Announced yesterday, Sirius has teamed up with Chrysler to bring their satellite television network, named Backseat TV, exclusively to the 2008 Chrysler line.  The product comes with a hefty $470 price tag, which includes a year’s worth of service, then an additional $7 to the existing Sirius subscription of $12.95. 

The service will start off with only kid’s programming, primarily from Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, but they claim that more channels are on the way.  Now, personally, I can see how the kid’s programming would be successful, but I don’t know that a legally installed Backseat TV system would really serve much purpose.  With the exception of road trips, when was the last time that you were in the back seat long enough to enjoy watching TV…especially to pay $7 a month for it?

I can’t wait to look over on the freeway and see the woman next to me watching America’s Next Top Model.