My Kind of Town

Host
Johnny Vaughan
Broadcast
ABC: 8/14/2005 – 9/4/2005
Packagers
Monkey Kingdom Productions Embassy Row

My Kind of Town (not to be confused with the hit 1964 song by Frank Sinatra of the same name) was a short-lived primetime game show that was part variety show and part game show.

Gameplay[]

The series brings 200 people from a small town in the United States to New York City, NY to compete for prizes and participate in games and assorted gags. At the end of the show, one of the 200 who was preselected prior to the show competed in a game called "Know Your Neighbors" where, if the person was successful by identifying the names of six people featured in the program, then the whole entire studio audience wins a prize.

Music[]

Sung by Johnny Vaughan

Theme Lyrics[]

I like the kind of place, where you know everybody's face.

'cos I'm a small town (Small Town!) kind of guy!

I like a neighborhood that's cozy, 'cos as a neighbor, I'm quite nosy.

I'm a small town (Small Town!) kind of guy!

I've been to New York, London, Paris, but I'm not a bit embarrassed

To admit I'm more at ease, to fewer people and more trees!

Where you can get to know each other, there's so much to discover.

If you're not shy, that's why…

I'm a small town kind of guy!

(insert town and capital) now this looks like My Kind of Town!

Press Photo[]

Trivia[]

The show's executive producer is Michael Davies, who is also the producer of the American version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

Despite a lead-in of reruns from ABC's popular Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and a lead-out of reruns from the also popular at the time Desperate Housewives, the show's ratings were dismal, with the premiere episode receiving just a 2.9 rating among 18-49 viewers, with about 11.4 million viewers. By the third episode, the show received a 2.1 rating, with about 5.1 million viewers.

The show received very little in-network advertising.

Future towns to have been featured on the show included: Bordertown, NJ, Egg Harbor City, NJ, and Deep River, CT.

Only four of the original seven episodes have made it to air before ABC decided to cancel the show.