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“Homicide Hunter” Joe Kenda on Season 2, life, death … and guns

October 1, 2012 StayTuned Staff

He has to be one of the most understated personalities on television. But Lt. Joe Kenda (retired) made a solid impression on viewers with the premiere season of Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda, and he’s returning to his nightmares and to Investigation Discovery tomorrow night, Oct. 2 at 9pm ET, for a second season of the series that describes murder from the perspective of the investigator. I had the good fortune of speaking with Kenda about the new season and how this series has altered his life. And in the process, I learned a good deal about what it’s really […]

“Too Cute!” returning to Animal Planet … and hey, kitten cam!

September 28, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Live video from your iPhone using Ustream For those of you who have been having to make do with periodic peeks at cuteoverload.com, the wait is nearly over. Animal Planet has announced Season 3 of its popular series, Too Cute! the first episode of which will premiere Oct. 13 at 8pm ET/PT. Eight all-new episodes featuring the pitter patter of tiny paws and the squeals of newborn critters — and in this case, we really do mean squeals. This time out, it’s not just kittens and puppies getting the Too Cute! treatment. Yep — the field has been extended for Season […]

Shooter Jennings and Grace Potter talk Ovation’s “Johnny Cash: Song By Song”

September 28, 2012 Lori Acken

Shooter Jennings could barely see over a church pew when his father, country music legend Waylon Jennings, had a falling out with Shooter’s godfather — Waylon’s manager — and asked the little boy to pick himself a new one. Shooter chose a guy who always made him feel important — his dad’s friend and sometime bandmate Johnny Cash. Meanwhile, a Vermont schoolgirl named Grace Potter who got the giggles over Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue” would rediscover the artist as a young aspiring rock star when she heard Cash’s 2003 Rick-Rubin-produced remake of the Nine Inch Nails song “Hurt,” that […]

No shortage of bacon in Destination America’s new “United States of Bacon” series

September 27, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

Bacon lovers were in panic mode recently when news that there may be a world shortage of pork and bacon next year caused concerns over an impending “aporkalypse” (though some are saying that is just hogwash). In either case, bacon fans can soon also turn to their TV screens to get their fix (though it won’t be quite as tasty or aromatic an experience), because Destination America has greenlighted the series United States of Bacon, which premieres Sunday, Dec. 30, at 10pm ET. Based on an episode of this past summer’s three-part series United States of Food (with the bacon […]

“Ladies and Gentlemen … Marie Osmond” intros Hallmark’s new host

September 21, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Marie Osmond is on the cusp of a new adventure. Finally hosting her own series, Marie, on Hallmark Channel as of Oct. 1, she’s ready to take on the latest challenge going into her fifth decade in show business. But before she does, she hits Hallmark Channel tonight at 9pm ET/PT with the premiere of an introductory special, Ladies and Gentlemen … Marie Osmond, describing what it’s like, exactly, to live her life. As she opens her life to the public and invites America into her onscreen living room, Osmond is excited and understandably a little nervous. “I believe you […]

“Don’t Divorce Me!” premieres tonight on HBO

September 20, 2012 Lori Acken

I am not a child of divorce. My birth child is. My three step-kids are, obviously, too. This has given me a broad, but common, perspective on marriage and parenting. My own mother and father have been wed 51 years and have lived in exactly two houses in the same town for the entirety of their union — the one I lived in until I left for college and the one they moved into after. My daughter has lived in multiple apartments and houses in multiple cities and states in her 24 years, dividing her time — only some of […]

“How Booze Built America” arrives on Discovery

September 19, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Booze. Beer. No matter on what side of the fence you sit — whether you support the Temperance League or are a hopelessly indulgent, unapologetic boozer — alcohol has always been a subject that inspires passion. But did you know that it also helped to shape America? Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe does, and he’s taking viewers on a cross-country trip to illustrate how it all went down in Discovery Channel’s three-part series, How Booze Built America, premiering tonight at 10pm ET/PT. How Booze Built America has Rowe taking us back to the very roots of this country, to the days […]

“Death and the Civil War” is haunting, heartbreaking and important history

September 13, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

Adapted from the best-selling book This Republic of Suffering by historian and Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust, the two-hour American Experience film Death and the Civil War, from director Ric Burns, looks at the incredible change the United States underwent due to the massive “work of death” it found itself undertaking during the Civil War. The film shows how the startling death toll of the conflict — which took everyone by surprise and still ranks as America’s deadliest war — changed everything about our nation’s concept of and relationship with military deaths, and what our government owes to those who give […]

“i.am.mars: Reaching for the Stars” documents Mars will.i.am broadcast

September 13, 2012 StayTuned Staff

It’s one of the most exciting missions in NASA’s history, and certainly one that’s been capturing the public’s imagination. The latest mission to Mars has renewed considerable interest in the space program, and inspired at least a few television programs here on Earth to help viewers at home to share in the excitement of the discoveries that are taking place as I write this. Science’s offering, i.am.mars: Reach for the Stars, premiering Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 10pm ET/PT, documents the artistic and technical process that led to recording star will.i.am’s newest single, “Reach for the Stars” becoming the first song […]

“The Faces of Tebow: A Football Life” Sept. 12 on NFL Network

September 12, 2012 Ryan Berenz

Season 2 of NFL Network‘s A Football Life documentary series premieres on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 8pm ET, with “The Faces of Tebow.” Whether it’s about his outward expression of religious beliefs, his remarkable (some say miraculous) 2011 season with the Denver Broncos, his character or his questionable skills as a passer, every NFL fan has an opinion about New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow. RELATED: NFL Network Thursday Night Football 2012 schedule Several former players who’ve excelled at quarterback share their thoughts on Tebow both on and off the field in “The Faces of Tebow.” Joe Namath, Roger […]