Discovery sets Aug. 19 for return of ‘PitchMen’

Posted Jul 27, 2010 by Walt Belcher

Updated Jul 27, 2010 at 09:43 AM

  The Tampa-based reality show “PitchMen” will return to Discovery Channel for a second season at 9 p.m. Aug. 19.

The series, featuring TV marketing whiz Anthony “Sully” Sullivan, will cover his attempts to “pick up the pieces and continue making inventors’ dreams come true after the sudden death of his longtime friend and pitch partner, Billy Mays,” according to Discovery.

Mays died of heart failure last June in Tampa after the first season of the reality show.

Through 10 new episodes, Sullivan will scour the country holding “pitch-a-thons” to give everyday inventors a shot at catching his eye with simple solutions to common problems.

The series will air Thursday nights.

Each episode will feature the good, bad and hilarious ideas that Sullivan comes across and will showcase the inventions from first pitch to final commercial to see whether the risk pays off for the dare-to-dream inventors. 

From razors to wrenches, the products featured this season are more revolutionary – and, at times, outlandish – than before.  But will they have what it takes to hit it big?
 
“PitchMen,” which premiered in April 2009, is produced for Discovery by Original Productions.  Thom Beers, Philip D. Segal, Chris Wilson and Sullivan are executive producers for Original and Chris Rantamaki is executive producer for Discovery.