New Series
BRAVO
9 BY DESIGN – SERIES PREMIERE
Tuesday, April 13 at 11 pm et/pt (moving to 10 pm et/pt beginning April 20)
An eight-episode docu-series that chronicles husband and wife design team, Robert and Cortney Novogratz, “9 by Design” follows the owners of Sixx Design, a renovation and design firm in New York that specializes in creating unique living spaces. They have made it their business to seek out abandoned buildings across Manhattan and transform them into multi-million dollar living spaces. The name of their company relates to the number of children they had at the time the firm was founded. Today, parents Robert and Cortney have seven kids ranging in age from six months to 12 years, including two sets of twins. New York City may not be the typical place to raise a large and growing family, but for the Novogratz’s there’s no place like home: they live in the homes they flip! “9 By Design” is produced by Left/Right, Inc. with Ken Druckerman and Banks Tarver serving as executive producers.
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.
DIY
Turf War – SERIES PREMIERE
Monday, April 5 at 10:00 p.m. ET
Two neighbors…two landscape experts…two yards…one super-sized Turf War. Ahmed Hassan hosts this action-packed series full of competition and jaw-dropping landscape ideas as two teams drastically overhaul their yards in just two days using surprise building materials and a lot of help from their friends. When time is up, a panel of judges consisting of next door neighbors decides who wins the Turf War title and a grand prize.
Money Hunters – SERIES PREMIERE
May 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.
Rock Solid: Top 10 – SERIES PREMIERE
May TBD
Dean Marsico and Derek Stearns, real-life cousins and stonemasons, count down the 10 best ways to make a masonry masterpiece. With their unique style of humor, they take on fire pits, patios, stone walls and more, delivering rock solid tips and tricks along the way.
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.
Planet Green
FUTURE FOOD – Series Premiere
Thursday, March 30 at 10:00 p.m. ET
The world premiere of Planet Green’s original network series, “Future Food” introduces viewers to “molecular gastronomists,” Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche: world renowned chefs, successful restaurateurs, patent-owning mad scientists and celebrated futurists. In an all new original series (airing Tuesdays at 10 p.m. through May 18) that promises to be a little “Mythbusters” meets Willy Wonka, Planet Green follows the crazy antics of these two technology-obsessed chefs who are looking to change the world from a completely unexpected place – the kitchen – one concoction at a time.
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.
starz
SPARTACUS: BLOOD AND SAND-SEASON FINALE
Friday, April 16 at 10 p.m. et/pt
Season one of Sam Raimi’s critically-acclaimed original series concludes with this one-hour finale. “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” shot on location in New Zealand, stars Andy Whitfield as the gladiator warrior hero Spartacus, Lucy Lawless, best known for her role in “Xena: Warrior Princess” and John Hannah, who’s familiar from The Mummy trilogy. Spartacus is a soldier in the Roman Auxiliary who has been taken prisoner. As punishment for defying a Roman Legate, Spartacus has been sentenced to die in the gladiator arena. But after surviving numerous fights, his sentence is commuted and he has been sold as a slave to be trained as a gladiator. Already greenlit for a second season, “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” is produced by Starz Media with Executive Producers Rob Tapert (The Grudge, “Xena: Warrior Princess” and “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”), Sam Raimi (Spider-Man and Evil Dead), Joshua Donen (The Quick and the Dead) and Steven S. DeKnight.
Gravity – SERIES PREMIERE
friday, April 23 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT
Starz premieres its new dramatic comedy “Gravity,” which follows the sometimes comic, sometimes tragic exploits of a group from an eccentric out-patient program of suicide survivors. Krysten Ritter (“Breaking Bad,” Confessions of a Shopaholic), stars as Lily Champagne, a twenty-something who just can’t connect to anyone until she actually dies. She stars with Ivan Sergei (“Charmed,” The Break-Up), who plays Robert Collingsworth, who is despondent following the death of his wife, and who becomes an internet celebrity when his suicide attempt goes comically awry. He stars with Eric Schaeffer, the series’ co-creator and one of its executive producers, who plays Miller, an enigmatic cop with mysterious intentions.
Also in the cast are Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction, Mission Impossible) as Dogg McFee, the group’s leader and a former Major League Baseball player, now confined to a wheelchair; and supermodel Rachel Hunter as Shawna Rollins, a former spokesmodel and current life coach who is surprised to find herself attracted to someone much younger than herself. Robyn Cohen (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, “Starved”), James Martinez (Brother to Brother) and Seth Numrich (How to Kill a Mockingbird) round out the main cast.
