Article:: "American Thunder To Return For 11th Season On SPEED Channel

Jan 10, 2006, From a press release issued by SPEED Channel:
TELEVISION’S LONGEST RUNNING MOTORCYCLE LIFESTYLE PROGRAM

SPEED’s American Thunder has been on the air since the network debuted in January of 1996. This popular show returns in 2006 with 31 new episodes, February 7 at 10 p.m. ET for two weeks before moving to its regular 9 p.m. ET time slot.

“American Thunder was the first show on television to introduce viewers to America’s greatest custom bike builders like Arlen Ness and Jessie James years before other networks jumped on the chopper bandwagon,” said Jay Barbieri, WATV’s supervising producer of American Thunder."