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NBA scoring leader Dwayne Wade, UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen are Spike TV’s kind of guys. Those men will be among the winners and presenters at Spike’s third annual “Guys Choice” awards special. “‘Guys Choice’ is a one-night-only celebration of guydom and will be...
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What could be geekier than being a fan of “Star Wars”? How about having a deep interest in knowing all about the technology used in making famous science fiction films? Science Channel calls its new series “Science of the Movies,” which debuts May 26, “a geektastic journey to the cinematic intersection...
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As the broadcast networks prepare to unveil their schedules for the 2009-10 season to advertisers in New York next week, Magna has taken a look at what was once a TV staple: the sitcom. Steve Sternberg, executive VP for audience analysis at Magna, a division of Interpublic’s Mediabrands, notes in a new...
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Dogs may whisper, but cats and their owners have concerns as well. Animal Planet is bringing back “Housecat Housecall” for a second season beginning June 6. Episode of the 12-week series profile cat-owning families who work with host Dr. Katrina Warren and her team to resolve all sorts of problems of...
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George Lopez, whose sitcom helped power ratings among adults for Nick at Nite, will be starring in a movie for kids that will air on Nickelodeon. Mr. Lopez also is executive producer of the film, “Mr. Troop Mom,” which is scheduled to air June 18. The comedian plays a workaholic single dad who volunteers...
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Superheroes never get old. Nicktoons on Friday will launch a series based on Marvel Comics’ Iron Man. The Iron Man character was featured in one of last summer’s top-grossing feature films, but it’s possible that not all of Nicktoon’s kiddie audience was able to see the PG-13-rated movie. Not that it...
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The latest series to move from the Web to cable TV is “MoCap, LLC,” which is coming to Spike TV with six original episodes starting April 24. “MoCap, LLC” looks at the people who work at a low-rent motion-capture studio looking to make it big in the video game industry. The series is produced by Worldwide...
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For those who can’t get enough “Star Wars,” but aren’t all caught up on the latest installments, Cartoon Network may have just the thing. The network plans to premiere “Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Decoded” on May 1. The second colon in the title indicates that the series has been enhanced with on-screen...
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With Major League Baseball beginning its season this week, it’s worth looking back at last season to see which teams generated the biggest ratings. Red Sox Nation was following the Boston Red Sox as keenly as ever, bringing New England Sports Network an average 10.1 rating for each game it televised...
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Not all stories about animals are warm and fuzzy. A special episode of “Animal Cops: Philadelphia” airing April 27 takes a look at puppy mills, which churn out dogs for profit, without consideration of the quality of life for the animals, which suffer from neglect and disease. “Puppy Mills: Exposed”...
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Hallmark Channel says its viewers may be oldies, but they’re goodies if you’re looking for households that buy consumer packaged goods. Hallmark, which aims at a baby-boomer audience, is swimming upstream with marketers and media buyers who are fixated on reaching younger consumers. The long-held belief...
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Leonardo da Vinci was one of mankind’s great inventors, dreaming up devices that were years ahead of their time. A new series on Discovery Channel will take some of Mr. da Vinci’s drawings of military weapons and breathe life into them 500 years later. “Doing da Vinci” will air Mondays at 10 p.m. beginning...
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A new show on Fine Living Network has attracted a new marketer to television. Style expert Lloyd Boston is the star of “Closet Cases,” a fashion makeover series that FLN plans to launch April 23. Since Mr. Boston has been a style expert for women’s clothing maker Jones New York, the sales team at Scripps...
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, Animal Planet, best known for its cuddly “Puppy Bowl,” is launching a seven-part series called “River Monsters” featuring sea creatures that prey on man. The series features biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade, who travels worldwide to investigate...
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The penguins are coming. Kids network Nickelodeon plans to launch “The Penguins of Madagascar,” the computer-generated animation series based on the DreamWorks movies, on March 28. The news series will launch in primetime at 8 p.m.—early enough for children who have finished their homework to still be...