TV Show Details
Air Date:August 6th, 2007
Last Air Date:October 23rd, 2012
Network:truTV
Status:Returning Series
Genres: Reality , Crime
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Departure Films
Bait Car on the Web:Official Website
Bait Car (2007 - 2012)
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Bait Car is an American television series airing on the truTV network.The pilot episode was called Negro Trap, but was changed after protests from the NAACP. The program retains the original name in Asian and South American syndication. The show depicts would-be car thieves caught in the act of auto theft. Police target criminals with a high-tech bait car, rigged with hidden cameras and radio trackers. Viewers are taken along for the ride from the moment the car is stolen to the thief's arrest.
