Khloé and Lamar: American reality-based TV Series on E! Entertainment TV
Khloé and Lamar Season 1 Episode 5 (Unbreakable) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on E! Entertainment Television channel.
Khloé & Lamar is an American reality-based television series that will debut on E! on April 10, 2011 as a spin-off to Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Khloé & Lamar follows Khloé Kardashian and husband Lamar Odom as newlyweds.
Khloe and Lamar Season 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4 airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on E! Entertainment Television.
Law and Order: Criminal Intent: police Procedural TV Drama Series on USA Network
Law and Order: Criminal Intent Season 10 Episode 7 (Icarus) airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on USA Network. Synopsis of the episode: An actor is killed while performing a controversial stunt.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama Law & Order. Criminal Intent focuses on the investigations of the Major Case Squad in a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department set in New York City's One Police Plaza. In the style of the original Law & Order, episodes are often "ripped from the headlines" or loosely based on a real crime that received media attention.
The series aired on NBC for the first six seasons but was moved to the NBCUniversal-owned USA Network starting with the seventh season to share costs and due to declining ratings. Episodes continue to rerun on NBC. The tenth and final season will premiere on Sunday, May 1, 2011, at 9 EDT. Original cast members Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe will return to the series as Detectives Robert Goren and Alexandra Eames, respectively. Joining them is Jay O. Sanders as Captain Joseph Hannah.
River Monsters: TV Series on Animal Planet
River Monsters Season 3 Episode 4: Chainsaw Predator airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Animal Planet
River Monsters is a television series on Animal Planet hosted by Jeremy Wade and produced by Icon Films of Bristol, UK. The first season aired from 5 April to 17 May 2009. A second season began airing on 25 April 2010. The third season began on 10 April 2011
River Monsters travels worldwide with host, biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade to explore freshwater mysteries and local folklore, possibly debunk these myths and track down these harrowing tales. The show has taken viewers to Germany, Australia, India, Brazil, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, The Republic of Congo, Alaska, Florida and Texas.
In the first season, Wade's weekly quest had him in search of Piranha, Goonch catfish (during his investigation of the Kali River goonch attacks) , Alligator gar, Wels catfish, Bull shark, Piraiba/Candiru, and Arapaima, all supposedly deadly creatures shrouded with mystery. The show also focuses on explaining the creature's feeding habits.
Rebroadcasts of the episodes with captions showing behind the scenes commentary from the host about the particular episode can also be seen on both Animal Planet and Discovery Channel, these episodes going by the title "River Monsters: Unhooked".
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations: American travel and food show on The Travel Channel
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 7 Episode 8: Japan: Hokkaido airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 8:00am EDT on The Travel Channel
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations is an ongoing American travel and food show on the Travel Channel; it also airs on the Discovery Travel & Living channel around the world. Host Anthony Bourdain visits overseas countries, cities worldwide, and places within the U.S., where hosts treat him to local culture and cuisine. The series premiered in 2005 on the Travel Channel. The format and content of the show is similar to Bourdain's 2001–2002 Food Network series, A Cook's Tour.
The special episode Anthony Bourdain in Beirut that aired between Seasons 2 and 3 was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Programming in 2007. In 2009 the series won the Emmy for "Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming".
Army Wives: American Drama Series on Lifetime
Army Wives Season 5 Episode 12 (Firefight) airs: Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on Lifetime.
Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, their families, and an army husband whose wife is in the army. The series, shot at ABC Studios, premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007. The show had the largest series premiere in Lifetime's 23-year history, and the largest viewership in the 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm time slot since December for Lifetime.
The second season premiered on Lifetime in the United States on Sunday, June 8, 2008, and had 19 episodes. Season three began airing in June 2009.
In February 2009, Lifetime announced that it ordered a fourth season of the series. Army Wives kicked off its 18-episode fourth season on Sunday, April 11, 2010. On September 23, 2010, it was announced the show would return for a thirteen episode fifth season in 2011. Season 5 premiered March 6, 2011.
CSI: Miami: American Police Procedural TV Series on WCBS (CBS)
CSI: Miami Season 9 Episode 22 (May Day) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS) TV channel.
CSI: Miami (Crime Scene Investigation: Miami) is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of the veteran series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
The pilot episode was first broadcast in United States on May 9, 2002 as an episode of CSI and nine seasons have been aired in the United States. The series is produced in partnership with the Canadian media company Alliance Atlantis and CBS Television Studios.
On May 19, 2010, CBS renewed the show for a ninth season; it now airs on Sundays at 10:00 PM ET/PT. Also, the ninth season aired the 200th episode of this series.
CSI: Miami Season 9 Episode 21: G.O. airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
Family Guy: American Animated TV Series on WNYW (FOX)
Family Guy Season 9 Episode 17 (The Big Bang Theory) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX) TV channel.
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian. The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, and bases much of its humor on parodying American pop culture.
The family was conceived by MacFarlane after developing two animated films, The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve. MacFarlane redesigned the films' protagonist Larry and his dog Steve, and renamed them Peter and Brian, respectively. MacFarlane pitched a 15 minute pilot to Fox which aired on December 20, 1998. After the pilot aired the show was given the green light and started production. Shortly after the third season of Family Guy aired in 2001, Fox canceled the series. However, favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns convinced the network to renew the show in 2004.
Family Guy has been nominated for 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and 11 Annie Awards, and has won three of each. It has garnered three Golden Reel Award nominations, winning once. In 2009, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, the first time an animated series was nominated for the award since The Flintstones in 1961. Family Guy has also received criticism, including unfavorable comparisons for its similarities to The Simpsons.
Many tie-in media have been released, including Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, a straight-to-DVD special released in 2005; Family Guy: Live in Vegas, a soundtrack-DVD combo released in 2005, featuring music from the show as well as original music created by MacFarlane and Walter Murphy; a video game and pinball machine, released in 2006 and 2007, respectively; since 2005, six books published by Harper Adult based on the Family Guy universe; and Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy, a series of parodies of the original Star Wars trilogy released in 2010. In 2008, MacFarlane confirmed that the cast was interested in producing a feature film and that he was working on a story for film adaptation. A spin-off series, The Cleveland Show, premiered on September 27, 2009, as a part of the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox. The eighth season of Family Guy premiered on the same night.
Family Guy Season 9 Episode 16: Seahorse Seashell Party airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX).
Good Luck Charlie: Disney Channel TV Sitcom
Good Luck Charlie Season 2 Episode 15 (Bye Bye Video Diary) airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on Disney Channel. Synopsis of the episode: Teddy's laptop gets ruined, losing the first 50 video diaries for Charlie; P.J. enrolls in management training; Gabe loses sleep over a scary movie.
Good Luck Charlie is an original Disney Channel television sitcom, which premiered April 4, 2010. The series was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, who wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, as opposed to children only. It revolves around a Denver family, the Duncans, as they try to adjust to the birth of their fourth child, Charlotte "Charlie" Duncan (Mia Talerico). In each episode, Teddy Duncan (Bridgit Mendler) creates a video diary containing advice for Charlie about their family and life as a teenager. Teddy tries to show Charlie what she might go through in the video diary so she can always know how to figure things out when she gets older.
Among other decisions, executives included adult-centric scenes and changed the series title from Oops to Love, Teddy and finally to Good Luck Charlie in order to ensure the series would appeal to all family members. Good Luck Charlie premiered on Disney Channel in the United States on April 4, 2010. It premiered in Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland on May 14, 2010, and in Australia and New Zealand on July 23, 2010.
Good Luck Charlie was renewed for a second season, with production beginning in August 2010 with a season premiere on February 20, 2011. A feature-length Christmas Disney Channel Original Movie based on the series began production in March 2011 for a winter 2011 premiere.
In Plain Sight: American Dramatic TV Series on USA Network
In Plain Sight Season 4 Episode 7 (I'm a Liver Not a Fighter) airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on USA Network. Synopsis of the episode: A terminally ill father wants to heal his relationships with his children.
In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack), a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program (WITSEC), more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program. Shannon must find ways to balance her professional life of protecting witnesses, her professional relationship with her partner, Marshall Mann, and her problematic personal life. The show is filmed on location in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On July 28, 2010, In Plain Sight was renewed for its fourth and fifth seasons, to run in 2011 and 2012.
Shake It Up: American TV Sitcom on Disney Channel
Shake It Up Season 1 Episode 18 (Model It Up) airs: Friday, June 17, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on Disney Channel. Synopsis of the episode: When Rocky gets a modeling offer in New York, she is reluctant to go, but her friends put their own feelings aside to encourage her.
Shake It Up is an American television sitcom airing on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on November 7, 2010. Created by Chris Thompson and starring Bella Thorne and Zendaya, the show follows the adventures of CeCe Jones (Thorne) and Rocky Blue (Zendaya) as they star as background dancers on a local show, "Shake It Up Chicago." It also chronicles their misadventures on- and off-set, and their troubles and rising social status at school. Davis Cleveland, Roshon Fegan, Adam Irigoyen and Kenton Duty also co-star in the series. The show's original concept was for Disney to create a female buddy comedy, only with a dance aspect. The dance concept is Disney's third original series, after The Famous Jett Jackson and Sonny with a Chance, to use a show-within-a-show format.
On March 16, 2011, it was announced that series has been renewed for a second season.
The Amazing Race: American Reality Game Show on WCBS (CBS)
The Amazing Race Season 18 Episode 11: This Is Where It Ends (Brazil and Florida) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS) TV channel.