SUNDANCE
BE GOOD JOHNNY WEIR – SERIES FINALE
Monday, March 22 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT
In this final episode, entitled ‘God Bless America’, Johnny prepares for Nationals in Spokane, WA by dumping his long program costume and redesigning it with Stephanie, his long-time costume designer. He continues training hard but takes a much-needed break by hosting a New Year’s Eve party for family and friends at his favorite Manhattan restaurant, the Russian-themed Mari Vanna. As Johnny arrives at the 2010 Nationals, the pressure is on: he must make the podium or risk being left off the US Olympic Team for Vancouver. Can Johnny equal his season best short program performance at Tokyo? Will his long program finally come together as he knows it can? Will the three seasons of Galina’s tutelage pay off at this most important competition? Can he achieve his destiny?
Chandon Pictures – SERIES PREMIERE
Friday, March 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
Sundance Channel will premiere Season 1 of the critically acclaimed Australian series “Chandon Pictures,” as part of its Fright night “Knock Knock” comedy block, beginning March 26 at 9:00 p.m. The eight-episode season will premiere over the course of four weeks, with two half-hour episodes airing back to back at 9:00 pm and 9:30 p.m. every Friday night until April 16. Created and written by Rob Carlton, who also stars as Tom Chandon, a documentary filmmaker and founder of the fledgling video production company Chandon Pictures. Posters and cut-outs for Tom’s documentary feature, Oh No Bonzo, decorate Chandon’s offices, which happen to be located in Tom’s house – the childhood home he and his younger brother inherited from their late parents. Though Tom considers himself an auteur — or, in his words, “a documenteur” — his portfolio doesn’t extend much beyond weddings and kids’ birthday parties. But with the help of his loyal cameraman, Rick (Darren Gilshenan), his pragmatic producer, Lucy (Rebecca Massey), and an ample supply of vanity and self-delusion, Tom manages to twist each client’s brief to match his creative dreams of making “films that matter.” “Chandon Pictures” is directed by Rob Carlton and Alex Weinress.
SEDUCE ME – WEB SERIES PREMIERE
Tuesday, April 20
Very much the spawn of the 2009 multiple “Webby Award” winning series Green Porno, this new series will once again star Isabella Rossellini, only this time, she acts out the bizarre seduction strategies of nature’s most unique creatures, from bed bugs to jellyfish. (10×2) (5 films premiere on April 20 on sundancechannel.com; 5 films debut in August 2010).
WE TV
Girl Meets Gown – SERIES PREMIERE
Sunday, April 25 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT
Girl Meets Gown is a one-hour journey following three brides on their quest to find the perfect wedding dress. Their destination: the largest bridal salon in America – Stardust Celebrations in Dallas, Texas. This show explores everything about the journey… who these women are, which bridal fashions they covet, how many thousands they will pay, and the staff who’ll stop at nothing make their wedding gown dreams come true!
Sunset Daze – SERIES PREMIERE
Wednesday, April 28 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT
Sunset Daze is a half-hour reality sitcom that takes an unprecedented look at the “Golden Years” with humor and heart. It explores the relationships of married couples, families (residents of the community and their grand kids), and best friends as well as exploring the day-to-day real life escapades of the residents.
YOU’RE WEARING THAT?!
Friday, May 14 at XX
What happens when you ask a seriously fashion-challenged mother and her equally style-less daughter to make each other over? Total Drama! In this new half-hour show, a mother and daughter duo get to vent about what’s NOT working in the other’s wardrobe. Throughout the process, our host, New York stylist Luciene Salomone, acts as the referee, and provides expert advice on how each woman can freshen up her style. But behind the joking is a real love between the women, who also get to express why they want a makeover for the other. Maybe they’re about to embark on a few phase in life (a new job, a move to a new city, a new relationship – or the end of one), or maybe they think the other just needs a change. Working together with the help of Luciene, both mother and daughter are transformed, with new outfits, and the know-how to put together a beautiful wardrobe that will work for their individual lifestyles and personalities. In the end, their head-to-toe makeovers are revealed (including new hair and makeup) to a gathering of family and friends, who are wowed by their fresh new looks. More importantly, mother and daughter experience a transformation together, and by the end of the journey, they will undoubtedly strengthen the bond they share. Oh, the power of fashion!
