The Bachelorette: Competitive Reality Dating Game Show on WABC (ABC)
The Bachelorette Season 7 Episode 5 airs: Monday, June 20, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC). Synopsis of the episode: Ashley and her suitors travel to Chiang Mai, Thailand; the bachelor on the one-on-one date has trouble opening up; Ashley and two men raft down a river; eight bachelors train in Muay Thai boxing.
The Bachelorette is a spin-off of the American competitive reality dating game show, The Bachelor. In its January 2003 debut on ABC, the first season featured Trista Rehn, the runner-up date from the first season of The Bachelor, offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors. The 2004 season of The Bachelorette again took a runner-up from the previous season of The Bachelor. After last airing on February 28, 2005, the series returned to ABC during the spring of 2008, following an absence of three years.
The Bachelorette Season 7 Episode 2 airs: Monday, May 30, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC).
The Best Thing I Ever Ate: TV Show on Food Network
The Best Thing I Ever Ate is a program on the Food Network which premiered on June 22, 2009 (after a preview on June 20). The program originally aired as a one-time special in late 2008. The program consists of chefs picking out their favorite dishes in specific categories.
The Best Thing I Ever Ate Season 5 Episode 3 (Smoky) airs: Monday, May 30, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on Food Network.
The Best Thing I Ever Ate Season 5 Episode 7 (Old School) airs: Monday, July 4, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network. Synopsis of the episode: Oysters Rockefeller; chopped salad; double burger.
Cake Boss: American Reality TV Series on The Learning Channel
Cake Boss Season 4 Episode 16 (A Big Bumblebee & a Bossy Grace) airs: Monday, June 20, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on The Learning Channel. Synopsis of the episode: Buddy is asked to make a Bumblebee cake to promote the movie Transformers 3; Grace is left in charge of the bakery.
Cake Boss is an American reality television series, airing on the cable television network TLC. Set at Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey, the show mainly follows Buddy Valastro, his mother, four sisters, and three brothers-in-law, as they operate their business, with a focus on how they make their cakes. However, many episodes of the show have included other events, such as vacations taken by the Valastro family.The show premiered on April 19, 2009, and three additional seasons followed, premiering October 26, 2009, May 31, 2010 (returning in October), and January 31, 2011, respectively.
The popularity of the show has resulted in increased business for Carlo's Bake Shop, and increased tourism to the Hoboken area.
Iron Chef America: American Cooking Show on Food Network
Iron Chef America Season 10 Episode 13 (Symon vs. Mooking) airs: Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network.
Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef. Like the original Japanese program, the program is a culinary game show. In each episode, a new challenger chef competes against one of the resident "Iron Chefs" in a one-hour cooking competition based on a theme ingredient.
The show is presented as a successor to the original Iron Chef, as opposed to being a remake. The Chairman is portrayed by martial artist Mark Dacascos, who is introduced as the nephew of the original Japanese chairman Takeshi Kaga. The commentary is provided solely by Alton Brown, and Kevin Brauch is the floor reporter. In addition, regular ICA judge Ted Allen provided additional floor commentary for two special battles: Battle First Thanksgiving (Symon/Flay v. Cora/Morimoto) and Battle White House Produce (Batali/Lagasse v. Flay/Comerford).
Per the introduction fiction from the Battle of the Masters miniseries (and ignoring story elements from the 2002 Iron Chef Japan Cup Special), Chairman Kaga (the character) has ordered his nephew to continue the tradition of Kitchen Stadium, initially in Los Angeles, where the Battle of the Masters took place, before establishing a permanent Kitchen Stadium in New York's Chelsea Market. For the Battle of the Masters, the elder Chairman dispatched two Iron Chefs: Hiroyuki Sakai and Masaharu Morimoto.
Unlike the original Iron Chef or Iron Chef USA, Alton Brown, rather than the Chairman, is credited as the show's host.
On the Case With Paula Zahn: Discovery Channel TV Show
Paula Ann Zahn (born February 24, 1956) is an American journalist, newscaster, former news anchor on ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, and CNN. On July 24, 2007, she announced her resignation from CNN. The final broadcast of Paula Zahn Now aired August 2, 2007. In January 2009, Discovery Communications announced that Zahn had entered into a development deal for a newsmagazine series, On the Case with Paula Zahn. The series, which profiles real crime stories, premiered October 18, 2009 on the Investigation Discovery cable channel.
Zahn was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to a schoolteacher/artist mother and an IBM sales executive father. She initially grew up in Canton, Ohio, with her parents and three siblings. The family relocated to Naperville, Illinois, as her father's job as required them to move frequently. She once joked that "IBM" really stood for "I've been moved". She attended Washington Junior High School in Naperville and later graduated from Naperville Central High School in 1974. She also competed in several beauty pageants, making the finals of the 1973 Miss Teenage America Pageant. Zahn continued her education at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri on a cello scholarship, and received firsthand knowledge of the news business by working as an intern at WBBM-TV in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in journalism. Zahn then spent the next 10 years working at local stations around the country, including WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas, KFMB-TV in San Diego, California, KPRC-TV in Houston, Texas, WHDH-TV (then WNEV) in Boston, Massachusetts, and KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, California.
On the Case With Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 52 (Campus Killer) airs: Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Investigation Discovery.
On the Case With Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 53(Murder by Numbers) airs: Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Investigation Discovery.
On the Case With Paula Zahn Season 1 Episode 56 (Betrayal at Charisma Farms) airs: Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Investigation Discovery. Synopsis of the episode: A man is found murdered on the side of the road and investigators must unravel a tangled web of intrigue.
The Real World: Reality Television Show on MTV
The Real World Season 25 Episode 12 (Las Vegas) airs: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on MTV - Music Television.
The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show is the longest-running program in MTV history, and one of the longest-running reality series in history, credited with launching the modern reality TV genre.
The series was hailed in its early years for depicting issues of contemporary young-adulthood relevant to its core audience, such as sexuality, prejudice and substance abuse, but later garnered a reputation as a showcase for immature and irresponsible behavior.
Following Bunim’s death from breast cancer in 2004, Bunim/Murray Productions continues to produce the program. The show's twenty-fifth season, set in Las Vegas, premiered on March 9, 2011. The show has been picked up by MTV through its 28th season.
The Real World Season 25 Episode 10 (Las Vegas) airs: on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on MTV - Music Television.
Judge Jeanine Pirro: Syndicated American TV Court Show on on WNYW (FOX)
Judge Jeanine Pirro Season 3 Episode 129 airs: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 12:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX).
Judge Jeanine Pirro (known simply as Judge Pirro since the premiere of its second season) is a syndicated American television court show that debuted on September 22, 2008. As with other court shows, such as Judge Mathis and Judge Judy, a former judge serves as an arbitrator, and awards the litigants monetary judgments, of up to $5000, which is paid in full by the program's producers.
Former Westchester County, New York District Attorney Jeanine Pirro presides over the series. Judge Pirro, which the series is now known as, tapes in Chicago at NBC Tower, the NBC network's Chicago broadcast base and home to the related courtroom series Judge Mathis, and is produced by Telepictures Productions, with Warner Bros. distributing the series nationwide. Greg Mathis, who presides over the aforementioned Judge Mathis, serves as this series' executive producer.
Upon its premiere, Judge Pirro was made part of The CW Daytime programming block (meaning that, while technically a syndicated series, it only aired on CW affiliates). Following its first season The Tyra Banks Show was pulled from national syndication and took over Judge Pirro's place in the CW Daytime lineup, resulting in the series moving to other stations. The series now airs on a majority of Fox-owned stations nationwide.
On November 23, 2009, Broadcasting Cable announced that Fox had renewed Judge Jeanine Pirro for a third season.
Wipeout: American Reality Show
Wipeout Season 4 Episode 14: Spring Wipeout (Dirty Laundry) airs on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC).
Wipeout is an American reality show series in which contestants compete in what is billed as the "world's largest obstacle course". The series premiered on June 24, 2008 on ABC.
Wipeout is hosted and commentated by John Henson and John Anderson while Jill Wagner acts as the "on-location" presenter. The creators and executive producers are Matt Kunitz (Fear Factor) and Scott Larsen. Distribution of the show is handled by Endemol USA. The show is taped at Sable Ranch in Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California, about 40 miles north of Los Angeles.
Outsourced: American television sitcom
Outsourced Season 1 Episode 22 (Rajiv Ties the Bharat, Part 2) airs on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on WNBC (NBC).
Outsourced is an American television sitcom that is set in an Indian workplace. It is based on the John Jeffcoat film of the same name and adapted by Ken Kwapis (In Cahoots Productions) and Universal Media Studios for NBC. The series was officially picked up by NBC on May 7, 2010. It premiered on September 23, 2010. On October 18, 2010, the show received a full season order by NBC. Outsourced is filmed at Radford Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.
