AMC, Bravo, Starz, Discovery Health, Planet Green, WE tv, Sundance and DIY PROGRAMMING OVERVIEW FOR JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST

New Series

AMC

RUBICON –SERIES PREMIERE

August TBD

AMC unveils its newest original drama, Rubicon this August.  The conspiracy thriller stars James Badge Dale (HBO’s The Pacific) as an analyst at a New York City think-tank who is thrown into a story where nothing is as it appears to be. Henry Bromell (Homicide: Life on the Street, Chicago Hope, Brotherhood) has signed on as showrunner. The cast of the one-hour, 13-episode weekly series also includes Oscar®-nominee Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sleepy Hollow), Dallas Roberts (Walk the Line, Flicka, The L Word), Jessica Collins (The Nine, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Christopher Evan Welch (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Lauren Hodges (Law & Order) and Arliss Howard (Full Metal Jacket, Natural Born Killers, The Sandlot).

BRAVO

WORK OF ART: THE NEXT GREAT ARTIST – SERIES PREMIERE

June TBD

Bravo’s latest stroke on the reality canvas brings Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Sarah Jessica Parker and her production company, Pretty Matches, together with the Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated Magical Elves (“Top Chef,” “Project Runway”) and Eli Holzman, to produce “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist,” an hour long creative competition series among contemporary artists.  The series brings together fourteen aspiring artists to compete for a solo show at a nationally recognized museum and a cash prize. Hosting this colorful new series is art enthusiast China Chow, alongside world-renowned art auctioneer, Simon de Pury. Joining them on the judging panel are experts Bill Powers, a New York Gallery owner and literary art contributor, Jerry Saltz, current art critic for New York magazine, and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, esteemed curator and owner of Salon94 gallery. “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” is produced by Pretty Matches and Magical Elves for Bravo. Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alison Benson and Eli Holzman serve as executive producers.

DOUBLE EXPOSURE – SERIES PREMIERE

June TBD

“Double Exposure” follows photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani, along with high-end stylist GK Reid, giving viewers a taste of the world of high fashion and celebrity photography. From album covers for David Bowie and Beyoncé, to prize-winning photographs of celebrities like Lady Gaga and Lindsay Lohan, Markus and Indrani have shot virtually every contemporary boldface name and countless other iconic images for fashion campaigns and magazines. As the former couple works together 18 hours a day in incredibly high-stress environments, filled with deadlines, stretched budgets, expensive locations and demanding talent, it’s not unusual for sparks to fly both on camera and outside the frame. “Double Exposure” is produced by Juma Entertainment for Bravo. Bob Horowitz and Lewis Fenton serve as executive producers. 

Planet Green

The Fabulous Beekman Boys – SERIES PREMIERE

Wednesday, June 16 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT

What do you get when you combine a former Martha Stewart Vice President, a drag queen turned ad exec and New York Times bestselling author, an estate and farm in upstate New York, a few quirky neighbors and goats, pigs and a diva llama to boot?  In the case of Planet Green, it’s their next primetime docu-series The Fabulous Beekman Boys. An appealing combination of “Green Acres” and “Modern Family” the series takes an often hilarious look inside the lives of Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell who leave behind their lives in New York City to pursue their dream of owning an eco-friendly, organic farm and building a luxury brand in a downturned economy.

Starz

THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH – SERIES PREMIERE

July 23

Starz will premiere the eight-hour event series “The Pillars of the Earth,” based on Ken Follett’s global bestselling novel in July 2010.  Kicking off with a two-hour premiere, the series is a sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th Century England.  The best-selling novel, which has sold more than 14 million copies worldwide and has been published in more than 30 languages, was shot on location in Hungary and Austria.  Directed by  three-time DGA award-winner Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (“Heroes,” “Into the West”),  “The Pillars of the Earth” features a star-studded cast including: Ian McShane (“Deadwood,” Sexy Beast), Rufus Sewell (The Illusionist, A Knight’s Tale), Matthew Macfadyen (Ridley Scott’s upcoming Robin Hood, Pride and Prejudice), Eddie Redmayne (The Yellow Handkerchief, The Good Shepherd), Hayley Atwell (The Duchess), Sarah Parish (“Merlin”), Donald Sutherland (“Dirty Sexy Money,” The Italian Job), Alison Pill (Milk) and Gordon Pinsent (Away From Her). The series was produced by TANDEM Communications, MUSE Entertainment and the award-winning team, Ridley and Tony Scott’s SCOTT FREE Films.

