Hogan Knows Best was an
American television show, centered around the family life of
professional wrestling legend
Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea). Often focusing on the Hogans' raising of their children, and on Hulk Hogan's attempts to manage and assist in his children's burgeoning careers. The title of the show is a humorous play on the title of a show from the 1950s,
Father Knows Best. On March 6, 2008 it was announced that
Hogan Knows Best would continue through a
spin-off, called
"Brooke Knows Best."[news.yahoo.com]
History
The series premiered on
July 10,
2005 with a 1.9 (cable
Nielsen rating), representing the largest audience for a
VH1 premiere ever, but was shortly beaten by Flavor Of Love 2. It began airing on
CMT in early 2006 and also airs on
TMF,
MTV and
The Biography Channel in the
UK and
Ireland,
TVtropolis in
Canada,
MusiquePlus in
French Canadian (in French, the show is
Hogan a raison, "Hogan is right"), Both VH1 and MTV in Australia,
MTV Italia in
Italy (in English with Italian subtitles),
MTV Central in Germany and Austria (in English with German subtitles), VH1,
MTV Portugal in
Portugal (in English with Portuguese subtitles), in The Netherlands on MTV Netherlands with Dutch subtitles and in
India on VH1, in France on Game one (
le monde merveilleux de Hulk Hogan, "
The Wonderful World of Hulk Hogan"), C4 and The Box in
New Zealand. in
Norway both on
MTV Norway and
VH1 with Norwegian subtitles, in Latin America with Spanish subtitles on VH1 (in Spanish, the show is
Papá Hogan a la Lucha!).