Breaking down the new episodes of your favorite network shows, Channel Surfing will give you an hour by hour view of whats on television tonight. Channel Surfing helps you decide what shows to watch, what shows to record and what shows you have to pass on this week.
Setting the DVR for: Pushing Daisies, Bones, Life, Ghost Huntes and Sons of Anarchy.
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Pushing Daisies (ABC)
A magician (Fred Willard) who has been a surrogate father to Ned’s half brothers needs the pie maker’s help with his act when his animal assistants are mysteriously dying. Meanwhile, Lily is wary of Dwight’s intentions.
Continue reading Channel Surfing 11.19.08
Breaking down the new episodes of your favorite network shows, Channel Surfing will give you an hour by hour view of whats on television tonight. Channel Surfing helps you decide what shows to watch, what shows to record and what shows you have to pass on this week.
Setting the DVR for: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Numbers.
What happened to the Ex List, the show that replaced Moonlight? Oh yeah it was canceled. It did a lot better and appealed to more woman than Moonlight did. Another great programming decision CBS.
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Supernanny (ABC)
Jo goes to the United Kingdom to assist a single mom with three children, the youngest of whom curses and kicks his mother.
Continue reading Channel Surfing 11.14.08
Sci Fi Channel has renewed Sanctuary for a second season, ordering 13 new hourlong episodes says The Hollywood Reporter. Sanctuary, the first TV series to use live-action actors against virtual sets, is set to go into production in Vancouver early next year for a 2009 premiere. The show follows the adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping), a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population. More than 3 million viewers watched the Oct. 3 premiere, making it Sci Fi’s highest-rated original series debut since “Eureka” in July 2006. “Sci Fi will continue to trail blaze the television landscape by further exploring the many worlds of ‘Sanctuary’ through its unique green-screen environments,” said Mark Stern, executive vp original programming at Sci Fi and co-head of original programming at Universal Cable Productions.
Breaking down the new episodes of your favorite network shows, Channel Surfing will give you an hour by hour view of whats on television tonight. Channel Surfing helps you decide what shows to watch, what shows to record and what shows you have to pass on this week.
Setting the DVR for: Life, Ghost Hunters and Sons of Anarchy.
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42nd Annual CMA Awards (ABC)
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood host the 42nd annual event from Nashville’s Sommet Center. Slated performers include hosts Paisley and Underwood, Trace Adkins, Brooks and Dunn, Kenny Chesney and the Wailers, the Eagles, Alan Jackson, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban.
Continue reading Channel Surfing 11.12.08
Sci Fi Channel has greenlighted production on GameQuest, an eight-episode elimination-style reality competition that pits 12 contestants against one another in a series of video game challenges to find the “best all-around gamer” in the United States. GameQuest is set to premiere in the first quarter of 2009 and is produced by Granada America and World Cyber Games, with Samsung Electronics as official series production partner. It will feature top game titles from various studios and includes physical challenges that bring video games to life, as well as elimination challenges in an arena before hundreds of spectators. Contestants will compete for a prize package that includes $100,000 and trips to future World Cyber Games events.
Sci Fi Channel has ordered a pilot for another spinoff of the popular reality franchise Ghost Hunters. Tentatively titled Ghost Hunters: College Edition, the show features a group of students going around the country to seek out paranormal activity. The students will be guided by an experienced ghost investigator. Producers have not determined if any cast members from the other shows will be involved in the new project. Ghost Hunters launched in 2004 starring two Rhode Island plumbers who investigate purportedly haunted houses in their spare time. The show has since grown every season and is now Sci Fi’s second highest-rated series (after new drama Sanctuary). The October 8 Ghost Hunters episode scored an all-time high of 2.7 million total viewers.
Continue reading SciFi Channel Orders Ghost Hunters: College Edition
Jaime Ray Newman has signed on for a multiepisode arc in Sci Fi Channel’s Eureka. She will play Dr. Tess Fontana, a brilliant engineer and astrophysicist who sees things differently than those around her. Her scientific imagination knows no bounds putting her at odds with the mainstream scientific community. Allison, having known this out-of-the-box thinker since grad school, puts her to work on a super-confidential Global Dynamics project. Dr. Fontana in short order will find herself spending time with and eventually positioned as a love interest for Sheriff Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson). Newman will appear in at least five episodes.
