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Investigation Discovery’s Heartbreakers unites long-ago TV teen hearthrobs in killer true tales

For TV viewers of a certain age, the idea of a brand-new show featuring The Brady Bunch’s Peter Brady and Melrose Place‘s Jack Parezi battling for the love of Growing Pains wallflower Carol Seaver could possibly blow your mind. But it’s about to go down. On Aug. 13, Investigation Discovery — ground zero for unabashedly campy TV that blends fact and fiction into lesson after lesson in what to avoid in a prospective life partner — will premiere the three-part summer series Heartbreakers, starring the aforementioned trio, Christopher Knight, Antonio Sabato Jr. and Tracy Gold, plus additional throwback faves Kevin […]

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Reality TV

Investigation Discovery announces Deadline Crime With Tamron Hall Season 2

In addition to the upcoming new series Secret Lives of Stepford Wives and its tongue-in-cheer Valentine’s Day offering 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Investigation Discovery announced a second season of its popular newsmagazine Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall at the 2014 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour. Season 2 will premiere in the spring. Hosted by Hall, who divides her time between the series and duties with MSNBC and NBC’s Today, Deadline Crime features the veteran journalist delving into compelling murder investigations to examine what compels people to kill and whether justice is ultimately served.  In Season 2, Hall […]

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TV News & Program Updates

Fall 2013 Lifestyle: New fall shows on Food Network, Travel, DIY & more

Here’s a preview of some of the Fall 2013 new lifestyle programming options that include new fall shows on Food Network, Travel, DIY and more. (All times Eastern/Pacific unless noted.) Surviving Evil (pictured above) Investigation Discovery Premieres: Aug. 28 Airs: Wednesdays at 10pm What’s It All About? This 10-episode series features survivors of horrific crimes — including the series’ host, Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Charisma Carpenter, who, along with two friends, was attacked by a serial rapist in 1991 — recounting their stories with the help of news clips and re-creations. “The fact that Charisma has personally lived through […]

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Susan Lucci talks “Deadly Affairs,” “Devious Maids” and the end of “All My Children”

Susan Lucci has three little words to describe her new Investigation Discovery series Deadly Affairs: “Lust gone loco!” It’s familiar turf for the Emmy-winning actress, who spent more than 4 decades bringing to life the adventures of All My Children’s much-married diva Erica Kane before the beloved daytime drama was unceremoniously yanked by ABC last fall, stunning fans and the series’ devoted cast and crew. So when Investigation Discovery’s president and GM Henry Schleiff came calling with a project that would allow Lucci to keep Erica Kane very much alive in spirit — and on the airwaves — she found the […]

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Soap Operas

“Days of Our Knives” programming block brings iconic soap stars to Investigation Discovery

Happy news, soap fans! Josh Lewis and Reva Shane are coming back to daytime TV! And John Black and Hope Williams Brady, too (aw, no Bo?)! And Jack Deveraux, Scotty Baldwin, Bobby Spencer, Lucy Coe and other iconic faves. And they’re all on the same channel, too! OK, the actors who played those iconic soap characters are back — as hosts of Investigation Discovery’s new five-week daytime programming block “Days of our Knives” which premieres Monday, Aug. 20 at 1pm ET/PT. Recognizing that we ladies are crazy about the net’s original true-crime programming — and hoping to lure devoted daytime fans eager to […]

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Documentary

ID’s “Evil, I” traces deadly deeds from the eyes of killers

Investigation Discovery has to be one of the bloodiest networks on television. (Aside from History back in its all-Hitler, all-the-time days, of course.) But it’s one of those networks that, because of the evil at the epicenter of so much of its programming, we find intrinsically fascinating. Tonight, one of the most evil-imbued — and therefore potentially tantalizing — programs to surface on ID premieres. Evil, I debuts with back-to-back episodes at 10pm and 10:30pm, and seeks to plumb the depths of the murderer’s mind, retracing actual serial killings from a first-person perspective. Each episode of Evil, I employs interviews […]

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Documentary

ID’s “Facing Evil With Candice DeLong” returns for Season 2

By Karl J. Paloucek Follow @ChannelGuideK There’s been a lot of talk about Black Friday this year, about how it’s starting to creep its way into the Thanksgiving holiday. Some would say that’s evil, but it’s still far from the evil that Investigation Discovery is planning to serve up for that day. As part of its annual Black Widows Week, the network will cap off a weeklong marathon of Deadly Women with the Season 2 premiere of Facing Evil With Candice DeLong Friday, Nov. 25 at 9pm ET/PT. The series puts host DeLong, a veteran FBI investigator and psychiatric nurse, […]

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Documentary

“Sin by Silence” spotlights domestic violence

Women are going to prison at an alarming rate. Over the last quarter century, they’ve represented the fastest-growing segment of America’s prison population, and of that entire group, nearly 80 percent are survivors of domestic violence. For many of these women, the path to prison started with abuse in the home and ends with a justice system that prohibits evidence of battery from being used in their own legal defense. A new documentary by director Olivia Klaus, Sin by Silence — premiering on Investigation Discovery Oct. 17 — focuses on the people behind those statistics, and shows how the law […]