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Swingtown: Janet Meets Alice B. Toklas

June 27, 2008 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

By Elaine B Funny how you post a recipe (or write it on a wall) and women start commenting on it. Possibly, it’s in our genes. Men hunt. Women gather. Men bring home large hunks of meat. Women start up the fire. That didn’t even change after women realized they could “bring home the bacon, and fry it up in a pan and …” well, you know the rest of the line. Women, for the most part, are still the organizers of nearly all social events except their own surprise parties (and a smart hubby will consult his wife’s closest […]

Wild, Wild World of Animals (July 2008)

June 27, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

Posted by RabbitEars This month’s premieres and new episodes that may be of interest to you animal lovers: Greatest American Dog — CBS, July 10. This new reality competition series pits 12 teams of dogs and owners from across the country against each other in challenges that test the dogs, and perhaps the people even more, as they must prove their ability to have their pet effectively trained. Like many other reality shows, these teams will also be living together. If you think things got pretty chaotic in The Real World households, try putting 12 pooches in the same living […]

Wipeout: Apocalypse Now!

June 26, 2008 Jill Klitz Comments Off

There are two things I realized Tuesday night as I watched the premiere of Wipeout, the show where contestants tackle obstacle courses that are, according to ABC’s website, “grueling and physically demanding but wildly hilarious”: 1. My husband will never tire of watching people get hurt. He loves any show whose title contains a phrase such as “funniest videos,” “outrageous videos” or “whacked-out videos.” When Wipeout started, he grabbed his plate from the dinner table and ate while standing in the middle of the family room, so he could get a better look at all the people getting hurt. If […]

FSN Goes Back To "Baseball's Golden Age"

June 26, 2008 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

Posted by Cubicle QB FSN has been on a roll lately with its original programs, with Sport Science and Amazing Sports Stories, and now the announcement of Baseball’s Golden Age premiering July 6 at 8pm (local time). Baseball’s Golden Age uses recently discovered color home movies from the 1920s-1960s to tell the stories of some of the game’s biggest legends — Ruth, Cobb, Williams, Mays, Aaron — and their incomparable feats on the field. Each 30-minute episode contains remarkable rare shots and never-before-seen footage from films shot by fans, players’ families and the players themselves. Each episode includes interviews with […]

Nashville Star: Week Three Recap

June 24, 2008 Channel Guide Staff 1

Pop goes country this week on Nashville Star, which means one thing — backup dancers! Just what every self-respecting country singer needs. Speaking of country singers, two of them are asked to step to the front of the stage at the very start of the show. One of them is safe this week, the other is in the Bottom 2. Since the producers don’t even want to try and trick us, those two singers are Tommy Stanley and Gabe Garcia. Gabe ain’t Bottom 2 material, so he’ll be the first to perform this week, right after a group version of […]

The Two Coreys: Showdown and Couples Therapy

June 23, 2008 Channel Guide Staff 2

Posted by Mike The last time we saw the Coreys, this happened. As a result, as we head into the Season 2 premieres of A&E’s The Two Coreys (we get two episodes this week, “Showdown” and “Couples Therapy”), the Felddog and the Haimster haven’t seen each other in six months. Seriously, if Congress has time to investigate Roger Clemens and the steroids issue in baseball, surely it could have intervened to get the Coreys back together. Fortunately, we have reality TV to once again step in where government has failed us. “Showdown” begins with Haim returning to Los Angeles from […]

My Boys “Dinner Party”

June 23, 2008 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Posted by Dizzy Miss Lizzy After a frightening dream where PJ finds herself still single at 80 years old and still hanging out with the guys, she agrees to host a singles’ dinner party. Each single friend brings another single friend and romance ensues. Well, that’s the theory. PJ invites the boys and focuses attention on the fact that they are all single. Maybe they should be trying a little harder to get out there and date more. At the same time, Andy hires a hot Swedish nanny and all the boys are beside themselves. They leap with joy through […]

Sally Pressman Enlists For Another Season Of “Army Wives”

June 22, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

It was a no-brainer that Lifetime‘s series Army Wives would be back for another season. Not simply because it ended on a cliffhanger (networks have been known to leave viewers hanging by yanking shows before storylines are completed if the program’s ratings are low), but because the all-important viewing numbers were more than there. Season 1 was one of last summer’s hit shows, with the season finale becoming Lifetime’s most-watched original series telecast ever. And the cliffhanger should certainly help bring all of those viewers back for more. Last season ended with a bombing at the Hump Bar, a watering […]

Adventurous Producer Thom Beers Strikes “Black Gold”

June 21, 2008 Channel Guide Staff 1

Thom Beers believes he has struck another goldmine. The creator/producer of such hits as Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, Monster Garage and Ax Men — just to name a few — will unearth his latest find when Black Gold premieres June 18 on truTV. Following the adventures of oil drillers, known as “roughnecks,” who put their lives on the line to capture the bubbling crude, the show continues Beers’ fascination with the world’s most dangerous jobs. Whether it’s on the high seas or in the arid badlands of West Texas, Beers says the key is finding the right people to […]

A Look At NASA’s Decade Of “Wow!”

June 20, 2008 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

And what if they hadn’t come back from the moon? When Neil Armstrong made his “one giant leap for mankind” in the summer of 1969, the world cheered — little knowing that it was less certain he would ever walk on Earth again. The most telling evidence of how dangerous that original moon landing was is found in a memo from then White House speechwriter William Safire. Titled “In Event of Moon Disaster,” the short speech was prepared so that President Nixon would be ready in case the mission went wrong and the men could not return. It says, in […]