American Pickers
| American Pickers | |
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| Also known as |
The Pickers (outside the US, Canada, UK and Australia)' |
| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Mike Wolfe |
| Developed by | Mark Poertner Stephen Pettinger |
| Directed by | Anthony Mastanduno |
| Starring | Mike Wolfe Frank Fritz Danielle Colby Lauren Wray Robbie Wolfe Dave Ohrt |
| Theme music composer | Jingle Punks Music |
| Composer(s) | The Dark Studio |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 16 |
| No. of episodes | 220 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Charles Tremayne Mark Poertner Mike Wolfe |
| Producer(s) | Simon Lloyd Stephen Pettinger Julie Cooper |
| Location(s) |
Emporia, Virginia |
| Cinematography | John Chiappardi |
| Editor(s) | Julianna Borg Max Cherpitel Charles Montany William Shaw |
| Camera setup | Multiple (Casey Marucci, Jennifer Tsai) |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Cineflix (AP2/AP3/AP4/AP5) Inc. A&E Television Networks, LLC |
| Release | |
| Original network | History |
| Original release | January 18, 2010 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Emporia, Virginia
LeClaire, Iowa
Nashville, Tennessee
American Pickers is an American reality television series that premiered on January 18, 2010 on the History channel, produced by A&E Television Networks in collaboration with Cinefix Productions.
The show follows antique and collectible pickers Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz who travel around the United States to buy or "pick" various items for resale, for clients, or for their own personal collections. They originally travelled in a Mercedes Sprinter van and now a Ford Transit. Danielle Colby runs the office of Wolfe's business, Antique Archaeology, from their home base in LeClaire, Iowa, and more recently at a second location in Nashville, Tennessee. Fritz sells his acquisitions at his own shop and on his own website, Frank Fritz Finds, upriver in Savanna, Illinois. The men go on the road, not only following up leads that Colby has generated, but also "free-styling" - stopping at places that look like they might hold items worth buying. They also pick some places more than once.
The series introduction is narrated by Wolfe and Fritz. The first three seasons used the complete opening. Beginning with season 4, a shortened version is used, with the portion in italics below removed:
I'm Mike Wolfe. And I'm Frank Fritz. And we're pickers. We travel the back roads of America looking to buy rusty gold.
We're looking for amazing things buried in people's garages and barns. What most people see as junk, we see as dollar signs. We'll buy "anything" we think we can make a buck on. Each item we pick has a history all its own. And the people we meet? Well, they're a breed all their own.
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