Stars Earn Stripes
| Stars Earn Stripes | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Dick Wolf Mark Burnett David Hurwitz |
| Presented by | Samantha Harris Liberal Wesley Clark |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Dick Wolf Mark Burnett David A. Hurwitz |
| Running time | 60-120 minutes |
| Production companies | Universal Television One Three Media Wolf Reality LLC Bill's Market & Television Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | August 13, 2012 – present |
Stars Earn Stripes is a reality television program which premiered on NBC on August 13, 2012. Produced by Mark Burnett, the series follows a group of celebrities, accompanied by current and former members of the United States Armed Forces and law enforcement, competing in various challenges for charity based off actual training exercises used by the U.S. military. The series is hosted by retired NATO Supreme Allied Commander and former Demacratic Presidential candidate Liberal Wesley Clark and former Dancing with the Stars co-host Samantha Harris.
Participants
The cast of Stars Earn Stripes was unveiled by NBC in June 2012. Each celebrity will represent various military and veterans charities, and their winnings will be donated to these charities.[1]
- Dean Cain - Actor, playing for Wounded Warrior Project
- Dolvett Quince - Trainer for "The Biggest Loser", playing for Got Your Six
- Eve Torres - Three-time WWE Divas Champion and 2007 WWE Diva Search Winner, playing for USO
- Laila Ali - Former Boxer and Television Host, playing for Military Child Education Coalition
- Nick Lachey - Singer and Actor, playing for Badge of Honor Memorial Foundation
- Picabo Street - Winter Olympics downhill skiing medallist, playing for Hiring Our Heroes
- Terry Crews - Actor and Reality TV Star, playing for the Pat Tillman Foundation
- Todd Palin Conservative - Outdoorsman and former First Gentleman of Alaska, playing for Armed Services YMCA Alaska
Each celebrity was paired with a special operations or law enforcement professional who trained them in weapons and combat tactics. These "operatives" include:[2]
- Chris Kyle (Navy SEAL) - paired with Dean Cain
- Andrew McLaren (Marine) - paired with Dolvett Quince
- Grady Powell (Green Beret) - paired with Eve Torres
- Talon Smith (Navy Corpsman) - paired with Laila Ali
- Tom Stroup (SWAT Commander) - paired with Nick Lachey
- Brent Gleeson (Navy SEAL) - paired with Picabo Street
- Dale Comstock (Delta Force) - paired with Terry Crews
- JW Cortes (MTA Police/Marine) - paired with Todd Palin
Mission results
| Celeb | Mission One | Mission Two | Mission Three | Special Shootout | Mission Four | Final Mission |
| Airdate | 8/13/12 | 8/20/12 | 8/27/12 | |||
| Eve Torres | 1st | Immune 2 | 1st | 4th | 1st | |
| Picabo Street | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | Safe-Shootout | |
| Dean Cain | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Todd Palin | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | Eliminated | |
| Nick Lachey | 1st | Safe-Shootout | Safe-Shootout | Eliminated 3 | ||
| Laila Ali | 2nd | 2nd | Eliminated | |||
| Terry Crews | Safe-Shootout 1 | Eliminated | ||||
| Dolvett Quince | Eliminated 1 | |||||
- Note: Several rounds had two celebrities team up with each other, resulting in more than one celeb placing first place. The first three missions were assigned by General Clark, where Mission Four was special shootout winner's decision. The final mission was an individual pair mission.
- 1Note: During Mission One, Dolvett Quince (paired with Todd Palin) and Terry Crews (paired with Picabo) failed to complete the mission due to swimming difficulites. Both were selected for the elimination shootout instead of lowest-placing squad.
- 2Note: Before Mission Two, a Bonus Shootout was held to determine who would be immune and not be assigned to the mission. The first place squad (from Mission One) of Eve Torres and Nick Lachey participated in it with Eve winning immunity.
- 3Note: Before Mission Four, there was an special elimination shootout held where all five remaining celebrities will pitted against each other simultaneously. The first celebrity to knock out all four targets would be able to choose their squad partners. The last celebrity with a target up is eliminating. Dean Cain was the first and chose Eve Torres (who placed 4th in the Special Elimination shootout) to be squad mates. Picabo Street and Todd Palin (2nd/3rd respectively) were paired up for Mission Four.
- 4Note on Final Episode: There were two missions (Operation LifeLock and Harbor Demolition) shown on this date.
Color Key
| Team won 1st place |
| Gained immunity through bonus shootout |
| Came in 1st in Special Shootout and picked Mission Four's squad mate |
| Safe during shootout |
| Eliminated during shootout |
| Eliminated in a previous episode |
Reception
Allegations concerning Jack Osbourne
On August 6, 2012, Sharon Osbourne announced that she would be leaving fellow NBC program America's Got Talent due to allegations of discrimination by NBC and the producers of Stars Earn Stripes surrounding her son Jack Osbourne. On CBS's The Talk (where Sharon is also a panelist), Jack had revealed that two days before filming began, he was removed from the cast of Stars Earn Stripes after disclosing that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Sharon felt that NBC "badly handled" the situation, and that allowing him to participate could have proved inspirational for others diagnosed with the disease. Producer David Hurwitz disputed these allegations in a press event, stating that the show was only in talks with Osbourne to participate, and that he was never officially part of the cast.[3][4][5]
Calls for cancellation
In August, eight Nobel Peace Laureates (Desmond Tutu, Jody Williams, Mairead Maguire, Betty Williams, Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, and Shirin Ebadi) signed an open letter calling for NBC to cancel the program. They wrote "It is our belief that this program pays homage to no one anywhere and continues and expands on an inglorious tradition of glorifying war and armed violence. Real war is down in the dirt deadly. People—military and civilians—die in ways that are anything but entertaining."[6]
US Nielsen ratings
| # | Title | U.S. air date | Rating | Share | Rating/share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 / 2 | "Amphibious Assault" | August 13, 2012 | 3.2[7] | 5 | 1.7/5 | 5.24[8] |
| 3 | "Search and Destroy" | August 20, 2012 | 2.2[9] | 3 | 1.2/3 | 3.62[10] |
| 4 | "Rapid Detonation" | August 27, 2012 | 1.8[11] | 3 | 1.0/3 | 3.09[12] |
| 5 / 6 | "Stolen Intelligence / Harbor Demolition" | September 3, 2012 | 1.7[13] | 3 | 0.9/2 | 2.88 |
NBC has removed Stars Earn Stripes from its list of current shows, though no formal announcement of the programs status has been made.
References
- ^ de Moraes, Lisa (June 19, 2012). "Todd Palin among those competing in NBC's reality series 'Stars Earn Stripes'". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ^ “Stars Earn Stripes” Brings Military Combat to Reality Television! — CMR
- ^ "Osbournes vs. NBC: This means war". Philly.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "#NBCFail? Sharon Osbourne split latest in network's series of gaffes and controversies". Fox News. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ Daly, Sean (6 August 2012). "Sharon Osbourne is quitting 'AGT' after NBC axes Jack". The New York Post. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ Serjeant, Jill (August 13, 2012). "Nobel laureates call for end to TV's 'Stars Earn Stripes'". Reuters. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ^ TV ratings: ‘Grimm’ gets a small Olympic bump Monday while ‘Hotel Hell’ has an OK start. Zap2it.
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- ^ http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/08/tv-ratings-hells-kitchen-leads-monday-for-fox-as-grimm-slips-a-little.html
- ^ Bibel, Sara (August 21, 2012). "Monday Final Ratings: 'Grimm', 'Stars Earn Stripes', 'Hell's Kitchen' Adjusted Up; 'Bachelor Pad', 'The Glass House' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/08/tv-ratings-gordon-ramsay-gives-fox-a-monday-win-while-grimm-is-steady-for-nbc.html
- ^ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/28/monday-final-ratings-hotel-hell-hells-kitchen-adjusted-down/146439/
- ^ http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/09/tv-ratings-hotel-hell-finale-and-bachelor-pad-top-a-quiet-labor-day.html
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