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Fact or Fiction: The Lowdown on the Charlie Sheen Situation

January 31, 2011 Tom Comi

By now it is common knowledge that the hit CBS show Two and a Half Men will go on a 3-month break while star Charlie Sheen attends rehab, but what is not certain is the current and future state of the show. So in addition to wishing Sheen well in getting the help that he desperately needs, we here at Channel Guide also wanted to clear up many of the rumors that have been circulating lately. Fact: The show will remain the same when Sheen returns. Fiction: The name of the show will be changed to Two Guys, a […]

Ted Williams: The ultimate reality TV story

January 27, 2011 Tom Comi

Every once in a while life really does imitate art, and we needn’t look any further than Ted Williams — the homeless man with the golden voice — whose life is unfolding before our very eyes like Jim Carrey’s character in the movie The Truman Show. Fortunately for the fictional Truman Burbank, his story did have a happy ending. But many of us watch with bated breath to see how the Ted Williams fairy tale will end. Williams’ life has transpired like the realest of reality shows. He has gone from begging for money and work on an Ohio street corner […]

Royalty Check: TLC Married To Wedding Coverage

January 21, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi You have to give the folks at TLC some credit. Knowing full well how enamored (read: obsessed) Americans are with all things Royal, TLC has cleverly decided to devote a week of coverage to capitalize on the April 29th wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Cha-ching!

Animal Planet to get “INFESTED!”

December 15, 2010 StayTuned Staff

Debuting Jan. 9 on Animal Planet, the three-part miniseries INFESTED! features true stories of ordinary people plagued by frighteningly extraordinary infestations. Among the unwelcome critters are mice, scorpions, spiders, bedbugs, rats, roaches, raccoons and snakes, all of which are filmed in reenactments with macro-lens photography for maximum up-close effect. Each episode of INFESTED! relives the unimaginable, intimate nightmares of three families with three different types of infestations and a boatload of dread. Cameras show an up-close image of a cockroach planted on the bristles of a toothbrush and a mass of reproductive mice running through clothes, on children’s toys and […]

HGTV orders new episodes of “The Outdoor Room,” “Selling New York”

October 13, 2010 StayTuned Staff

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. [October 13, 2010] — HGTV has ordered additional episodes of two of its newest series — 39 episodes of Selling New York and 13 episodes of The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie. Selling New York, a popular weekly series that premiered in March, gives viewers a rare glimpse inside the high-stakes world of buying and selling luxury Manhattan properties. Cameras follow a colorful group of assertive, razor-sharp brokers from three upscale boutique real estate firms: The Core Group; the Kleier family of Gumley Haft Kleier; and new this season, the Realtors® of Warburg Realty. In a competitive city […]

Edgy designer gives HGTV “The Antonio Treatment”

March 12, 2010 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison Having covered HGTV for the past couple of years, I’ve seen more than a few shows pitched as something completely different for the network. While sometimes you can chalk that up to clever marketing, it happens to be oh-so true in the case of The Antonio Treatment. For instance, how many design shows can boast life-size pink rhinos coming out of walls and boxing with a former Saved by the Bell heartthrob? Design Star Season 4 winner Antonio Ballatore brings his rock’n’roll background heavily into play as he revamps dumpy spaces with his signature edgy style. Along […]

“Antiques Roadshow” looking for Season 15 objects

January 8, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

PBS’s most popular primetime series, Antiques Roadshow, has announced its Summer 2010 tour destinations. Programs taped in these locations will make up the show’s 15th broadcast season in 2011 (the 14th season began last Monday). “We’re calling this our Crystal Anniversary Tour,” says series executive producer Marsha Bemko. “It’s our way of celebrating Roadshow‘s 15-year romance with America’s stories, its objects and its extraordinary history.” This 2010 tour will feature a series of local events at which top appraisers offer the public free evaluations of antiques and collectibles, revealing the often-surprising history and value of the items.

Are you ready to “Cookalong Live” with Gordon Ramsay?

December 9, 2009 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek It’s coming up — your opportunity to cook alongside one of today’s loudest celebrity chefs, Gordon Ramsay — and since you have to know in advance what you need to make the mouthwatering meal, we’re going to tell you about it right now. But first, we probably should explain for those of you who don’t know what this is about. Based on the hit British show, Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live will air on FOX Dec. 15 at 9pm ET and will feature television’s most assertive chef — along with celebrity guests Cedric the Entertainer, Alyson Hannigan […]

“Live! With Regis and Kelly” features week of holiday recipes

December 7, 2009 Jeff Pfeiffer

This week, Dec. 7-11, LIVE! With Regis and Kelly (syndicated; check local listings) takes a look into the kitchens of some of New York’s most talented chefs with segments called “Inside the Chef’s Kitchen: Holiday Edition.” Five culinary experts will be featured, demonstrating an array of holiday recipes: Monday, Dec. 7: Kelly visits with celebrated chef and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich at downtown eatery Del Posto. Bastianich will share her recipe for Pasta with Calamari, Scallops & Shrimp.

TV’s “The Doctors” talk H1N1 flu with CNN’s Sanjay Gupta

October 27, 2009 Lori Acken

On Wednesday, October 28, CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins former Bachelor Dr. Travis Stork and the rest of the crew on TV’s syndicated The Doctors to separate the facts from fiction about the H1N1 virus and vaccination. “This is an example of when doctors are the worst patients — I thought it was anything but H1N1 when I first got sick,” explains Dr. Gupta, who says he was shocked to learn that he contracted the swine flu while on assignment in Afghanistan. Dr. Gupta and The Doctors doctors also discuss why kids should be a priority when […]