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Preakness 2013 TV schedule

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Preakness 2013 TV schedule

Preakness 2013 TV schedule on NBC and NBC Sports Network includes more than six hours of coverage May 17-18. The second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the 138th Preakness Stakes, takes place at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday, May 18. Kentucky Derby winner Orb looks for a shot at the Triple Crown, which hasn’t been accomplished since Affirmed won in 1978. With only nine horses in the starting gate, Orb remains the favorite. But starting on the rail will put him at a disadvantage, and Mylute, Departing and Goldencents could play spoiler. I’ll Have Another won last [...]

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NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race 2013 on SPEED

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NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race 2013 on SPEED

NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race 2013 on SPEED has the best Cup Series drivers in action at Charlotte Motor Speedway to chase a $1 million prize and a new $1 million bonus. The 29th NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race takes place at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 18, at 7pm ET on SPEED, with the winner receiving a $1 million prize. Drivers qualify by winning a race in 2012 or 2013, winning a past All-Star Race, winning a past Sprint Cup Series championship, finishing in the top two in the Sprint Showdown 40-lap preliminary race or by winning the Sprint Fan [...]

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“American Masters: Mel Brooks — Make A Noise”: Review

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“American Masters: Mel Brooks — Make A Noise”: Review

American Masters: Mel Brooks — Make a Noise Monday, May 20 PBS, 9pm ET (PBS programming varies regionally) Of all the anecdotes Mel Brooks shares in his American Masters special, it’s one that takes place back before he ever walked onto a film set that is perhaps the most telling. During his Borscht Belt days, Brooks entertained the Catskills resort crowds by playing drums. Why did he pick the drums, out of any other instrument? Because drums made the most noise. Throughout his many decades in show business, Brooks has been that lovable ham, with a need to entertain that [...]

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Discovery premieres first independently produced landmark natural history series, “North America”

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Discovery premieres first independently produced landmark natural history series, “North America”

“We called [North America] the most extreme continent, and we always talked about it being an extreme continent, and every single month there was something else to remind us of why that was true.” — Huw Cordey, North America series producer “By all measurement, [North America] is the most extreme continent on the planet.” — North America executive producer Keith Scholey In separate conversations with Huw Cordey and Keith Scholey, producers of Discovery Channel’s new seven-part natural history series North America, the word “extreme” came up quite a bit. Over the course of three years producing the series, they and [...]

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Animal Planet’s Monster Week 2013 includes a new “Mermaids” special

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Animal Planet’s Monster Week 2013 includes a new “Mermaids” special

Animal Planet will again be airing Monster Week, an annual look at legendary and mysterious creatures through a weeklong broadcast of new episodes of popular series, as well as premiere specials. Monster Week 2013 will air May 20-27 on Animal Planet, and will feature 24 premiere hours of new specials, including a follow-up special to last year’s hit Mermaids: The Body Found, called Mermaids: The New Evidence. Mermaids: The New Evidence premieres on Animal Planet May 26 at 10pm ET/PT (following a two-hour airing of Mermaids: The Body Found The Extended Cut at 8pm ET/PT). In Mermaids: The New Evidence, [...]

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