Underplayed Gems

Storage Wars (2010)

Storage Wars poster
Genre
reality television
Country
United States
Length
12 seasons, 269 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 135 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Professional buyers bid on storage lockers that have been abandoned. They have a few minutes to guess what might be inside before deciding how much to spend. The show follows them as they open their lockers and discover whether they made a profit or a loss.

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What happens

Storage Wars (stylized as STORAGE WAR$) is an American reality television competition series that airs on the A&E network. It premiered on December 1, 2010. The 17th season premiered February 28, 2026. If rent is not paid on a storage locker for 36 days in California, the contents can be sold by an auctioneer as a single lot of items in the form of an auction. The show follows professional buyers who visit storage facilities throughout the state and bid on these lockers. Before each locker is auctioned, the buyers are given five minutes to inspect the contents from the doorway, but may not enter the locker or touch any of the items. After the day's auctions are completed, the winning bidders sort through the lockers, estimating the prices they will set on the contents and/or consulting with experts for an appraisal of unusual items. Running totals on-screen display the cost versus the estimated total value, and a final tally at the end of the episode summarizes the buyers' net profit or loss. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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