Ozzy Osbourne To Star in a New Reality Series with Son Jack

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne is heading back to reality television this summer under a deal with the History Channel (Publicity photo).

LOS ANGELES - Veteran rocker Ozzy Osbourne will star along with his son Jack on the 10-episode travel series “Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour,” set to premiere on Wednesday, July 27 on the History Channel.

The network’s official description, says the series will follow “the self-proclaimed history nerds” as they travel and visit historically locations, such as Mt. Rushmore, Stonehenge, The Alamo, Roswell, The Jamestown Settlement and Sun Studios, known for the birthplace of many of Elvis Presley’s first recordings.

The announcement of the new series comes just days after Osbourne’s wife Sharon announced on CBS’ “The Talk,” that the couple had split up after more than 30 years of marriage. The two had married in 1982 and have three children together, Aimee, Jack and Kelly, the latter two siblings starred with their parents on the popular 2002-05 MTV reality series “The Osbournes.”

“Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour” is produced by T-Group Productions with Osbourne Media. Jenny Daly, Jack Osbourne, R. Greg Johnston, Peter Glowski and Rob Lobl serving as executive producers, with Matt Ginsburg serving as executive producer for History.