DIY NETWORK

Rescue Renovation – SERIES PREMIERE

June TBD

In DIY Network’s Rescue Renovation host Kayleen McCabe (winner of the network’s StudFinder contest) saves project-challenged homeowners who are in over their heads with their renovations. McCabe points out exactly what went wrong and formulates a 48-hour action plan to turn bad jobs into jaw-dropping rooms.

MONEY HUNTERS-SERIES PREMIERE

June TBD

There’s money in your next home renovation…and DIY Network’s Money Hunters, Matt Blashaw and Deanne Bell, help you find it. They work alongside real-life homeowners to deliver the best damn renovation their budget can buy, using innovative solutions, smart shopping options and tricks of the trade. Those who stick to the Money Hunters plan get a killer makeover they never thought possible.

BATH CRASHERS-SERIES PREMIERE

July TBD

DIY Network is on a mission to crash and trash bathrooms, transforming them into stunning, functional and modern living spaces in the new series Bath Crashers. Produced similarly to the popular House Crashers and Yard Crashers series, crasher Matt Muenster ambushes homeowners while they’re home improvement shopping. When he identifies the ultimate bathroom challenge, he follows the lucky homeowner home and totally overhauls a bathroom in need of repair.

THIS NEW HOUSE-SERIES PREMIERE

July TBD

In This New House, a new magazine-style series on DIY Network, co-hosts Amy Matthews and This Old House’s Kevin O’Connor bring viewers inside homes across the U.S. that feature innovative building materials, techniques and gadgets. The best part: Kevin and Amy demonstrate how homeowners can make their homes smarter with the touch of their do-it-yourself buttons.

New Specials

SUNDANCE CHANNEL

BE GOOD JOHNNY WEIR: MY WAY

June TBD

Picking up where the season finale left off, the Be Good Johnny Weir bonus episode goes behind the scenes at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  There, Weir skated two of the best performances of his career, only to see the judging panel give higher scores to skaters who made mistakes in their programs.  Returning to the U.S. after the Olympics, Johnny remains in the spotlight while he begins to lay the foundations for his future, both on and off the ice.

DIY NETWORK

Cool Tools Builders’ Show 2010

June TBD

Find out what’s new in how-to as DIY Network takes you inside the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas. Tool expert Chris Grundy scours the more than one million square feet of exhibition space, putting the latest tools, materials and building techniques to the test. If it’s cool, you’ll see it on Cool Tools: The Builders’ Show.

Returning Series

AMC

MAD MEN – SEASON 4 PREMIERE

JULY TBD

AMC’s Mad Men, one of the most talked about series on television, returns for a fourth season this July. Set in 1960s New York, Mad Men is a sexy and provocative original drama that follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising. The series has made history as the first basic cable series ever to win the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, and back-to-back Golden Globes® for Best Television Series – Drama.  The award-winning ensemble includes: Golden Globe-winner Jon Hamm, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, and John Slattery and guest stars legendary stage and screen actor Robert Morse.

SYNDICATION

THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW

JULY 12, 2010 (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS)

How you doin? On July 12, The Wendy Williams Show returns with brand new episodes (nationally syndicated, check local listings). Filmed live in New York, the daytime talk show covers a mix of hot topics, celebrity news and interviews, fashion, cooking and real-life advice with a wide range of guests. Visitors to Wendy’s couch have included Jimmy Fallon, Miss Piggy, Andy Garcia, Chris Rock, Vanessa Williams, Tori Spelling, Julia Ormond, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joan Rivers, Whoopi Goldberg, Gabrielle Anwar, pop sensations Justin Bieber and Ke$ha and legendary singer Natalie Cole among others. One of only a handful of newcomers to succeed in daytime talk, Wendy’s lively, engaging personality and entertaining perspective continues to win over fans in multiple demographics.

SUNDANCE CHANNEL

MAN SHOPS GLOBE – SEASON 2 PREMIERE

June TBD

Keith Johnson has the job we all want.  As the buyer-at-large for lifestyle store Anthropologie, Keith travels the globe in a never-ending hunt to find the world’s most beautiful, unique and desired treasures.  Produced by World of Wonder.  (8×30) (June 2010)

WE tv

BRIDEZILLAS – SEASON 7 PREMIERE

Sunday, June 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT

Premiering June 6Guilty pleasure alert!  WE tv’s signature series BRIDEZILLAS returns this wedding season celebrating its 100th episode with bigger bridal meltdowns than ever before.  Tune in to WE tv on Sunday, June 6 at 9p for BRIDEZILLAS — where blushing brides-to-be go from sweet to certifiable while trying to plan their perfect wedding.  For six seasons, viewers watched Bridezillas shock family, friends, and fiancé’s in order to make their storybook weddings come true.  They stop at nothing to get what they want. And each year, we watch to see if their temper tantrums will no longer be tolerated. Tune in once more as our Bridezillas return with more hair-raising hissy fits you won’t want to miss.