Outsourced is set in a call center in Mumbai, India, where an American novelties company has recently outsourced its order processing. A lone American manages the call center and must explain American popular culture to his employees as he tries to understand Indian culture.
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior: Police Procedural Drama on WCBS (CBS)
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Season 1 Episode 11 (Strays) airs on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior is an American police procedural drama on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) in Quantico, Virginia. In an April 2010 episode of Criminal Minds ("The Fight"), the original team met the new team and worked with them to find a San Francisco serial killer as the series' backdoor pilot.
Just like the parent series, CBS will own the underlying North American rights, while ABC owns the international rights. The series premiered on February 16, 2011, in the Wednesdays at 10pm time slot following out of the original Criminal Minds.
Auction Hunters: American Documentary Reality TV Series on SPIKE TV
Auction Hunters is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on November 9, 2010 on Spike. The first season currently airs on Tuesdays at 10:00 pm.
On December 1, 2010, Spike announced that it had ordered a second season of 20 episodes.
The show follows Allen Haff, a second generation antiques dealer, and Clinton "Ton" Jones, who has experience in a variety of fields including guns and mystery safes, as they participate in storage unit auctions throughout Southern California. The pair leads viewers through the process of bidding on and winning abandoned storage units, appraising the items found within, and selling the most lucrative and interesting pieces to experts or collectors.
Each episode begins with a text disclaimer stating that Haff and Jones purchase hundreds of units each year, and that only their rarest and most valuable finds are presented on the show.
Auction Hunters Season 2 Episode 7 (The Chi-Town Showdown) airs: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on SPIKE TV.
Auction Hunters Season 2 Episode 9 (Fire in the Hole!) airs: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on SPIKE TV.
Superjail: American Animated TV Show on Cartoon Network
Superjail Season 2 Episode 6 (Ghosts) airs on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 12:00am EDT on Cartoon Network.
Superjail! is an American animated television series produced by Augenblick Studios the first season and Titmouse, Inc. the second season. The series follows the events that take place in an unusual prison. The pilot episode aired on television on May 13, 2007, and its first season began on September 28, 2008. Superjail! is characterized by its psychedelic shifts in setting and plot and extreme graphic violence, which give the series a TV-MA V rating. These elements are depicted through highly elaborate animated sequences, which have been described as "baroque and complicated and hard to take in at a single viewing". In November 2009, cable television network Adult Swim revealed via the bumper cards in their commercials that a second season has been ordered and its scripts finished.
Season 2 began airing on April 3, 2011.
The majority of Superjail! is set inside the eponymous prison. Externally, Superjail is built inside a volcano which is itself located in a larger volcano. Internally, it seems to constitute its own reality, where the fabric of time and space is extremely fluid and changes at the whim of the Warden. Superjail's inmate population is stated by Jared to be in excess of 70,000, although the show's creators mention that the jail processes "billions of inmates".
In the first season, each episode begins with a linear story revolving around an irresponsible scheme concocted by the Warden to satisfy some whim. The episode builds up in both violence and surrealism into a climactic, psychedelic blood bath during which dozens of inmates are brutally murdered, either by one another or some external force.
Beginning with the second season, the creators modified the format of the series to focus more on character development and story as opposed to simply providing a pretext for the slaughters that characterized each episode in the first season. The second season premiere "Best Friends Forever" demonstrated an immediate break from the first season's template, focusing the episode on Jailbot and Jared as opposed to the Warden, setting half of the episode outside of the prison, and lacking an extended murder sequence in the climax.
Giada at Home: A Food Network TV Show
Giada at Home is a Daytime Emmy-nominated Food Network show hosted by Giada De Laurentiis. It first aired on October 18, 2008.
The show was nominated for two Daytime Emmys in 2009: for Outstanding Culinary Program and Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle/Culinary Program, and won for the latter award.
The show was nominated for four Daytime Emmys in 2010 for Outstanding Multi-Camera Editing, Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle/Culinary Program, Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host (Giada De Laurentiis) and Outstanding Culinary Program. It won in the categories of Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle/Culinary Program (2nd year in a row) and Outstanding Culinary Program.
The show moves beyond Italian cooking, and instead focuses on Giada cooking for friends and family, as well as party planning. Contrary to the title, the show is not taped at Giada's house. It is shot in a studio in a rented home in Malibu.
Giada at Home Season 3 Episode 30 (Celebrating Mom) airs on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 4:30pm EDT on Food Network.
Giada at Home Season 3 Episode 34 (Pool Party) airs: Monday, July 4, 2011 at 4:30pm EDT on Food Network. Synopsis of the episode: Burgers a la pizzaiola; penne with brown butter; arugula and pine nuts; tropical watermelon sorbet.
American Dad: American Animated TV Series
American Dad Season 6 Episode 17 (Home Wrecker) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 7:30pm EDT on WNYW (FOX) TV channel.
American Dad! is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane and owned by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions. It is produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Creators and main directors, MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy) as well as two former Family Guy writers, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman aired the pilot episode in the United States on Fox on February 6, 2005, thirty minutes after the end of Super Bowl XXXIX; the regular series began May 1, 2005, after the season premiere of Family Guy. American Dad! follows the events of CIA agent Stan Smith and his family. Unlike Family Guy, American Dad! does not contain cutaway gags, but relies more on situational humor and non sequiturs.
American Dad! was officially renewed for a sixth season, and began airing October 3, 2010. On September 20, 2010, TBS began re-running American Dad!, and now airs the series weekdays at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Fox also began syndicating American Dad! reruns to local stations in September 2010, with those episodes airing on weekends. On December 27, 2010, American Dad! began airing on Adult Swim weeknights at 10/9c. American Dad! is also shown on FX and BBC Three in the UK. American Dad! was officially renewed for a seventh season, bringing the series through the 2011-2012 season.
Bob’s Burgers: American Animated TV Sitcom
Bob’s Burgers Season 1 Episode 11 (Weekend at Mort's) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 8:30pm EDT on WNYW (FOX) TV channel.
Bob's Burgers is an American animated television sitcom created by Loren Bouchard for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show, focuses on the Belcher family, who run a hamburger restaurant. On April 7, 2011, Bob's Burgers was renewed for a second season.
The show centers on the Belcher family who run a hamburger restaurant. Loren Bouchard stated Bob's Burgers came about, because Fox's animation brand centers mostly on family, but that he also wanted to dabble in workplace comedy. The show is said to fill the void created by the cancellation of King of the Hill, which Bob's Burgers executive producer Jim Dauterive worked on for nearly its entire run.
Guy's Big Bite: Food Network TV Show
Guy's Big Bite Season 10 Episode 9 (Guido's Crazy for Carbonara) airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 10:30am EDT on Food Network. Synopsis of the episode: Heirloom tomato tacos; classic carbonara; orange and olive oil cake.
Guy's Big Bite is a Food Network show starring Guy Fieri, winner of the second season of The Next Food Network Star. The inaugural six-episode season premiered on June 25, 2006 in the 10:00 am/EST timeslot. Currently Guy's Big Bite airs Sundays at 11am EST/PST.
Food Network renewed the series after the successful inaugural trial run and the series is now in its fourth season. Beginning in season two, Guy got a more personalized set including a "guy" fridge with a #05 and racing stripes, a pin ball machine, big screen television, in-house bar, and a bumper-pool table. He now regularly has his friends and "posse" join him during episodes.
Guy's Big Bite Season 10 Episode 7 (Mama Fieri's Sunday Roast) airs on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 10:30am EDT on Food Network TV channel.
The Suite Life on Deck: American sitcom on Disney Channel
The Suite Life on Deck Season 3 Episode 22 airs on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on Disney Channel.
The Suite Life on Deck is an American sitcom that airs on Disney Channel. It is a sequel/spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The series follows twin brothers Zack and Cody Martin and hotel heiress London Tipton in a new setting, the SS Tipton, where they attend classes at "Seven Seas High" and meet Bailey Pickett while Mr. Moseby manages the ship. The ship travels around the world to nations such as Italy, Greece, India, and the United Kingdom where the characters experience different cultures, adventures, and situations.
The series' pilot aired in the UK on September 19, 2008, and in US markets on September 26, 2008. The series premiere on the Disney Channel in the US drew 5.7 million viewers, and it became the most-watched series premiere in Canada on the Family Channel. The show was also TV's No. 1 series in Kids 6-11 and No. 1 scripted series in tweens 9–14 in 2008, outpacing veteran series Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place in the ratings. On October 19, 2009, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third season, which began production in January 2010 and debuted on July 2, 2010. The series is also 2009's top rated scripted series in the children and tween demographic (6–14). Reruns of the show are also the top rated series on Disney XD.
