PBS’s most popular primetime series, Antiques Roadshow, has announced its Summer 2010 tour destinations. Programs taped in these locations will make up the show’s 15th broadcast season in 2011 (the 14th season began last Monday).

“We’re calling this our Crystal Anniversary Tour,” says series executive producer Marsha Bemko. “It’s our way of celebrating Roadshow’s 15-year romance with America’s stories, its objects and its extraordinary history.”

This 2010 tour will feature a series of local events at which top appraisers offer the public free evaluations of antiques and collectibles, revealing the often-surprising history and value of the items. [Read more →]

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by Karl J. Paloucek

It’s coming up — your opportunity to cook alongside one of today’s loudest celebrity chefs, Gordon Ramsay — and since you have to know in advance what you need to make the mouthwatering meal, we’re going to tell you about it right now.

But first, we probably should explain for those of you who don’t know what this is about. Based on the hit British show, Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live will air on FOX Dec. 15 at 9pm ET and will feature television’s most assertive chef — along with celebrity guests Cedric the Entertainer, Alyson Hannigan and LeAnn Rimes — taking you through the steps to preparing a sumptuous feast for four. The menu for this event will include:

Angel-hair Pasta with Shrimp, Chili Peppers and Tomatoes

Steak Diane with Sautéed Potatoes and Peas

Quick Tiramisu

Of course, to properly prepare for this dinner, you’re going to need a shopping checklist, as well as a modicum of prep time beforehand. [Read more →]

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This week, Dec. 7-11, LIVE! With Regis and Kelly (syndicated; check local listings) takes a look into the kitchens of some of New York’s most talented chefs with segments called “Inside the Chef’s Kitchen: Holiday Edition.” Five culinary experts will be featured, demonstrating an array of holiday recipes:

Monday, Dec. 7: Kelly visits with celebrated chef and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich at downtown eatery Del Posto. Bastianich will share her recipe for Pasta with Calamari, Scallops & Shrimp. [Read more →]

Categories: Holiday, Lifestyle, TV News & Program Updates by RabbitEars
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On Wednesday, October 28, CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins former Bachelor Dr. Travis Stork and the rest of the crew on TV’s syndicated The Doctors to separate the facts from fiction about the H1N1 virus and vaccination.

“This is an example of when doctors are the worst patients — I thought it was anything but H1N1 when I first got sick,” explains Dr. Gupta, who says he was shocked to learn that he contracted the swine flu while on assignment in Afghanistan.

Dr. Gupta and The Doctors doctors also discuss why kids should be a priority when it comes to the vaccination: “There are healthy kids getting infected and dying from H1N1,” reveals Dr. Gupta.

In addition to discussing the swine flu, Dr. Gupta will talk about his new book, “Cheating Death: The Doctors and Medical Miracles that Are Saving Lives Against All Odds,” and join The Doctors in explaining what goes on inside the body during the moment of death — and the cutting edge new procedures that doctors can do to prolong life as soon as a patient flatlines.

Categories: Lifestyle, TV News & Program Updates, Talk Show by buttonknows
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by Karl J. Paloucek

Explorer, environmentalist and television host Jeff Corwin switches tacks in his new series, Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin, premiering Sept. 17 on Food Network (HD): Instead of protecting wildlife species, he’s eating them. Traveling around the globe, from Morocco to Peru, Thailand to New England, Corwin connects with the people in each locale on one of the universal points that we all have in common — food. “We look at food differently in Western culture, sometimes — specifically in American culture,” Corwin explains. “We often eat fast, we often eat in large quantities, and we sort of get stuck on our own little radar screens. And basically, I want the viewer to just jump in the fry pan, take a chance and see what people eat around the world.”

For Corwin, the series marks a refreshing change from his usual explorations of habitat, both in terms of the finished program and in the process of its making. Even just entering a country can be a different experience. “Sometimes you’re filming things and there are these [Read more →]

Categories: Fall Preview 2009, Lifestyle by kpaloucek
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by Karl J. Paloucek

If I could pick one thing everyone should have in their lives on a regular basis, near the top would be a bit of surrealism. If I could pick a second, it might as well be puppets. (Note that the two concepts rather complement one another.) Well, just in time for summer, IFC brings both your way in a new Internet transplant of sorts, Food Party, premiering June 9 as part of the IFC Automat.