New Specials
PBS
WHEN FAMILIES GRIEVE
Wednesday, April 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings)
A new primetime television special, When Families Grieve featuring Katie Couric and the Sesame Street Muppets produced by Sesame Workshop, the group behind the award-winning children’s series. This hour-long HD special, airing in primetime nationwide in April on PBS, will present families’ personal stories about coping with the death of a parent, as well as strategies that have helped these families move forward.
DIY
Wreck & Roll Special – PREMIERE
April TBD
What goes up…must eventually come down. And that’s exactly what the guys in the demolition business live for! In two half-hour episodes, Wreck & Roll follows a team of demolition experts as they bring down a building or structure from start to finish. Every job is unique, potentially dangerous, and requires different precision techniques to pull it off on time and under budget.
Combat Construction – PREMIERE
Monday, May 24 at 7:00 a.m. ET
The Seabees are the U.S. Navy’s Mobile Construction Battalion who can build a military base from the foundation up – anywhere in the world. Their work encompasses everything from roads and airfields to electrical grids and sewers. The Seabees must be versatile because they never know what they’ll face, or what materials they’ll have on hand. In this one-hour special, DIY Network travels to the Seabee school in Gulfport, Miss., where new recruits are trained in all aspects of construction plus instill in them all the vital combat skills they’ll need when deployed on their missions. Josh Temple hosts the special, going inside the three-week training exercises, which teaches trainees how to build the road to victory.
Cool Tools Builders’ Show 2010 – PREMIERE
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
BREAKING BAD – Season 3 Premiere
Sunday, March 21 at 10:00 p.m. ET
AMC will premiere the highly anticipated third season of the Emmy-nominated series “Breaking Bad” starring back-to-back Emmy® winner Bryan Cranston (who serves double duty as director of the premiere episode, “No Mas.”) and Emmy nominee Aaron Paul. Created by acclaimed writer/producer/director Vince Gilligan (“The X-Files”), “Breaking Bad” follows Walter White (Cranston), a milquetoast high school chemistry teacher who discovers he is dying of lung cancer. Desperate to secure his family’s financial future, Walt teams up with a former student, Jesse Pinkman (Paul), to turn a used RV into a mobile drug lab.
BRAVO
SHEAR GENIUS – SEASON 3 FINALE
Wednesday, April 7 At 10 p.m. ET/PT
The third season comes to a close when the final three stylists team up with fashion designer Henry Duarte for their biggest challenge yet. They’ll each style six models for a fashion show where the designer will debut Duarte’s new line of edgy rock-and-roll inspired clothing. A few familiar faces return to assist the final three in this no holds barred, two day long challenge. Editor-in-chief of Allure Magazine Linda Wells rejoins as the final guest judge and one lucky contestant wins $100,000 courtesy of Nexxus Salon Hair Care, an apprenticeship with Nexxus, and a chance to style hair for an Allure magazine photo shoot.
TOP CHEF MASTERS – SEASON 2 PREMIERE
Wednesday, April 7 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT, Moves to its regular time period on April 14 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT
“Top Chef Masters” is back for season two and once again the judges’ table will be turned, and viewers will see what happens when world-renowned chefs compete against each other in a series of weekly challenges and revert back to basics. Only one chef will make it to the finals to compete for the title of “Top Chef Master” and a prize for the charity of their choice. Food journalist Kelly Choi returns as series’ host, alongside renowned restaurant critic Gael Greene, culinary expert James Oseland and food critic Jay Rayner who are back on the Critic’s Table. “Top Chef” series judge Gail Simmons will also serve as a judge this season. “Top Chef Masters,” was Bravo’s highest rated first season competition show, averaging 1.53 million adults 18-49 and 2.22 million total viewers. “Top Chef Masters” is produced by the Emmy-nominated Magical Elves. Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz serve as executive producers. “Top Chef” head judge, renowned culinary figure and chef/owner Craft Restaurants Tom Colicchio serves as consulting producer.
DIY
King of Dirt – Season 2 Premiere
Monday, April 5 at 9:00 p.m. ET
Gino Panaro is DIY Network’s King of Dirt. He’s definitely not what you’d expect from one of America’s premier landscape contractors. He’s a loud, bull-in-a-china-shop kind of guy who happens to create incredible beauty. For his landscape designs, Gino doesn’t use a computer or fake graphic technology. Instead, he relies on his imagination, his hands and the help of his brother Ralph, who works with him in a family landscape business to create some of the most beautiful, high-end landscapes and hardscapes you’ll ever see. Together they star in DIY Network’s new series, King of Dirt, full of big personalities and even bigger insider ideas on how to make over outdoor spaces.