The Amazing Race is an American reality game show in which teams of two or four race around the world against other teams, with the first-place team winning $1,000,000. As the original version of the Amazing Race franchise, the CBS program has been running since 2001 and is currently in its eighteenth season, which is the first season broadcast in high-definition. CBS has confirmed a renewal of The Amazing Race during the 2011–2012 television season.
The show was created by Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster, who, along with Jonathan Littman, serve as executive producers. The show is produced by Earthview Inc. (headed by Doganieri and van Munster), Bruckheimer Television for CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company). For all seasons, the series is hosted by veteran New Zealand television personality, Phil Keoghan.
The series won the first seven Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program after the category was created in 2003. Although it has moved around several prime time time slots since its inception, the program has averaged about 10 million viewers per season.
The Amazing Race Season 18 Episode 10: Too Many Cook in the Kitchen (Switzerland) airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
The Cleveland Show: American Animated TV Series on WNYW (FOX)
The Cleveland Show Season 2 Episode 22 (Your Show of Shows) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 9:30pm EDT on WNYW (FOX) TV channel.
The Cleveland Show is an American animated television series that premiered on September 27, 2009, as a part of the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox in the United States. The series was created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry, and Richard Appel as a spin-off from Family Guy, which was also created by MacFarlane.
The show's family centers around father Cleveland Brown, who was a featured character on Family Guy. His son Cleveland Jr. was also on Family Guy (although for this show he was given a redesign to become older, softly-spoken and obese). Three new characters were added to fill out the Brown/Tubbs family.
Since its debut, The Cleveland Show has received mixed to negative reviews from media critics. Reviewers have criticised its similarities to MacFarlane's other shows, Family Guy and American Dad!, and the crass and crude content of its humour. The Parents Television Council named six of the programme's first season episodes as the worst TV shows of the week. The show's first season received a viewership of appromixately six million, and it was nominated for an award at the 36th People's Choice Awards.
The Cleveland Show Season 2 Episode 21: The Hurricane! airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 8:30pm EDT on WNYW (FOX).
The Simpsons: American Animated Sitcom on WNYW (FOX)
The Simpsons Season 22 Episode 20 (Homer Scissorhands) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX) TV channel.
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a working-class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional city of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition.
The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with the producer James L. Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the first Fox series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–1990).
Since its debut on December 17, 1989 the show has broadcast 482 episodes and the twenty second season started airing on September 26, 2010. The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26 and July 27, 2007, and grossed US$527 million worldwide.
The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 27 Primetime Emmy Awards, 27 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award. Time magazine's December 31, 1999 issue named it the 20th century's best television series, and on January 14, 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program, and in 2009 it surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime entertainment series. Homer's exclamatory catchphrase "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.
The Simpsons Season 22 Episode 19: The Real Housewives of Fat Tony airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX).
America’s Next Great Restaurant: NBC Reality TV Show on WNBC (NBC)
America’s Next Great Restaurant Season 1 Episode 9: Opening Night airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC)
America's Next Great Restaurant is a current NBC reality television show that features contestants pitching restaurant ideas to a panel of judges, where the winner will receive financial backing for their restaurant concept to open three locations nationwide — Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and New York — in May 2011. The judges include chefs Curtis Stone, Bobby Flay, Lorena Garcia, and Chipotle Mexican Grill founder Steve Ells, who will also be investors in the winning concept. The production company behind the show is Magical Elves, the same company who produces Top Chef. The premiere was on March 6, 2011 at 8pm. The show has been described as a cross between The Apprentice and Top Chef.
ANGR Holdings will be the company that will be running the winning concept's restaurants. It also hold register trademarks on several of the restaurant concepts' names.
America's Next Great Restaurant is a current NBC reality television show that features contestants pitching restaurant ideas to a panel of judges, where the winner will receive financial backing for their restaurant concept to open three locations nationwide — Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and New York — in May 2011. The judges include chefs Curtis Stone, Bobby Flay, Lorena Garcia, and Chipotle Mexican Grill founder Steve Ells, who will also be investors in the winning concept. The production company behind the show is Magical Elves, the same company who produces Top Chef. The premiere was on March 6, 2011 at 8pm. The show has been described as a cross between The Apprentice and Top Chef.
ANGR Holdings will be the company that will be running the winning concept's restaurants. It also hold register trademarks on several of the restaurant concepts' names.
Ax Men: American Documentary Reality TV Seriesn History
Ax Men is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on March 9, 2008 on History. The program follows the work of several logging crews in the second-growth forests of Northwestern Oregon, Washington and Montana. The show highlights the dangers encountered by the loggers. Following in the footsteps of other shows from Original Productions, like Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers, the series is considered part of a recent "real-men-in-danger" television programming trend.
Bleach: Japanese Manga Series on Cartoon Network
Bleach is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Noriaki "Tite" Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper — a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki. His newfound powers force him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife.
Bleach has been serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 2001, and has been collected into 48 tankōbon volumes as of December 2010. Since its publication, Bleach has spawned a media franchise that includes an ongoing animated television series that is produced by Studio Pierrot in Japan, two original video animations, four animated feature films, seven rock musicals, and numerous video games, as well as many types of Bleach-related merchandise.
Viz Media obtained foreign television and home video distribution rights to the Bleach anime on March 15, 2006. Cartoon Network began airing Bleach in the United States as part of its Adult Swim block on September 9, 2006. Viz Media has licensed the manga for English-language publication in the United States and Canada, and has released 34 bound volumes as of March 2011 as well as published chapters of Bleach in its Shonen Jump magazine since November 2007. Viz Media released the first Bleach film, Bleach: Memories of Nobody, on DVD in North America on October 14, 2008. The second film, Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion, was released on September 15, 2009.
Volumes of the manga have sold more than 50 million copies in Japan, and have reached the top of manga sales in the United States. The anime adaptation has been similarly received; it was rated as the fourth most popular anime television series in Japan in 2006 and held a position amongst the top ten anime in the United States from 2006 to 2008. The series received the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen demographic in 2005, and is among the best-selling manga properties in both Japan and the United States.
Bleach Season 11 Episode 2 (12th Division's New Captain, Urahara Kisuke) airs: Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 12:00am EDT on Cartoon Network.
Bleach Season 11 Episode 4 (Muguruma 9th Division, moves out) airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 12:00am EDT on Cartoon Network. Synopsis of the episode: Bizarre deaths occur in the Rukon District.
Bleach Season 11 Episode 6: Betrayal! Aizen's Secret Maneuvers) airs: Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 12:00am EDT on Cartoon Network.
Breakout Kings: American Drama TV Series on A & E Network
Breakout Kings Season 1 Episode 9: One for the Money airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on A & E Network
Breakout Kings is an American drama television series created by Nick Santora and Matt Olmstead, which airs on the A&E network. The one-hour pilot episode premiered on March 6, 2011 at 10 p.m.
In order to catch escaped convicts, a squad of U.S. Marshals makes a special deal with several current prisoners . If they agree to help, their sentences will be reduced by one month for each fugitive they bring in and they will be transferred to a minimum-security facility. However, if any of them should try to escape, they will all be returned to their original prisons and their sentences will be doubled.
Breakout Kings is an American drama television series created by Nick Santora and Matt Olmstead, which airs on the A&E network. The one-hour pilot episode premiered on March 6, 2011 at 10 p.m.
In order to catch escaped convicts, a squad of U.S. Marshals makes a special deal with several current prisoners . If they agree to help, their sentences will be reduced by one month for each fugitive they bring in and they will be transferred to a minimum-security facility. However, if any of them should try to escape, they will all be returned to their original prisons and their sentences will be doubled.
Brothers and Sisters: American TV Drama Series on WABC (ABC)
Brothers and Sisters Season 5 Episode 22 (Walker Down the Aisle) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 10:01pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel.
Brothers & Sisters is an American television drama series that centers on the Walker family and their lives in Pasadena, California.
The series premiered on ABC on September 24, 2006 and it continues to air in a regular Sunday night timeslot after Desperate Housewives. The cast has included a collection of award-winning actors, including Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths, Calista Flockhart, Rob Lowe, and Patricia Wettig. Sally Field has received both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance throughout the series. Rachel Griffiths has also been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her work on the show.
The show is currently in its fifth season on ABC.
Brothers and Sisters Season 5 Episode 21: For Better or for Worse airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 10:01pm EDT on WABC (ABC).
Desperate Housewives: American TV Comedy-Drama Series on WABC (ABC)
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 21 (Then I Really Got Scared) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel.
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee and Joey Murphy, David Grossman, Larry Shaw and Sabrina Wind.
The setting of the show is the street of Wisteria Lane in the fictional American town of Fairview in the Eagle State. It follows the lives of a group of women, seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor. They work through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their—at the surface—beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood.
The show features an ensemble cast, headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis. Brenda Strong narrates the show as the deceased Mary Alice Young, appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dreams.
Since its premiere on ABC on October 3, 2004, the show has been well received by viewers and critics alike. The show is a multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award winner. The series premiere drew 21.6 million viewers and the show's first season finale attracted over 30 million viewers. In 2007 it was reported to be the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with an audience of approximately 120 million and was also reported that the series is the third most watched TV show in a study of ratings in 20 countries. In 2010, it was the most-watched comedy series internationally, with an average viewership of 51.6 million viewers across 68 territories. It has held this position since 2006. Moreover, it was the third-highest revenue earning show for 2010, with US$2.74 million per half hour.
Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 20: I'll Swallow Poison on Sunday airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC).