MY FAIR WEDDING WITH DAVID TUTERA – SEASON 3 PREMIERE

Premieres Sunday, June 6 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Every bride has a vision. He has revisions. Brides know what they want their wedding day to look like….but sometimes it needs a little help! MY FAIR WEDDING WITH DAVID TUTERA returns to WE tv for an all-new third season. With weddings that are in need of a serious make over, celebrity wedding planner David Tutera steps in a mere three weeks before the big day to help transform potentially disastrous nuptials into extraordinary, platinum-style affairs. David surprises the bridal parties with last minute changes that take the bride’s original idea to a whole new level. But each bride must give up control of her wedding to David…and she doesn’t see any of his revisions until her actual wedding day! Will David be able to create the wedding of their dreams? David’s high profile clients include Star Jones, J.Lo, the Rolling Stones, Barbara Walters, Elton John, Al Gore and more.

RAISING SEXTUPLETS – SEASON 2 PREMIERE

Premieres Wednesday, June 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

After struggling for a few years to conceive, Bryan and Jenny Masche were overjoyed when Jenny learned she was finally pregnant. but then quickly overwhelmed when they learned they were have SIX babies! Season two of the WE tv original series RAISING SEXTUPLETS continues to document the lives of Jenny and Bryan Masche as they devote another year to the care of their two-year-old sextuplets.  Just as they think they’ve finally got the happy chaos under control, their lives turn upside down when Bryan decides to move the family from Arizona to Florida to pursue a job in finance. After the big move, while Bryan struggles to build his new career, Jenny continues to work to keep the family afloat. The stress of all of this and taking care of their six toddlers proves to be a trying time for the family.  Despite everything, their optimism, the love of their children, and support of their extended family is what gets them through these tough times.

DIY NETWORK

Yard Crashers – Season 4 Premiere

Thursday, June TBD at 10:00 p.m. ET

You never know what you’ll be bringing home from the home improvement store. You go in for grass seed but come home with new patio chairs and a bag of cement. If you’re lucky enough, you could also bring home a professional landscape contractor. On DIY Network’s Yard Crashers, expert Ahmed Hassan waits at stores looking for the perfect weekend warriors who could definitely use his help. Once he finds his target, Ahmed and his team follow the surprised shoppers to their homes and completely transform their yards.

Cool Tools – Season 6 Premiere

June TBD

Did you know there’s a device that lets you carry a sheet of heavy plywood with just one hand? How about using your drill for everything from cleaning ducts to snipping sheet metal? What does “WD-40” stand for, and did you know there are more than 2,000 uses for it? Tool expert Chris Grundy answers these burning questions and more on Cool Tools. He also gives viewers an exclusive look at tools you may not even know about – from the tried and true to the latest and greatest – revealing insider tips and little-known techniques from the people who helped create them. If you like tools, you’ll go nuts for Cool Tools.

EVENTS/ Marathons

DIY NETWORK

America’s Most Desperate LandSCAPES (PREMIERE)

Thursday, June 17 at 9:00 p.m. ET

Some homes are lucky enough to boast great curb appeal while others, even in the nicest neighborhoods, are desperate for help. DIY Network is in search of America’s Most Desperate Landscape…a yard that’s completely dysfunctional and an absolute disaster to anyone who feasts his eyes on it. In partnership with a national morning show, DIY Network will kick off its desperate landscape search and promote the premiere of a coinciding one-hour special.

Cool Tools Father’s Day Gift Guide Marathon

Sunday, June 13 at 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET

Have that hard to shop for do-it-yourself Dad?  Piece of cake, DIY Network shows you the latest, coolest tools on the market for Dad with just enough time to go out and purchase them before the big day.

Who’s Your DIY Daddy Marathon

Sunday, June 20 at 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET

DIY Network will air all of Dad’s favorite shows on Father’s Day to get him in the mood to use his new cool tools.  It’s a day of programming for all Dads’ to enjoy.

CRASH WEEK

July 5-July 9 from 8pm-11pm ET

Ahmed Hassan of Yard Crashers and Josh Temple of House Crashers routinely ambush unsuspecting homeowners at home improvement stores and then return home with a lucky one to smash, demolish, and raze his worst home improvement nightmare. Now, these DIY Network crashers welcome to their crash club its newest member, Matt Muenster. As host of the new series Bath Crashers, to premiere during Crash Week, Matt hooks up with homeowners and then alters their dated, grimy bathrooms into throne rooms good enough for kings.

