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Interview with “Long Island Medium” Theresa Caputo on new TLC series

September 23, 2011 Barb Oates

Talking to dead people is just an average day for Theresa Caputo. The Long Island, New York, housewife/medium doesn’t know why she’s been given this gift, but she certainly is using it as best as she can. Caputo is a psychic medium who spends her days and evenings helping people find closure and connecting them to loved ones they have lost. She’s never read a spiritual book. Doesn’t watch all those “I see dead people” movies. Nor does she follow paranormal stories or other mediums. “I’m a very sheltered person,” she tell us. Caputo’s built her business on reputation alone […]

The Hub’s “Majors & Minors” shines spotlight on talented kids

September 22, 2011 StayTuned Staff

With so much attention focused on this week’s premiere of The X Factor, it might be easy to overlook another show that features a group of starry-eyed amateurs chasing their dreams of musical glory. That would be a mistake, especially if you prefer your talent shows without all the nasty competition and biting critiques that a certain V-neck-clad judge has been known to dish out. Majors & Minors — premiering at 8pm Friday on The Hub — brings together 12 talented kids from across the nation and mentors them to develop their musical skills in all areas of performing, including […]

PBS Arts Fall Festival to feature Rainn Wilson, Roseanne Cash, others

September 14, 2011 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek Follow @ChannelGuideK This morning, PBS announced its list of hosts for its nine-part Arts Fall Festival. The series debuts Friday, Oct. 14 and continues each Friday — except Dec. 9 — through Dec. 16, and features a variety of productions from all over the country. Appropriately, the hosts for each event were chosen for their special connections to either the productions or to the cities from which they originate. Rainn Wilson (The Office) starts things off Oct. 14 in the Twin Cities in a Gilbert and Sullivan sort of way with PBS Arts From Minnesota: […]

Host Todd Newton says Season 2 of “Family Game Night” will be “bigger, better”

August 31, 2011 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison Follow @ChannelGuideSRH Developing an identity — and a loyal fan base — is difficult for any game show. But it sure helps when the games you feature have been staples of the culture for decades. When Family Game Night returns for its second season on Friday at 7pm, it will bring with it all the classic Hasbro games that made it one of The Hub’s biggest successes, along with a few new additions. Simon Flash and Ratuki are among the new challenges, and Operation Relay Race has become Operation Slam Dunk. Host Todd Newton shared with us […]

On “Downsized” tonight: divorce drama and Dean saves the day

August 30, 2011 Lori Acken

By Lori Acken Follow @ChannelGuide This week, we find out that the family’s insurance doesn’t touch the bills from Rex’s asthma attack, leaving the family with a brand-new, house-killing $24,000 debt. The ensuing stress, combined with the anniversary of her mom’s death, takes an emotional toll on the exhausted Laura — and ignites battles with Todd that the kids fear may lead to divorce. But it’s Dean to the rescue again, with proactive suggestions for the couple (you might want to take notes, too) on how to manage Rex’s medical bills responsibly, and dent — but not break completely — the […]

Bindi Irwin talks about her “Free Willy” adventure

July 8, 2011 StayTuned Staff

The Hub features a world broadcast premiere tonight of the latest adventure of a beloved whale, Free Willy: Escape From Pirate’s Cove. Bindi Irwin plays Kirra, a girl sent to spend the summer with her grandfather (Beau Bridges), who operates a rundown seaside amusement park in South Africa. When a baby orca gets stranded there, Kirra comes out of her shell to help save the animal. It’s a story close to Bindi’s heart. The 12-year-old is the daughter of the late Steve Irwin of Crocodile Hunter fame, and she has taken it upon herself to continue her father’s work of […]

OWN’s “Why Not? With Shania Twain” closes with a duet, wedding and single

June 10, 2011 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek It’s debatable whether the folks at OWN really intended a pun when they said that this Sunday’s episode of Why Not? With Shania Twain, titled “Endless Love,” ends with a bang — seeing as how it features her marrying her new beau, Fred — but there it is. A wedding is a big enough finale, but in addition to tying the knot after ending her tour, the episode highlights Lionel Ritchie‘s offer to record a song, “Endless Love,” with Twain for his upcoming duets album. Although still haunted by doubts about her voice, Twain accepts the […]

TV 101: You can make yourself an expert tonight

May 24, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Are you tired of walking into your office breakroom every day, only to find your-co-workers gathered around the water cooler talking about the latest television fads? Do you long for the chance to finally be part of those pop-culture conversations? Well, tonight is one of those nights where you can do a crash-course on almost everything TV and present yourself tomorrow morning as the company’s resident expert. And the beauty is you really haven’t missed a thing up until this point. All you have to do is find out what happens on the respective shows, throw out […]

A viewer’s guide to non-wedding programming

April 28, 2011 Tom Comi

For those of you who will for one reason or another be up at 4 am ET tomorrow with no desire whatsoever to watch the Royal wedding, we here at Channel Guide Magazine have you covered. For every network that is covering the over-hyped vows, there are countless others that are offering a potpourri of programming choices. With that in mind, here is what we are officially deeming our “Un-Royal Best Bets,” which is subjective at best when you consider that all of these shows are airing just after midnight on the West Coast and shortly before sunrise on the […]

“Wimpy Kid” star trades laughs for scares in “The Haunting Hour”

April 5, 2011 StayTuned Staff

What’s a nice young man like Robert Capron doing trying to scare the socks off people? The 12-year-old actor, who plays goofy sidekick Rowley in the highly successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies — the second installment of which, Rodrick Rules, recently opened No. 1 at the box office — eschews his fun-loving persona for his role as Marty in “Catching Cold,” the latest episode of R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour. It premieres April 9 on The Hub. While Rowley never met a mother-son dance he didn’t like, and is probably a much more loyal friend than titular wimp […]