American Restoration: American Reality TV Series on History

American Restoration Season 2 Episode 12 (Secret Fan) airs: Friday, June 17, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on History TV channel. Synopsis of the episode: A client cruises in with a 1960's go-kart; Tyler conspires to fix up a 1950's fan for Rick.
American Restoration is an American reality television series airing on the History channel. Produced by Leftfield Pictures, the series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at Rick's Restorations, an antique restoration store, with its owner Rick Dale, his staff, and teenage son, as they restore various vintage items to their original condition.
The show is the first spin-off of Pawn Stars, in which Dale has appeared several times as an on-camera expert and has restored various items. The series has featured cameo appearances by the cast of Pawn Stars, as well as magician Lance Burton.
According to early press releases, American Restoration's working title was Rusty Nuts. The series focuses on Rick's Restorations, a company owned and operated by Las Vegas area metal artist and antique restoration expert Rick Dale, who's has been restoring various vintage items for almost 30 years. Dale and his company first appeared on the History reality television series Pawn Stars, in that show's first season episode "Time Machines", and in nine subsequent episodes in which he restored numerous decades-old items for Rick Harrison, the star of Pawn Stars, including Coca-Cola machines, gas pumps, barber chairs, motorcycles and jukeboxes.
In the opening title sequence, Dale alludes to the vintage era from which most of the items he restores originate, saying, "Remember back in the day when things were made by hand, and people took pride in their work? My name's Rick Dale, and I bring these things back to life. Every restoration has its own set of challenges. There's no owner's manual for what we do, but there's no job we can't handle."
According to Dale, who claims to emphasize a great attention to detail in his work, his shop typically works on 6 - 12 projects at any given time. Although he and his staff restore the items brought in by customers themselves, they are shown consulting other merchants and experts for parts, and calling in freelance employees, such as Bob, a metalworker, when their workload requires it. In addition to items brought in by customers, Dale will also purchase items himself to restore from pickers, such as the toy train he purchases in "Buttered Up". The range of services offered by Rick's Restorations is limited by financial concerns. Although Dale has a positive view of his staff's abilities, he observes that they are sometimes difficult to manage, in particular his younger brother, Ron.
The series returned to History on April 15, 2011 at 10pm ET/PT with back-to-back episodes.

Outrageous Food: Food Network TV show

Outrageous Food Season 2 Episode 9 (Seven Pounds of Soup) airs: Friday, June 17, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Food Network. Synopsis of the episode: Seven pound bowl of soup in Las Vegas; giant cinnamon roll; 28 inch, eleven pound pizza.
Big Daddy Aaron McCargo Jr. searches out great restaurants dishing up some of America's most outrageous food. Like a five foot pizza delivered by crane; A five pound breakfast called The Thing; The Terrible Garbage Burger, with two dozen toppings including wasabi mustard and an entire hot fudge sundae; Hotter-than-hot wings made with super-spiced vodka; And ice cream flavors made with everything from curry to alcohol, including 'Secret breakfast," with bourbon and corn flakes.

A.N.T. Farm: American Disney Channel Sitcom

A.N.T. Farm Season 1 Episode 2 (ParticipANTs) airs: Friday, June 17, 2011 at 8:30pm EDT on Disney Channel. Synopsis of the episode: Chyna joins the cheerleading squad; Cameron and Fletcher start a lunchtime club.
A.N.T. Farm is an American Disney Channel sitcom that will premiere on June 17, 2011. It was created by Dan Signer, a former writer and co-executive producer of The Suite Life on Deck. In mid-November 2010, Disney Channel green-lit a 13-episode order. The series stars China Anne McClain, Sierra McCormick and Jake Short as middle-schoolers in a gifted program at the local high school called the "Advanced Natural Talents" program, or A.N.T. Production began in early 2011 and the series is scheduled to premiere during the summer. The first promo was released during the premiere of Lemonade Mouth. The pilot episode, "TransplANTed", aired on May 6, 2011 as a special preview of the series after the series finale of The Suite Life on Deck, and after the Disney Channel premiere of Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure on May 22, 2011.

Whale Wars: Documentary Reality TV Series on Animal Planet

Whale Wars Season 4 Episode 3 (Ghosts in the Machine) airs: Friday, June 17, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on Animal Planet. Synopsis of the episode: The Steve Irwin enlists the help of the Gojira to break free from a harpoon ship; the Bob Barker crew spots a large blip on their radar.
Whale Wars is a weekly American documentary-style reality television series that premiered on November 7, 2008 on the Animal Planet cable channel. The program follows Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as he and his crew aboard their various vessels harass Japanese whalers off the coast of Antarctica. The third season premiered on June 4, 2010. Animal Planet has renewed the series for a fourth season which premiered on June 3, 2011.
In 2007, Paul Watson persuaded the Discovery Channel to make a reality show documentary about the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's campaign against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary off the coast of Antarctica. The Japanese claim that their whaling is legally accepted research, which Sea Shepherd and others contend is a cover for banned commercial whaling. Sea Shepherd has been both criticized and praised for tactics of direct action sabotage which include throwing stink bombs of butyric acid as well as ramming, boarding, and otherwise attempting to disable the Japanese vessels.
The program premiered on November 7, 2008, on the Animal Planet cable channel and follows events on the vessel Steve Irwin as the group attempts to deter the hunting of Minke and Fin whales in the Southern Ocean. The show came at a time when Animal Planet was being rebranded to attract broader audiences and compete with non-animal-centric programming.

Wizards of Waverly Place: Disney Channel TV Series

Wizards of Waverly Place Season 4 Episode 13 (Meet the Werewolves) airs: Friday, June 17, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on Disney Channel. Synopsis of the episode: When Mason brings Alex to meet his parents, she is surprised to learn they think she's a werewolf; Max turns his parents into 4-year-olds.
Wizards of Waverly Place is a Disney Channel Original television series that premiered on October 12, 2007. It won "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009. A film adaptation of the series, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, premiered as a Disney Channel Original Movie on August 28, 2009; In 2010, the film adaptation won "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.
The series was created by Todd J. Greenwald, and stars Selena Gomez, David Henrie and Jake T. Austin as three wizard siblings with magical abilities competing to win sole custody of the family powers. Further main cast includes Jennifer Stone, María Canals Barrera and David DeLuise. In June 2010, Disney Channel renewed the series for a fourth season. Gomez confirmed in an interview that the fourth season will be the show's final season.
The series was created and as executive produced by Todd J. Greenwald, who began developing the show after working as a writer and consulting producer during the first season of Hannah Montana. The show is produced by It's a Laugh Productions and Disney Channel Original Productions. The theme song, "Everything Is Not What It Seems", written by John Adair and Steve Hampton, is of techno-pop style and is performed by Selena Gomez & the Scene. The series is filmed at Hollywood Center Studios in Hollywood, California.