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“Everyday Health” takes on breast cancer

October 24, 2011 StayTuned Staff

By Athena Voulgaropoulos Follow @ChannelGuideAV In the toxic reality-television climate of name-calling, finger-pointing negativity, one little weekend ABC series is like a deep breath of inspirational fresh air. Hosted by a trio of health ambassadors — world-class athlete Laila Ali and Survivor champions Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca — Everyday Health profiles people who are either facing a health crisis or close to someone facing a life-altering health event, and who waste no time trying to help others in similar situations live healthier, happier lives. Ethan, himself a cancer survivor, and Jenna travel the country to meet local heroes who […]

NASCAR’s Joey Logano chows down on Travel Channel’s “Man V. Food Nation”

October 19, 2011 Tom Comi

If you have an appetite for food and NASCAR, then you should make a reservation to watch Travel Channel tonight. Host Adam Richmond and his Man V. Food Nation crew hit the road for Rochester, New York, to watch NASCAR driver Joey Logano tackle a humongous sandwich called the Atomic Bomb (9pm ET). Donning his familiar orange Home Depot cap, Logano approaches the table at Sticky Lips restaurant like a gladiator entering a coliseum. Dozens of fans cheer to offer inspiration for the young driver. And boy is he going need it, because he only has 30 minutes to finish […]

“Downsized” finale: It’s time to move on

October 18, 2011 Lori Acken

By Lori Acken Follow @ChannelGuideLLA After a brutal season of medical scares, financial ups-and-downs and relationship crises and more, tonight’s Season 2 finale of Downsized (9pm on WE tv) seems to usher in a time of fresh starts for some members of the Bruce-Rumsey family. • MORE: Did Season 2 go the way the Bruce’s planned? We talked with Todd and Laura before the premiere. Bailey continues to insist to Laura that her bruises were caused by mutual roughhousing with her new boyfriend, leading her siblings and her friends to take sides on what actually happened. Unwilling to accept Bailey’s injuries, […]

Lifetime is casting families for new reality show “America’s Supernanny”

October 18, 2011 Lori Acken

By Lori Acken Follow @ChannelGuideLLA With legendary Supernanny Jo Frost now retired from naughty steps, passy fairies and the stay-in-bed technique to focus on a family of her own, Lifetime has decided it’s time America had a brand new tot-tamer. After what the network calls “an exhaustive search and numerous casting calls,” Lifetime has tapped Virginia-based wife, mom and highly-educated early-childhood specialist Deborah Tillman to fill the bill and take over the sensible suits, comfy footwear and surefire techniques of America’s Supernanny.

“Say Yes to the Dress” specials feature a “Big Bliss” favorite and a rock ‘n’ roll wife

October 13, 2011 Lori Acken

By Lori Acken Follow @ChannelGuideLLA Had it up to here with the falling leaves, falling temps and holiday madness that’s tapping on your shoulder? TLC has a pair of programs to warm your heart and make you swoon like springtime. On Oct. 14 and Oct. 21, the network will air special episodes of Say Yes to the Dress that are all about the happy ending for a few fan favorites and a rock ‘n’ roll bride whose heart is as big as her tough-and-tender personality.

HGTV showcases the high-priced world of “Selling LA”

October 13, 2011 StayTuned Staff

Fresh off the success of Selling New York, HGTV will explore the world of ridiculously high-end real estate on the other coast with Selling LA, which premieres tonight at 10. Viewers will follow three firms as they try to build their roster of millionaire clients and find just the right spectacular properties to fit their needs. There’s an occasional championship racecar driver and heavy-metal drummer in the mix, as well as lavish parties where potential buyers mingle with beautiful salespeople while checking out their potential new digs. As the housing market nationally continues to struggle, it’s somewhat mind-blowing to see […]

Goodbye “Good Eats”: Alton Brown on putting the show on paper and what he’s cooking up next

October 11, 2011 Lori Acken

By Lori Acken Follow @ChannelGuideLLA Yes, Alton Brown knows how sad you are about the impending end of Good Eats, his long running, game-changing Food Network megahit. He hears about it at each performance of his month-long Good Eats 3: The Later Years book tour, which has him cracking up — and educating — audiences in different cities across the country nearly every evening in October. But rest assured, lovers of Brown’s acerbic wit, large vocabulary and quirky sense of narrative — you haven’t seen the last of him. Not by a long shot. “My wife is the president of our company […]

Tonight on “Downsized”: It’s crying time

October 11, 2011 Lori Acken

By Lori Acken Follow @ChannelGuideLLA After last week’s jewelry-sale-and-junk-van debacles, Laura thinks it’s time to enlist a third party to help her and Todd with their communication issues the way Dean has helped them with their financial issues. Todd balks at first, but gives in and agrees to go.

“Oprah’s Lifeclass” and “The Rosie Show” debut tonight on OWN

October 10, 2011 Lori Acken

By Lori Acken Follow @ChannelGuideLLA Addressing gathered journalists at the summer Television Critics Association press tour, Oprah said it was time to own up to what was happening at OWN. The Oprah Winfrey Network — OWN for short — debuted in January with much fanfare, lots of retread programming and tepid ratings, disappointing her massive fan base and the media superpower herself. So with her legendary syndicated show ended, Winfrey named herself CEO of the struggling network and set to work melding it with her longstanding Harpo Productions. “I can tell you now, I am officially in,” Winfrey told the […]

“Clean House New York” kicks off The Style Network’s “Makeover Mondays”

October 5, 2011 StayTuned Staff

Follow @ChannelGuide From the title, it sounds like it could be a new extermination show, in the style of Animal Planet’s Rat Busters NYC, but bet you won’t see much vermin on this one. The Style Network has announced its latest premiere, Clean House New York, a spinoff of the channel’s popular home makeover series. Debuting along with the return of How Do I Look? as part of The Style Network’s “Makeover Mondays,” Clean House New York aims to take some of the most clutter-ridden, disheveled apartments in the Big Apple and turn them into fabulous, inviting rooms filled with […]