How many wives are sick and tired of their husbands' old, smelly cars parked in the driveway? How many neighbors cringe when they see a heap on cinder blocks in the backyard? Who hasn't inherited a clunker with the hopes of fixing it up one day? Now's the time to make those changes happen and make "Christine" into pristine! In OVERHAULIN', a car is the new star when TLC debuts its new series beginning Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at 9 PM (ET/PT). Six additional new episodes debut each Tuesday night after the premiere.

The twist, though, is that co-hosts Chris Jacobs and Courtney Hansen, double as stealth assailants, repo men, photographers, thieves and other pranksters to lure the keys away from the unsuspecting car owner, while auto designing legend Chip Foose and his crack team of fabricators and engineers, perform surgery on the vehicle. With the help of an accomplice (the owner's father, son, girlfriend or co-worker, for example), the OVERHAULIN' team finds a creative way to separate the car from its owner - whether through a fake impound, photo shoot, or other trickery. During the week, the team then guts, refurbishes, renovates and paints the owner's bland or junky auto into a unique custom car.

The OVERHAULIN' cameras follows the twists and turns of the parallel process of both keeping the car away from its (sometimes surly!) owner - and the creative ways Chris and Courtney manage to do it - while following the renovation process of the vehicle. As the car owner is inevitably fretting about the car's whereabouts and its safe return home - captured on tape - viewers will get an insider's treat when auto guru Chip Foose leads viewers through the vehicle's transformation, explaining what's being done to the engine, body, wheels, interior, metal and more.

And with the help of our accomplice, OVERHAULIN' learns what specific customizations will make the owner truly love his or her new wheels. In the final stretch of the program, the secret is finally revealed to the owner and the keys to the new set of wheels are returned. Will they hate or love it? All that's left is to get behind the wheel and drive off into the sunset, right?

When viewers go online to www.discovery.com and click on TLC, they will see a gallery of before and after photos, find out more information on OVERHAULIN' and learn how to apply to be on the program.

OVERHAULIN' is produced by BCII for TLC. The executive producer for BCII is Bud Brutsman. Sandra Gregory serves as TLC's executive producer for OVERHAULIN'.

TLC is the only television network that uses real-life storytelling to connect over 93 million viewers in North America to the breadth of the human experience. Discovery Networks, U.S., a unit of Discovery Communications, Inc., operates and manages the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, the Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery HD Theater, Discovery Kids Channel, Discovery Times Channel, The Science Channel, Discovery Wings Channel, Discovery Home Channel, Discovery en Español and FitTV. The unit also distributes BBC AMERICA. Visit TLC on the web by going to www.discovery.com and clicking on TLC.