The series' main concepts were created by Danny Kallis and Pamela Eells O'Connell. O'Connell, along with Irene Dreayer are the executive producers; Kallis was also an executive producer until he left the series midway through the second season, and Jim Geoghan was an executive producer for the first two seasons. The series is produced by It's a Laugh Productions and Bon Mot Productions (a production company formed and run by O'Connell), in association with Disney Channel. Dylan and Cole Sprouse play the leading male characters in the series while Brenda Song plays the leading female character. The series also stars Debby Ryan as country girl Bailey Pickett and Phill Lewis as Mr. Moseby. Newcomers are Matthew Timmons and Erin Cardillo (as recurring guest stars). Doc Shaw joined the cast during the second season and later departed from the show during the third season due to his commitment in the Disney XD series, Pair of Kings.
The series has been broadcast in more than 30 countries worldwide, and is shot at Hollywood Center Studios in Los Angeles (as was the original series). The series is taped in front of a live studio audience, though a laugh track is used for some scenes. The series is the second spin-off of a Disney Channel series (after the short-lived That's So Raven spinoff Cory in the House); as well as the last Disney Channel series to debut broadcasting exclusively in standard definition, and the first of three Disney Channel shows to transition from standard definition to high definition, which occurred on August 7, 2009 with the season 2 premiere, "The Spy Who Shoved Me," and the second multi-camera comedy (after Sonny with a Chance) to utilize a filmized appearance instead of the Filmlook appearance that was used in the first season.
On March 25, 2011, a film based on The Suite Life on Deck and its parent series titled The Suite Life Movie aired on the Disney Channel. The series finale, "Graduation on Deck", is scheduled to air on Disney Channel on May 6, 2011.
Criminal Minds: American Police Procedural Drama
American Greed Season 5 Episode 15 airs on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on CNBC TV channel.
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. Criminal Minds differs from many procedural dramas by focusing on the criminal rather than the crime itself. The show is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in association with CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios. The original title for Criminal Minds was Quantico, and the pilot was filmed in Vancouver. In the Quantico script, Jason Gideon was named Jason Donovan.
On May 26, 2010, CBS officially renewed Criminal Minds for a sixth season, which premiered on September 22, 2010. A spin-off series, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, premiered on February 16, 2011 as a mid-season addition to CBS's 2011 schedule, following right after Criminal Minds.
CBS announced in October 2009 that Legacy Interactive will develop a video game based on the show. The game will require players to examine crime scenes for clues to help solve murder mysteries. The game is scheduled to come out early 2011.
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. Criminal Minds differs from many procedural dramas by focusing on the criminal rather than the crime itself. The show is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in association with CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios. The original title for Criminal Minds was Quantico, and the pilot was filmed in Vancouver. In the Quantico script, Jason Gideon was named Jason Donovan.
On May 26, 2010, CBS officially renewed Criminal Minds for a sixth season, which premiered on September 22, 2010. A spin-off series, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, premiered on February 16, 2011 as a mid-season addition to CBS's 2011 schedule, following right after Criminal Minds.
CBS announced in October 2009 that Legacy Interactive will develop a video game based on the show. The game will require players to examine crime scenes for clues to help solve murder mysteries. The game is scheduled to come out early 2011.
Law and Order: SVU: American Police Procedural TV Drama
Law and Order: SVU Season 12 Episode 22 airs on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often abbreviated to Law & Order: SVU) 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 airing on NBC, the series premiered on September 20, 1999 as the first spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama, Law & Order. Currently in its 12th season, the series has produced 269 episodes to date.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit originally centered almost exclusively around the detectives of the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department (NYPD). In the style of the original Law & Order, episodes are often "ripped from the headlines" or loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention. The show stars Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler, a senior detective in the Manhattan SVU, and Mariska Hargitay as his partner, Detective Olivia Benson. As the series progressed, additional supporting characters were added as allies of the detectives in the Manhattan District Attorney's office and the Medical Examiner's office. Typical episodes follow the detectives and their colleagues as they investigate and prosecute sexually based offenses. The additional cast includes Stephanie March, B.D. Wong, Tamara Tunie, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, and rapper Ice-T.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is currently the highest-rated series of the Law & Order franchise, and presently NBC's top rated scripted drama. The series has been nominated for and won numerous awards, including the 2006 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Hargitay (the first Emmy to be received by a regular on any Law & Order series).
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often abbreviated to Law & Order: SVU) 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 airing on NBC, the series premiered on September 20, 1999 as the first spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama, Law & Order. Currently in its 12th season, the series has produced 269 episodes to date.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit originally centered almost exclusively around the detectives of the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department (NYPD). In the style of the original Law & Order, episodes are often "ripped from the headlines" or loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention. The show stars Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler, a senior detective in the Manhattan SVU, and Mariska Hargitay as his partner, Detective Olivia Benson. As the series progressed, additional supporting characters were added as allies of the detectives in the Manhattan District Attorney's office and the Medical Examiner's office. Typical episodes follow the detectives and their colleagues as they investigate and prosecute sexually based offenses. The additional cast includes Stephanie March, B.D. Wong, Tamara Tunie, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, and rapper Ice-T.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is currently the highest-rated series of the Law & Order franchise, and presently NBC's top rated scripted drama. The series has been nominated for and won numerous awards, including the 2006 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Hargitay (the first Emmy to be received by a regular on any Law & Order series).
Minute To Win It: NBC Game Show
Minute to Win It is a prime time NBC game show hosted by Guy Fieri. Contestants take part in a series of 60-second challenges that use objects that are commonly available around the house.
The show premiered on Sunday, March 14, 2010, airing the first two episodes back-to-back at 7:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times. On October 6, 2010 Minute to Win It was awarded the C21/Frapa Award for Best studio based game show format at the MIPCOM Television Festival in France. A card game, board game, Wii game, and DS game versions have been made for this show.
Minute To Win It Season 1 Episode 59 airs on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel.
Minute To Win It Season 1 Episode 65 (Sibling Rivalry) airs: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC). Synopsis of the episode: Two teams of sisters compete against each other for $1 million.
Modern Family: American TV Comedy
Modern Family Season 3 Episode 24 (The One That Got Away) airs: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC).
Modern Family is an American television comedy created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, which debuted on ABC on September 23, 2009. The half-hour series is produced by Levitan-Lloyd Productions and affiliated with 20th Century Fox Television. Shown in mockumentary style, the characters talk directly to the cameras during a faux situation. The story follows the families of Jay Pritchett (Ed O'Neill), his daughter Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen), and his son Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) who live in a suburban community of Los Angeles, California. Claire is a homemaker mother married to Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell); they have three children—Haley (Sarah Hyland), Alex (Ariel Winter), and Luke (Nolan Gould). After splitting with his longtime wife, Jay has re-married with a much younger Colombian woman, Gloria Delgado-Pritchett (Sofía Vergara), and is helping her raise her pre-teen son, Manny (Rico Rodriguez). Mitchell and his partner Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) have adopted a Vietnamese baby, Lily.
Lloyd and Levitan conceptualized the series while sharing stories of their own "modern families." Moreover, they are the executive producers. The series premiered to critical acclaim and was watched by 12.61 million viewers. Early on it was named as a big contender for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Soon after the series was picked up for a full season on October 8, 2009. On January 12, 2010, Modern Family was renewed for a second season by ABC.
The series has received mostly positive reviews from critics and received multiple award nominations. In 2010, following its first season, it won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, as well as two other Emmy Awards, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Eric Stonestreet, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd. The syndication rights to the show have also been sold to USA Network and 10 Fox affiliates for a fall 2013 premiere. The success of the show has also led it to being the sixteenth highest revenue earning show for 2010, earning $1.6 million dollars an episode. On January 10, 2011, Modern Family was renewed for a third season.
Modern Family Season 2 Episode 21 airs: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel.
The Middle: American Comedy TV Series
The Middle Season 2 Episode 24 (Back to Summer) airs: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC).
The Middle (displayed in the title credits as "the middle.") is an American comedy television series that premiered on ABC on September 30, 2009. The show features Frances "Frankie" Heck (née Spence, Patricia Heaton), a middle-class, Midwestern woman married to Mike Heck (Neil Flynn) who reside in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, Axl, Sue, and Brick. The show was picked up for a full season of 22 episodes after airing just two episodes. On January 10, 2011, the show was renewed for a third season by ABC.
Frankie and her husband Mike, a manager at a quarry, have lived their whole lives in Orson, a fictitious small town in Indiana. Frankie is so far the least successful salesperson at the local car dealership, a job she explains she took only after the dentist office she worked in closed down.