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Reality TV Series on WABC (ABC)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Season 8 Episode 21 (Prewitt Brewer Family) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (EM:HE), often incorrectly referred to as Extreme Home Makeover, is a reality television series providing home renovations for less fortunate families. The show is hosted by former model, carpenter and veteran television personality Ty Pennington.
Each episode features a family that has faced some sort of recent or ongoing hardship – such as a natural disaster or a family member with a life-threatening illness. The show's producers coordinate with a local construction contractor, which then coordinates with various companies in the building trades for a makeover of the family's home. This includes interior, exterior and landscaping, which is performed in seven days while the family is on vacation (paid for by the show's producers), which is documented in the episode. If the house is beyond repair, they replace it entirely. The show's producers and crew film set and perform the makeover but do not pay for it. The materials and labor are donated. Many skilled and unskilled volunteers assist in the rapid construction of the house.
EM:HE is considered a spinoff of Extreme Makeover, an earlier series providing personal makeovers (often including plastic surgery) to selected individuals, which the Home Edition has now outlasted. This show displays extreme changes to help recreate someone's space. However, the format differs considerably; in the original Extreme Makeover, for instance, participants were not necessarily chosen based on any recent hardship, whereas the family's backstory is an important component of Home Edition. EM:HE also has similarities to other home renovation series such as Trading Spaces, on which Pennington was previously a key personality.
The series is produced by Endemol USA (the people behind Big Brother, Fear Factor, Deal or No Deal, and other reality shows) in association with Disney-ABC Television Group's Greengrass Television. The current Executive Producers are Brady Connell and George Verschoor.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Season 8 Episode 20: Dickinson Family airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC).
Food Network Challenge: Competitive Cooking TV Series
Food Network Challenge is a competitive cooking television series that currently airs on the Food Network. Each episode, professional chefs compete in a timed competition in their professional specialty. The winner receives a check for $10,000 and a gold medal.
The competitions are judged by various chefs that specialize in the task being focused on. Contestants have eight hours of time to complete a task, usually with qualifiers. For example, cake competitions often have minimum height requirement, must match a certain theme, and require the competitor and assistant be able to move the cake to a judging table without it falling over. When the time runs out the host says the show's catchphrase: "Competitors, Stop Your Work".
Episodes are shot in front of a live audience, usually at tourist attractions such as the Mall of America or Disney World. Depending on the discipline and scope of the competition, the number of competitors range from three to hundreds. Occasionally, regional competitions are held to determine the competitors each week. Some of the events are also held as world championships or as invitationals.
The winner usually receives a check for $10,000 and a gold medal. In competitions featuring five or more competitors, silver and bronze medals are also sometimes awarded, though they have no cash prize. In 2009, the show debuted its first elimination-style competition called "Last Cake Standing". In this format, 6 cake designers are competing for a prize of $50,000. Each week, one competitor is eliminated.
In April 2010, original host Keegan Gerhard was promoted to judge alongside Kerry Vincent, and was replaced as host by Claire Robinson. The way in which the results are read was also changed for most but not all shows. Where previously only the winner was called out, now the third- and fourth-place finishers are announced and asked to leave the stage before the winner is announced.
Food Network Challenge Season 13 Episode 1 (Awesome 80's Cakes) airs: Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on Food Network.
Food Network Challenge Season 13 Episode 9 (Star Wars Cakes) airs: Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on Food Network. Synopsis of the episode: Four cake artists recreate Star Wars cakes to celebrate the re-opening of Disney Resorts Star Tours ride.
Game of Thrones: American Medieval Fantasy TV Show on HBO
Game of Thrones Season 1 Episode 10 (Fire and Blood) airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on HBO. Synopsis of the episode: Robb's prowess in battle seems set to change his destiny. Catelyn confronts Jaime Lannister about Bran's near-fatal fall, Arya tries to flee the capital, and Tywin sends Tyrion on a surprising assignment. Jon Snow struggles to decide where his loyalties lie, and Daenerys tries to rebuild her life after a tragic event. Fantasy drama, starring Richard Madden and Michelle Fairley.
Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. The series is based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of seven fantasy novels; HBO's overall series' title is derived from the first novel. The series debuted in the U. S. on Sunday evening, April 17, 2011 and was picked up for a second season forty-eight hours after its premiere.
The premium cable television series closely follows the multiple story lines of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, and author Martin has stated that the show's pilot script was very faithful to his work. Set in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, where "summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime," Game of Thrones chronicles the violent dynastic struggles among the kingdom's seven noble families for control of the Iron Throne; as the series opens, additional threats from the snow and ice covered region north of Westeros and from the eastern continent across a narrow sea are simultaneously beginning to rise.
Game of Thrones Season 1 Episode 8 (The Pointy End) airs: Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on HBO.
Ruby: Reality TV Show on Style Network on Style
Ruby Season 4 Episode 10 (Ruby Faces Rosie) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 6:00am EDT on Style TV channel.
Ruby is a documentary style reality television series on the Style Network that debuted in 2008 in the United States. It follows the life of Ruby Gettinger who lives in Savannah, Georgia as she attempts to lose weight. Ruby starts the show weighing more than 477 lbs (she originally weighed over 700 lbs.) Ruby works with nutritionists, doctors, and trainers to lose weight, all the while commenting honestly and often humorously about the experience. The show also deals with the everyday life issues a morbidly obese person can face, such as the difficulty in using airplane bathrooms.
The first season featured one one-hour episode and eight half-hour episodes. The second season featured the same amount of episodes as the first season, with mostly half-hour episodes, and a few one hour episodes. The third season was the first season to feature all one-hour episodes. As of May 2, 2010, the third season featured all hour long episodes, minus the season finale, which was two hours, plus one special, Ruby: My Australian Adventure. Currently, Ruby weighs 347.6 lbs, having gained 44.6 pounds.
Ruby Season 4 Episode 9: Ghosts of Childhood airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on Style.
The Apprentice USA: American Reality TV Show
The Apprentice USA Season 11 Episode 10 (Laugh On) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel.
The Apprentice is an American reality television show hosted by real estate magnate, businessman and television personality Donald Trump, created by Mark Burnett and broadcast on NBC. Billed as "The Ultimate Job Interview", the show stars sixteen to eighteen business people competing in an elimination-style competition for a one-year, $250,000 starting contract of running one of business magnate Trump's companies. The show typically ends with Trump eliminating one of the contestants with the words, "You're Fired".
The show first aired in January 2004 and has run for eleven seasons, with the seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh seasons featuring celebrities competing for charity.
The Apprentice USA Season 11 Episode 9: Farouk Hair Show airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC).
The Real Housewives of Orange County: Reality TV Show on Bravo
The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 6 Episode 13 (Girl Fight) airs: Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Bravo.
The Real Housewives of Orange County is a reality television program on the Bravo network. It is the first installation in the The Real Housewives of... series. Created by Orange County producer and Coto de Caza ("Coto") resident Scott Dunlop, with music by Chuck Hammer, the show was initially set primarily in the gated community of Coto and followed the lavish livestyles of five "housewives" and their families who resided within Coto McMansions, with the exception of one housewife (Lauri Waring), who lives in an executive estate in Corona, California townhouse. This housewife exception-to-the-rule was used in Season 1 as a foil to the (then) extravagant lifestyle of the other four housewives, who lived "behind the Coto gates". The show is a voyeuristic look into the wealthy lives of these housewives, as they shop, get plastic surgery, gossip, fight and live lavishly. The construction-real estate crash, the beginning of which coincided almost exactly with the first season's broadcast, has since trimmed the housewives' lifestyles with job losses, evictions, mortgage defaults, foreclosures, and marital stress—all recorded in progressive seasons of the show. Some have seen the show as a parable of the economic bubble and crisis as it portrayed a lavish consumerism, with American families living beyond their means, only to find themselves in serious debt when the economy soured.
The Borgias: Canadian-Hungarian-Irish historical-fiction TV Miniseries on Showtime
The Borgias Season 1 Episode 8 (Death, on a Pale Horse) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Showtime TV channel.
The Borgias is a 2011 Canadian-Hungarian-Irish historical-fiction television miniseries created by Neil Jordan.
The series is based on the Borgia family (Borja in Valencian), an Italian dynasty of Spanish origin, and stars Jeremy Irons as Pope Alexander VI and David Oakes, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger and Aidan Alexander as Juan, Cesare, Lucrezia and Gioffre Borgia, respectively. Derek Jacobi also stars as Cardinal Orsini.
It premiered on April 3, 2011, at 9 p.m. Eastern (UTC−04:00) on Showtime in the United States and at 10 p.m. on Bravo! in Canada.
The Borgias Season 1 Episode 6: The French King airs on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Showtime.
Treme: American TV Drama Series on HBO
Treme is an American television drama series created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer. It takes its name from Tremé, a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. The series begins three months after Hurricane Katrina where the residents of New Orleans, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and ordinary New Orleanians try to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane.
The series premiered on HBO April 11, 2010, with an 80-minute pilot episode, the first of a 10 episode season. On April 13, 2010, it was announced that HBO had renewed the show for a second season.
Simon and Overmyer first worked together as writers on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street and became friends. They collaborated again on Simon's series The Wire when Overmyer joined the crew as a consulting producer and writer in 2006. Treme was put into development by HBO in 2008 shortly after the conclusion of The Wire. The show was envisioned to focus on the working class Tremé neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and will be smaller in scope than The Wire, which examined an entire city.
