''Outsiders Inn'' is an American half-hour
reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early ...
show which is a spin-off from ''
Gone Country'', but created through the process known as
retroscripting
Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, a ...
. The series debuted on
CMT August 15, 2008, where it ran for eight weeks. The series is executive produced by Jay Renfroe and David Garfinkle of Renegade 83 Productions and Sandy Chanley of Productions Partners Inc.
Details
''Outsiders Inn'' follows
Maureen McCormick
Maureen Denise McCormick (born August 5, 1956) is an American actress. She portrayed Marcia Brady on the ABC television sitcom ''The Brady Bunch'', which ran from 1969 to 1974, and reprised the role in several of the numerous ''Brady Bunch'' ...
's plans to open a Bed & Breakfast Inn in
Newport, Tennessee
Newport is a city in and the county seat of Cocke County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,945 at the 2010 census, down from 7,242 at the 2000 census. The estimated population in 2018 was 6,801. It is located along the Pigeon Ri ...
. As she prepares to launch its opening, Maureen enlists her fellow contestants from
''Gone Country'',
Bobby Brown
Robert Barisford Brown (born February 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter and dancer. Brown, alongside frequent collaborator Teddy Riley, is noted as one of the pioneers of new jack swing: a fusion of hip hop and R&B. Brown started h ...
and
Carnie Wilson
Carnie Wilson (born April 29, 1968) is an American singer and television personality. She is the daughter of Brian Wilson and in 1989 co-founded the pop music trio Wilson Phillips with her younger sister Wendy. From 1995 onwards, she has also be ...
, to help out, with Brown serving as entertainment director and Wilson as the head chef. Each episode chronicles the trio dealing with the rigors of running a bed and breakfast.
Production
The show was filmed at Christopher Place, An Intimate Resort in
Newport, Tennessee
Newport is a city in and the county seat of Cocke County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,945 at the 2010 census, down from 7,242 at the 2000 census. The estimated population in 2018 was 6,801. It is located along the Pigeon Ri ...
, where taping began on June 9, 2008 and ended on June 29, 2008.
Episode Two, titled "Pigeon Idol," was shot at Fiddler's Roost in
Parrottsville, Tennessee on June 15, 2008, where the celebs judged a talent contest hosted by
Ross Mathews
Ross Mathews (born September 24, 1979) is an American television host and personality. He first rose to fame as an intern and a correspondent for ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''; he was known as "Ross the Intern" on air.
Mathews has appeared ...
from ''The Tonight Show''.
Episodes
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial news release from CMTChristopher Place, An Intimate Resort
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Television shows set in Tennessee
2008 American television series debuts
CMT (American TV channel) original programming
American television spin-offs
2000s American reality television series
2008 American television series endings