Category Archives: TV News & Program Updates

Memorial Day 2012 programming

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Memorial Day 2012 programming

Here’s a look at the various specials and movies airing on and around this Memorial Day, which remember those who have served in the military, and particularly those who were lost. All times are Eastern. Programming subject to updates; check back for changes and additions. My Vietnam Your Iraq (encore) – PBS, May (check local listings). Vietnam War veterans who have children who served in Iraq tell their stories. The program showcases the pride and fear a family shares when one is deployed. The War (encore) – PBS, May (check local listings). Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s epic, seven-part 2007 [...]

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“Dance Moms: Miami” episode 6 recap: Welcome to the Circus!

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“Dance Moms: Miami” episode 6 recap: Welcome to the Circus!

Good Lord, people, if you are not following the individual Dance Moms on Twitter, you totally should. Despite their longwinded brouhahas in the Mom Room, those women can throw down in 140 characters or less. I’m not even sure when they are pretending just to get us to tune in anymore. It’s as good a show as the show, sometimes. Speaking of which, let’s get to recapping, shall we? • Missed the episode? Watch it online now for free! Victor could not be happier with the way last week’s Access Broadway performances went. Angel could. Angel! Really? What?! Everybody won. [...]

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Christopher Atkins will appear in Lifetime’s “Blue Lagoon” update June 16

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Christopher Atkins will appear in Lifetime’s “Blue Lagoon” update June 16

My fellow lovers of The Blue Lagoon, if you’ve never quite recovered from the sight of Christopher Atkins in a loincloth — even after 30-plus years — Lifetime has a boatload of good news. On June 16, the network will premiere its original movie, Blue Lagoon: The Awakening — a modern-day take on the infamous coming-of-age-on-an-island story — and our still-handsome boy is a part of it! According to a release issued by Lifetime, Atkins will play Mr. Christiansen, a teacher who helps in the hunt for Emma and Dean. No, not Emmeline and Richard — Emma and Dean, an overachieving high-school girl and underachieving boy [...]

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New “Call of the Wildman” episodes — Turtleman meets Hogman, takes part in a bachelor auction, and more

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New “Call of the Wildman” episodes — Turtleman meets Hogman, takes part in a bachelor auction, and more

  Animal Planet recently announced that Call of the Wildman, starring Ernie Brown Jr. (a.k.a. “Turtleman”) would be back with new episodes on Sundays starting June 3. The network recently gave some details about what some of the first few episodes will be about, and they sound very interesting, to say the least. In one, Turtleman meets “Hogman” in Louisiana, and the two search for wild hogs. And in another, Turtleman becomes a prized bid at a charity bachelor auction! “Coal Mine Creature” — June 3, 10pm. When a beaver begins chewing up the wooden support beams of a rural [...]

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History statement on the passing of “Swamp People” star Mitchell Guist

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History statement on the passing of “Swamp People” star Mitchell Guist

Mitchell Guist, a cast member of History’s hit reality series Swamp People, died yesterday at the age of 47, (he would have turned 48 this Friday) after falling aboard his boat in Louisiana. According to the 911 caller who reported the incident, Guist had a seizure, then went into cardiac arrest. History and Original Media — the company that produces Swamp People for the network — released a joint statement: “We are extremely saddened to report that our friend and beloved member of the Swamp People family, Mitchell Guist, has passed away earlier today. Mitchell passed on the swamp, doing [...]

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Meet the ladies of GOLF CHANNEL’s “Big Break Atlantis”

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Meet the ladies of GOLF CHANNEL’s “Big Break Atlantis”

An all-female cast stars in GOLF CHANNEL’s Big Break Atlantis beginning Monday, May 14, at 9pm ET. An all-female cast competes in the 17th edition of the Big Break golf skills competition series, filmed this time at Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. Twelve women at different stages of their golf careers vie for a 2012 LPGA tournament exemption, cash and other prizes in Big Break Atlantis, beginning Monday, May 14, at 9pm ET. This season introduces a new format and features surprise guest appearances, including a visit from top-ranked LPGA pro Yani Tseng. Profiles of Big Break Atlantis competitors from [...]

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Bill Clinton guests on GOLF CHANNEL’s “Feherty”

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Bill Clinton joins David Feherty for an interview on GOLF CHANNEL’s Feherty on Monday, May 14, at 10pm ET. Former president Bill Clinton joins David Feherty on Monday, May 14, at 10pm ET for an interview on GOLF CHANNEL’s Feherty. “I absolutely love the man,” Feherty told us in an interview earlier this year. “I’ve met him before. I would call myself very liberal in social terms and only conservative in a couple of areas: homeland defense and the military, that’s about it. I’m really looking forward to that. He’s just such a likable person. And I think a lot [...]

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The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur on “fake neutrality” in TV news

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The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur on “fake neutrality” in TV news

Though the official general election season is still months away, your television is likely overrun with incendiary ads and partisan discourse that drive you nuts. But before you turn on that “news” program that makes you feel so much better, Cenk Uygur [say it Jenk YOU-gur], host of Current TV’s gleefully unvarnished nightly news staple The Young Turks, wants you to consider whether it’s really giving you challenging, fact-based analysis — or just snuggling your conviction that the other guy’s a dolt. “I don’t like the partisanship where people on different cable news outlets play on Team Republican or Team [...]

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2012 Amgen Tour of California TV schedule

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2012 Amgen Tour of California TV schedule

Maybe the world of international cycling will be focused on the Giro d’Italia right now, but U.S. cycling fans can enjoy a race a little closer to home beginning this weekend with the Amgen Tour of California. The eight-stage race begins in Santa Rosa on Sunday, May 13, and ends in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 20. NBC Sports Network and NBC combine to televise all eight stages, beginning Sunday at 5pm ET. NBC will have live coverage of the final stage on May 20 at 1pm ET. There’s a pretty nifty route map and schedule available to download here [...]

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2012 Giro d’Italia U.S. TV schedule

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2012 Giro d’Italia U.S. TV schedule

Universal Sports Network has live and taped coverage of cycling’s Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy) May 5-27, with coverage of all 21 stages. The Giro is one of cycling’s three Grand Tour races, along with the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. Many look at the Giro as a preview to the Tour de France and as a barometer for Le Tour’s top contenders. The Giro began in Herning, Denmark, on May 5 and then travels from Verona south to Lago Laceno. The route heads back northward along the western coast of Italy, up through several mountain stages [...]

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