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Dee Wright In a nutshell, clients go online The rest of the shippers are TV Media and post a description of the item inexperienced rookies who are trying they need shipped, including the to prove their worth in the industry. t seems that every profession size, weight and destination. Marc is trying to use his business has some kind of reality series Shippers then bid to win the auction, knowledge to make a successful Iprofiling it -- cake shops, and the lowest bid gets the company, but he has limited experi- restaurants, bounty hunters and shipment. Underbidding opponents ence with shipping or big rigs. even hoggers. And networks even is important, but shippers need to be Jennifer is the only solo woman battle for viewership when they sure that they cover their costs, in the series, but don't let that fool have similar series. For example, including insurance. Some of the you. She started out by lugging TLC's "Hoarding: Buried Alive" vs. packages are very large, very livestock across the country for A&E's "Hoarders." Despite the delicate, and sometimes even alive -- farming companies, and she has had number of similar shows out there, it so they need to make sure they're everything from buffalo to Ferraris in must mean that there is an audience covered. her trailer. who is interested in the industry. As with all reality series, the Jarrett takes on any job he can In 2007, History premiered "Ice show would be nothing without a get, hoping just to make ends meet. Road Truckers" as part of a bigger well-rounded cast of characters. Size, shape and destination aren't series about dangerous jobs. The "Shipping Wars" follows six factors in his business, but segment was such a hit that it spun independent shippers as they battle sometimes he just can't fight with into its own series, following a each other for packages. the more experienced shippers. trucking company as its drivers Married couple Scott and "Shipping Wars" is the third navigate ice-covered roads and Suzanne Bawcom have put their series on A&E with "Wars" in its snow drifts with all kinds of cargo in entire life into their small shipping name, following "Parking Wars" and the trucks. The series encapsulated company, which Scott inherited from "Storage Wars." action, adventure and drama as it his father. Scott isn't one to turn "Parking Wars" follows parking took viewers along for the ride, and away from a challenge -- a skill he enforcement officers in Philadelphia Jarrett Joyce in "Shipping Wars" they got to know the drivers and learned while defusing bombs for (and in later seasons, Detroit and their stories. the Marines in Iraq. With Scott at the Hoboken, N.J.) as they struggle to The series opened a plethora of wheel and Suzanne at the computer get drivers to follow the parking unpaid storage lockers. Bidders held in California, and lockers have story lines within the industry. On putting in bids, they always keep laws. Customers get irate when they include collectors, gamblers and contained Hollywood memorabilia or Tuesday, Jan. 10, A&E will premiere their trailer full. get tickets they believe they didn't thrift-store owners, but, as always, collectibles. In Texas, however, "Shipping Wars," which introduces Roy Garber is a former handyman deserve, and no one is happy when the real drama is between the collectibles include rodeo wear, viewers to the world of auction- who uses his knowledge of tools and their vehicle gets towed and they're people themselves. While all physical horse-riding gear and guns that no based shipping. Ten half-hour construction to help him move his forced to fill out tons of paperwork. fights have been avoided, the one has ever seen before. episodes have been filmed, but if loads. He's only been in the business But after five seasons, "Parking bidders are quite sneaky in the way "Shipping Wars" will nestle nicely past A&E success has set any kind of for two years, but he's got hundreds Wars" is still a huge hit. they manage to win the auctions. into the Tuesday-night lineup, precedence, we can be sure that of successful deliveries and "Storage Wars" has become so "Storage Wars: Texas" follows especially since it's the same block "Shipping Wars" will be around for successful that it just spawned a the same concept, but viewers met a that both of its "Wars" counterparts spinoff. The original concept whole new set of bidders and a started in. "Parking Wars" held the 5(=0.(;69 .63+ followed a group of bidders as they brand new idea of what could be in spot for three seasons until "Storage *VTMVY[HISL9PKL(UK(SS:LHZVU;YHJ[PVU Features went to auctions that sold off the lockers. 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