Axl, the oldest, is her rebellious teenage son and was conceived with Guns N' Roses playing a significant role. He usually appears at home wearing only boxer shorts and regards any task or chore asked of him to be an enormous imposition. A handsome and confident teen, he is a school star athlete but struggles academically. Sue, the middle child and only daughter, wears braces, part of the reason for her almost neurotic self-consciousness. She attempts to cure this by frequently trying to join school organizations, but consistently fails. Because of this she has developed formidable resilience. Brick, the youngest child, is a very bright but socially awkward and quirky nine-year-old, who was given an unusual name in the vain hope that he would develop into an equally cool kid.
The Middle Season 2 Episode 21 airs: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel.
Top Chef Masters: American Reality Competition Show
Top Chef Masters Season 3 Episode 5 airs on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Bravo TV channel.
Top Chef Masters is an American reality competition show currently broadcast on the cable television network Bravo. It is a spinoff of Bravo's hit show Top Chef. In the series, 24 world-renowned chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges. This show is a contrast from Top Chef, which typically features younger professional cooks who are still rising in the food service industry. The first season began airing June 10, 2009. As of 2010, two seasons have been produced and aired. The third season premiered on April 2011, with Curtis Stone replacing Kelly Choi as host.
Top Chef Masters is an American reality competition show currently broadcast on the cable television network Bravo. It is a spinoff of Bravo's hit show Top Chef. In the series, 24 world-renowned chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges. This show is a contrast from Top Chef, which typically features younger professional cooks who are still rising in the food service industry. The first season began airing June 10, 2009. As of 2010, two seasons have been produced and aired. The third season premiered on April 2011, with Curtis Stone replacing Kelly Choi as host.
What Not to Wear: American Makeover Reality TV Show
What Not to Wear is an American makeover reality television show based on a British show of the same name. The program currently airs on TLC in the United States and Canada, and foreign versions in Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. It is also seen on Discovery Travel & Living Europe, on People+Arts in Spain (as ¡No te lo pongas!, "Don't Put it On!"), and in Portugal and Brazil (as Esquadrão da Moda, "The Fashion Police").
What Not to Wear is hosted by Stacy London and Clinton Kelly.
Traffic Light: American Comedy TV Series
Traffic Light Season 1 Episode 13 (Tommy Guns) airs on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 9:31pm EDT on WNYW (FOX).
Traffic Light (previously called Mixed Signals) is an American comedy television series that is currently airing on Fox as a midseason replacement for Running Wilde. It is based on the Israeli TV show Ramzor (lit. "traffic light"), and was adapted to an American audience by Bob Fisher. The series premiered on February 8, 2011, following Raising Hope.
Traffic Light revolves around three best friends since college, Mike, Adam and Ethan, who are now in their thirties. Each man finds himself in a different stage of life. Ethan is perpetually single, while Adam just moved in with his girlfriend, and Mike is married and has a son. The series follows the group as they try to balance their friendship with the different demands in each of their romantic relationships. The series is set in Chicago and filmed in Los Angeles.
Top Shot: American Reality TV Show
Top Shot is an American reality television show that debuted on the History Channel on June 6, 2010. The show features 16 contestants, split into two teams of eight, competing in various types of shooting challenges. One by one, the contestants are eliminated until only one remains. That contestant receives a $100,000 grand prize and the title of "Top Shot." Survivor contestant Colby Donaldson is the host.
The Talk: Talk Show by Actress Sara Gilbert on CBS
The Talk is a talk show created by actress Sara Gilbert, who also serves as the executive producer. The show premiered on October 18, 2010, and airs on CBS as a part of CBS Daytime. Along with Gilbert, it features Julie Chen as the moderator, Leah Remini, Holly Robinson Peete, and Sharon Osbourne discussing the day's latest headlines while usually tying in the show's theme of motherhood or at least parenthood, such as by giving their opinions "through the eyes of mothers". It also contains celebrity interviews and segments for mothers and/or parents in general.
Marissa Jaret Winokur was originally featured as the "mother on the street", dealing with issues like taking her toddler on an airplane, talking with kids about sex, talking to parents about the "terrible twos", etc; however, she departed from the series mid-season over lack of airtime. Both she and producers of the show came to the decision amicably.
In the four weeks prior to the show's debut, repeats of The Young and the Restless and new episodes of The Price Is Right and Let's Make a Deal (a Guiding Light replacement) aired in the vacated As the World Turns timeslot.
It was announced on January 26th, 2011 that the show was renewed for a second season.
The Talk Season 1 Episode 144 airs: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 2:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
The Talk Season 1 Episode 160 airs: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 2:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS). Synopsis of the episode: Actor Blair Underwood; chef Rocco DiSpirito discusses dinner parties; guest co-host Jackie Collins.
The Game: American Comedy-Drama TV Series
The Game is an American comedy-drama television series created by Mara Brock Akil and produced by Kelsey Grammer. Premiering on October 1, 2006, the series debuted as the only new comedy series chosen for The CW's primetime schedule. Along with Runaway, it was one of only two series on the new network not to be inherited from either of its predecessor networks, The WB and UPN, during the network's first season. The series is a spinoff of the long-running UPN/CW sitcom, Girlfriends.
After three seasons, the series was canceled by the CW in May 2009. BET struck a deal with The Game's parent company CBS to develop new episodes of the series, relocating taping of the show from Los Angeles to Atlanta, and announcing its renewal at the April 2010 upfronts. The Game returned to the air for a fourth season on January 11, 2011 with a record breaking 7.7 million viewers. The series was recently renewed for a 5th season (to consist of 22 episodes).
The Good Wife: American Legal Drama on CBS
The Good Wife Season 2 Episode 23 (Closing Argument) airs: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
The Good Wife is an American legal drama that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009. The series was created by Robert King and Michelle King, and stars Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Archie Panjabi, and Josh Charles. The Kings are executive producing with brothers Ridley and Tony Scott, Charles McDougall, and David W. Zucker. On October 7, 2009, CBS gave the series a full-season pickup, extending the first season from 13 to 22 episodes, later extended to 23 episodes. On January 14, 2010, CBS renewed the drama for a second season, which premiered on September 28, 2010.
The Good Wife Season 2 Episode 22 (Getting Off) airs: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
The Biggest Loser: American Reality Game Show on NBC
The Biggest Loser US Season 11 Episode 19 airs on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC).
The Biggest Loser is an American reality game show that debuted on NBC October 19, 2004. The show features obese people competing to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of weight relative to their initial weight.
The show is currently in its eleventh season (normally the show features two seasons per year); Season 11 premiered on January 4, 2011.
Each season of The Biggest Loser starts with a weigh-in to determine the contestants' starting weights, which serve as the baseline for determining the overall winner.
The contestants are grouped into teams of two, each wearing separate colored t-shirts. Depending on the season a team may work with a specific trainer or all trainers may work with all contestants. The trainers are responsible (in conjunction with medical personnel retained by the show) for designing comprehensive workout and nutrition plans and teaching them to the contestants. However, the contestants are individually responsible for implementing the principles taught.
During an episode, various challenges and temptations (see below) are featured. Those who win a particular challenge are given special privileges, such as a weight advantage for the next weigh-in or even full immunity from being voted off the show.
Each week culminates in another weigh-in to determine which team has lost the most weight for that week, in percentage of total weight lost. The team that has lost the least percentage during that week (known as "falling below the yellow line", which refers to a line featured on a video screen showing the cutoff between safety and being at-risk) will have one member voted off (unless the team consists of only one remaining member, in which case there is no vote). The vote is usually made by the other teams, though some episodes feature one team making the decision alone. Some episodes feature a second, "red line"; if a contestant falls below the red line the contestant is automatically off the show with no vote. Other episodes allow for the contestants, if successfully meeting a goal at the weigh-in, to all receive immunity for the week.
When the number of contestants has shrunk to a predetermined smaller number (unknown to the contestants), the teams are dissolved and the contestants compete one-on-one against each other.
The season finale features both the contestants remaining on the show and those sent home early; the latter are brought back for the final show. Those sent home early compete for a smaller prize while those on the show compete for a larger prize and the title of "The Biggest Loser".
Raising Hope: Fox TV Show
Raising Hope Season 1 Episode 21 (Baby Monitor) airs on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 9:01pm EDT on WNYW (FOX).
Raising Hope is a Fox program first aired on September 21, 2010. The half-hour comedy airs on Tuesdays at 9 pm. On January 10, 2011, Fox renewed Raising Hope for a second season.
A 23-year-old must raise his infant daughter, conceived by a one-night stand, with the help of his flawed family after the baby's mother (who has killed multiple boyfriends) is given a death sentence and executed when the baby is only six months old.
