Aside from his personal setbacks, which are touched upon in his autobiography titled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Free-Thinking Roughneck (2007), Adkins remained firmly grounded throughout his music career. In addition to ruling the country music stage, he has also made several appearances on TV, as a panelist on the game shows Hollywood Squares and Pyramid, as a 2008 finalist and as the 2013 winner on The Celebrity Apprentice, then as the voice for recurring character Elvin on King of the Hill, as well as a voice-over actor in television commercial for the KFC fast food restaurant chain. What’s more, he has starred in numerous films, including The Lincoln Lawyer.