The Cowboy Way: Alabama

New series set to premiere on INSP network Aug. 10

By John Underwood / john@gulfcoastmedia.com
Posted 6/2/17

INDIAN LAND, South Carolina — A new docuseries featuring Robertsdale cowboy Cody Harris is set to premiere Thursday, Aug. 10 at 7 p.m. (CT) on INSP, the network announced last week.

In December, …

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The Cowboy Way: Alabama

New series set to premiere on INSP network Aug. 10

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INDIAN LAND, South Carolina — A new docuseries featuring Robertsdale cowboy Cody Harris is set to premiere Thursday, Aug. 10 at 7 p.m. (CT) on INSP, the network announced last week.

In December, the network announced that it had ordered nine episodes of the docuseries, The Cowboy Way: Alabama, which follows the adventures of three modern-day cowboys, including Robertsdale’s Cody Harris, along with fellow ranchers Bubba Thompson and Chris “Booger” Brown.

“We’ve been doing a lot of filming and we’re hoping that we are going to be a part of the network for years to come,” said Harris in a phone interview from December.

“Herding cattle and breaking horses, they live by a code as important to them as it was to the cowboys who tamed the west,” according to the release, issued by the network on May 24. “They work hard, play hard and after dark, go home to their wives, babies and those they love. Their days may not be easy, but these friends wouldn’t have it any other way.”

INSP is available nationwide to more than 83 million households via Dish Network (channel 259), DirecTV (channel 364), Verizon FiOS (channel 286), AT&T U-verse (channel 564) and more than 2,800 cable systems.

The Cowboy Way: Alabama is produced for INSP by Glassman Media. Andrew Glassman is the executive producer.

Glassman Media is an independent Los Angeles-based international television production company whose credits include NBC’s upcoming game show The Wall, produced in partnership with Lebron James and his production company Spring Hill Entertainment; four seasons of CMT’s record-setting series, Sweet Home Alabama; four seasons of the NBC hit dating series Average Joe; the critically-acclaimed Three Wishes (NBC), which was named the “most family friendly show on broadcast television.” Adaptations of Glassman Media original formats have been done in territories around the world.

The series, which is the first reality series to air on the network, was filmed primarily in Robertsdale and Geneva, Alabama, Harris said in the earlier interview.

Harris, fellow SHA alum Thompson and Brown formed the Faith Cattle Company in 2013. A reality show, “Dukes of Cattle” was made from that venture and the new series, produced by the same company that produced Sweet Home and Southern Nights, continues to follow their exploits. A pilot episode aired on the network twice in July.

As with the pilot episode, the show will follow the three cowboys as they build their business and will also focus on their personal lives, particularly for Harris and Thompson as they focus on marriage and building a family.

“INSP is a relatively small network, but so was A & E before Duck Dynasty put them on the map,” Harris said. “With that show ending, we’re hoping to fill that void with this series. This is a Christian-based show and a family show, but there is also a lot of action.”