One Tree Hill: American Teen, Young Adult TV Drama
One Tree Hill Season 8 Episode 21 (Flightless Bird, American Mouth) airs on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WPIX (CW).
One Tree Hill is an American teen, young adult television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003 on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and since September 27, 2006 the network is the official broadcaster for the show in the USA. The show is set in fictional town Tree Hill in North Carolina and originally follows the lives of two half-brothers, Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty). Their relationship evolves from heartless enemies to caring brothers, and the basketball drama, as well as the brothers' on-again/off-again romances with female characters, are significant elements within the series.
The first four seasons of the show focus on the main characters' high school years. With the beginning of the fifth season, Schwahn decided to skip the timeline four years ahead, showing their lives after college. In the seventh season, he adjusted the timeline fourteen months into the future after the sixth season. The opening credits were originally intertwined with the song "I Don't Want to Be" by Gavin DeGraw playing in the background. The theme was removed from the opening in the fifth season; Schwahn said the decision was made to lower production costs, add more time for the storyline, and because he felt that the song was more representative of the main characters' adolescent past, not their present maturity. The credits then only consisted of the title written on a black background. The theme was restored for Season 8, due to audience demand, and is sung by different artists each week.
The series' second season was the highest rated in the series, averaging 4.3 million viewers weekly and a 1.9 Adults 18-49 rating. It has also won Teen Choice Awards. On May 12, 2009, it was confirmed that Murray and Hilarie Burton declined to return for the seventh season, although stories on what transpired vary. Their characters (Lucas and Peyton) had been two of the five main protagonists, as well as one of the central love stories, throughout the show.
The CW officially renewed the show for an eighth season consisting of 13 episodes on May 18, 2010. A back-order of nine episodes were later ordered. Schwahn has said that the future of the series is still unclear, so he is treating season eight as the last in the series. Bethany Joy Galeotti, Sophia Bush, Austin Nichols, Robert Buckley, Lisa Goldstein, Jana Kramer and Stephen Colletti have all signed up for one last season, while James Lafferty is expected to return part-time.
No Ordinary Family: American TV Series on ABC
No Ordinary Family is an American television series on ABC. The one-hour science fiction comedy-drama is produced by ABC Studios for the 2010–11 television season. The series premiere aired on September 28, 2010, with continuing episodes scheduled for Tuesdays at 8 pm ET/PT. The show centers on the Powells, a typical American family living in fictional Pacific Bay, California, whose members gain special powers after their plane crashes in the Amazon, Brazil. Season 1 has completed airing, but ABC has yet to announce either a renewal or cancellation.
NCIS: Los Angeles: American TV Series
NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 23 (Imposters) airs on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
NCIS: Los Angeles (Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Los Angeles) is an American television series combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres, which premiered on the CBS network on September 22, 2009. In the USA, the series airs following NCIS on Tuesdays. In Canada, the show is simulcast on the Global Television Network.
NCIS: Los Angeles is the first spin-off of NCIS, which itself was a spinoff of another CBS series, JAG. On October 7, 2009, CBS gave the series a full-season pickup, extending the first season to 22 episodes. The season was extended again on November 4, 2009, when CBS announced its order for an additional two episodes.
The second season began airing on September 21, 2010.
NCIS: American Police Procedural Drama TV Series
NCIS Season 8 Episode 23 (Swan Song) airs on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
The concept and characters were initially introduced in a two-part episode of the CBS series JAG (JAG episodes 8.20 and 8.21). The show, a spin-off from JAG, premiered on September 23, 2003 on CBS and, to date, has aired seven full seasons and has gone into syndicated reruns on USA Network, Sleuth and Ion Television. Donald Bellisario, who created JAG as well as the well-known series Airwolf, Magnum, P.I. and Quantum Leap, is co-creator and executive producer of NCIS.
NCIS was originally referred to as Navy NCIS during Season 1; however, "Navy" was later dropped from the title as it was redundant. NCIS was joined in its seventh season by a spin-off series, NCIS: Los Angeles, starring Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J.
On February 1, 2011 the series picked up its highest ratings to date, with the thirteenth episode of the eighth season drawing 22.85 million viewers.
On February 2, 2011 NCIS was renewed by CBS for a ninth season.
My Life As Liz: American TV series
My Life as Liz is an American television series that debuted on MTV on January 18, 2010.
The first season finale aired on March 8, 2010. Filming for the second season began early 2010 in New York City, mostly at Pratt Institute, the college which series star Liz Lee attends. During the My Life As Liz marathon that aired on December 27th, 2010, MTV previewed the season 2 trailer and officially confirmed that season two will premiere Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 11:00 PM EST. MTV's January 24th press release confirmed that Season 2 will have 12 episodes.
Hellcats: American Cheerleading Comedy-Drama TV Series on CW
Hellcats is an American cheerleading comedy-drama television series that airs on The CW in the United States. Based on the book Cheer: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders by journalist Kate Torgovnick, the series focuses in the lives of college cheerleaders, mainly Marti Perkins (Aly Michalka), a pre-law college student who has to join the cheerleading team, the Hellcats, in order to get the athletic scholarship she needs. The main cast also includes Ashley Tisdale, Robbie Jones, Heather Hemmens, Matt Barr, Gail O'Grady and Sharon Leal.
In May 2010, Hellcats had been picked by The CW for the fall 2010–11 season. Initially with a 13-episode order, The CW aired the series after America's Next Top Model on Wednesday nights. The pilot episode aired on September 8, 2010, and became the first premiere to ever match or build on an America's Next Top Model lead-in since The CW began in 2006. The CW later gave a full season order for the series, with executives saying they were "thrilled that [it] paid off for us".
Hellcats has been described as "Election meets Bring It On" by critics. It received generally mixed reviews during its first season, obtaining a Metacritic weighted average of 51 percent, based on the impression of 22 critics. The series also earned a nomination in the 2011 People's Choice Awards.
Hardcore Pawn: American Documentary Reality TV Series
Hardcore Pawn is an American documentary reality television series produced by Richard Dominick Productions and RDF USA (later Zodiak USA) for truTV about the day-to-day operations of American Jewelry and Loan, a family-owned pawn shop on Greenfield Road between 8 Mile Road and the John C. Lodge Freeway in Detroit, Michigan. American Jewelry is owned by Les Gold, a 60-year-old man who is the son of a pawnbroker; its general manager is Les's son, Seth, who is also the shop's marketing wizard (he claims that if it wasn't for him, the shop's only marketing would be "an ad in the Yellow Pages"). The assistant manager is Les's daughter, Ashley, who, as the series debuted, returned to the shop after taking some time off for maternity leave. The sibling rivalry between her and Seth is a common element of many episodes.
The series premiered on August 16, 2010, delivering 2 million viewers, setting a new record as truTV's most-watched series premiere ever.
Glee: Musical Drama TV Series
Glee is a musical drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues. The initial main cast encompassed club director and Spanish teacher Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), Will's wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig), and eight club members played by Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Mark Salling and Jenna Ushkowitz. For the second season, formerly recurring cast members Mike O'Malley, Heather Morris and Naya Rivera were promoted to the main cast.
The series was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, who first conceived Glee as a film. The three write all of the show's episodes and Murphy and Falchuk serve as the show's main directors. The pilot episode was broadcast on May 19, 2009, and the first season aired from September 9, 2009 to June 8, 2010. The second season began airing on September 21, 2010, and a third season has been commissioned. Glee features on-screen performance-based musical numbers that are selected by Murphy, who aims to maintain a balance between show tunes and chart hits. Songs covered in the show are released through the iTunes Store during the week of broadcast, and a series of Glee albums have been released by Columbia Records. The music of Glee has been a commercial success, with over twenty-one million digital single sales and nine million album sales. The series' merchandise also includes DVD and Blu-ray releases, a young adult book series, an iPad application, and a karaoke game for the Wii.
During its first season, Glee received generally favorable reviews from critics, with Metacritic's weighted average based on the impression of 18 critical reviews of 77 percent. The season was nominated for nineteen Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, six Satellite Awards and fifty-seven other awards, with wins including the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and Emmy awards for Jane Lynch, guest-star Neil Patrick Harris and Murphy's direction of the pilot episode. In 2011, the show once again won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer won Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor respectively; Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele also received nominations for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively. The show was also chosen by Fox to fill the coveted timeslot that followed the network's coverage of Super Bowl XLV in 2011.
Glee Season 2 Episode 20 (Prom Queen) airs on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX).
Dream Team: Fox Soccer Channel Drama
Drama with the fleet-footed stars of fictional football club Harchester United as they hone their skills on and off the pitch. The drama is aired on Fox Soccer Channel.