Overmyer lived part-time in New Orleans and Simon believed his experience would be valuable in navigating the "ornate oral tradition" of the city's stories. Simon has stated that the series would explore New Orleans culture including and beyond the music scene to encompass political corruption, the public housing controversy, the criminal-justice system, clashes between police and Mardi Gras Indians, and the struggle to regain the tourism industry after the storm. Simon also consulted with New Orleans musicians Donald Harrison Jr., Kermit Ruffins, and Davis Rogan, and local chef Susan Spicer while developing the series.
In 2008 HBO commissioned a pilot episode for the series but did not "green-light" a complete series at that time. The pilot was announced at the 2008 Television Critics Association summer press tour. Simon initially hoped to film the pilot episode of the series in 2008 and to continue filming in 2009 if the series was commissioned. The series was planned to film on location and was predicted to be a boost to the New Orleans economy.
The pilot did not actually begin filming in New Orleans until March 9, 2009. Award-winning Polish director Agnieszka Holland was hired to direct the pilot. Holland had worked with the creators previously on The Wire, directing three episodes of that series. After the pilot was written HBO commissioned another ten scripts.
Treme Season 2 Episode 6 (Feels Like Rain) airs: Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on HBO.
Treme Season 2 Episode 7 (Carnival Time) airs: Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 10:05pm EDT on HBO.
Treme Season 2 Episode 9 (What Is New Orleans? ) airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 10:15pm EDT on HBO. Synopsis of the episode: Davis is overshadowed by his protégé; Delmond is annoyed by Albert's quest for authenticity; Larry forces LaDonna to make a choice; Hidalgo finds an opportunity; Janette is transformed by her new job; Toni and King question a murder witness.
Treme Season 2 Episode 11 (Do Watcha Wanna) airs: Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on HBO. Synopsis of the episode: Treme residents get a welcome respite from a challenging year when Jazz Fest comes to New Orleans.
Unique Eats: TV Show on Cooking Channel
Unique Eats a television series looking at America's most exciting and revolutionary restaurants. Unique Eats seeks out the most amazing, innovative and extreme examples of modern dining across America. Unique Eats spotlights America's most exciting and revolutionary restaurants. It's the first look and the last word in everything extreme in food today. The locations range from high-end dining rooms.
Unique Eats Season 1 Episode 30 (Neighborhood Gems) airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Cooking Channel. Synopsis of the episode: America's best fried chicken; seafood troughs and lobster poutines; the best low country classics; weekend brunch.
Unique Eats Season 1 Episode 32: Cheap Eats) airs: Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Cooking Channel. Synopsis of the episode: A honky-tonk whiskey bar serves amazing tacos; haute hot dogs and sausages with global flavors; students flock to a delicious Cambodian sandwich shop; a quirky Venezuelan restaurant offers seventeen different arepas.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: American Cartoon Series on Cartoon Network
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season 3 Episode 4: Night of the Batmen airs on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 6:30pm EDT on Cartoon Network.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold is an American cartoon series based in part on the DC Comics “team-up” series The Brave and the Bold. Like the comic series, it features two or more super heroes coming together to solve a crime or foil a super villain, but like the original comic series (and unlike the current one), the cartoon focuses on Batman working with the different heroes. The series debuted on November 14, 2008, on Cartoon Network.
Each episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold features main character Batman teaming up with other characters from the DC Universe to thwart villains or solve crimes. Beginnings usually have a small introduction and are usually not related to the remainder of the episode, apart from the regular appearances and reappearances of a villain who will figure prominently in episodes to come. In the first season, the villain was Equinox; in the second season, the villain was the alien Starro.
The show is split into two parts: A small adventure right before the theme song, and the main adventure right after that, similar to The Batman. The show’s creator has said that if a character’s guest appearance in the teaser is deemed successful, then it may warrant exploring the character further in a future episode’s main adventure.
The show has no overarching story, instead having most episodes stand alone. The show is lighter in tone than previous Batman series, depicting the Dark Knight as more lighthearted and playful with a “dry, ironic wit.” The show even features various references to the campy 1960s Batman TV series.
Blue Bloods: American Police Procedural/Drama Series on WCBS (CBS)
Blue Bloods Season 1 Episode 21 airs on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS) TV channel.
Blue Bloods is an American police procedural/drama series on CBS, filmed on location in New York City. The show premiered on September 24, 2010, with episodes airing on Fridays at 10/9c.
The series follows the Reagan family of police officers with the New York City Police Department. Francis “Frank” Reagan (Tom Selleck) is the Police Commissioner. He’s a Vietnam veteran who served in the Marines before he joined the NYPD. He’s widowed with four grown children: Danny, Erin, Jamie, and Joseph. Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) is a top NYPD detective but is sometimes hard-nosed and does not always go by the book. He also served as a Marine in Iraq. Erin (Bridget Moynahan) is an assistant district attorney in Manhattan who prosecutes many of the criminals Danny arrests. Jamie (Will Estes) is a recent graduate of Harvard Law School and is a rookie officer on the police force after graduating from the police academy. Henry (Len Cariou) is Frank’s father and a retired police commissioner who usually provides advice to his son and grandchildren. It is believed that Frank’s son, Joe, who died in the line of duty, was involved with the FBI investigating a group of dirty cops and his death might have something to do with it. The FBI is now trying to recruit Jamie to pick up Joe’s investigation, but Jamie is still unsure if he should.
Other characters include Kelly (Andrea Roth) a reporter Frank is dating who is always trying to get the story before Frank wants the public to know about it. Danny is married to Linda (Amy Carlson) and they have two sons. Jamie was engaged to Sydney (Dylan Moore), a fellow Harvard graduate who has recently broken off their engagement. Erin is divorced and has one daughter, Nikki. Jamie’s field training officer is Sergeant Anthony Renzulli (Nicholas Turturro).
Blue Bloods Season 1 Episode 20: All That Glitters aired on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
Bubble Guppies: American Preschool Children’s TV Series on Nickelodeon
Bubble Guppies Season 1 Episode 15 airs on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 11:00am EDT on Nickelodeon TV channel.
Bubble Guppies is an American preschool children’s television series produced for Nickelodeon and created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull. The series revolves around the underwater adventures of a group of mermaid-like preschoolers. The program premiered on January 24, 2011 as part Nickelodeon’s block, The Play Date.
All the episodes generally follow the same format. The episode starts with a sketch of Molly saying “Hi its me Molly and its time for-“ only to be stopped by Gil doing the subject of the show (example: He shows Molly different colored bubbles in “The Crayon Prix!”). When Gil or Molly says “It’s time for Bubble Guppies!”, the theme song starts. After the theme song, The Little Fish say the episode’s name.
Something happens when the character goes to school (example: Avi breaks his tail in Call a Clambulance!), so he or she tells Mr. Grouper about it. He states “Let’s think about it.” and the characters and Mr. Grouper say information about the topic after this. Then the pop song for the episode (example: “I Want a Pet Today” in Bubble Puppy!) starts.
One of the Guppies will go to a shop that mostly focuses on the topic (example: A Doctor’s Office in Call a Clambulence!). The owner of the shop (played by another one of the Guppies) will asks questions about what he or she needs. Later, Mr. Grouper comes into the shop and says it’s time for lunch. At lunch the characters make a food joke about the subject of the episode (example: Molly gets pizza and a banana, Oona gets a sandwich and a cookie, and Deema gets a sandwich and an ice cream sundae in The Moon Rocks!). After lunch, another Gil and Molly sketch is shown.
The Guppies do something fun which leads Mr. Grouper talking more about the topic, which leads into a dancing song (example: “Construct With Me” in Build Me A Building!). Mr. Grouper then says it’s time to go outside and the Guppies make a story about the topic (example: A princess who wants to build a fort from a dragon to protect her graham crackers in Build Me A Building!). After this, Gil and Molly do another sketch.
The Guppies go on a field trip that focuses on the topic (example: a live marching band in Ducks in A Row!), and the show concludes with the last Gil and Molly sketch and a shorter version of the theme song.
CSI: NY: American Police Procedural TV Series on WCBS (CBS)
CSI: NY Season 7 Episode 21 airs on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS) TV channel.
CSI: NY (Crime Scene Investigation: New York) is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The series was the second indirect spin-off from the veteran series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and directly from CSI: Miami during an episode in which several of the CSI: NY characters made their first appearance. In season seven the show airs on Fridays at 9/8PM ET/PT on CBS or in the UK on Channel Five on Saturdays at 10:00pm. Repeats are usually shown on Five USA.
The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes. CSI: NY was produced in partnership with the Canadian media company Alliance Atlantis. The company dissolved after the third season in 2007 and all production is now done under the purview of CBS Paramount Television.
On May 19, 2010, CBS renewed the show for a seventh season of 22 episodes, that premiered on Friday September 24, 2010.
On December 3, 2010, CSI: NY aired its 150th episode.
CSI: NY Season 7 Episode 20: Nothing for Something airs on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
Extreme Engineering: Documentary TV Series on Science Channel
Extreme Engineering Season 9 Episode 5: London’s Olympic Aquatic Stadium airs on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Science Channel.
Extreme Engineering is a documentary television series that aired on the Discovery Channel and The Science Channel. The program features futuristic and ongoing engineering projects. As of 2007, the show aired its sixth season. The show has been hosted by Danny Forster since season 4. The show was renamed Build It Bigger in the United States but retains its name when broadcast in Europe.
