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Dr. Ramani talks “My Shopping Addiction” premiering tonight on Oxygen

October 15, 2012 Lori Acken

Oxygen network’s fun-loving slogan may be “Live Out Loud!” — but its newest reality offering, My Shopping Addiction centers on men and women whose lives, finances and relationships are imploding because of uncontrolled spending. Over the course of the series, 16 individuals — whose spending habits range from $30,000 binges born of a enviable inheritance to a woman who can’t stop frequenting thrift stores — will avail themselves to psychologists Dr. Ramani Durvasula (“Dr. Ramani” for short) and Dr. David Tolin, who help them face the true root of their shopping addiction and find the tools to break it. Dr. Ramani, […]

Semi-Homemade star Sandra Lee hits the road for two new shows

October 12, 2012 Lori Acken

Longtime Food Network favorite Sandra Lee is leaving her semi-homemade masterpieces behind and hitting the road for a pair of new series, Sandra’s Restaurant Remakes and Sandra’s Taverns, Lounges & Clubs. On Sandra’s Restaurant Remakes, which premieres Sunday, Oct. 14 at 10am ET on Food Network, Lee visits famous restaurants and food spots across the nation in search of the secrets to their most famous dishes, then takes recreates them in simpler fashion for harried home cooks. In the premiere episode, “On Top of the World Tastes,” Lee makes a chicken variation of a memorable duck dish she had at ultra-chic Alizé […]

“Ted Nugent’s Gun Country” airs on Discovery tonight

October 10, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Controversy sells, as most of us know. And for the same reason that this blog entry is being written right now, Discovery Channel is giving airtime to Ted Nugent for his special, Ted Nugent’s Gun Country, premiering tonight at 10pm ET/PT. In the one-hour special, the Motor City Madman — a famously outspoken NRA member, advocate of hunter’s rights and firearms proponent — will allow viewers an inside look at American gun culture from his perspective. Ted Nugent’s Gun Country travels to Nugent’s Spirit Wild ranch outside Waco, Texas, to see how he and his family take maximum advantage of […]

Thelma Madine is back in “Little Shop of Gypsies” Thursdays on TLC

October 9, 2012 Lori Acken

Good news My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding fans — British dressmaker Thelma Madine and her loyal clientele of gypsy and traveller women are back in the four-episode TLC series Little Shop of Gypsies, once again narrated by Ellen K. And this time, Madine is teaching the ladies to make the dresses themselves. Having built her business from scratch following the collapse of her first marriage, Madine is an ardent supporter of a woman’s right to manage her own life. With that in mind, she decides to expand the Nico staff by adding ten new employees with no resumes or employment […]

“Airport 24/7: Miami” touches down on Travel Channel

October 2, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Anybody who travels with any frequency knows the routine. You’re in the line to get searched by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). You take off your coat, your shoes and maybe your belt as well, put it all into tubs and shove it on through to the X-ray machine. And if you’re like most people, you get through with a minimum of hassle. You don’t mess with those TSA people, because they have a serious job to do, and you have a plane to catch. Most of us are aware of how serious the TSA’s job is, and even though […]

“Dance Moms” recap reunion Part 2: All The Last Words

September 27, 2012 Lori Acken

Forgive me for being late to our last date of the season. If you got your extra-curricular Dance Moms email for this week, you know that I’ve been a little, er, otherwise occupied. In dazzlingly uncomfortable fashion. But I couldn’t ditch out on my DM responsibilities, so let’s look back on the last 44 minutes of Dance Moms Season 2. Somewhere between this half and last half, Abby ditched the skull bracelet, which makes me sad. I’m a big fan of visual metaphor. And matchy accessories. The discussion begins with the long-ago Mom Dance, which Abby laughs at heartily, but […]

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 […]

Abby Lee Miller fights back: Christi Lukasiak exploits daughter Chloe

September 24, 2012 Lori Acken

Dance Moms’ Abby Lee Miller has a few choice words for her most outspoken client and costar, Christi Lukasiak — and they came through my inbox this afternoon. • Related: Channel Guide’s exclusive interview with Abby Lee Miller In a tersely worded e-mail that my Dance Moms-watching partner in crime Hubby Rik officially decreed “the most awesome email in the history of email” — Abby, when I spoke with you recently and told you he would happily leave me to be your manservant, I meant it — Miller presents her side of the ongoing battle with which DM fans are all […]

“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 […]

nuvoTV’s “Curvy Girls” explores challenges of plus-size modeling

September 18, 2012 Jeff Pfeiffer

The new series Curvy Girls, premiering tonight on nuvoTV, is about models, but unlike so many of the other reality shows that focus on that profession, it features no eliminations, and no challenges. Instead, it professes to be a raw look at the real-life challenges of being a plus-size woman in a skinny-girl world. Curvy Girls follows four Latinas — LornaLitz, Denise, Rosie and Ivory — through their experiences in the competitive industry of modeling, while also diving into their personal struggles with body image, eating disorders and emotional difficulties. Each week, the women lay it all on the table […]