Destination Truth: American Paranormal Reality TV Series
Destination Truth is a weekly American paranormal reality television series that premiered on June 6, 2007 on Syfy. Produced by Mandt Bros. Productions and Ping Pong Productions, the program follows paranormal researcher Josh Gates around the world to investigate claims of the supernatural, mainly in the field of cryptozoology. In the United Kingdom, the show is known as The Monster Hunter and airs on Virgin1/Living TV. Season three concluded on April 21, 2010 and currently holds the highest ratings ever for the series, which continued with a fourth season, beginning on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 9PM ET/PT.
Deadliest Catch: Documentary/Reality TV Series
Deadliest Catch is a documentary/reality television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel. It portrays the real life events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and C. opilio crab fishing seasons.
The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, Alaska, is the base of operations for the fishing fleet. The show's name derives from the inherent high risk of injury or death associated with the work.
Deadliest Catch premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005 and currently airs in over 150 countries. The first season consisted of ten episodes, with the finale airing on June 14, 2005. Subsequent seasons have aired on the same April to June or July schedule every year since the original 2005 season, with the seventh season premiering on April 12, 2011 at 9PM ET/PT Seasons are taped during the previous fall (king crab) and winter (C. opilio) crab seasons.
Chopped: Reality Cooking TV Series on Food Network
Chopped is a Food Network reality based cooking television series created by Michael Krupat, produced by Daniel Kay, and hosted by Ted Allen.
In each episode, four chefs compete. The show is divided into three rounds: Appetizer, Entrée and Dessert. In each round, the chefs are given a basket containing between three and five ingredients, and the dish each competitor prepares must contain each of those ingredients. Generally speaking, the ingredients are ones which are not commonly prepared together. For example, in "Yucca, Watermelon, Tortillas," the episode which originally aired on February 10, 2009, the appetizer course boxes contained watermelon, canned sardines, pepper jack cheese, and zucchini. The competitors are also given access to a pantry and refrigerator stocked with a wide variety of other ingredients. Each round has a time limit: twenty minutes for the Appetizer round (thirty minutes in some season one episodes), and thirty minutes for the Entrée and Dessert rounds (some episodes gave the chefs 40 or 45 in the entrée round to allow them to handle whole large poultry, e.g. turkeys, geese, or ducks; another gave the chefs fifty minutes in the dessert round). The chefs must cook their dishes and complete four platings (one for each judge plus one "beauty plate") before time runs out. After each round, the judges critique the dishes based on presentation, taste, and creativity. The judges then decide which chef is "chopped," who is then eliminated from the competition. Thus, by the dessert round, only two chefs remain. When deciding the winner, the judges consider not only the dessert course, but the entire meal presented by each chef as a whole. The winner receives $10,000.
The panel of three judges changes from week to week, and thus far has drawn from a pool of thirteen chefs and restaurateurs: Mark Bittman, Josh Capon, Maneet Chauhan, Scott Conant, Amanda Freitag, Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy, Aarón Sánchez, Marcus Samuelsson, Chris Santos, Sue Torres, Jody Williams, and Geoffrey Zakarian.
According to host Ted Allen, the show "was originally meant to be taped at some guy’s mansion with him and his crazy Chihuahua. A stuffy fellow in a tuxedo was to host, and the losing chef’s dish was then fed to the dog". He said that "it was too much for Food Network".
Starting September 8, 2009, and continuing for three additional episodes, Food Network aired the "Chopped Champions Event", wherein 13 past winners returned and faced off against each other (four per episode) to retain their title of Chopped Champion. The winner of an episode in the event earned an additional $10,000, and the winners of the first three episodes moved on to the next episode to face a new set of three previous champions.
Starting August 31, 2010, and continuing for four additional episodes, Food Network aired the "$50,000 Tournament". Sixteen past champions competed. The winners of the first four episodes competed against each other in the "Grand Finale" for the $50,000 prize. The winner was Madison Cowan, Chef and Caterer, Avenue Inc, New York, NY.
Starting March 6, 2011, and continuing for four additional episodes, Food Network aired the "All-Stars Tournament". Sixteen chefs competed. The first four episodes featured four types of chef: The Next Food Network Star contestants, Food Network celebrities, celebrity chefs, and Chopped judges, respectively. The winners of those four episodes then competed against each other in the "Grand Finale", where the winner received $50,000 to donate to a charity of his or her choice. Nate Appleman, a celebrity chef, won the competition and donated his $50,000 to Kawasaki Disease research, a disease from which his son suffered.
Chopped Season 7 Episode 2 (Saying Sayonara) airs: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network.
Chopped Season 7 Episode 7 (Bite Your Pickled Beef Tongue) can be watched on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network.
Chopped Season 7 Episode 8 (Go for It! ) airs: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network. Synopsis of the episode: A Frenchman and an Irishman in the mix; tequila to give the entree dishes a kick; corn tortillas in the dessert basket.
Chopped Season 7 Episode 9 (Thyme Flies) airs: Tuesday, 28 June 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network. Synopsis of the episode: Two proteins in the appetizer basket; chaos in the entree round; mushroom dishes.
Chopped Season 8 Episode 2 (Easy Peasy? ) airs: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network. Synopsis of the episode: An American staple and Japanese snack in the first basket; crunchy, cheesy surprise in the entree round.
Californication: American Comedy-Drama on Showtime
Californication is an American comedy-drama that premiered on Showtime on August 13, 2007. The show was created by Tom Kapinos. The protagonist, Hank Moody (David Duchovny), is a troubled novelist whose move to California, coupled with his writer's block, complicates his relationships with his long time girlfriend Karen (Natascha McElhone) and daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin). Californication's other main characters are Charlie Runkle (Evan Handler), Marcy Runkle (Pamela Adlon), and Mia Cross (Madeline Zima). The show has been nominated and won several awards, including winning one Emmy Award (nominated for two others) and one Golden Globe Award (nominated for three others). Californication has aired for four complete seasons. Due to strong ratings for the third season premiere, Showtime renewed the show early for a fourth season. Season four began filming in April 2010 and premiered January 9, 2011. Also in January 2011, Showtime announced that it had renewed the show for a fifth season. This was confirmed by Kapinos on March 27, 2011. Season five is scheduled to begin filming in April 2011.
Body of Proof: Medical Drama TV Series
Body of Proof is an American medical drama television series created by Chris Murphey and produced by ABC Studios. Starring Dana Delany and Jeri Ryan, the series premiered on March 29, 2011, at 10:00 pm Eastern/9:00 pm Central.
The series stars Delany as Dr. Megan Hunt, a medical examiner. The show will focus on Hunt's efforts to balance the demands of her professional life with her personal life. Hunt was a top-flight neurosurgeon until she had a life-changing automobile accident. Her boss is the city's Chief Medical Examiner, played by Jeri Ryan.
Body of Proof Season 1 Episode 9 (Broken Home) airs: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 10:01pm EDT on WABC (ABC).
Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern: Documentary-Styled Travel, Cuisine Show
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is a documentary-styled travel and cuisine program hosted by Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. The first season debuted on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 9pm ET/PT.
Bizarre Foods focuses on regional cuisine from around the world which is typically perceived by Americans as being gross, unique, or, of course, bizarre. In each episode, Zimmern focuses on the cuisine of a particular country or region. He typically shows how the food is procured, where it is served, and, usually without hesitation, eats it.
Originally a one-hour documentary titled Bizarre Foods of Asia, repeated showings on the Travel Channel drew consistent, considerable audiences. In late 2006, it was decided to turn the documentary into a weekly, one-hour show with the same premise and with Andrew Zimmern as the host. In 2009, Zimmern took a break from Bizarre Foods to work on one season of the spin-off Bizarre World. New episodes of Bizarre Foods began airing in January 2011.
Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Season 7 Episode 12 (Birds, Bones and Blood) airs: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on The Discovery Channel. Synopsis of the episode: As a winter storm rages the Ramblin' Rose makes an all-or-nothing gamble; the Time Bandit runs into trouble at the dock.
Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Season 6 Episode 22 (Montreal) airs: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on The Travel Channel. Synopsis of the episode: Andrew makes a trip to the city and it's Duck livers and horse tartare to eat.
Law and Order: LA: Police Procedural-Legal Drama Series
Law & Order: LA Season 1 Episode 20 (El Sereno) airs: Monday, June 20, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC). Synopsis of the episode: Detectives investigate when a shooting spree at an office results in multiple deaths; after a potential suspect is arrested, a claim of racial profiling complicates the case.
Law & Order: LA, originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, is an American police procedural-legal drama television series set in Los Angeles, where it is produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and developed by Blake Masters, it premiered on NBC on September 29, 2010, as a spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama Law & Order.
