Barb Oates, Author at StayTuned Magazine

Plastic Wives on TLC – she saves her labia in a jar!

January 25, 2013 Barb Oates

Plastic Wives on TLC takes us up close and goes way too personal into the lives of four women who are romantically linked to some of the top plastic surgeons in Los Angeles. The one-hour special will definitely leave you jaw-dropped, as these women have no qualms sharing the gory details on what they’ll do to maintain a youthful body — labia and all. The one-hour special Plastic Wives debuts on TLC Sunday, Jan. 27 at 10pm ET. Plastic Wives introduces us to four middle-aged women who take full advantage of the unlimited access to their husband’s or former husband’s procedure […]

Do No Harm premiere date set, star Stephen Pasquale on alter egos

January 24, 2013 Barb Oates

NBC is giving its new drama a powerful lead-in, as the Do No Harm premiere date is scheduled immediately following the hourlong series finale of 30 Rock on Thursday, Jan. 31. The dark Jekyll and Hyde-esque medical drama has Stephen Pasquale (Rescue Me) playing both Dr. Jason Cole, a highly respected neurosurgeon, and his alter ego Ian Price, a reckless playboy determined to ruin Jason’s life. While we’ve seen alter egos play out in film and serialized TV before (of recent, Toni Collette in Showtime’s United States of Tara comes to mind), Do No Harm offers a refreshingly dark twist […]

HGTV 2011 Dream Home for sale

January 22, 2013 Barb Oates

The HGTV 2011 Dream Home for sale? Not really a surprise, as most winners can’t afford the property taxes or the time commitment of owning two homes on average incomes. The spectacular ski home in Stowe, Vt., is up for sale for a mere $2,995,000. Of the 76 million people who entered the 2011 sweepstakes, Eric and Catherine Makstenieks of Hinsdale, Ill., were the lucky winners of the luxuriously furnished HGTV Dream Home 2011, a new 2011 GMC Acadia Denali and $500,000 — a grand-prize package worth more than $2 million. According to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, the young couple was only able […]

Big Rich Atlanta on Style, meet Boss Bitch Ashlee Wilson Hawn

January 18, 2013 Barb Oates

Big Rich Atlanta on Style introduces viewers to the Boss Bitch Ashlee Wilson Hawn, a sure-to-be standout in the second installment of the Big Rich franchise. Big Rich Atlanta on Style debuts Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 8pm ET/PT. The series showcases the outrageous wealth and egos of mothers and daughters living in the Atlanta area who supposedly are all connected by an exclusive Atlanta country club. Pictured above (l-r) Marcia, Meagan, Katie, Dianna, Bri, Sharlinda, Kahdijiha, Ashlee, Meyer, Harvin, Virginia, Anandi, Sabrina (Photo Credit: John Russo/Style) The series has amassed a large cast of Atlanta’s wealthiest mothers and daughters (less […]

Double Divas on Lifetime follows LiviRae Lingerie owners Molly Hopkins, Cynthia Richards

January 8, 2013 Barb Oates

Double Divas on Lifetime opens the doors to Atlanta-based LiviRae Lingerie, a specialty store that touts: “Got Boobs? LiviRae’s Got Bras.” Molly Hopkins and Cynthia Richards are the owners of LiviRae Lingerie and have long-been a standout with their custom bras and hands-on approach to fitting a woman correctly. Double Divas airs on Lifetime Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT. The series comes from the producers of Say Yes to the Dress and follows Hopkins and Richards in action at LiviRae’s as they interact with clientele in a funny, touching and completely candid way. Cynthia is the Thomas Edison of custom lingerie. […]

Chasing The Saturdays on E! follows Britain’s all-girl group

January 7, 2013 Barb Oates

The British invasion continues with Chasing The Saturdays on E! Sexy, smart and super hot in the U.K., the British pop vocal group The Saturdays are coming to America. The all-girl, five-member band is regular tabloid fodder overseas for their chart-topping hits, high-profile romances, and fashion and business smarts. E! cameras follow their infectious personalities and crazy schedules as they navigate Hollywood and the American music industry in the new reality series Chasing The Saturdays, airing Sundays beginning Jan. 20 on E!. Their story began last summer, when The Saturdays — Mollie King (25), Frankie Sandford (23), Vanessa White (23), […]

Kings of Crash on Velocity new demolition derby series

January 7, 2013 Barb Oates

Meet Gumby, the McPhee family and Utah’s demolition derby drivers in Kings of Crash on Velocity. Redneck TV continues to grow with its latest addition being Kings of Crash, a new reality series that focuses on the lives of demolition derby drivers in a rural Utah town. Drivers TJ McPhee, Ryan Sweat, Gumby “The Mormon Maniac” (aka James Simko) and Monty Sweat provide just the right formula to make this an interesting character study on a popular hobby not yet captured in the reality TV world. The series debuts on Velocity, formerly HD Theater but now a growing “men’s focused” […]

All-Star Celebrity Apprentice 2013 returns with Busey, Adkins, Omarosa

January 6, 2013 Barb Oates

At the TCA Winter Press Tour panel for All-Star Celebrity Apprentice 2013, returning to NBC March 3, Trace Adkins told TV critics, “It took my house burning down to get me to come back to Celebrity Apprentice.” And he was serious. Adkins shared that in June 2011 while he was in Alaska doing a show, his home burnt down and at that time of crisis the Red Cross stepped in and was there to help his family. “The Red Cross showed up, took care of my family, and it really touched me. And I was ashamed of myself that I […]

Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan inspired by Steve Irwin

January 6, 2013 Barb Oates

Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan follows actor/wildlife enthusiast Dominic Monaghan (Lost) on his hunt for some seriously creepy creatures — from flesh-slicing army ants and thick-tailed scorpions to the world’s largest centipede, rumored to snatch bats right out of the air. Monaghan told TV critics at the 2013 TCA Winter Press Tour that Steve Irwin really was the inspiration on getting his wildlife adventure series into production. The series premieres on BBC America Jan. 22. “Steve Irwin is one of the major reasons why I made the show. I was in Hawaii shooting Lost and was pretty devastated by his […]

Who is Joe Schmo on Spike’s new 2013 series?

January 6, 2013 Barb Oates

So who is the butt of the joke — aka who is Joe Schmo — on Spike TV’s new series of the same name? The poor unsuspecting subject is Chase Rogan, a 28-year-old Pennsylvania native and sports fanatic who believes he is on a new over-the-top reality show called The Full Bounty, a show that is seeking America’s next bounty hunter. Rogan, however, is actually the focus of the entire series/social experiment, as the rest of the participants are all actors who are reacting to his actions when Rogan is placed in countless outlandish situations. The Joe Schmo Show premieres […]