Cablefax The Magazine - May 2010 - 14

Plot: Kelly Ripa is sent tons
of products from aspiring
entrepreneurs asking for
help and advice on marketing,
manufacturing and
distributing their inventions.
Kelly teams up with TLC
and HSN to see if she can
help make these women's
dreams come true.
What's next in Q4 2010?
Sarah Palin's Alaska is a
documentary series about
the country's most majestic
and remote state seen
through the eyes of its most
famous resident, who will
travel to meet extraordinary
as well as " just plain folks. "
TV ONE
Donald J. Trump
Presents the Ultimate
Merger (series)
Launch Date: June 17
Time Slot: TBD
Plot: Reality TV villain Omarosa,
with input from Donald
Trump, puts a cadre of 12 hot,
successful bachelors through
a gauntlet of tests in her quest
to settle down and fi nd the
man of her dreams in this reality
competition series.
Stars: Omarosa, with appearances
by Donald Trump, Dr.
Jamal Bryant, G. Garvin, Karrine
Steffans, comedians Loni
Love and George Wallace
Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson,
Alicia Keys, Jill Scott, Earth,
Wind, & Fire, Gladys Knight,
and LL Cool J
What's next in Q4 2010?
New episodes of bio series
Unsung, the story behind
popular musical artists who
never quite made the transition
to superstardom; and a
new reality series about the
lives of brothers K-Ci and JoJo
of the hugely popular R&B
and new jack swing group
from the '90s, Jodeci.
TV GUIDE
NETWORK
Curb: The Discussion
(series)
Best Places Ever, Travel
TRAVEL CHANNEL
Bert the Conqueror
(series)
Launch Date: June 16
Time Slot: 10 pm
Plot: Comedian Bert Kreischer
navigates and explores
the hilariously absurd and
frequently dangerous challenges
American towns have
to offer.
Best Places Ever (series)
Launch Date: Aug. 26
Time Slot: TBD
Plot: Interviews with Travel's
globe-trotting talent about
their favorite destinations
and experiences.
Stars: Samantha Brown,
Andrew Zimmern and others
What's next in Q4 2010?
On October 2, Travel will
launch Three in a Bed, a B&B
owners competition show.
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Life After (series)
Launch Date: July
Time Slot: TBD
Plot: A reality series that
explores some of America's
most intriguing celebrities from
the perspective of the turning
points that have changed their
lives, be they public or private,
triumphant or tragic.
Stars: Ron Artest, Mark Curry,
Karrine Steffans
TV One Night Only: Live
from the Essence Music
Festival (special)
Launch Date: August
Time Slot: TBD
Plot: Two-hour musical extravaganza
features performances
from the country's
largest annual gathering
celebrating African-American
music and culture, including
expected performances by
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Launch Date: June 2
Time Slot: 10 pm
Plot: A panel of celebrities,
media pundits and prominent
social fi gures who inject wit,
humor and unique point of
view as they debate a specifi c
moral issue or ethical situation
as sparked by Larry David in
each episode of Curb Your
Enthusiasm.
Stars: Susie Essman and celebrity
panelists including Jon
Hamm of Mad Men.
Father's Day Special
(special)
Launch Date: June 13
Time Slot: 8 pm
Plot: Single or married, straight
or gay, this Father's Day special
takes an insightful and hilarious
look at the new generation of
non-traditional TV dads.
What's next in Q4 2010?
Weeds, Ugly Betty and Curb
Your Enthusiasm will strip on
TV Guide Network this fall.
USA
Covert Affairs
(series)
Launch Date: July
Time Slot: TBD
Plot: Drama follows Annie
Walker, a young CIA trainee
who is thrust into the inner
sanctum of the agency when
May 2010
she is unexpectedly promoted
to fi eld operative.
Stars: Piper Perabo, Christopher
Gorham, Sendhil Ramamurthy,
Kari Matchett, Anne
Dudek. Peter Gallagher
What's next in Q4 2010?
USA will premiere another
drama series, Facing Kate,
starring Sarah Shahi (Life, The
L Word), about a top litigator
who becomes a mediator.
Other cast includes: Michael
Trucco (Battlestar Galactica,
One Tree Hill), Virginia Williams
(The O.C., American Beauty)
and Baron Vaughn (Invasion).
It's the fi rst co-production
between Universal Cable
Productions and Universal
Networks International.
WE TV
You're Wearing That?!?
(series)
Launch Date: May 14
Time Slot: 10 pm
Plot: Mother/daughter duos
get to vent about what's not
working in the other's wardrobe
to NY stylist Luciene Salomone,
who provides expert advice on
how each woman can freshen
You're Wearing That?!?, WE
up her style while addressing
some of the womens' underlying
relationship issues.
Stars: Kimberly Locke, Annie
Duke, and Charlene Tilton.
What's next in Q4 2010?
WE tv will launch two original
series: Mother Knows Best?
starring Joan and Melissa
Rivers and Downsized, the
story of a nine-member family
trying to survive diffi cult
economic times.
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