The show received a full season pickup on October 18, 2010. On January 18, 2011, however, NBC announced that it was putting the series on hold indefinitely. According to a representative of the show, the scheduling change was not caused entirely by the recent cast shake-up. The network later announced a return date for the series, April 11, 2011; and a season finale date for the first season is scheduled for June 27, 2011.
Law & Order: LA Season 1 Episode 18 (Runyon Canyon) aired on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC).
Law & Order: LA Season 1 Episode 19 (Hayden Tract) airs on Monday, May 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC).
Mike and Molly: American Sitcom on CBS
Mike and Molly Season 1 Episode 24 (Peggy's New Beau) airs on Monday, May 2011 at 9:31pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
Mike & Molly is an American sitcom created by Mark Roberts, which premiered on CBS on September 20, 2010. The series stars Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy as the title characters.
Set in Chicago, Illinois, the series follows two people, Mike Biggs, a police officer who wants to shed some pounds, and Molly Flynn, a fourth-grade teacher wanting to embrace her curves, who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous group and become an unlikely pair. However, they also have to deal with the comments, jokes, and criticism from Mike's fast-talking partner Carl McMillan, Molly's slim, drug addicted sister Victoria and nymphomaniac mother Joyce, and Samuel, a Senegalese waiter at the officers' favorite restaurant.
Mike and Molly Season 1 Episode 23 (Victoria's Birthday) aired on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 9:30pm EDT on WCBS (CBS).
Pair of Kings: American TV Sitcom on Disney XD
Pair of Kings Season 2 Episode 2 (Kings of Legend, Pt. 2) airs: Monday, June 20, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on Disney XD. Synopsis of the episode: Boomer and Brady fight for their lives.
Pair of Kings is an American television sitcom shown on the Disney XD cable channel. It was created by Dan Cross and David Hoge and stars Mitchel Musso and Doc Shaw. The series began production on February 15, 2010 and premiered on September 10, 2010 on Disney Channel. The show is filmed before a live studio audience. On 20 November 2010 Disney XD announced that Pair of Kings has been renewed for a second season.
The series centers on brothers Brady (Mitchel Musso) and Boomer (Doc Shaw), a pair of 16-year-old twins raised by their aunt and uncle in Chicago and live a normal existence. However, when Mason (Geno Segers), the royal adviser to the throne of the island of Kinkow, arrives at their high school, they learn that they are the heirs to the king's throne of the island, and after Mason tells Brady and Boomer of their lineage, they begin to realize that their lives are about to change dramatically.
After making the discovery, the brothers relocate to Kinkow, an American island part of Polynesia to assume their roles as the joint kings of the island nation, which has many odd customs and superstitions – while trying not to cause problems. Actually, the eldest twin was supposed to rule alone but, since all records of which twin (Brady or Boomer) is the eldest were lost, the two of them must rule together. Boomer and Brady's efforts are often aided by Mikayla (Kelsey Chow), Mason's teenage daughter and hindered by Lanny (Ryan Ochoa), a disgruntled cousin, who's out to sabotage the boys and take the throne for himself.
Paranormal State: American Paranormal Reality TV Series
Paranormal State is an American paranormal reality television series that premiered on the A&E Network on December 10, 2007. The program follows and stars the Pennsylvania State University Paranormal Research Society, a student-led college club. The show features the students' investigations of alleged paranormal phenomena at reportedly haunted locations.
The show is produced by Four Seasons Productions International and Go Go Luckey Productions (which produced MTV's Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County, and A&E's now-cancelled Rollergirls). Gary Auerbach and Julie Auerbach (who head Go Go Luckey Productions) and Betsy Schechter (Four Seasons) are the executive producers.
The show was tentatively titled "Out There," "Dead Time" and "Paranormal U" before being called "Paranormal State."
Every episode of the show is outlined by the production team first, co-executive producer Tina Gazzerro has stated, to ensure that a producible episode will result. "We try to identify where we get our discovery moments, our 'Ah-ha!' moments," Gazzerro told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Information about the event under investigation may also be held back from the students in order to create dramatic tension, and only situations which will have a conclusive outcome are investigated. "We may have information we don't give to [the PRS team]," Gazzerro said, "but we need to make sure [the episode is] produceable." Story arcs are also outlined for each "character" on the show, and the production team has publicly expressed its hope that a romantic relationship will develop between the research team leader Ryan Buell and one of the women on the series. The production team and the show's researchers say that no pressure is put on the research team to act in certain ways or make paranormal discoveries.
A&E had high hopes for the new series. Cable television reality shows about the paranormal require only about a quarter of the budget of a scripted show of the same length. They also draw much-coveted younger viewers, and lean slightly more female than male (a difficult demographic to draw for most cable networks not explicitly targeting women).
Fourteen half-hour episodes were ordered for the first season. A&E upped that order to 20 shows after seeing the pilot and the first few episodes. Had the show not been picked up by A&E, Buell said he had another series deal in the works with the Auerbachs and their production company.
The show was initially scheduled to debut in May or June 2007, but was pushed back to December 2007 (although no reasons were reported).
The show debuted on December 10, 2007, with 2.5 million viewers watching the first two back-to-back episodes, making it the third-most watched show on A&E since 2004. The cable network reported that this included 1.6 million people aged 18 to 49 (a highly coveted demographic by broadcasters and advertisers). It also included 1.5 million viewers in the 25-to-54 age range, A&E's target demographic. The show's second season began on July 28, 2008 on A&E; its third season, on January 19, 2009 on the same channel. The fourth season premiered on December 15, 2009 on A&E, and the DVD release for this season is scheduled for September 28, 2010.
On May 4, 2010 it was confirmed that A&E had picked Paranormal State up for a season 5 with a total of 20 episodes.
On July 27, 2010, a new revised DVD version of Paranormal State Season 2 without the 8th episode of the season entitles "The Messenger".
On January 6th, 2011, Ryan revealed on his personal blog that Paranormal State will, in fact, be ending for the members to pursue others things.
As of recent, Paranormal State is airing new episodes.
Nurse Jackie: American Comedy Series
Nurse Jackie Season 3 Episode 12: (...deaf blind tumor pee-test... ) airs: Monday, June 20, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Showtime. Synopsis of the episode: Jackie dodges a request for a urine test; Kevin makes a confession; Coop prepares for his wedding.
The series stars Edie Falco as the title character Jackie Peyton, an emergency room nurse at All Saints' Hospital in New York City. For Jackie, "Every day is a high wire act of juggling patients, doctors, fellow nurses and her own indiscretions." Showtime says the half-hour series "is at turns wicked, heartbreaking and funny."
Nurse Jackie was created by Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky with Brixius and Wallem serving as showrunners for the series and sharing executive producer duties with Caryn Mandabach and John Melfi. Showtime ordered an initial 12 episodes. Before the series premiered Brixius told the New York Daily News that "Guys' stories tend to be about conquests — getting the job, winning the Olympics, whatever. Women stories aren't as immediately climactic so they need to play out over the course of three months ... And every medical show out there has been about doctors. Doctors are absolutely unable to do what they have to do without nurses. We want to tell those stories."
The June 8, 2009 series premiere was Showtime's most-successful premiere ever, with 1 million viewers for the premiere and over 350,000 for the repeat broadcast. Showtime immediately picked up the series for a second season. Season Three was set to premiere on March 28,2011, although the first two episodes of the season were leaked.
Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory: American Reality TV Series on MTV
Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory Season 4 Episode 7 airs on Monday, May 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on MTV - Music Television.
Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory is an American reality television series starring Rob Dyrdek. The first season premiered on February 8, 2009 on MTV.
The factory is a space for Rob Dyrdek to manage two aspects of his life: business and pleasure. Essentially, the space is meant to make your fantasy come true (hence the show's title). It contains two distinct areas – the world's first all-concrete indoor skate plaza and an office complex, which was coined "Corpo" (short for "corporate"). Dyrdek also had a recording studio installed nicknamed the "Hands of God Studios", which was built for his cousin, Christopher "Drama" Pfaff.
The skate plaza section of the Fantasy Factory contains several ramps, a half pipe, several hand rails and ledges, as well as a street snake, several basketball hoops and a foam pit. Upstairs in "Corpo", Rob built offices for his manager, lawyer, cartoon artist, and all of their assistants and secretaries. Downstairs, Dyrdek has his own office complex, as well as a smaller version of his office complex for his cousin Drama. In the third season, Rob gave part of his office to Drama, with the old small office being converted into a "cage" office for Rob's cousin Scott Pfaff otherwise known as 'Big Cat'.
