The Texas Bucket List
Created byShane McAuliffe
Presented byShane McAuliffe
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production companyMcAuliffe Productions
Original release
NetworkSyndication
Release2013 (2013)

The Texas Bucket List is a weekly, nationally-syndicated television program created, hosted and written by Shane McAuliffe and produced, shot, and edited by Donnie Laffoday. The show is filmed either on location somewhere in Texas or at The Texas Bucket List Store & Studio in College Station, TX.

The show airs on broadcast affiliates in all 22 Texas media markets, as well as stations in Laughlin, NV, Greenville, NC, Knoxville, TN, and nationally on RFD-TV. The Texas Bucket List airs two seasons per year, each consisting of 13 episodes, the first 11 featuring one Bite of the Week food segment and two other segments covering "everything to see, do, and eat in Texas". The 12th episode of each season features the top 5 Bite of the Week segments from that season, with the best restaurant or food truck being crowned the Bite of the Season and given a plaque to display in their business. The final episode of the spring season is the Summer Special featuring renewed segments on past bucket list stops that are ideal for summer road trips. The final episode of the fall season is the Holiday Special featuring 3 holiday-themed stops.

The Texas Bucket List posts its show segments on its website as well as its YouTube channel and Facebook page. The show completes its 20th season in the spring of 2023. Current sponsors of The Texas Bucket List include Simmons Bank, Slovacek's, Dairy Queen, and Toyota.

The Texas Bucket List started in 2009 on KBTX as The Brazos Valley Bucket List, an annual month-long series started by McAuliffe that showcased events and things to do in the Brazos Valley.[1] In 2013, McAuliffe began his own syndicated TV show and expanded “The List” to cover the entire state, creating The Texas Bucket List.[2] McAuliffe’s former station, KBTX, was the first to pick up the show.

Show segments

Texas places

Texas history

Texas food

Texas music

Notes

  1. ^ "“The Texas Bucket List” TV Series Debuts Saturday on KBTX" Published 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  2. ^ Germania Today, Fall 2014 Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  3. ^ "Brazos Valley Bucket List – Newman’s Castle" Published 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  4. ^ “Jacob’s Dream lands on ‘The Texas Bucket List’” ACU Today, published 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  5. ^ ’’“The Texas Bucket List Comes to the Shelby County Courthouse”’’ Shelby County Today, published 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  6. ^ ’’Texas Parks & Wildlife: Colorado Bend State Park’’ Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  7. ^ Texas State Bison Herd: An Epic Journey, from Near Extinction to Celebration Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  8. ^ ’’History of the XIT Ranch Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  9. ^ ’’Texas lottery winner invests in unusual historic motel’’ Lottery Post, published 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  10. ^ ’’“Frontier Texas featured on ‘The Texas Bucket List’ TV show”’’ KTXS, published 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  11. ^ ’’“Point (Port) Isabel, TX”’’ Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  12. ^ ’’Harper, Margaret Pease’’ Texas State Historical Association, published 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  13. ^ ’’“Any day above ground is a good one.” A Conversation with the National Museum of Funeral History’s Director, Genevieve Keeney’’ Houston History Magazine, published 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  14. ^ ’’Iwo Jima Monument’’ Marine Military Academy, retrieved 2016-07-18.
  15. ^ ’’“Local burger picked by TV show as one of Texas’ best”’’ Beaumont Enterprise, published 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  16. ^ ’’“MG’s in Sherman to be featured on TV show”’’ KXII, published 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  17. ^ ’’“Marco’s Burger and Fries home to the best burger in Texas”’’ RGVision Magazine, published 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  18. ^ ’’“Check Us Out on the Texas Bucket List”’’ Padre Island Burger Company, published 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  19. ^ ’’“Good Luck Grill Featured on The Texas Bucket List”’’ Good Luck Grill, published 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  20. ^ ’’“’Bucket List’ burgers”’’ Daily Light, published 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  21. ^ "Ten Years After: Tom Perini's 9/11 at the White House" Texas Monthly, published 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  22. ^ "Perini Ranch Steakhouse wins 'Burger of the Season'" KTXS, published 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  23. ^ ’’“Best of the Upper East Side of Texas”’’ County Line Magazine, published 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  24. ^ ’’Through the fire: “Restaurateur from Iraq has new life in Abilene”’’ Abilene Reporter News, published 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  25. ^ ’’“The Mega Mel Burger Challenge”’’ Food Challenges, retrieved 2016-07-18.
  26. ^ ’’“Classic Comfort: A Guide to the Best Comfort Food in Amarillo”’’ Amarillo Magazine, published 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  27. ^ ’’“Big Top Candy Shop: Rare and Massive Selection on South Congress”’’ The Austinot, published 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  28. ^ ’’“The Man Who Dreamed Up Luckenbach”’’ Texas Monthly, published 1984–07. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  29. ^ ’’“Jenschke Orchards”’’ Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  30. ^ ’’“King’s Inn”’’ Texas Monthly, retrieved 2016-07-19.
  31. ^ ’’“Blake’s Snow Shack”’’ The Texas Bucket List, published 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  32. ^ "The Texas Bucket List Features The Merles" Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  33. ^ ’’“Our Story”’’ Brice Woolard Band Official Site, retrieved 2016-07-19.
  34. ^ ’’“The Blues Specialists featuring Mel Davis”’’ Blues Specialists, retrieved 2016-07-19.
  35. ^ ’’“Texas Singer/Songwriter Haley Cole Featured on ABC’s ‘Nashville’”’’ KOKE-FM, retrieved 2016-07-21.
  36. ^ ’’“Baylor grad Josh Grider returns to familiar territory”’’ Waco Tribune, published 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  37. ^ ’’“First Friday with Jay White & The Blues Commanders and The Haberdashers”’’ Grand Stafford Theater, published 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2016-07-21.

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