Created and hosted by upload artist Thu Tran and a group of her art-school buddies, the series follows her adventures in and around her colorful, cardboard kitchen, with anthropomorphic plates, baked goods, vegetables and other bizarre bits of leftover nightmares that just want to sidle up next to her … often with some sort of ulterior motive.

It isn’t quite a cooking show, but Food Party does incorporate enough food into its mise en scene that you might think it’s going to turn into one at any moment. Whether we see Tran on a date with a man made of cabbage, carrots and asparagus, giving birth to a pie with a live kitten inside (I told you this was an exercise in surrealism) or gingerly, hesitantly tasting the guts of [Read more →]

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By ButtonKnows

Oh, quit giggling at the title, ladies — you don’t even know what the show is about! It’s about dating. And, yes, it’s called In Men We Trust. And no, that’s not an April Fool’s funny.

Resume giggling.

Then get ready to hit www.wetv.com/singles/in-men-we-trust today (and then every Tuesday and Thursday beginning April 7) for new episodes of WEtv’s seven-episode, camp-tastic micro-series, which follows the romantic escapades of free-wheeling Liza, straight-arrow Grace and pragmatic Emma, a trio of New York ladies enrolled in relationship guru Mariel Cushing’s “dating boot camp.” Soon enough, the recruits discover their leader’s love life might not be as perfect as she purports (never trust a man with a feather) and that they’re all in this brutal, comic battle together.

Best thing about this show for women on the go? Each episode is just 5-7 minutes long.

Fun web extras include character shorts that introduce viewers to the women featured in the series, blogs, a personality quiz and episodic polls written by popular dating blogger Sherri Rifkin.

“We are very excited about the addition of In Men We Trust to WEtv.com’s offerings,” said Jennifer Robertson, Vice President of Digital and Emerging Media at WE tv. “Our viewers are smart, independent women who will definitely identify with our characters and storylines while being entertained at the same time.”

Got a few minutes? Get a few girlies giggles at WEtv.com.

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By ButtonKnows

Aw, like you need another reason to look forward to summer. Well, how about two of ‘em?

Just when its fans — and even its hosts — were losing hope that the long-wrapped sixth season of Project Runway would ever be cleared for takeoff on its new Lifetime Network home, NBC Universal, The Weinstein Co. and Lifetime jointly announced today that they have settled the lawsuit that threatened the show’s future, and that of a planned spin-off, Models of the Runway.

Under the terms of the settlement, The Weinstein Co., which produces the show, will pay NBC Universal an undisclosed amount to release its interests in Runway, clearing the way for a summer Lifetime premiere. 

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By Jeff Pfeiffer

TLC is setting a "Table For 12"

You know it’s only a matter of time before “Octo-Mom” Nadya Suleman gets a reality TV series. The intense public fascination about her case has come as no surprise, really, since television has become filled with the pitter-patter (or, in some cases, stampeding) of little feet. Several popular programs have already been chronicling the adventures of similar people who have suddenly found themselves saddled — er, blessed — with multiple kids all at once. And like the parents, these types of shows are reproducing quickly. In fact, a new one called Table For 12 starts March 23.

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Posted by Mike

If you haven’t seen this commercial for Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee on Planet Green, check it out. Trust us, it’s worth 30 seconds of your time. (And anyone who thinks Tommy Lee is joking about not showering for seven days hasn’t read The Dirt.)

The show, in which rapper/actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges goes head-to-head with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee to see which musician can lead a more eco-friendly lifestyle, doesn’t premiere until August 3. But we interviewed Ludacris this week, and this is a sampling of what he had to say about the show:

Some people might be surprised to see you and Tommy Lee involved with Planet Green. How did you two hook up for Battleground Earth?

Ludacris: I was approached by my management team and the producers of the show to do this project. Once I read what it was about and the exciting way to learn about becoming more eco-friendly, I knew it was something that I had to do. I hadn’t really had a chance to meet Tommy until we started filming, but once we did meet we hit it right off and I knew we were going to be having a great time.

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