The show regularly features Dyrdek's three-wheeled motorcycle, a white Campagna T-Rex, various inventive basketball shots, people getting shot by the tennis ball gun, and various methods of flying into the Fantasy Factory's foam pit. It also features Rob Dyrdek attempting to break multiple world records, and working with various celebrities, professional skateboarders and internet sensations.
The third season premiered on MTV July 12, 2010, in the US.
On October 4th, 2010 Dyrdek stated in a live broadcast from Ustream that Season 4 will begin filming in January 2011 and will possibly air Spring 2011. He also stated that Christopher "Big Black" Boykin will be returning for Season 4. He has stated through Twitter that 'Big Black' will be a part of the regular cast for this season.
Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory Season 4 Episode 6 aired on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on MTV - Music Television.
Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too: Reality TV Dating Game Show
Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too Season 2 Episode 5 (Guess Who's Coming to Love Games) airs on Monday, May 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Oxygen.
Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too is an American reality television dating game show that premiered on the Oxygen Network on March 16, 2010. It is the second spin-off of Oxygen's The Bad Girls Club, the first being Bad Girls Road Trip. Three "bad girls" from previous seasons of the The Bad Girls Club are "looking for the man of their dreams" out of thirteen eligible bachelors. Comedian Bret Ernst hosted the first season. The show has been renewed for its second season which will premiere on April 18, 2011. Tanisha Thomas from season 2 of The Bad Girls Club will be hosting the second season.
Alumni from previous seasons of The Bad Girls Club are "looking for the man or woman of their dreams." It takes place in one of the original "Bad Girl" houses used to film previous seasons. Three "bad girls or bad boys" have a choice of severa; bachelors to explore love, friendships, etc. Each weeks features a variety of challenges and group dates. As the show goes on, the dates become more solo while the girls "pick the man of their dreams." Introduced in Season 2, bad girls will now have to compete to be "HBIC." The "HBIC" puts the bachelors up for eliminations and picks the dates of the other girls. She can start flirting with any of the other girls' dates. Also, in elimination, the other bad girls who are HBIC one bachelor to stay out of three.
Amy Introcaso-Davis, Senior Vice President of Oxygen, said "Over the successful run of the Bad Girls Club series, the show’s die-hard fan base has demonstrated an insatiable interest in the dating lives of these flirty and outrageously energetic girls. Love Games gives our avid viewers the opportunity to watch their favorite "Bad Girls" find love in a fun and wildly entertaining way."
Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too Season 2 Episode 4 (And In This Corner...) aired on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Oxygen.
Kid in a Candy Store: Reality TV Series on Food Network
Kid in a Candy Store Season 2 Episode 10 (Two for One) airs on Monday, May 2011 at 3:30am EDT on Food Network.
Kid in a Candy Store is a reality television series that originally premiered on Food Network on July 12, 2010. The show follows Adam Gertler on his "hunt to find the craziest desserts in the world of candy confections".
Kid in a Candy Store Season 2 Episode 9 (Candy Kabobs) aired on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 8:30pm EDT on Food Network.
Kate Plus 8: Reality TV Series
Jon & Kate Plus 8, named Kate Plus 8 from the sixth season on, is an American reality television series airing on TLC. It is produced by Figure 8 Films about the Gosselin family, consisting of parents Jon and Kate and their eight children: fraternal twins and sextuplets. The show follows the family through their daily lives, focusing on the challenges of raising multiple children. The show was one of the highest rated programs on TLC during its run, with the fifth season premiere seen by a record 9.8 million viewers, the most watched show of that evening including broadcast television, twice as many viewers as the show’s previous series high.
The family originally appeared in two one-hour specials titled Surviving Sextuplets and Twins and Sextuplets and Twins: One Year Later. The show originally aired on Discovery Health, but then aired on TLC from the third season on.
On September 29, 2009, following the Gosselins' separation, TLC announced that as of November 2, the program would undergo a name change, to Kate Plus 8, focusing on Kate as a single mother raising eight children with Jon appearing less frequently. However, filming was later suspended due to Jon's lawyers delivering letters to TLC demanding that they cease and desist production and barred production crews from the couple's Pennsylvania property on October 1, 2009. This led to putting the show's revamping on hold. TLC planned for "a series of specials" if the series did not go into production.
The final episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 aired on November 23, 2009, announced by TLC three days earlier. The revamped Kate Plus Eight format premiered on June 6, 2010 Kate Plus 8. The second season of Kate Plus 8 (the seventh season total) premiered on November 28, 2010.
This show's implicit endorsement of large families and population growth was cited as one of the causes of the 2010 Discovery Communications headquarters hostage crisis.
United States of Tara: American TV Comedy Drama
United States of Tara Season 3 Episode 12: The Good Parts) airs: Monday, June 20, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on Showtime. Synopsis of the episode: Tara and Max go to Boston for help from an expert; Neil and Charmaine prepare to move to Houston; Kate receives a life-changing proposal; Marshall considers his future.
United States of Tara is an American television comedy-drama created by Diablo Cody, which began airing on Showtime in 2009. The series follows the life of Tara (Toni Collette), a suburban housewife and mother coping with dissociative identity disorder. The show's third season premiered on March 28, 2011. The series was based on an idea of Steven Spielberg's, under his DreamWorks Television label, who is executive producer along with writers Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Eduardo Peixoto, director Craig Zisk, and showrunners Cody and Jill Soloway. Former executive producer Alexa Junge quit as showrunner after the first season.
Principal photography takes place in Los Angeles, California, while the show's setting is located in Overland Park, Kansas. Collette won the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award and 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her role, while the opening title sequence also obtained an Emmy.
United States of Tara Season 3 Episode 6 aired on Monday, 02 May 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on Showtime TV channel.
United States of Tara Season 3 Episode 7 (The Electrifying & Magnanimous Return of Beaverlamp) aired on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on Showtime.
United States of Tara Season 3 Episode 8 (Chicken 'n' Corn) airs on Monday, May 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on Showtime.
The Chicago Code: American Crime Drama TV Series
The Chicago Code Season 1 Episode 11 (Black Sox) airs on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX).
The Chicago Code is an American crime drama television series created by Shawn Ryan that airs on Fox in the United States and Global in Canada. The series premiered on February 7, 2011. It will begin airing in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on May 12, 2011. It is filmed on location in Chicago, Illinois.
The series follows officers of the Chicago Police Department as they fight crime on the streets and try to expose political corruption within the city. Veteran Chicago Police Detective Jarek Wysocki leads the special unit fighting against the corruption. Wysocki was assigned to head the special unit by his boss the newly appointed first-female Chicago Police Superintendent and his one time partner, Teresa Colvin. Also on the unit is Caleb Evers, a young detective and Wysocki's latest partner. During their investigations the detectives often encounter police officers Vonda Wysocki (Jarek's niece) and Vonda's partner Isaac Joiner. Undercover officer Liam Hennessey works the streets as he gets information on the Irish mob and their connection to the corruption. Believed source of the corruption is Alderman Ronin Gibbons, a powerful and influential politician in Chicago.
The Chicago Code Season 1 Episode 10 aired on Monday, 02 May 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX) TV channel.
The Bad Girls Club: American Reality TV Series
The Bad Girls Club Season 6 Episode 15 (Season 6 Reunion: Part 2) airs on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on Oxygen.
The Bad Girls Club or stylized as BGC (Bad Girls Club) is an American reality television series that has been airing on Oxygen since December 6, 2006. The show was created by Jonathan Murray and is produced by Bunim/Murray Productions (the same company that produces the reality series The Real World). The show's premise follows seven women with a number of personal, behavioral, and psychological problems, deemed "bad girls", as they live together for three months. Cameras record their relationships and their attempts to accomplish specific goals. There have been five complete aired seasons of the show.
On January 10, 2011, the sixth season aired at its new time slot. The show has been a ratings success for Oxygen since it began; it is the first show aired on Oxygen to reach one million viewers. Each season has helped boost ratings, viewership, and awareness for Oxygen. Season four's episode "Go With The Flo" is its most watched episode, achieving 2.27 million viewers. During the premiere of Bad Girls Club Miami recorded a record high view of 1.34 million viewers, the series went to break the "biggest premiere" ever in Oxygen history, according to Nielsen Media Research, until the debut of season six, which broke all previous records of Oxygen and the Bad Girls Club franchise, across all key demos. The premiere also outperformed all other cable networks, along with ABC and CBS. The seventh season moved to New Orleans and is scheduled to air in Summer 2011. The eighth season began casting in April 2011.
Season 6 was nominated for "Favorite Reality-Show Guilty Pleasure" for the second annual IVillage awards.
The Bad Girls Club Season 6 Episode 14 aired on Monday, 02 May 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on Oxygen TV channel.
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