Engineering the Impossible was a 2-hour special, created and written by Alan Lindgren and produced by Powderhouse Productions for the Discovery Channel. It focused on three incredible, yet physically possible, engineering projects: the nine mile (14 km)-long Gibraltar Bridge, the 170-story Millennium Tower and the 4000+-foot-long Freedom Ship. This program won the Beijing International Science Film Festival Silver Award, and earned Discovery’s second-highest, weeknight rating for 2002. After the success of this program, Discovery commissioned Powderhouse to produce the first season of the 10-part series, Extreme Engineering, whose episodes were written by Alan Lindgren, Ed Fields and several other Powderhouse writer-producers. Like Engineering the Impossible, the first season of Extreme Engineering focused on extreme projects of the future. Season 2 (and all seasons since) featured projects already in construction around the world.
Extreme Engineering is a documentary television series that aired on the Discovery Channel and The Science Channel. The program features futuristic and ongoing engineering projects. As of 2007, the show aired its sixth season. The show has been hosted by Danny Forster since season 4. The show was renamed Build It Bigger in the United States but retains its name when broadcast in Europe.
Engineering the Impossible was a 2-hour special, created and written by Alan Lindgren and produced by Powderhouse Productions for the Discovery Channel. It focused on three incredible, yet physically possible, engineering projects: the nine mile (14 km)-long Gibraltar Bridge, the 170-story Millennium Tower and the 4000+-foot-long Freedom Ship. This program won the Beijing International Science Film Festival Silver Award, and earned Discovery’s second-highest, weeknight rating for 2002. After the success of this program, Discovery commissioned Powderhouse to produce the first season of the 10-part series, Extreme Engineering, whose episodes were written by Alan Lindgren, Ed Fields and several other Powderhouse writer-producers. Like Engineering the Impossible, the first season of Extreme Engineering focused on extreme projects of the future. Season 2 (and all seasons since) featured projects already in construction around the world.
Fringe: American Science Fiction TV Series on WNYW (FOX) TV
Fringe Season 3 Episode 22 airs on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX) TV channel.
Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation “Fringe Division” team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security. The team uses unorthodox “fringe” science and FBI investigative techniques to investigate a series of unexplained, often ghastly occurrences, which are related to mysteries surrounding a parallel universe. The show has been described as a hybrid of The X-Files, Altered States, The Twilight Zone and Dark Angel.
The series premiered in North America on September 9, 2008, on the Fox network. The show currently airs Fridays at 9pm EST and has been renewed for a fourth season during the 2011–2012 television season.
Fringe follows the casework of the Fringe Division, a Joint Federal Task Force supported primarily by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which includes Agent Olivia Dunham; Dr. Walter Bishop, the archetypal mad scientist; and Peter Bishop, Walter’s estranged son and jack-of-all-trades. They are supported by Phillip Broyles, the force’s director, and Agent Astrid Farnsworth, who assists Walter in laboratory research. The Fringe Division investigates cases relating to fringe science, ranging from transhumanist experiments gone wrong to the prospect of a destructive technological singularity to a possible collision of two parallel universes. The Fringe Division’s work often intersects with advanced biotechnology developed by a company called Massive Dynamic, founded by Walter’s former partner, Dr. William Bell and run by their common friend, Nina Sharp. The team is also watched silently by a group of bald, pale men who call themselves “Observers”.
Season 1 introduces the Fringe Division as they investigate cases that form “the Pattern”, many orchestrated by an international network of rogue scientists, known as ZFT (Zerstörung durch Fortschritte der Technologie, or in English, Destruction through advances in technology), who are preparing for a doomsday event. Olivia comes to learn she was a child test subject for Walter years ago for a nootropic drug, Cortexiphan, giving her weak psionic abilities. Walter also struggles with adjusting to normal life in Peter’s care after living several years in a mental institution, and hides a secret about Peter’s past from him.
In Season 2, the occurrences are found to be in conjunction with activities of a parallel universe, which is plagued by singularities occurring at weakened points of their world. The Fringe team deals with more cases that are leading to a “great storm” as the parallel universe appears to be at war with the prime one. Walter is forced to tell Peter that he is from the parallel universe, a replacement for his own Peter that died from a genetic disease, and that it is his prior experiments that caused the singularities in the parallel universe.
Season 3 presents episodes that alternate between the two universes. “Walternate”, Walter’s doppelgänger in the parallel universe, has set events in motion to assemble a doomsday device that reacts only to Peter’s biology, sending his Olivia, “Fauxlivia”, into the prime universe in Olivia’s place, get close to Peter, and guide them to find the doomsday device’s prime universe counterpart. Olivia, trapped in the parallel universe, is subjected to experimentation by Walternate to explore her Cortexiphan-induced abilities. She is able to escape to her own universe using her psionic abilities and expose Fauxlivia to Peter. Fauxlivia is extracted to the parallel universe, having withdrawn a critical component of the doomsday device, and, through accelerated development, gives birth to Peter’s child. In the prime universe, Olivia and Peter resolve their relation due to Fauxlivia’s involvement, while evidence of weak points in the fabric of reality start to develop.
Fringe Season 3 Episode 21: The Last Sam Weiss airs on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX) TV.
Generator Rex: American Animated TV Series on Cartoon Network
Generator Rex Season 1 Episode 34: Written in Sand airs on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on Cartoon Network.
Generator Rex is an American animated television series for Cartoon Network and is created by “Man of Action” (a group consisting of Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle). John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios serves as supervising director. It is based on the comic M. Rex, published by Image Comics in 1999. It first aired in the United States on March 4, 2010, on Cartoon Network.
The series first aired on Cartoon Network in Asia, not including Korea, on January 9, 2011 and on Cartoon Network in India on January 16, 2011. The series was announced to premiere on Teletoon in Canada on the same date as its debut in Asia, but was preempted by episodes of Planet Sketch, and delayed until January 16, 2011. The Russian premiere was on February 18, 2011.
Five years prior to the series, a massive explosion released high concentrations of nanites into the atmosphere, infecting almost every living thing on Earth. These nanites may randomly activate inside their hosts, mutating the subject into a monster known as an E.V.O. (or “Exponentially Variegated Organism”) - usually a mindless creature that attacks everything around it, though some E.V.O.s retain human-level intelligence. To combat the E.V.O. threat, an international organization known as Providence is created.
Rex is an amnesiac teenager who is not only infected with nanites like everyone else, but is an E.V.O. Unlike most E.V.O.s, however, he is not deformed in any way; unlike all other E.V.O.s, he is able to control his nanites, allowing him to manifest a variety of powers and even cure others of their mutations. Working for Providence under Agent Six, Rex uses his unique abilities to help stop E.V.O.s as they appear. Working against Providence is Van Kleiss, a sinister E.V.O. with connections not only to the Event which released the nanites, but to Rex himself.
Generator Rex is an American animated television series for Cartoon Network and is created by “Man of Action” (a group consisting of Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle). John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios serves as supervising director. It is based on the comic M. Rex, published by Image Comics in 1999. It first aired in the United States on March 4, 2010, on Cartoon Network.
The series first aired on Cartoon Network in Asia, not including Korea, on January 9, 2011 and on Cartoon Network in India on January 16, 2011. The series was announced to premiere on Teletoon in Canada on the same date as its debut in Asia, but was preempted by episodes of Planet Sketch, and delayed until January 16, 2011. The Russian premiere was on February 18, 2011.
Five years prior to the series, a massive explosion released high concentrations of nanites into the atmosphere, infecting almost every living thing on Earth. These nanites may randomly activate inside their hosts, mutating the subject into a monster known as an E.V.O. (or “Exponentially Variegated Organism”) - usually a mindless creature that attacks everything around it, though some E.V.O.s retain human-level intelligence. To combat the E.V.O. threat, an international organization known as Providence is created.
Rex is an amnesiac teenager who is not only infected with nanites like everyone else, but is an E.V.O. Unlike most E.V.O.s, however, he is not deformed in any way; unlike all other E.V.O.s, he is able to control his nanites, allowing him to manifest a variety of powers and even cure others of their mutations. Working for Providence under Agent Six, Rex uses his unique abilities to help stop E.V.O.s as they appear. Working against Providence is Van Kleiss, a sinister E.V.O. with connections not only to the Event which released the nanites, but to Rex himself.
Ghost Adventures: American Paranormal TV Series
Ghost Adventures Season 4 Episode 24: Hales Bar Marina & Dam airs on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on The Travel Channel.
Ghost Adventures is a weekly American paranormal television series that premiered on October 17, 2008 on the Travel Channel. Currently produced by MY-Tupelo Entertainment (a merger of MY Entertainment and Tupelo-Honey Productions), the program follows and stars ghost hunters Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin, as they investigate locations that are reported to be haunted. Hosted and narrated by Bagans, the show initially airs new episodes on Fridays at 9 p.m. Eastern Time on the Travel Channel. The tagline of the series is: “Can you handle the lockdown?”
Self-considered “raw” and “extreme,” the program originally began as an independent documentary television film, which was filmed by the crew in 2004 and produced by 4Reel Productions in 2006. The Sci-Fi Channel first presented 4Reel’s Ghost Adventures on July 25, 2007. The documentary centers on the trio’s investigation of alleged paranormal activity in and around Virginia City, Nevada, which the crew returned to on the third season of the series,[2] and in Goldfield, Nevada in which the crew returned to in order to finish their lockdown at the Goldfield Hotel.
