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Programming Changes for The Weather Channel

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Prime Time, Cable, News, Video


MTV started showing everything but music videos. TLC began giving us household drama (what can we learn from that…avoid family life?). Discovery began airing its own original game show. Now, The Weather Channel is going to start showing movies.

Anything can happen on cable, people.

Of course, the network plans to stick to its main theme by showing flicks which largely feature - what else? - weather phenomenon. Beginning this Friday, TWC will have a movie night. First on deck is the flick A Perfect Storm.

March of the Penguins, Deep Blue Sea and Misery (well, you can only stay on theme up to a certain point) are also on the network’s programming roster.

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No Reality TV for Michael Jackson’s Children

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Rumors

Michael Jackson's Kids

Despite a report claiming Michael Jackson’s three children would soon become reality stars, the trio’s legal guardian says that simply isn’t so.

In the upcoming A&E series, The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty, the cameras will follow the surviving Jackson 5 members and will also include 19 other relatives with the same last name. Even though Janet and her mother are both expected to be involved, Katherine tells TMZ that the formerly masked Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket will not.

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GSN Gathering Celebs for Two Renewals

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Games, Reality, Cable, Renewals

Carnie Wilson

The is sticking with Catch 21 and the newly revamped Newlywed Game. Both game shows have been renewed for another run on the cable network, and both will see big surprises in upcoming episodes.

The Newlywed Game will turn standard marriages on their ear by featuring the first-ever same-sex couple on the series: George Takei (Star Trek) and his mate Brad Altman, to be exact. Other celebs scheduled to appear with their real-life partners include Davy Jones of The Monkees and his wife Jessica Pacheco, Edyta Sliwinska and Alec Mazo from , and several celebs from The Biggest Loser, Survivor, Real Housewives and others.

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Paris Hilton Revealed in New Documentary

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Cable, MTV, Gossip, News, Rumors

Paris Hilton Near the beginning of the , which recently aired on MTV, Hilton stated, “I didn’t really plan this, it just happened.”

“This” would be her unprecedented fame and fortune—the empire she created from simply being an heiress. “I haven’t really done anything I’m ashamed of,” she added.

Clips, weird camera angles and little snippets of interviews made the documentary highly confusing, not at all cohesive. In addition to following Paris around, MTV cameras addressed Kathy and Rick Hilton, Donald Trump, and others who have helped shape the heiress’s life.

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Paris Hilton Opens Up in New MTV Documentary

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Prime Time, Reality, MTV, Gossip

Paris Hilton said she doesn’t “want people thinking of me as this blonde heiress…airhead,” but almost in the same breath admits, “but that is kind of my brand.”

This all takes place in the new documentary Paris, Not France. that gives viewers a behind-the-scenes (and behind the reality TV shows) look at Paris’ life. It of course sort of defrauds the whole idea of reality TV, but there’s no reason to keep pretending there’s anything real about it anyway.

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MTV to Showcase More Teen Pregnancy

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Reality, MTV, Gossip, Renewals, Spoilers, Video


In what I truly believe to be one of the worst reality series ideas ever, MTV showcases young moms-to-be. Not that isn’t interesting, captivating and becoming highly popular. But it could also compel young women to get knocked up on purpose. The cable network appeals to a huge demographic of young teens…and now, all they have to do to become reality stars is have a baby. The first season of the series ends this week, but already MTV is looking ahead to the future with a second season.

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Raising the Bar’s Gosselaar on the Overdue Haircut

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Cable, TNT-HD, Gossip

Raising the Bar's Mark-Paul GosselaarRaising the Bar's Mark-Paul Gosselaar

If there’s one thing Mark-Paul Gosselaar should have realized from his years playing Zack Morris, it’s this: The hair makes the man. Unfortunately, it took a whole season of Raising the Bar before that lesson was learned.

In an interview with TV Guide, the 35-year-old explained the reasoning behind his public defender’s distracting stringy look. “It defined a characteristic of Jerry [Kellerman], that he’s not going to conform to a system. But this year, we had to evolve Jerry. He had to mature, he had to become more tactful. So we cut his hair. It’s down with a story in mind also with a client that he’s working with.”

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Army Wives Re-Enlist on Lifetime

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Cable, Renewals, Video


Lifetime’s runaway success will return this summer for a third season. The second season of the show, which finished it run in November 2008, drew more than 80 million total viewers.The series has already been picked up by the cable network for a fourth season.

Army Wives focuses on a group of wives, and one husband, whose spouses are actively serving their country. The show, set on a military post, has been critically acclaimed and well-received by fans. Kim Delaney, Sally Pressman, Brigid Brannagh, Brian McNamara, Sterling K. Brown, Wendy Davis, Drew Fuller, Terry Serpico, Katelyn Pippy and Catherine Bell make up the cast.

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Howie Mandel to Host Game Show Awards

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Award Shows, Games, Reality, Cable, Amazing Race, The, American Idol, Gossip

Howie Mandel

The Game Show Network will sponsor the first-ever game show awards, an event that will celebrate everything the cable channel loves about televising gaming. will emcee the event, which airs June 6 at 8pm ET on GSN.

“I want the game show awards to be unlike any awards show on television,” Mandel said in a recent statement. “We’ll see what happens.” Mandel’s comedic career enjoyed renewed success with the launch of , which became a hit for NBC. Mandel was nominated for an Emmy in 2008 by virtue of his work on the show.

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Arr, Matey: Spike TV Docudrama Details Pirate Pursuits

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Reality, Cable, Gossip

Description is all set to present Pirate Hunters: USN, which comes just on the wake of national news involving Somali pirates. The series showcases the U.S. Navy’s pursuit of pirates and piracy in the Gulf of Aden.

Though the series is in the same locale where piracy made recent headlines, the deal has already been in the works for months. The Navy has allowed cameras aboard the USS San Antonio and the USS Boxer, the latter of which was part of the recent rescue effort.

A Pirate Hunters pilot is in the works, but there’s no word on when it will air.

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