American Chopper

American Chopper
Starring	Paul Teutul, Sr. Paul Teutul, Jr. Michael Teutul Rick Petko Jason Pohl Vincent DiMartino Cody Connelly Mike Ammirati
Narrated by	Mike Rowe (2003–2007) Jim Pratt (2007–2010)
Composer(s)	David Vanacore (Vanacore Music)
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	165 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Craig Piligian Sean Gallagher Mark Finkelpearl Judy Plavnick Christo Doyle
Running time	42 minutes
Production company(s)	Pilgrim Films & Television
Distributor	Debmar-Mercury Syndication
Release
Original network	Discovery Channel (2003–2007) TLC (2008–2010)
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	March 31, 2003 (2003-03-31) – February 11, 2010 (2010-02-11)
Chronology
Followed by	American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior
External links
Website

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior
Season 1 through 3 logo
Also known as	American Chopper
Starring	Paul Teutul, Sr. Paul Teutul, Jr. Vincent DiMartino Cody Connelly Rick Petko Jason Pohl Mike Ammirati Brendon Thompson
Narrated by	Jim Pratt
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	70 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Craig Piligan Christo Doyle Ralph Wikke Adam Moyer (co-exec.) Mitch Rosa (co-exec.)
Producer(s)	Paul Teutul, Sr. Paul Teutul, Jr.
Cinematography	Brian Garrity Omar Saleem
Editor(s)	A.G. Bealer Adam Winkler Patrick Murphey Walter Ruiz
Running time	60 minutes
Distributor	Pilgrim Films & Television
Release
Original network	TLC (2010) Discovery Channel (December 2010–2012)
Original release	August 12, 2010 – December 17, 2012
Chronology
Preceded by	American Chopper
Followed by	Orange County Choppers
External links
Website

American Chopper is a reality television series that airs on Discovery Channel, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television. The series centers on Paul Teutul, Sr. (frequently called Senior), and his son Paul Teutul, Jr. (also known as Paulie or simply Junior), who manufacture custom chopper-style motorcycles. Orange County Choppers is in Newburgh, New York. The contrasting work and creative styles of the father and son team and their resulting verbal arguments were the series' hallmark until 2008 when a culminating explosive argument led to Paul Jr.'s termination and departure to start a competing chopper company (Paul Jr. Designs).

Originally aired on Discovery Channel beginning in March 2003. In December 2007, the series moved to Discovery's sister channel TLC, starting off with an 18-hour marathon. Its first TLC season premiered in January 2008. Season 6 began in April 2009 but the series was canceled by TLC in February 2010. In July 2010, TLC announced that the Teutuls would return in a new series, American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior. Senior vs. Junior premiered on TLC but was soon moved to Discovery halfway through the first season. Discovery Channel announced that the show would end with "The Chopper Live: The Revenge" show on December 11, 2012 after 10 seasons.

The OCC fabricators and mechanics such as Paul Teutul, Jr., Rick Petko, Nick Hansford, Christian Welter, and former employees Vincent DiMartino (who left OCC to start V-Force Customs in 2007), and Cody Connelly (a BOCES student intern who has since joined DiMartino's business), create dozens of custom motorbikes. Michael Teutul, usually referred to as "Mikey", serves as the shop's custodian and webmaster, and provides comic relief to the show. He has been seen doing metal work occasionally, as one of his early jobs was working at Orange County Ironworks. Also featured occasionally is Danny Teutul, the second oldest child, who succeeded Paul Sr. as the owner of Orange County Ironworks. Danny visits to do contracted work for the OCC facilities. The show also documents their personal and promotional activities ranging from magazine photo shoots to family holidays and custom bike shows.