Gone Country

2008-2009
4 seasons
CMT
Music, Reality

Celebrities search for a new career path as Country-Western crooners with the help of Big & Rich's John Rich.

2008-2009
4 seasons
CMT
Music, Reality

Celebrities search for a new career path as Country-Western crooners with the help of Big & Rich's John Rich.

Tonight's TV Hot List: Saturday, March 7, 2009

iCarly8 pm/ET NickelodeonCarly and her pals want to go to a mixed-martial-arts fight, but they must sneak out of her place to do that. To aid them in this endeavor, they resort to using look-alikes that will fool Spencer into thinking they're all still home. Hardly a foolproof plan, but it just may work since Spencer is a little preoccupied building an enormous version of Newton Balls. — Jennifer Sankowski Read on for previews of MTV Cribs Awards, America's Most Wanted, Ashes to Ashes and Gone Country.

Sat, Mar 7, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List: Saturday, March 7, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List copy for Saturday, Feb. 21

Independent Spirit Awards5 pm/ET IFCBritish actor-comedian Steve Coogan (Hamlet 2) hosts the 24th annual gala celebrating independent films. Known as the "Oscars for indies," the uncensored, party-like ceremony is broadcast live from a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, Cal. Ballast, Frozen River, Rachel Getting Married, Wendy and Lucy and The Wrestler are Best Feature contenders. Acting nominees include Anne Hathaway, Javier Bardem, Michelle Williams, Sean Penn and Debra Winger.Read on for previews of Gone Country, Taking Chance, Extreme Cuisine with Jeff Corwin and Aisha Tyler Is Lit: Live at the Fillmore.

Sat, Feb 21, 2009

Tonight's TV Hot List copy for Saturday, Feb. 21

Justin Guarini Talks about Going Country, Idol Drama and More

This Saturday at 8 pm/ET, Justin Guarini will go country as a competitor on Gone Country 3, the CMT series that challenges celebs from assorted walks of life to take a walk on the wailing side. Does Guarini, the runner-up in American Idol's first season, have what what it takes to croon better than Richard Grieco, Micky Dolenz, Taylor Dane and three other wannabes? TVGuide.com invited Guarini to preview his foray into the genre, as well as make some predictions about Idol's new season. TVGuide.com: What about pop singing doesn't necessarily translate into country singing?Justin Guarini: That's a hard question because nowadays country singing is more pop than it has been in a long time. TVGuide.com: Thank you, Carrie Underwood!Guarini: Exactly. Country music is not necessarily the twangy phonographs your grandmother used to listen to. It really is pop music anymore, and there's ...

Wed, Jan 21, 2009

Justin Guarini Talks about Going Country, Idol Drama and More

CMT Gone Country for a Second Season

CMT has picked up Gone Country for a second season. The reality series' premiere season, where celebs vie for a shot at releasing their own country music album, became the network's highest-rated series ever.Actress Sean Young, 'N Sync's Chris Kirkpatrick and former Jackson 5er Jermaine Jackson are among those who have signed on for the second season, which launches in August. John Rich (half of Big & Rich) will also return to host and select the winner.  J.R. Whalen

Tue, May 6, 2008

Preview: Can These Celebs Turn Country?

B-list celebs never die. They're just put out to pasture — on shows like CMT's new guilty pleasure reality series Gone Country (8 pm/ET). Hosted by John Rich, half of country duo Big and Rich, the idea is to give seven performers a crash course in living the rural life and, for one, the chance to become a successful hat act. Tonight's hour-long opener assembles the oddball assortment of singers in a Nashville mansion and assigns them their primary task — writing a song, which they'll perform in the finale. We weigh in on their country cred. Bobby BrownWith all the heartbreak suffered by the onetime Mr. Whitney Houston, Brown just may have the quintessential country song inside him, aching to get out. Dee SniderThe front man for '80s metal band Twisted Sister is used to going against the grain, so he could reinvent nicely as an "outlaw country" singer.

Fri, Jan 25, 2008