DISCOVERY HEALTH

BABY WEEK – WEEK-LONG PROGRAMMING
July TBD

Who doesn’t love babies?  Discovery Health’s signature programming event showcases the smallest humans in all their glory.  Full of both heartwarming and dramatic stories, BABY WEEK is one that viewers won’t want to miss.

SUNDANCE CHANNEL

PRIDE PROGRAMMING

Monday Nights at 8:00 pm et/pt  in June

Sundance Channel celebrates Pride Month with Monday night premieres dedicated to films representing the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community. The lineup includes:

PAGEANT (U.S. Television Premiere)

Monday, June 7 at 8:00pm

Directed by Ron David and Stewart Halpern, this joyous documentary goes behind the scenes at the 34th Miss Gay America contest, where 52 ordinary gentlemen go to extraordinary lengths in competing for the crown.  Hormones and surgical enhancements are forbidden; each contestant relies on the art of illusion.  The movie follows five of the most talented and beautiful female impersonators as they vie for the prize, cheered on by husbands, mothers, sons and little brothers.

PRODIGAL SONS (Original Production/U.S. Television Premiere)

Monday, June 21 at 8:00pm

This critically acclaimed documentary directed by Kimberley Reed explores themes of identity, gender and sibling rivalry as it traces the paths of three siblings from Montana: Reed, a transgender woman; her younger, gay brother Todd; and their older, adopted brother Marc.  Returning to Montana for her high school reunion, Reed is nervous about how she will be received by the classmates who knew her as football quarterback Paul McKerrow.  But while Reed’s doubts are quickly assuaged, the fault lines between her and Marc – the unlucky, overshadowed, misfit brother – are equally quick to reappear. Hoping to help her troubled sibling, Reed attempts to untangle the family’s complex history – a task that takes a strange turn when Marc learns that he is the biological grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.

EDIE & THEA: A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (Original Production/U.S. Television Premiere)

Monday, June 28 at 8:00pm

Great love stories often begin with a moment of instant attraction – and such was the case with Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer, who met in New York’s West Village in the early 1960s.  They soon became “engaged,” though the idea of a civil marriage for gay and lesbian couples was unthinkable at the time and would not come to pass for another four decades.  As the two soul mates prepare at last to wed, they look back on their lives together, the battles they have fought and the changes they have seen.  Edie & Thea, directed by Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir, was the winner of the Best Documentary Audience Award at the 2009 Outfest.

FINALES

AMC

BREAKING BAD – SEASON FINALE

June 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

BRAVO

9 BY DESIGN – SEASON FINALE

June 1 at 10p.m. ET/PT

EPISODE 108 – “Selling Point” –

With their biggest design project only weeks away from completion, the Novogratzes steal some well-deserved family time at their Berkshires country house. Sixx Design’s hotel project is almost done, and everyone is in a celebratory mood. But just days before the opening, it’s discovered that one of the last remaining hotel design details remains unfinished. As Bob and Cortney kick into high gear to get the job done at the hotel, things also heat up back at their house. With the pressure mounting to sell at least one of their Manhattan residential properties, Bob and Cortney are confronted with some tough choices about how to structure their business – and their lives – for the future. Will the tough housing market ease up and allow them to sell one of their two residential properties at long last, thereby forcing them to move yet again?

Planet Green

FUTURE FOOD – SERIES FINALE

Tuesday, May 18 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT

“Edible Packaging”

Imagine a world in which Styrofoam packaging peanuts are no longer bad for the environment but are actually edible!  Homaro and Ben come up with several flavors of edible packaging peanuts that, much to the surprise of the customers, they decide to try out at the post office.  Then, at MOTO, they wow diners with several recipes featuring the edible packaging.

WE tv

SUNSET DAZE – SEASON FINALE

Wednesday, June 23 at 10p.m. ET/PT

The Sun City prom committee selects “New Girl in Town” Linda to plan the big event after Jack‘s (Mr. Romeo) successful birthday party for his dog Mosen. A last minute location flip-flop puts her under more stress than she bargained for. “Big Man on Campus” Ron is in charge of food, while “The Matchmaker” Joanne bustles around town to find dates for her friends. “The Actress” Gail has two dates in the form of her son Cary and his partner George. “Wild Child” Sandy plans to bring her new beau Mark. And “Mr. Romeo” Jack emcees the event, while LaWanda watches with pride as her husband Doug performs with his band. Who will be crowned king and queen and who take the dance competition? Winners or losers, the gang is all together, living it up and checking off their bucket lists!

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