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Speed has picked up the cross-country racing series “Bullrun,” which follows 12 teams of drivers traveling 3,500 miles across the southwestern United States for a $200,000 prize. Hosted by former professional wrestler and car buff Bill Goldberg, the series originally aired on Spike TV. Speed has licensed...
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Before “American Idol” created singing sensations for the nation, NBC introduced America to the Monkees. The Monkees began life as a fictional band created by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider for a television pilot. They figured they could capitalize on Beatlemania, which was all the rage back in 1965...
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Looking to eat Animal Planet alive, A&E Network is launching a show that takes on out-of-place alligators, pet-eating bobcats and a stadium full of bats—and not the wooden kind. “The Exterminators” launches with 13 episodes starting Feb. 4 on A&E. The program follows a family of exterminators...
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Gospel music can move people, but can it get them to go to Bermuda? The Bermuda Department of Tourism is betting yes, and has made a deal with the Gospel Music Channel to get viewers interested in faith-based travel to consider the island as a destination. The deal is unusual because the network won...
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Looking to follow up on its successful launch of “The Locator” featuring Troy Dunn, WE tv is getting ready to premiere another original reality show, “I Want to Save Your Life.” In the new series, Charles Platkin, known as the “diet detective,” is called in to help by friends and family of an individual...
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Have you ever said to someone, “I’ll get into shape if it kills me?” Now there’s a TV series that shows you that being in shape could mean the difference between life and death in an emergency situation. “Could You Survive?,” premiering Dec. 4 on Discovery Health, tests to see whether average people...
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Cable operators have been talking a lot about the kind of advance advertising their digital systems can make possible. Earlier this year they banded together to form Canoe Ventures, a joint effort to create a national unified platform for interactive and addressable advertising, to try to paddle their...
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G4 on Wednesday is launching its new series “Human Wrecking Balls,” featuring the Pumphrey Brothers, who combine strength and science to crush, demolish and destroy whatever is put in their path. Craig and Paul Pumphrey are big. Their combined weight is 550 pounds. They’re tough, with Craig a decorated...
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What if a kid won the competition on “Project Runway”? That’s almost the idea behind a new show on Nickelodeon called “True Jackson, VP,” which debuts Nov. 8. Fifteen-year-old Keke Palmer plays Jackson, an entrepreneurial youngster spotted by the head of a clothing company to lead its youth division...
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Gospel Music Channel on Friday makes its entry into the unscripted reality world with a series called “Revolve: Rockin’ the Road.” The series targets teen viewers by focusing on four young women working with Women of Faith, the organization that produces the Revolve Tour. The Revolve Tour features Christian...
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Fox Reality Channel has an interesting idea to send comedians to do the job of the police. “Smile … You’re Under Arrest!” appears to be a somewhat extreme version of “Candid Camera,” with the pranks being pulled on actual wanted criminals. Fox Reality Channel plans to premiere the series Dec. 27. According...
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Are people in the travel industry as crazy as chefs, fashion designers and real estate salesmen? We’ll find out when Bravo launches its newest upscale reality series, “First Class All the Way,” which premieres Nov. 3. “First Class All the Way” follows Sara Duffy, founder of a Los Angeles-based multimillion...
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A new Food Network series shows how far the network has moved from offering recipes and kitchen advice to providing lifestyle programming. “The Chef Jeff Project” features Jeff Henderson, a former prison inmate turned executive chef. In the series, which launches Oct. 12, he tries to use cooking as a...
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There’s going to be an addition to the Oxygen family. The network plans to launch a reality series, “Coolio’s Rules,” on Oct. 28, featuring the platinum-selling rapper and his family. Coolio has four children—Artisha, 20, Brandi, 20, Artis, 18, and Jackie, 15—and is raising them himself while continuing...
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Autism is getting more attention in the media, but a special scheduled to appear Oct. 1 on Discovery Health takes a unique look at how one family is dealing with an extraordinary burden caused by the condition. “Autism X6” looks at the Kirton family, who live outside Salt Lake City, Utah. John and Robin...