Release Date | 2007-10-21 |
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Runtime | 30 minutes |
Genres | Comedy, Reality, Drama |
Stars | Linda Hogan, Hulk Hogan, Brooke Hogan, Nick Hogan |
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Hogan Knows Best is an American reality documentary television series on VH1. The series debuted on July 10, 2005 and centered on the family life of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. 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 play on the title of a show from the 1950s, Father Knows Best. After the cancellation of Hogan Knows Best in 2007, a spin-off entitled Brooke Knows Best debuted in 2008, and ran for two seasons.
Brooke gets upset when she is not left alone in the house so she demands Hulk let her stay alone in the beach house and not interfere. Hulk agrees but also starts to spy on her.
After Hulk sees the credit card bills, he makes the kids earn their money by taking away their phones, TV, and internet and making them get jobs at the local diner.
The family takes their annual trip to Key West. When Brooke goes out on her own and does not call, and Nick comes home without her, Terry and Linda fear she is in some sort of trouble.
Nick wants to follow in his dads footsteps and become a professional wrestler. But Hulk hopes to keep his son from getting in the ring by giving him harsh training and making him take acting classes.
Hulk ventures to Hollywood to play Zeus in the movie <i>Little Hercules</i> and is able to get the rest of the family parts as well. But he gets on edge when he finds a 26-year-old crew member hitting on the 17-year-old Brooke.
It is Hulk and Linda's twenty-second wedding anniversary. In celebration Linda wants to learn how to ballroom dance, but Hulk is against it.
Brooke brings home her "friend" Jerry, a fello musician to help her prepare for a showcase. Hulk thinks that he's more then that and puts him through his own special gauntlet of tests to proove his manhood and whether or not he is worthy of dating Brooke.
After a bloody match, and pleas by the family, Hulk realizes that his wrestling career is beginning to wind down and wants to find other ways to stay on top including endorsing energy drinks and other products to bank in on the his name like George Foreman
Linda's feeling lethargic and overweight and thinks she needs advice beyond Hulk's "train hard, say your prayers and eat your vitamins." She hires a new age guru to visit the house and give all the Hogans a healthy lifestyle makeover. The guru tries to replace all the items in the Hogan refrigerator and helps cleanse the property of "hungry ghosts." But when the guru suggests colonics for everyone, Hulk decides he's had enough and schemes with the rest of the family to break free of the guru's hold.
When Linda brings home a baby monkey for a trial adoption with out Hulks knowledge trouble starts, but once the primate settles in, the Hogans find that it is more trouble then anticipated.
Nick turns 15 and wants to get his learner's permit and take out his car but takes his new freedom too far and gets into trouble with the local cops causing Linda and Hulk to put their foots down.
After searching for nearly a year for a record producer, Brooke may have finally found the right one. But is this young producer right for Brooke or more important is the producer right for Hulk.
Despite signing a million dollar record contract and getting a dance choreographer Brooke still feels as though her parents ruler her life. But with her 18th birthday on the horizon she decides to take more control of her life.