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What's On Tonight: Road Trip, Kathy Griffin, Raising The Bar

by Bob Sassone, posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:03PM
  • Nurse JackieDiscovery's Shark Week continues all night.
  • At 8, ABC has Sugarland: Live on the Inside.
  • NBC has a new Great American Road Trip at 8.
  • ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, followed by a new Make It or Break It.
  • At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW (with Jeremy Piven).
  • TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Raising the Bar.
  • TLC has the return of Jon & Kate Plus 8 at 9 (two episodes).
  • At 10, ABC has a new Dating in the Dark.
  • NBC has a new Dateline at 10.
  • Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, then a new Nurse Jackie.
  • TLC has a new Ultimate Cake-Off at 10.
  • Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List at 10.
  • IFC has the movie I, The Jury at 10.
  • Also at 10: Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

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Discovery might have gone overboard with this marketing gimmick

by Bob Sassone, posted Jul 10th 2009 5:26PM
Shark Week shorts
I almost chose the above pic for this week's "What the heck is this?," but realized it would be too obscure for readers to get. What is it? It's a bloody pair of chewed up shorts, and it's part of the press kit for Discovery Channel's "Shark Week." James Hibberd over at The Hollywood Reporter gives a rundown on what the kit looks like up close. It includes Hibberd's obituary.

I once got a "Shark Week" T-shirt from the network but nothing like this.

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Shark Week approaches as Alba jumps the same

by John Scott Lewinski, posted Jun 11th 2009 9:02AM
Jessica Alba wants to save the sharks as Shark Week approaches on Discovery.Jessica Alba could be facing vandalism and tagging charges for gluing several "shark conservation posters" all over Oklahoma City in an organized stunt.

Alba apologized for her participation in the incident after she was busted online. She's in Oklahoma City shooting her new movie and somehow got lured into this sticky "save the shark" poster campaign.

The city wide display is an obvious move for shark preservationists, as millions of the large fish are slaughtered every year by heavy hunting off the Oklahoma coast. Also, the classic film Jaws was set near Tulsa.

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What's On Tonight: Wipeout, Eureka, How To Look Good Naked

by Bob Sassone, posted Jul 29th 2008 4:04PM
  • Alton BrownAt 8, ABC has a new Wipeout, followed by new episodes of I Survived A Japanese Game Show and Primetime.
  • NBC has a new Celebrity Family Feud at 8, then a new America's Got Talent.
  • ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker at 8.
  • At 8:30, Food Network has a new Good Eats.
  • At 9, CBS has a new Big Brother.
  • Sci-Fi has the season premiere of Eureka at 9, then a new ECW.
  • PBS has a new Wide Angle at 9.
  • Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9 (part of Shark Week).
  • At 9:30, Food Network has a new Road Tasted with the Neelys.
  • At 10, Lifetime has a new How To Look Good Naked.
  • FX has another Rescue Me webisode at 10.
  • A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner at 10.
  • Also at 10: Bravo has a new Flipping Out.
Check your local TV listings for more.

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What's On Tonight: Nashville Star, Middleman, Weeds

by Bob Sassone, posted Jul 28th 2008 4:02PM
  • Anthony BourdainThe Discovery Channel's Shark Week continues.
  • At 8, ABC has a new High School Musical: Get in the Picture, followed by new episodes of Wanna Bet? and The Mole.
  • NBC has a new American Gladiators at 8, then new episodes of Nashville Star and Dateline.
  • TCM has a new Under The Influence at 8, featuring Quentin Tarantino.
  • At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives.
  • TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Saving Grace.
  • There's a new Monday Night RAW on USA at 9.
  • GSN has a new World Poker Tour at 9.
  • At 10, ABC Family has a new Middleman.
  • Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
  • Showtime has a new Weeds at 10.
  • Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.

Check your local TV listings for more.

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Andy DeHart, Shark Week expert: The TV Squad Interview

by Kristin Sample, posted Jul 22nd 2008 10:56AM
Great White Shark
Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Andy DeHart, a shark expert who currently works at the National Aquarium in Washington, D.C. Dehart talked to me about his first experience with sharks (when he was five!), about his interest in conservation of the species, and about Shark Week, Discovery's annual documentary series (in its 21st year this summer). Other than Big Brother, Shark Week is the only reason I turn on the TV in the summer. I was pretty excited to talk to him about this year's event.

