Storage Wars: Texas is a reality television

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 series on the A&E Network

A&E Network

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 that premiered in 2011. It is a regionalized spin-off of the highly-popular series Storage Wars

Storage Wars

Storage Wars is a reality television series on the A&E Network that premiered in 2010. The show features auctioneers Dan Dotson and Laura Dotson, as well as auction hunters Dave Hester, Darrell Sheets, Barry Weiss, and Jarrod Schulz and Brandi Passante...

. The show features auctioneer Walt Cade, as well as auction hunters Ricky and Bubba Smith, Morris "Moe" Prigoff, Victor Rjesnjansky, and Lesa Lewis and her assistant Jerry Simpson. The premise is essentially the same: when rent is not paid on a storage locker for three months in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, the contents are sold by an auctioneer as a single lot of items. The show follows professional buyers who purchase the contents based only on a five-minute inspection and what they can see only from the door when it is opened. The goal is to turn a profit on the merchandise.

Season One of Storage Wars: Texas will consist of 16 episodes and will debut on A&E on December 6.

Viewers got a glimpse of Storage Wars: Texas on the first Storage Wars: Unlocked special when Ricky and Bubba appeared on it with a teaser clip. The show was to have been originally called Storage Wars: Dallas.

Participants

The main buyers on the show are:

• Ricky Smith and his brother Bubba Smith.
• Victor Rjesnjansky.
• Lesa Lewis and her assistant Jerry Simpson.
• Morris "Moe" Prigoff.

Also appearing are auctioneer Walt Cade.

Season 1

#	Title	Air Date	Ricky Smith/Bubba Smith		Morris "Moe" Prigoff		Victor Rjesnjansky		Lesa Lewis/Jerry Simpson
			Spent	Net Profit/Loss	Spent	Net Profit/Loss	Spent	Net Profit/Loss	Spent	Net Profit/Loss
1	Snake, Rattle And Roll	December 20, 2011
2	TBA	TBA, 2011
3	TBA	TBA, 2011
4	TBA	TBA, 2011
5	TBA	TBA, 2011
6	TBA	TBA, 2011
7	TBA	TBA, 2011
8	TBA	TBA, 2011
9	TBA	TBA, 2011
10	Bounty Hunter Bubba Fett	December 13, 2011
11	Texas Sold 'Em	December 6, 2011
12	TBA	TBA, 2011
13	TBA	TBA, 2011
14	TBA	TBA, 2011
15	TBA	TBA, 2011
16	TBA	TBA, 2011
	Totals:
	Profit earned per dollar spent: