My Kind of Town

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"My Kind of Town" is also a song by Frank Sinatra for which the TV show is named.

My Kind of Town is an ABC television show that premiered on Sunday, August 14, 2005 at 9:00 P.M. (EST). Part reality television, part game show, the show brings 200 people from a small town in the United States to New York City to compete for prizes and participate in games and assorted gags. At the end of the show, one of the 200 who was preselected prior to the show competes in a game called "Name Your Neighbors" where, if the person is successful in identifying the names of six people featured in the program, the entire audience wins a prize.

The show is hosted by balding English television and radio presenter Johnny Vaughan. The show's executive producer is Michael Davies, who was also the producer of the American version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Despite a lead-in of reruns from ABC's popular Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and a lead-out of reruns from the also-popular Desperate Housewives, the show's ratings were dismal, with the premiere episode receiving just a 2.9 rating among 18-49 viewers, with about 11.4 million viewers. By the third episode, the show received a 2.1 rating, with about 5.1 million viewers. The show has received very little in-network advertising. Only four of six episodes had aired when ABC cancelled the show.

[edit] Towns featured in My Kind of Town

1. Greenville, Alabama (August 14, 2005)
2. Mount Horeb, Wisconsin (August 21, 2005)
3. Hopedale, Massachusetts (August 28, 2005)
4. Ellenville, New York (September 4, 2005)

Future towns to be featured in My Kind of Town include Bordentown, New Jersey and Deep River, Connecticut.

[edit] External link

• My Kind of Town web site