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Discovery announces schedule for Shark Week

by Kristin Sample, posted Jun 27th 2008 12:04PM
Shark Week The 21st annual Shark Week is coming this summer to Discovery. Les Stroud (Survivorman) and Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) will join Adam Savage and Jamie Hyman (MythBusters) and many more experts on excursions to Bahamas, South Africa, the Arctic, Australia and a whole lot of places in between. This year they will spotlight lesser-known and unusual sharks, address myths about sharks, and educate the public on the conservation of sharks.

Shark Week will air July 27 to August 2nd. Sunday through Friday programming will run from 7 p.m. till midnight ET/PT. And on Saturday programming will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET/PT.

Find out what show I'm looking forward to and what other shows Discovery has planned after the jump.

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What's On Tonight: Shark Week, Alton Brown, X Games, Masters of Sci-Fi

by Bob Sassone, posted Aug 4th 2007 5:01PM
  • Hannah MontanaDiscovery's "Shark Week" continues all night.
  • At 8, TLC has a new Property Ladder, then a new Flip That House.
  • Food Network has a new Emeril Live at 8, then the season premiere of Feasting on Asphalt.
  • ESPN has the Football Hall of Fame Induction at 8, then The X-Games.
  • Also at 8: BBC America has Jekyll, then a new Graham Norton Show, with guests Joan Collins and Jason Donovan.
  • At 8:30, Disney has a new Hannah Montana.
  • At 9, FOX has a new America's Most Wanted.
  • CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show at 9.
  • Cartoon Network has a new Naruto at 9.
  • At 10, ABC has the premiere of Masters of Science Fiction.
  • There's a new Design on a Dime on HGTV at 10.
  • CMTV has a new Summerfest at 10.
  • Sundance has the movie Half Nelson at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

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Out of the Blogosphere

by Bob Sassone, posted Jul 29th 2007 1:40PM

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TV Obits: Hall, Worth, King

by Bob Sassone, posted May 20th 2007 1:01PM

Jimmy HallA roundup of TV people from in front of the camera and behind the scenes who have passed away.

Jimmy Hall: Hall was a documentary filmmaker and Discovery Channel host. He is part of the network's annual "Shark Week," which will air this year starting July 29. Hall was killed in a parachute accident while filming a documentary for the network near the Arctic Circle. He was 41.

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Sister site Divester covers Shark Week, Day 5

by Michael Canfield, posted Aug 4th 2006 5:38PM
A Shark!Ah, shark week. Sharks are to the Discovery Channel what Regis is to ABC, always worth trotting out one more go-around. Our good friends at Divester have weighed in on Shark Week, praising the use of actual science by Discovery (and check out this cool photo contest while you're visiting Divester).

They make a damn good point. Every time I seem to turn on one of the alleged educational cable channels they seem to be running some silly ghost-chaser, psychic, or UFO "documentary" without any serious rigorous examination. Things may be changing a little, shows like Penn & Teller's Bullshit, and Mythbusters (which also runs on Discovery) have been successful the past few years. Shows as different American Chopper and Modern Marvels prove at least some of cable's audience is interested in more than crop circles -- interested rather in the natural world, science, and how real things actually work.

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What's on tonight: Rescue Me, Eureka, Work Out, Rachael Ray, World Series of Poker

by Bob Sassone, posted Aug 1st 2006 4:45PM
  • Shark WeekAt 8, CBS has a new Big Brother: All-Stars, followed by a new Rock Star: Supernova.
  • NBC has a new Fear Factor at 8, followed by a new Last Comic Standing.
  • ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker, starting at 8.
  • At 9, Bravo has a new Work Out.
  • Also at 9: Sci-Fi has a new episode of Eureka.
  • At 9:30 on Food Network, a new Tasty Travels has Rachael Ray in San Diego.
  • Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" continues, and at 10 there's a special episode of Dirty Jobs titled Dirty Jobs: Jobs That Bite, profiling a biologist studying great white sharks.
  • GSN continues to countdown the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All-Time at 10. Tonight it's shows 32-29.
  • Also at 10: FX has a new Rescue Me.

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Discovery Channel programs on iTunes

by Adam Finley, posted May 16th 2006 3:06PM

mythbustersPrograms from the Discovery Channel and some of its associated networks are now available through iTunes. The shows include Mythbusters, Shark Week, The Save-Ums, Extreme Engineering, Breed All About It, The Most Extreme, Passport to Europe, World's Best, America's National Parks, and Kenny the Shark. The episodes will cost the usual $1.99. Personally, I like the idea of having Mythbusters and Shark Week being made available, but I'm not to sure people will be that interested in downloading and watching something like America's National Parks, much less paying to watch it. Then again, everyone isn't me.

[via Digg]

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