 TBA
74 14 "Hummers and Bummers"[44] July 15, 2014 (2014-07-15) 615 / 74 TBA
75 15 "Love Is a Crazy Carnival Ride"[44] July 22, 2014 (2014-07-22) 617 / 76 TBA
76 16 "Monsters, Mannequins, and Mayhem"[44] July 22, 2014 (2014-07-22) 616 / 75 TBA
77 17 "To the Moon and Back"[44] July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29) 618 / 77 TBA
78 18 "Problems Set In Stone"[44] July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29) 619 / 78 TBA
79 19 "Big Wine & Bigger Pine"[44] August 5, 2014 (2014-08-05) 620 / 79 TBA
80 20 "Stuck in the Vending Vortex"[44] August 5, 2014 (2014-08-05) 621 / 80 TBA

Season 7 (2014-15)

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Original air date Production
code		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
81 1 "Goose Bumps in the Road"[44] November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18) 701 / 81 TBA
82 2 "The Silver Whining Playbook"[44] November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18) 702 / 82 TBA
83 3 "Smooth Sailin', Rough Ridin'"[44] November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25) 703 / 83 TBA
84 4 "Mini Golf & Massive Headaches"[44] November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25) 704 / 84 TBA
85 5 "Power Rangers & Vampire Dangers"[44] December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02) 705 / 85 TBA
86 6 "Big Pigs Fly, Little Pirates Cry"[44] December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02) 706 / 86 TBA
87 7 "Up in Smoke & Going Broke"[44] December 9, 2014 (2014-12-09) 707 / 87 TBA
88 8 "It's a Rock-A-Fire Implosion!"[44] December 9, 2014 (2014-12-09) 708 / 88 TBA
89 9 "Fire and Rescue"[45] February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10) 709 / 89 TBA
90 10 "Can't See the Sherwood Forest for the trees"[46] February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10) 710 / 90 TBA
91 11 "Crying For Your Art"[47] February 17, 2015 (2015-02-17) 711 / 91 TBA
92 12 "Looney Tunes Blues"[48] February 17, 2015 (2015-02-17) 712 / 92 TBA
93 13 "Big Bertha & The Molar Express"[49] February 24, 2015 (2015-02-24) 713 / 93 TBA
94 14 "Broken Dolls & Duck Boat Stalls" March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03) TBA TBA
95 15 "A Tiger Chase & a Tight Place" March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03) TBA TBA
96 16 "A Disco Robot & Castle Hassle" April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01) TBA TBA
97 17 "The Empire Ships Back" August 4, 2015 (2015-08-04) TBA TBA
98 18 "Gumby's 60th Veggie Surprise" April 15, 2015 (2015-04-15) TBA TBA
99 19 "Holy Horrible Voice, Batman!" April 22, 2015 (2015-04-22) TBA TBA
100 20 "Munsters...The Final Frontier!" April 29, 2015 (2015-04-29) TBA TBA

International broadcasts

In the UK, Shipping Wars is broadcast on the History, H2 and More 4 TV channels.

The series made its debut in Canada on A&E Canada OLN; it currently airs on CMT Canada. In India, this show is broadcast on History TV 18. [50] The German network N24 broadcasts a dubbed version since April 2014. The France network 6ter broadcasts a french dubbed version since September 2015.

Shipping Wars UK

On 5 January 2014, Channel 4 aired the pilot of the UK version of Shipping Wars titled Shipping Wars UK. The format closely follows the US version. The pilot received over a million viewers and, on 9 April 2014, it was announced that 20 episodes had been commissioned. Each episode will run to 45 minutes and will be produced by Megalomedia.[51] On the 2nd May 2016 a second series started on Channel 4

References

  1. ↑ Shipping Wars Comes To Cable Television, Martin Murray, About.com, 21 December 2011 (retrieved 27 December 2011)
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