West Texas Investors Club
{{Short description|American reality television series (2015–2016)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image = West_Texas_Investors_Club_title_card.png
| image_alt = The title card of the program, with the title West Texas Investors Club superimposed over a desert road and cloudy sky.
| genre = Documentary
Reality
| starring = {{unbulleted list|Mike 'Rooster' McConaughey|Wayne 'Butch' Gilliam}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 18
| executive_producer = {{unbulleted list|Charlie Ebersol|Jason Henry|Dan Lanigan}}
| camera = Multiple
| runtime = 60 minutes ({{tooltip|inc.|includes}} adverts)
| company = The Ebersol Lanigan Company
| channel = CNBC
| first_aired = {{Start date|2015|8|4}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2016|8|3}}
}}
West Texas Investors Club is an American reality documentary television series that aired on CNBC from August 4, 2015, to August 3, 2016.{{Cite web |title=West Texas Investors Club TV Series |url=https://cinemarelics.com/pf/west-texas-investors-club/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Cinema Relics Productions}} The series follows self-made millionaires Mike 'Rooster' McConaughey and Wayne 'Butch' Gilliam meeting entrepreneurs in Texas, offering them the chance to pitch their products and secure funding from Rooster and Butch.{{cite press release|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2015/06/11/cnbc-announces-three-new-primetime-original-series-coming-this-summer-825115/20150611cnbc01/|title=CNBC Announces Three New Primetime Original Series Coming This Summer|date=June 11, 2015|accessdate=July 31, 2015|work=The Futon Critic}} The eight part hour-long series was commissioned by CNBC in January 2015{{cite press release|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2015/01/15/cnbc-breaks-primetime-records-in-2014-delivers-best-year-since-2001-in-primetime-700120/20150115cnbc01/|title=CNBC Breaks Primetime Records in 2014 {{ndash}} Delivers Best Year Since 2001 in Primetime|date=January 15, 2015|accessdate=July 31, 2015|work=The Futon Critic}} and is produced by The Ebersol Lanigan Company.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/cnbc-orders-reality-series-charlie-ebersol-1201441429/|title=CNBC Orders 3 New Reality Series|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 11, 2015|accessdate=August 13, 2015|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva}}
Both hosts Mike 'Rooster' McConaughey and Wayne 'Butch' Gilliam made their fortune largely from oil related businesses. Gil Prather, a musician, also features in the series.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/07/15/new-series-west-texas-investors-club-to-premiere-tuesday-august-4-on-cnbc/431533/|title=New Series 'West Texas Investors Club' to Premiere Tuesday, August 4 on CNBC|first=Sara|last=Bibel|work=TV by the Numbers|date=July 15, 2015|archivedate=August 12, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812232338/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/07/15/new-series-west-texas-investors-club-to-premiere-tuesday-august-4-on-cnbc/431533/}} Rooster is the older brother of actor Matthew McConaughey.{{cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/graham-winfrey/west-texas-investor-s-club-invades-shark-tank-nation.html|title=Meet the Self-Made Millionaires of 'West Texas Investors Club'|work=Inc.|first=Graham|last=Winfrey|date=August 11, 2015|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}
In the first season of the series, McConaughey and Gilliam invested a total of {{US$}}1.97 million.
Broadcast
The series premiered in the United States on CNBC on August 4, 2015, with episodes airing each week. The series was renewed for a second season in September 2015,{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/cnbc-renews-west-texas-investors-club-for-season-2/|title=CNBC Renews 'West Texas Investors Club' for Season 2|website=The Wrap|first=Joe|last=Otterson|date=September 15, 2015|accessdate=September 17, 2015}} which premiered on June 7, 2016.
Episodes
=Season 1 (2015)=
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| EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = The Good, the App, and the Ugly | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|4}} | ShortSummary = Butch and Rooster consider investing in an app that could change the bar scene and a new device that could help reduce human contact with germs. | LineColor = B30707 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = A Time to Grill | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|11}} | ShortSummary = The guys put an internet star to the test who claims to have the best barbecue sauce, and a single mom pitches a website designed to help prepare college funds. | LineColor = B30707 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = The Quick and the Fed | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|18}} | ShortSummary = The guys consider helping a pickle entrepreneur and test a food truck manufacturer by sending him out on an unusual call. | LineColor = B30707 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = A Girl Named Lou | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|25}} | ShortSummary = Rooster and Butch find people to test a natural hangover cure and a specially designed pillow that helps people sleep. | LineColor = B30707 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = High Planes Drifter | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|1}} | ShortSummary = The guys find themselves in unfamiliar territory when testing an invention, and are pitched an air travel app by a pilot. | LineColor = B30707 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Showdown at Pie Noon | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|8}} | ShortSummary = Rooster and Butch could be outsmarted by a tech-savvy entrepreneur, and Rooster's mom challenges a pastry chef. | LineColor = B30707 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = Butch, Rooster, and the Sunglass Kids | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|15}} | ShortSummary = At a goat-roping event, Rooster and Butch try out an eyewear product from two Californian entrepreneurs, and then get pitched a smartphone repair venture by an ex-rock star. | LineColor = B30707 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = Dances with Undershirts{{cite web|title=Dances with Undershirts|url=http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tv/west-texas-investors-club-dances-with-undershirts/EP022071070008?aid=tvschedule|accessdate=10 September 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|22}} | ShortSummary = | Viewers = | LineColor = B30707 }} |
=Season 2 (2016)=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{IMDb title}}
- {{TV Guide show}}
{{CNBC primetime programming}}
Category:2010s American documentary television series
Category:2010s American reality television series
Category:2015 American television series debuts
Category:2016 American television series endings
Category:American English-language television shows