Indoors Out – Season 4 PREMIERE
Tuesday, April 6 at 10:00 p.m. ET
How do you expand a home’s square footage without expanding the home? It’s easy: build an outdoor room, one of the biggest trends in home improvement. On DIY Network’s Indoors Out, stonemasons and contractors Dean Marsico and Derek Stearns lead a crew of carpenters, landscapers and stonemasons to build unique, functional and eye-popping spaces outside the box. From outdoor TVs to spa showers to fully outfitted kitchens, Indoors Out makes great TV.
Desperate Landscapes – Season 6 Premiere
Wednesday, April 7 at 10:00 p.m. ET
Your home can have the most beautifully decorated interior, but without curb appeal, your family may become the scourge of the neighborhood. But who’s got the time to trim those out-of-control bushes, repave that cracked walkway and paint the porch? Fortunately, DIY Network has the time. In Desperate Landscapes, licensed general contractor Jason Cameron comes to a lucky viewer’s home armed with a wheelbarrow full of creative solutions to the toughest landscaping problems. In one day Jason and his team of DIY Network experts can transform even the most desperate landscape into a show place sure to make your home the envy of the neighborhood.
Garage Mahal- SEASON 2 PREMIERE
Friday, April 9 at 9:00 p.m. ET (hour-long premiere-moves to 9:30 on Fridays beginning April 16)
If you think your garage couldn’t possibly ever be the greatest room in your house, think again. DIY Network’s series Garage Mahal transforms filthy, disorganized garages into spectacular living spaces. New show host, former NFL player, pro wrestler and car buff Bill Goldberg, joins the second season of Garage Mahal, which features unbelievable garage makeovers like a video gamers’ paradise or a motocross garage complete with half-pipes that store extra tires. The hour long premiere features a first time look at the garage of Tonight Show host Jay Leno who gets the biggest renovation yet-complete with technology out of a James Bond film.
10 Grand in Your Hand – Season 3 Premiere
Wednesday, May TBD at 9:30 p.m. ET
Every week on 10 Grand in Your Hand DIY Network shows real homeowners how to cut up to $10,000 from their renovation and remodeling projects. Repeat: DIY Network will save homeowners up to $10,000 in cash. In this original series, DIY Network comes into a renovation or remodeling project at the beginning, offering homeowners smart advice on new materials and technologies, plus essential how-to info on doing some of the basic work themselves. Homeowners are amazed how much we can shave off their total budget, leaving serious cash available to spend on another project, a vacation or a new toy.
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.
starz
Party Down – SEASON TWO PREMIERE
friday, April 23 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT
On Friday, April 23rd at 10pm ET/PT, Starz premieres the second season of “Party Down,” its critically acclaimed half-hour comedy about a Los Angeles catering team – Hollywood wannabes stuck working for tips while hoping for their big break. Created and executive produced by Rob Thomas (“Veronica Mars,” “Cupid”) along with John Enbom, Paul Rudd and Dan Etheridge, the series has been touted as one of the funniest new shows of 2009.
Called “a must-see” by USA Today, “Party Down” features a talented ensemble of actors, including Ken Marino as Ron Donald, the aggressively pious leader of the Party Down Catering company; Adam Scott as Henry Pollard, the one-time actor who has returned to the life of cater-waiter; Martin Starr as Roman DeBeers, the team’s self-proclaimed Sci Fi visionary and all-purpose intellectual; Ryan Hansen as Kyle Bradway, who’s an actor, model and front-man for an earnest alt-rock band when not working Hollywood parties; and Lizzy Caplan as Casey Klein, a pretty, smart, funny, and insecure comedienne who happens to make ends meet as a cater-waiter.
SUNDANCE
The Lazy Environmentalist – Season Two Premiere
Tuesday, April 20 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT
Sundance Channel brings back a second season of the original program “The Lazy Environmentalist,” beginning Tuesday, April 20 at 9:00 p.m. et/pt. Hosted by eco-entrepreneur and author Josh Dorfman, the primetime, hour-long series earned the 2009 Environmental Media Association Award for “Best Reality Show,” and showcases Dorfman’s mission to prove that greening the planet doesn’t have to be complicated — even for someone like Josh, a self-described “lazy environmentalist.” In each episode of the eight part series, Dorfman (who penned The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish, Green Living and The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget) persuades conservation skeptics who are experts in their fields that a green approach can easily translate into any profession or lifestyle.
