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“Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen” gives murdered victims a voice

August 14, 2015 StayTuned Staff

There’s no doubt that Chris Hansen is the king of investigative reporting and covering all the latest news stories. Having won eight Emmy awards for his work, investigative correspondent Hansen is bringing his talent to Investigation Discovery’s all-new newsmagazine series, Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen on Monday, Aug. 17 at 10pm ET/PT. Showcasing his award-winning reports involving online sexual predators for the popular Dateline NBC, Hansen is familiar with the chase of an investigation that both detectives and journalists must run after. Killer Instinct allows Hansen to use his unique way of taking viewers along for the journey as they […]

Preview: “I Am Chris Farley” documentary premieres on Spike

August 10, 2015 Ryan Berenz

One of the iconic figures in the storied history of Saturday Night Live, Chris Farley did everything past its limit. The documentary I Am Chris Farley (Spike, Monday, Aug. 10, at 9pm ET/PT) tells Farley’s hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story through clips from his most memorable TV and film roles, home movies, photos, and interviews with the people who knew him best and loved him most, including Christina Applegate, Tom Arnold, Dan Aykroyd, Bo Derek, Pat Finn, Jon Lovitz, Lorne Michaels, Jay Mohr, Mike Myers, Bob Odenkirk, Bob Saget, Adam Sandler, Will Sasso, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Brian Stack […]

Animal Planet’s World Lion Day programming dedicated to Cecil the Lion

August 5, 2015 Jeff Pfeiffer

Just as Nat Geo Wild is doing, Animal Planet will also be airing a marathon of lion-related programming on Monday, Aug. 10, in celebration of World Lion Day, and dedicated to Cecil the Lion — the beloved, humanized Zimbabwean lion that was killed by an American hunter last month, causing international outrage. From Animal Planet: “Animal Planet’s roaring about World Lion Day to honor the majestic lion –one of the most revered species on the planet –whose numbers are in decline. Animal Planet’s campaign AnimalsAreNotTrophies.com is a resource for those who want to take action against trophy hunting and poaching. In addition, Animal Planet is dedicating its World Lion Day marathon […]

IFC’s “Documentary Now!” is history as it never was

August 1, 2015 Ryan Berenz

As Comedy Central’s Drunk History revolutionized the way we look at the past, IFC’s Documentary Now! (Thursdays beginning Aug. 20) hopes to alter how we remember some of history’s most important documentary films. Former Saturday Night Live castmates Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Seth Meyers are the creators of this new six-part comedy series that spoofs famous documentaries like Grey Gardens, Nanook of the North and Reportero. Each installment has the appearance and tone of a serious documentary (they even got Helen Mirren to introduce each episode!). But the seriousness ends when Armisen and Hader appear onscreen as parodies of eccentric […]

Nat Geo Wild announces World Lion Day programming in response to Cecil the Lion’s death

July 29, 2015 Jeff Pfeiffer

The death of a beloved, humanized Zimbabwean lion named Cecil at the hands of an American hunter has sparked outrage everywhere from Twitter to Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional thoughts on the subject during his show last night. Nat Geo Wild today announced that, in response to Cecil the Lion’s tragic death, the network will commemorate World Lion Day on Aug. 10 with a lineup of big cat programming to “remind viewers why these vital apex predators are so important to protect.” (Note that these shows are not directly about Cecil, but about lions in general.) “Nat Geo WILD has supported the National Geographic […]

I Am Cait premiere date, time and preview

July 23, 2015 Lori Acken

I Am Cait premieres Sunday, July 26 at 8/7CT on E! On the heels of April’s well-received 20/20 chat with Diane Sawyer in which Caitlyn Jenner — then still known as Bruce Jenner — finally confirmed that she has spent a lifetime certain she is a female trapped in one of the most celebrated male bodies in Olympic history, Jenner documents her transition to living openly as a woman in the much-anticipated eight-part docuseries I Am Cait, which premieres Sunday. • RELATED: See Caitlyn Jenner’s moving Arthur Ashe Courage Award acceptance speech at the Espy Awards speech here. Yes, the show comes from Bunim/Murray Productions, the same […]

MTV’s “White People” documentary aims to get white Millennials talking about race

July 22, 2015 Jeff Pfeiffer

This past weekend, Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley ran into trouble during their appearances at Netroots Nation, a progressive political conference, when Black Lives Matter activists interrupted their speeches to draw attention to a topic that has been of increasing prominence especially over the past year — the deaths of people of color at the hands of police officers, and the idea of white privilege. Many activists were disappointed with these candidates’ responses, or non-responses, and in a way, it demonstrated how, among white people — even progressive candidates — race can be a very delicate and […]

Science Channel looks at science behind Industrial Light & Magic

July 19, 2015 Jeff Pfeiffer

Mark Hamill, famed for his roles in the Star Wars films, narrates a new Science Channel special that looks at how the amazing visual effects in those movies, as well as in many other films, were created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) a division of LucasFilm, over the past 40 years. Raiders, Raptors and Rebels: Behind the Magic of ILM, looks at the scientific and technological wonders of ILM, and includes exclusive interviews with George Lucas, Joss Whedon, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader and ILM masterminds, including John Knoll and Dennis Muren. More from Science Channel: “The brain-child of director George Lucas, ILM […]

Discovery Life Channel’s “The Day I Almost Died” recounts brushes with death

July 11, 2015 Jeff Pfeiffer

The title of Discovery Life Channel’s new eight-part series, The Day I Almost Died, is fairly straightforward, and is about just what you might think it is: first-person accounts of people’s brushes with death. In each episode, victims recount how they found themselves, either through dumb luck (like a woman thrown out of a boat when it hits a wake) or dumb actions (like a girl who attempts to “car surf”) in deadly situations within a matter of seconds. Here are the episodes that make up The Day I Almost Died (descriptions from Discovery Life Channel; all times ET). “Nailed” — July 11 at 10pm. […]

Nat Geo’s The 2000s: A New Reality — Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl stylist Wayne Scot Lukas tells us what really down

July 9, 2015 Lori Acken

The 2000s: A New Reality premieres Sunday, July 12, and Monday, July 13, at 9/8CT on National Geographic Channel. Never let it be said that stylist to the stars Wayne Scot Lukas doesn’t have a sense of humor. Having worked with everyone from Tina Turner to Meryl Streep, the New Jersey native was riding a career high when he teamed up with pop superstar Janet Jackson to clothe her for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. One that Jackson intended to uplift a country stunned and wearied by the Iraq war. Instead, in less than one second, in a flash of a moment […]