Ghost Adventures is a weekly American paranormal television series that premiered on October 17, 2008 on the Travel Channel. Currently produced by MY-Tupelo Entertainment (a merger of MY Entertainment and Tupelo-Honey Productions), the program follows and stars ghost hunters Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin, as they investigate locations that are reported to be haunted. Hosted and narrated by Bagans, the show initially airs new episodes on Fridays at 9 p.m. Eastern Time on the Travel Channel. The tagline of the series is: “Can you handle the lockdown?”
Self-considered “raw” and “extreme,” the program originally began as an independent documentary television film, which was filmed by the crew in 2004 and produced by 4Reel Productions in 2006. The Sci-Fi Channel first presented 4Reel’s Ghost Adventures on July 25, 2007. The documentary centers on the trio’s investigation of alleged paranormal activity in and around Virginia City, Nevada, which the crew returned to on the third season of the series,[2] and in Goldfield, Nevada in which the crew returned to in order to finish their lockdown at the Goldfield Hotel.
Sanctuary: Canadian Science Fiction-Fantasy TV Series on Syfy
Sanctuary Season 3 Episode 20 (Exodus) airs: Monday, June 20, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Syfy. Synopsis of the episode: The Sanctuary team swings into action when a group of Abnormals surface and the military threatens action.
Sanctuary is a Canadian science fiction-fantasy television series, created by Damian Kindler. The show is an expansion of an eight-webisode series that was released at no cost through the Internet in early 2007. Seeing the success of the web series, Syfy decided to pick up the series for a more traditional television-based 13-episode season. A second season of 13 episodes aired in 2009–2010, and Sanctuary was renewed for a third season of 20 episodes on December 12, 2009.
The show centers on Dr. Helen Magnus, a 158-year-old English scientist, and her team of experts who run the Sanctuary, an organization that seeks out extraordinarily-powered creatures and people, known as Abnormals, and tries to help and learn from them, while also having to contain the more dangerous ones.
The series premiered on October 3, 2008, in both Canada and the United States, and on October 6 in the United Kingdom. The premiere drew in more than 3 million viewers making it the highest rated original series premiere for Syfy since Eureka debuted in July 2006. The premiere two-parter, “Sanctuary for All”, was a combination and rewriting of the first four webisodes and was followed by “Fata Morgana”, based on webisodes five through eight. Amanda Tapping, with all of the original cast from the web series, made the transition to the television series. The second season premiered on Friday, October 9, 2009, in the 10 pm timeslot. In Australia the program debuted on Pay Television’s Sci Fi and on free-to-air channel, ABC2, where season one started on 1 March 2010 each Monday at 9:30pm. Season two commenced on 12 July 2010 in the same timeslot.
Season 3 premiered Friday, October 15, 2010, on Syfy in its original 10pm timeslot. In January 2011, Sanctuary was renewed for a fourth season.
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Smallville: American TV Series on WPIX (CW)
Smallville Season 10 Episode 20 airs on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WPIX (CW) TV channel.
Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The television series was initially broadcast by The WB, premiering on October 16, 2001. After its fifth season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which is the current broadcaster for the show in the United States. The longest-running comic book based series in television history, Smallville began its tenth and final season in September 2010. The series follows the adventures of Clark Kent (Tom Welling), who resides in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. The first four seasons focused on Clark and his friends' high school years. Since season five, the show has ventured into more adult settings, eventually focusing on his career at the Daily Planet, as well as introducing other DC comic book superheroes and villains.
The concept for Smallville was derived after a potential series chronicling a young Bruce Wayne's journey toward becoming Batman failed to generate interest. After meeting with the president of Warner Bros. Television, Gough and Millar pitched their "no tights, no flights" rule, which would break Superman down to the bare essentials and look at the events that led Clark Kent to become Superman. After seven seasons with the show, series developers Gough and Millar departed without providing a specific reason. Smallville is predominantly filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia with some of the local businesses and buildings substituting for Smallville locations. The music for the first six seasons is primarily composed by Mark Snow, who incorporates elements of John Williams's musical score from the original Superman film series. In season seven, Louis Febre—who had worked with Snow from the beginning—took over as primary composer. The song played under the opening titles is "Save Me" by Remy Zero; several episodes also contain songs written and performed by other bands.
The series received generally positive reception when it began broadcasting. Former Superman star Christopher Reeve voiced his approval of the series, and the pilot episode broke the record for highest rated debut for The WB, with 8.4 million viewers. With nine seasons completed, Smallville has averaged approximately 4.47 million viewers per episode, with season two averaging the highest ratings at 6.3 million. Since its first season, the series has earned distinctions ranging from Emmy Awards to Teen Choice Awards. In other media, the show has spawned a series of young-adult novels, a DC Comics bi-monthly comic book and soundtrack releases, as well as Smallville-related merchandise. Currently, nine seasons of Smallville are available on DVD in regions 1, 2, and 4.
On May 19, 2010, it was announced that Smallville would end its run after the tenth season, which premiered on September 24, 2010.
Smallville Season 10 Episode 19: Dominion airs on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WPIX (CW).
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: American 3D CGI Animated TV Series
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 3 Episode 22: Wookiee Hunt airs on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 8:30pm EDT on Cartoon Network.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and CGCG Inc. The series debuted on the US-version of Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008. It is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy, during the same time period as the previous 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars series (The three-year time period between the films Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith). The show itself takes place from 22 BBY to 19 BBY. Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes, to fill a half-hour time slot. Star Wars creator George Lucas says "there will be at least 100 episodes produced". Dave Filoni is the supervising director of the series. Genndy Tartakovsky, director of the first Clone Wars series, is not involved with the production, but character designer Kilian Plunkett referred to the character designs from the 2D series when designing the characters for the 3D series. There is also an online comic, depicting story-snippets between the single episodes and other, as well. Since its release, the series has received praise worldwide.
The first trailer for the series was released on the official Star Wars website on May 8, 2007. The series was launched with an animated feature film, which was released in theaters on August 15, 2008. It is one of only eight series (along with Adventure Time, Stoked, Total Drama, Regular Show, Robotomy, MAD and 6teen) to be broadcast on the main Cartoon Network (i.e., outside of Toonami or Adult Swim) with a TV-PG rating. Season 2 ended on April 30, 2010. Season 3 premiered on September 17, 2010, with the complete second season releasing on Blu-ray Disc and DVD October 26, 2010.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and CGCG Inc. The series debuted on the US-version of Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008. It is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy, during the same time period as the previous 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars series (The three-year time period between the films Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith). The show itself takes place from 22 BBY to 19 BBY. Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes, to fill a half-hour time slot. Star Wars creator George Lucas says "there will be at least 100 episodes produced". Dave Filoni is the supervising director of the series. Genndy Tartakovsky, director of the first Clone Wars series, is not involved with the production, but character designer Kilian Plunkett referred to the character designs from the 2D series when designing the characters for the 3D series. There is also an online comic, depicting story-snippets between the single episodes and other, as well. Since its release, the series has received praise worldwide.
The first trailer for the series was released on the official Star Wars website on May 8, 2007. The series was launched with an animated feature film, which was released in theaters on August 15, 2008. It is one of only eight series (along with Adventure Time, Stoked, Total Drama, Regular Show, Robotomy, MAD and 6teen) to be broadcast on the main Cartoon Network (i.e., outside of Toonami or Adult Swim) with a TV-PG rating. Season 2 ended on April 30, 2010. Season 3 premiered on September 17, 2010, with the complete second season releasing on Blu-ray Disc and DVD October 26, 2010.
Supernatural: American Supernatural, Horror TV Series on WPIX (CW)
Supernatural Season 6 Episode 22 (The Man Who Knew Too Much) airs: Friday, May 20, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WPIX (CW).
Supernatural Season 6 Episode 21 (Let It Bleed) airs: Friday, May 20, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WPIX (CW).
Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW’s lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they hunt demons and other figures of the supernatural. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Television, in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision. The current executive producers are Eric Kripke, McG, and Robert Singer; former executive producer Kim Manners died of lung cancer during production of the fourth season.
The series, which is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, was in development for nearly ten years, as creator Kripke spent several years unsuccessfully pitching it as a series. The pilot was viewed by an estimated 5.69 million viewers, and the ratings of the first four episodes prompted The WB to pick up the series for a full season of 22 episodes. Originally, Kripke planned the series for three seasons, but later expanded it to five. The fifth season began airing on September 10, 2009, and concluded the series’ main storyline; however, The CW officially renewed the show for a sixth season on February 16, 2010. Eric Kripke confirmed that he would not return as showrunner; however, he would stay on as a hands-on executive producer. Sera Gamble, replacing Kripke as showrunner, has stated that the sixth season will focus on the brothers’ relationship and the secrets they discover.
Supernatural Season 6 Episode 19: Mommy Dearest airs on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WPIX (CW).
Supernatural Season 6 Episode 20 airs: Friday, May 6, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WPIX (CW) TV channel.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show: American TV Talk Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Season 8 Episode 168 airs: Monday, May 30, 2011 at 4:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC).
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show was taped in Studio 11 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California. After NBC sold its Burbank facility, the show moved to Stage 2 on the nearby Warner Bros. lot. Since the beginning of the sixth season, Ellen has broadcast in high definition. It is scheduled to remain on air through at least the 2013–2014 television season. The show has won 12 Daytime Emmy Awards.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Season 8 Episode 149 aired on Monday, 02 May 2011 at 4:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Season 8 Episode 154 airs on Monday, 9 May 2011 at 4:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel.
