Police P.O.V.: Television Series on truTV

Police P.O.V. Season 1 Episode 10 airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on truTV. Synopsis of the episode: A Chattanooga drug dealer with a unique escape plan gets tased into submission.
POV (aka P.O.V.) is a PBS television series which features independent nonfiction films. POV is a cinema term for "point of view".
POV is the longest-running showcase on television for independent documentary films. PBS presents 14-16 POV programs each year, and the series has premiered over 250 films to U.S. television audiences since 1988. POV's films have a strong first-person, social-issue focus. Many established directors, including Michael Moore, Jonathan Demme, Terry Zwigoff, Errol Morris, Albert and David Maysles, Michael Apted, Frederick Wiseman, Marlon Riggs, and Ross McElwee have had work screened as part of the POV series.
The series has garnered both critical and industry acclaim over its 20-plus years on television. POV programs have also won major industry awards including three Oscars, 19 Emmys, 36 Cine Golden Eagles and 12 Peabody Awards.

Mob Wives: American Reality Television Series on VH1

Mob Wives Season 1 Episode 9 airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on VH1 - Video Hits One. Synopsis of the episode: Renee learns that Junior has been deceitful; Carla's husband is released from prison.
Mob Wives is an American reality television series airing on VH1. It follows four Staten Island women after their husbands or fathers are arrested and imprisoned for crimes connected to the Mob. They have been described as "rats and stoolies" since discussing private family business on TV violates the mafia code.

So Random!: Disney Channel Comedy Series

So Random! Season 1 Episode 3 airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 8:30pm EDT on Disney Channel. Synopsis of the episode: MC Grammar; Li'l Texters; teen rage; sag down smackdown.
So Random! is an American Disney Channel sketch comedy series that premiered on June 5, 2011. It was announced as an independent series after Demi Lovato left the parent series, Sonny with a Chance, to focus on other endeavors. The series stars the other actors of Sonny with a Chance: Tiffany Thornton, Sterling Knight, Brandon Mychal Smith, Doug Brochu and Allisyn Ashley Arm as well as other featured actors that recur in the series. The series premiere was watched by 4.1 million viewers.
In Sonny with a Chance, Demi Lovato plays the title character, Sonny Munroe, a new member of the cast of the sketch comedy show So Random!, which is presented as a show-within-a-show. The series follows the experiences of Sonny, and the rest of the cast. The full length sketch comedy episode format was played with in Sonny with a Chance during season 2 of the series for the Christmas and Halloween episodes. In October 2010, Lovato underwent treatment for "physical and emotional issues," and in April 2011 she confirmed that she would not be returning to Sonny with a Chance for its third season. She stated that returning to acting immediately wouldn't be healthy for her recovery.
Following Lovato's departure from the series, So Random! was introduced as its own series that will focus more on comedy skits than Sonny with a Chance. Filming for the season began on January 30, 2011. Each episode will feature sketch comedy skits with the So Random! cast, as well as a musical performance by a guest star. Originally intended to be a third season of Sonny with a Chance, Disney began to describe the show as a separate series following Lovato's confirmed departure. It is different from other Disney series in that the audience becomes a part of the show, with more audience interactivity due to the sketch comedy and performances.

Audrina: American Reality TV Series on VH1

Audrina Season 1 Episode 10 (Smile for the Camera) airs: Sunday on June 19, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on VH1 - Video Hits One. Synopsis of the episode: Audrey and Corey meet to talk; Audrina and Sammy spend the day together; the family gets together.
Audrina is an American reality series. It premiered on VH1 on April 17, 2011, and follows the personal and professional life of Audrina Patridge, a cast member of the former MTV reality series The Hills, and her family.
The series was originally supposed to air on MTV, though the network later dropped the show. In October 2010, it was picked up by VH1.
The program's pilot episode was filmed in August 2009, it was picked up by MTV the following week for eight episodes. Filming on those episodes had begun in September, but went on hiatus in November, with plan to resume filming in January 2010. However, MTV offered to order ten additional episodes to the series if she rejoins the cast of The Hills for the sixth and final season. In March 2010, filming had resumed, though the series had later been dropped by MTV.
In October 2010, Patridge announced that her then-unnamed reality series was picked up by MTV's sister network, VH1, with Mark Burnett as a producer. Patridge spoke with Us Magazine about the series: "The show with Mark Burnett got picked up by VH1 so the journey continues! It's a reality show about me and my family. Everything that people have wondered about me, they'll now get to see! And I hope Tony [Dovolani, her Dancing with the Stars partner] will be on it! I'd love to make some trips to NY to see him because we are such good friends now!"
In January 2011, VH1 announced the series name, Audrina. In March 2011, the show's first promo aired, announcing that it will premiere on April 17, 2011 at 9:00 PM. The show aired on MTV in Canada on April 21, 2011 at 10:00 PM.

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.

Love Bites: American TV Series on NBC

Love Bites is an American television series originally planned for the 2010–11 television season on the NBC network. It premiered in its regular Thursday night time slot at 10/9c, on June 2, 2011. According to epguides it is not formally cancelled though it does not appear on NBC's fall schedule, its time slot being given to Prime Suspect in September 2011.
The original setting of Love Bites was supposed to revolve around Annie (Becki Newton) and Frannie (Jordana Spiro), two single women exploring the ups and downs of dating, love, and sex, while dealing with the fact that all their other friends have gotten married. This premise was later retooled around Newton's character.
Love Bites Season 1 Episode 4 (Keep on Truckin') airs: Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC). Synopsis of the episode: Judd and a colleague are in for a surprise when they crash a party; Ricky (Donald Faison) tries to avoid post-date responsibilities; Annie goes on a date with a man who is overly interested in her pregnancy.
Love Bites Season 1 Episode 5 (Stand and Deliver) airs: Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC). Synopsis of the episode: A man (Beau Bridges) tries to console his son after a breakup; Colleen and Judd think they have found the perfect house; Julia Clark (Emily Rutherfurd) must choose between romance and her career.