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Powerblock is a weekend
Saturday Morning
-Album credits:*All tracks produced by Ralph Sall for Bulletproof Recording Company Inc.*Executive Producer/Concept: Ralph Sall for Bulletproof Recording Company Inc.*Engineered by Peter McCabe and Larry Fergusson....

 television programming lineup that airs on Spike TV
Spike TV
Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...

 consisting of how-to automotive shows. The current host of the Powerblock is Courtney Hansen
Courtney Hansen
Courtney Hansen is a television host/personality, syndicated columnist, author, and actress.-Biography:Courtney is the daughter of Jerry Hansen, once owner of the Brainerd International Raceway and winner of 27 SCCA national racing championships. She grew up in Orono, Minnesota and spent lots of...

. Previous hosts were IRL driver Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick
Danica Sue Patrick is an American auto racing driver, model and advertising spokeswoman. She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing, being the only woman to win in the IndyCar Series as well as holding the highest finish by a woman at the Indianapolis 500 of 3rd...

 and entertainer/model Michelle Spaziano. Shows in the block are rated TV-G, making it Spike TV's first programs with a TV-G rating.

Former Powerblock Programming

  • Reality Racing
    Reality Racing
    Reality Racing is a competition-based reality television show that debuted May 19, 2007 on Spike TV, where it ranked first amongst male audiences aged 18 to 49, according to Spike's parent company Viacom. The show was described by one journalist as 'NASCAR meets American Idol,' but failed to...

  • Car and Driver Television (replaced by MuscleCar on January 7, 2006)
  • American Shooter
  • Top Dead Center (replaced by Xtreme 4x4)
  • Hod Rod Magazine
  • Motor Trend Television
  • Road Test Magazine
  • The Gold Prospector
  • RV Today
  • Everything Outdoors
  • Crank & Chrome

Special Powerblock Programming

  • ESPN Speedworld
    ESPN SpeedWorld
    ESPN SpeedWorld is the name of a former television series broadcast ESPN from 1979-2006. The program that was based primarily based around NASCAR, CART, IMSA, Formula One, NHRA, and IHRA....

     (June 1983)
  • The Wild West Lives (August 1997)
  • Colt's Great American Shootout (March 1996)
  • Great Outdoor Sporting & Wildlife Festival (May 1997)

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