The Whitest Kids U Know: American Sketch Comedy Troupe, TV show
The Whitest Kids U Know Season 5 Episode 10 airs: Friday, June 17, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on Independent Film Channel. Synopsis of the episode: Mom phone; it was pretty good; sophomores.
The Whitest Kids U’ Know is an American sketch comedy troupe and television program of the same name. The group consists of Trevor Moore, Sam Brown, Zach Cregger, Timmy Williams and Darren Trumeter, though other actors occasionally appear in their sketches. They were accepted into the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in 2006 and won the award for Best Sketch Group.
In the late spring of 2010, the troupe went on a cross country tour to promote the fourth season of the show, which premiered on June 11, 2010 on IFC. The fifth and final season finished filming on July 28th, 2010 and is scheduled to premiere on April 15th, 2011.
The Whitest Kids began in 2000 when Trevor Moore, a young comedian from Charlottesville, Virginia, transferred to New York’s School of Visual Arts film program. Moore previously produced a local TV sketch-comedy show back in Virginia titled The Trevor Moore Show, but it was later canceled due to offensive content. Moore decided to start a comedy troupe with the eventual goal of replicating his earlier success on a national level.
After making the rounds at local New York City comedy clubs, he eventually met fellow SVA film student Sam Brown from Massachusetts and SVA Graphic Design student/actor Zach Cregger, also from Virginia. By chance, all three lived in the same dormitory. According to an IFC interview, Trevor Moore says that the group’s name originated during a freestyle rapping session on a subway, when one of their friends said, “You guys are the whitest kids I know.”
The troupe started off as an officially sanctioned club at School of Visual Arts, which meant they had to accept, more or less, any SVA student that wanted to join. During the early years WKUK included Jon Kovel, Oliver Lyons, Anthony Mair, and Tina Tiongson. Timmy Williams also joined in late 2001 and was the only member at the time who did not attend SVA. Unofficially, however, the core trio of Moore, Brown, and Cregger tried to keep the group as lean as possible. At its peak, the group had ten members, but a large percentage of the sketches were written by one of these three. In the audio commentary for the first season of the show, though, Trevor Moore mentions the existence of 12 members in the troupe at one point prior to initial negotiations with various cable channels (Sundance being the first) to air the program.
The Whitest Kids U’ Know held near-monthly free shows at SVA’s amphitheater, which would frequently fill to capacity. Finally, in 2003, as Moore approached graduation, the group separated officially from the school, and all but Moore, Brown, Cregger and Williams left the troupe. Darren Trumeter, an actor and filmmaker who had worked previously with Cregger, was then added that same year.
Starting in 2003, the reinvented troupe started touring the various comedy venues in New York City, concluding in early 2005 with a well-attended show at Caroline’s, a famous stand-up comedy club in Times Square.
The Whitest Kids U Know Season 5 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3 airs on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on Independent Film Channel.
The Whitest Kids U Know Season 5 Episode 4 airs: Friday, May 6, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on Independent Film Channel.
Victorious: American Television Sitcom
Victorious (stylized as VICTORiOUS) is an American television sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around aspiring singer Tori Vega, portrayed by Victoria Justice, who attends a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts, while getting into wacky screwball situations on a daily basis. The series premiered on March 27, 2010.
24 Hour Restaurant Battle: Food Network Reality Cooking TV Series
24 Hour Restaurant Battle Season 2 Episode 8 (Firehouse Cooks) airs: Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network. Synopsis of the episode: Two brothers that own a steak and seafood restaurant vs twin brothers who serve comfort foods with a touch of class.
24 Hour Restaurant Battle is a Food Network reality-based cooking television series hosted by Scott Conant.
In each episode, two teams of two or three people compete. Each team must turn a blank space into a restaurant in 24 hours. The teams are responsible for a concept, decor, and food. Each team's menu must include at least one Appetizer, Entrée and Dessert, but there is no maximum limit for any course as long as it fits within their budget. Both teams get a $4,000 budget for food and decor. Each team also gets painters to color the walls, one sous chef to help assist the cooking, and waiters to seat people at tables and deliver food. After 24 hours, the restaurant's doors are open to diners who get to choose the restaurant they would like to attend based on the menu and decor. Four judges eat at both restaurants and determine a winner based on the "concept, execution and viability" of the restaurant. The winning team gets $10,000 to invest into creating their own restaurant.
The judges change each episode (except for Scott Conant), though they are from a selection of 9 restaurateurs and critics: Karine Bakhoum, Alison Brod, Jason Denton, Gabriella Gershenson, Ben Leventhal, Drew Nieporent, Marcus Samuelsson, Steve Schussler, and Geoffrey Zakarian.
24 Hour Restaurant Battle Season 1 Episode 11: Traditions Battle airs: at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network TV on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
24 Hour Restaurant Battle Season 2 Episode 5 (Deli Battle) airs: Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network.
24 Hour Restaurant Battle Season 2 Episode 6 (Themed Restaurant Battle) airs: Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network.
30 Rock: American Television Comedy Series on WNBC (NBC)
30 Rock Season 5 Episode 22: Everything Sunny All the Time Always airs at 10:30pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live. 30 Rock takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the GE Building where NBC Studios is located, 30 Rockefeller Plaza. This series is produced by Broadway Video and Little Stranger, Inc., in association with NBCUniversal.
30 Rock is produced in a single camera setup, and is primarily filmed at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens, New York, with some scenes filmed on location at Rockefeller Center. The pilot episode premiered on October 11, 2006 and four full seasons have aired since, with the fifth currently underway. The series has an ensemble cast that currently consists of 13 regular cast members, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Alec Baldwin, Katrina Bowden, Keith Powell, John Lutz, Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman and Maulik Pancholy.
30 Rock has been a critical success, winning several major awards (including Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2007, 2008, and 2009), and achieving the top ranking on myriad critics' year-end best of 2006 and 2007 lists. On July 14, 2009, the series was nominated for 22 Emmy Awards, the most in a single year for a comedy series. Despite these accolades, the series averaged a low 5.8 million viewers in the United States during its first season, according to the Nielsen ratings system, and ranked 102 out of 142 television series. On November 15, 2010 NBC renewed 30 Rock for a sixth season.
30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live. 30 Rock takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the GE Building where NBC Studios is located, 30 Rockefeller Plaza. This series is produced by Broadway Video and Little Stranger, Inc., in association with NBCUniversal.
30 Rock is produced in a single camera setup, and is primarily filmed at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens, New York, with some scenes filmed on location at Rockefeller Center. The pilot episode premiered on October 11, 2006 and four full seasons have aired since, with the fifth currently underway. The series has an ensemble cast that currently consists of 13 regular cast members, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Alec Baldwin, Katrina Bowden, Keith Powell, John Lutz, Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman and Maulik Pancholy.
30 Rock has been a critical success, winning several major awards (including Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2007, 2008, and 2009), and achieving the top ranking on myriad critics' year-end best of 2006 and 2007 lists. On July 14, 2009, the series was nominated for 22 Emmy Awards, the most in a single year for a comedy series. Despite these accolades, the series averaged a low 5.8 million viewers in the United States during its first season, according to the Nielsen ratings system, and ranked 102 out of 142 television series. On November 15, 2010 NBC renewed 30 Rock for a sixth season.
American Idol: Reality Television Singing Competition on WNYW (FOX)
American Idol Season 10 Episode 32: Results Six-Five airs at 8:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX) TV on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
American Idol (also known as American Idol: The Search for a Superstar) is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, which began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it is a spin-off from the UK show Pop Idol. The concept of the series is to find new solo recording artists, and has since become one of the most popular in the history of American television. As of January 2011, it is the most-watched TV series in the Nielsen ratings and is the only program to have been number one for six consecutive seasons, surpassing All in the Family and The Cosby Show, which were both number one for five consecutive seasons.
The program aims to discover the best singer in the country where the winner is determined by the viewers. Through telephone, Internet, and AT&T SMS text voting, viewers have chosen as winners Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, and Lee DeWyze (listed in chronological order).
The series employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original three judges were Grammy Award-winning record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, Grammy Award-winning pop singer and Emmy Award-winning choreographer Paula Abdul and award-winning music executive and music manager Simon Cowell. Since January 2011, the judging panel currently consists of Jackson, award-winning singer/actress and record producer Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Steven Tyler. For all seasons the show has been hosted by radio disc jockey Ryan Seacrest.
The show was described by rival TV executives as "the most impactful show in the history of television." It has also become a recognized springboard for launching the career of many artists as bona fide stars. As Entertainment Weekly puts it, "It's given us Kelly, Carrie, Daughtry, and J. Hud. Idol rules the reality roost because the winners of Fox's ratings juggernaut actually do go on to greatness. And Taylor Hicks? He's the exception that proves the rule."
American Idol (also known as American Idol: The Search for a Superstar) is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, which began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it is a spin-off from the UK show Pop Idol. The concept of the series is to find new solo recording artists, and has since become one of the most popular in the history of American television. As of January 2011, it is the most-watched TV series in the Nielsen ratings and is the only program to have been number one for six consecutive seasons, surpassing All in the Family and The Cosby Show, which were both number one for five consecutive seasons.
The program aims to discover the best singer in the country where the winner is determined by the viewers. Through telephone, Internet, and AT&T SMS text voting, viewers have chosen as winners Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, and Lee DeWyze (listed in chronological order).
The series employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original three judges were Grammy Award-winning record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, Grammy Award-winning pop singer and Emmy Award-winning choreographer Paula Abdul and award-winning music executive and music manager Simon Cowell. Since January 2011, the judging panel currently consists of Jackson, award-winning singer/actress and record producer Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Steven Tyler. For all seasons the show has been hosted by radio disc jockey Ryan Seacrest.
The show was described by rival TV executives as "the most impactful show in the history of television." It has also become a recognized springboard for launching the career of many artists as bona fide stars. As Entertainment Weekly puts it, "It's given us Kelly, Carrie, Daughtry, and J. Hud. Idol rules the reality roost because the winners of Fox's ratings juggernaut actually do go on to greatness. And Taylor Hicks? He's the exception that proves the rule."
Archer: American Animated TV Series
Archer is an American animated television series created by Adam Reed for the FX network. A preview of the series aired on September 17, 2009. The first season premiered on January 14, 2010. The show carries a TV-MA-LSV rating.
Inspiration behind Archer came to Reed while in a cafe in Salamanca, Spain. Finding himself unable to approach a beautiful woman seated nearby, Reed conjured up the idea of a spy who "would have a perfect line". Reed conceived the show's concept while walking along the Via de la Plata in 2008. He pitched his idea to the FX Network, which accepted it and ordered six episodes, along with an additional four scripts. The show ended its first season on March 18, 2010, and the second season premiered on January 27, 2011. The season 1 DVD was released in Region 1 on December 28, 2010. On December 17, 2010 the first season of Archer also aired in Germany on Comedy Central Germany. On March 29, 2011 it was announced that FX Network had ordered a 16-episode third season of Archer.
Bones: American Crime Drama TV Series on WNYW (FOX)
Bones Season 6 Episode 20: The Pinocchio in the Planter airs at 9:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX) on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) to the forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel). The rest of the cast includes Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Eric Millegan, Tamara Taylor, and John Francis Daley.
Created by Hart Hanson, the series is very loosely based on the life of author and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, who also produces the show. Its title character, Temperance Brennan, is named after the protagonist of Reichs' crime novel series. Conversely, Dr. Brennan writes successful mystery novels based around a fictional (in the Bones universe) forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs. Bones is a joint production by Josephson Entertainment, Far Field Productions and 20th Century Fox Television.
The series was renewed for a sixth season, which premiered September 23, 2010.
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) to the forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel). The rest of the cast includes Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Eric Millegan, Tamara Taylor, and John Francis Daley.
Created by Hart Hanson, the series is very loosely based on the life of author and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, who also produces the show. Its title character, Temperance Brennan, is named after the protagonist of Reichs' crime novel series. Conversely, Dr. Brennan writes successful mystery novels based around a fictional (in the Bones universe) forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs. Bones is a joint production by Josephson Entertainment, Far Field Productions and 20th Century Fox Television.
The series was renewed for a sixth season, which premiered September 23, 2010.
Community: American TV Comedy Series on WNBC (NBC)
Community Season 2 Episode 22: Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts airs at 8:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
Community is an American television comedy series created by Dan Harmon that airs on NBC. The series is about a group of students at a community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado. The series heavily uses meta-humor and pop culture references, often parodying film and television clichés and tropes. The series premiered Thursday, September 17, 2009, and airs in the 8:00 pm ET time slot. It previously aired in the 9:30 pm ET time slot, beginning with its premiere, but later relocated with its fourth episode. On March 5, 2010, Community was renewed for a second season and premiered on September 23, 2010. On March 17, 2011, NBC renewed Community for a third season.
Community centers on Jeff Winger (Joel McHale), a disbarred lawyer going to school for the first time after his bachelor's degree is revealed as fabricated. The series focuses on the experiences of Jeff and the study group he accidentally forms while pursuing Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs), a student trying to get her life back on track. The other members of Jeff's study group include Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase), a millionaire on a late in life voyage of self discovery; Annie Edison (Alison Brie), a young straight-laced student; Troy Barnes (Donald Glover), a former high school star quarterback; Shirley Bennett (Yvette Nicole Brown), a single mother going to school to jumpstart her brownie business; and Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi), a pop-culture obsessed film student. Former Spanish teacher, now student Ben Chang (Ken Jeong) eventually is accepted into the study group.
Community is an American television comedy series created by Dan Harmon that airs on NBC. The series is about a group of students at a community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado. The series heavily uses meta-humor and pop culture references, often parodying film and television clichés and tropes. The series premiered Thursday, September 17, 2009, and airs in the 8:00 pm ET time slot. It previously aired in the 9:30 pm ET time slot, beginning with its premiere, but later relocated with its fourth episode. On March 5, 2010, Community was renewed for a second season and premiered on September 23, 2010. On March 17, 2011, NBC renewed Community for a third season.
Community centers on Jeff Winger (Joel McHale), a disbarred lawyer going to school for the first time after his bachelor's degree is revealed as fabricated. The series focuses on the experiences of Jeff and the study group he accidentally forms while pursuing Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs), a student trying to get her life back on track. The other members of Jeff's study group include Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase), a millionaire on a late in life voyage of self discovery; Annie Edison (Alison Brie), a young straight-laced student; Troy Barnes (Donald Glover), a former high school star quarterback; Shirley Bennett (Yvette Nicole Brown), a single mother going to school to jumpstart her brownie business; and Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi), a pop-culture obsessed film student. Former Spanish teacher, now student Ben Chang (Ken Jeong) eventually is accepted into the study group.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Crime Drama TV Series on WCBS (CBS)
CSI Season 11 Episode 20: Father of the Bride airs at 9:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS) TV on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as CSI: Las Vegas) is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It is filmed primarily at Universal Studios in Universal City, California.
The series follows Las Vegas criminalists as they use physical evidence to solve grisly murders in this unusually graphic drama, which has inspired a host of other cop-show "procedurals". An immediate ratings smash for CBS, the series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter and popular characters. The network quickly capitalized on its hit with spin-offs CSI: Miami and CSI: NY.
CSI has been recognized as the most popular dramatic series internationally by the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo, which has awarded it the "International Television Audience Award (Best Television Drama Series)" three times. CSI's worldwide audience was estimated to be over 73.8 million viewers in 2009. Anthony E. Zuiker has stated that there will be more seasons to come in the future.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as CSI: Las Vegas) is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It is filmed primarily at Universal Studios in Universal City, California.
The series follows Las Vegas criminalists as they use physical evidence to solve grisly murders in this unusually graphic drama, which has inspired a host of other cop-show "procedurals". An immediate ratings smash for CBS, the series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter and popular characters. The network quickly capitalized on its hit with spin-offs CSI: Miami and CSI: NY.
CSI has been recognized as the most popular dramatic series internationally by the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo, which has awarded it the "International Television Audience Award (Best Television Drama Series)" three times. CSI's worldwide audience was estimated to be over 73.8 million viewers in 2009. Anthony E. Zuiker has stated that there will be more seasons to come in the future.
Grey's Anatomy: American Medical Drama TV Series on WABC (ABC)
Grey’s Anatomy Season 7 Episode 19: It's a Long Way Back airs at 9:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on September 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, six seasons have aired, with the seventh currently airing. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital in Seattle, Washington, as they struggle to complete their medical training and maintain personal lives. Despite being set in Seattle, the show is primarily filmed in Los Angeles.
A spin-off show, titled Private Practice revolving around character Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) began airing on September 27, 2007, and is currently in its fourth season. As of now, four soundtrack discs have been released, as well as a video game based on the show. So far, all seasons to date have been released on DVD, with seasons four, five, and six available on Blu-Ray. On May 17, 2010 a Colombian version of the show, titled A Corazón Abierto began airing on RCN TV in Colombia and on Telemundo in the United States.
2 webisodes series have also been made, "Seattle Grace: On Call" (Nov 2009-Jan 2010) and "Seattle Grace: Message of Hope" (Oct-Nov 2010), each with 6 parts.
The show has attained commercial success and critical acclaim. Initially airing as a midseason replacement for the legal drama Boston Legal, it gained high viewership, with the first episode watched by 16.25 million viewers, and the first season finale attracting 22.22 million viewers. The second and third season received even higher ratings, with average viewership of around 19 million,. The series, especially during the second and third season, has received a number of awards, among which are the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama in 2006, two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series in 2006 and 2007, and numerous other awards and nominations for acting, writing and directing. So far, the show has received three Emmy awards.
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on September 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, six seasons have aired, with the seventh currently airing. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital in Seattle, Washington, as they struggle to complete their medical training and maintain personal lives. Despite being set in Seattle, the show is primarily filmed in Los Angeles.
A spin-off show, titled Private Practice revolving around character Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) began airing on September 27, 2007, and is currently in its fourth season. As of now, four soundtrack discs have been released, as well as a video game based on the show. So far, all seasons to date have been released on DVD, with seasons four, five, and six available on Blu-Ray. On May 17, 2010 a Colombian version of the show, titled A Corazón Abierto began airing on RCN TV in Colombia and on Telemundo in the United States.
2 webisodes series have also been made, "Seattle Grace: On Call" (Nov 2009-Jan 2010) and "Seattle Grace: Message of Hope" (Oct-Nov 2010), each with 6 parts.
The show has attained commercial success and critical acclaim. Initially airing as a midseason replacement for the legal drama Boston Legal, it gained high viewership, with the first episode watched by 16.25 million viewers, and the first season finale attracting 22.22 million viewers. The second and third season received even higher ratings, with average viewership of around 19 million,. The series, especially during the second and third season, has received a number of awards, among which are the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama in 2006, two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series in 2006 and 2007, and numerous other awards and nominations for acting, writing and directing. So far, the show has received three Emmy awards.
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