Live From Abbey Road – SEASON 3 PREMIERE
Friday, February 26 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT
Sundance Channel premieres new episodes from the third season of its critically acclaimed music series filmed at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios. Among the guests featured this month are: Antony and the Johnsons (April 23), Gossip (April 16), Noisettes (April 9), Bloc Party (May 7) and The Mars Volta (April 16). New episodes of “Live From Abbey Road” premiere Friday nights at 8:00pm.
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)
EVENTS/ Marathons
DIY
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.
Refund Renovations Week
Monday, April 12 – Friday, April 16 at 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. ET
It’s the day that most viewers look forward to; receiving money from Uncle Sam! DIY Network helps our viewers make the most out of their tax refund by improving their home by airing a full week of shows packed with ideas on how to improve the value of your home and spend your tax refund!
Sweat Equity Million Dollar Weekend Marathon
Saturday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9 at 12:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. ET
The Sweat Equity Million Dollar Marathon is a multi-week long event that gives our viewers a chance to watch and win on weeknights. Plus, learn a million dollars worth of home improvement ideas.
Memorial Day Marathon
Monday, May 31 at 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. ET
It’s the holiday that means summer is here, so why not improve your outdoors. DIY Network will air their best outdoor programs all day long to inspire viewers to improve their outdoor living space.
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.
SUNDANCE
Tortured Genius
Mondays, Starting March 1 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT
Sundance Channel explores the talent and troubles surrounding five complicated artists every Monday night in March. Highlights include the U.S. television premiere of Jeff Feuerzeig’s The Devil and Daniel Johnston.
The schedule for “Tortured Genius” is as follows:
- March 1: The Devil and Daniel Johnston (U.S. Television Premiere): Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig. A moving portrait of singer/songwriter/artist Daniel Johnston, a cult rock hero whose supporters have included the late Kurt Cobain, Sonic Youth, The Flaming Lips and Tom Waits. Weaving together current footage, vintage performances, home movies, and dozens of recorded audiotapes from Johnston’s life, Feuerzeig tells a story of talent and torment — and of the love that helped Johnston survive and return to creative life.
- March 8: Let’s Get Lost : Directed by Bruce Weber. This Oscar®-nominated documentary paints a dreamy portrait of Chet Baker, the handsome and notoriously self-destructive jazz vocalist and trumpeter who came to prominence as part of California’s cool jazz scene of the 1950s. The film contains some of Baker’s final recording sessions, which are interwoven with rare performance footage, excerpts from Italian B movies featuring the young Baker, and candid interviews with Baker, musicians, friends, battling ex-wives and children.
- March 15: Alice Neel: Directed by Andrew Neel. One of the great portrait painters of the 20th century, Alice Neel reinvented the genre by expressing the inner landscape of her subjects, which included luminaries such as Andy Warhol, Bella Abzug and Allen Ginsberg as well as her neighbors in Spanish Harlem. Tough and bohemian, Neel’s personal life was marked by destructive affairs, her struggle to raise her children alone, a mental breakdown and hospitalization. Attempting to come to terms with his enigmatic grandmother and generations of bruised feelings, filmmaker Neel presents his own incisive cinematic portrait.
- March 22: A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory: Directed by Esther Robinson. In her debut film, Robinson explores the circumstances surrounding the 1966 disappearance of her uncle, Danny Williams, who was part of the white-hot scene at Andy Warhol’s artistic headquarters, the Factory. Robinson’s quest leads her to family members, professional acquaintances, and a roster of one-time Factory regulars. Gradually, the scope of Williams’s personal and artistic trajectory emerges, as Robinson pieces together his creative trail as a filmmaker and a lighting designer for the Velvet Underground, as well as his romantic relationship with Warhol.
- March 29: A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake: Directed by Jeroen Berkvens. Rediscovered by a new generation when his 1972 song “Pink Moon” was used in a car commercial, British singer and songwriter Nick Drake (1948 – 1974) is now a cult icon, an influence on everyone from Kate Bush and Lucinda Williams to Elliott Smith and Elton John. This unconventional documentary profiles the brief life of the enigmatic troubadour, a painfully shy artist who released only three albums before dying from an antidepressant overdose.
The Green
Tuesdays, Starting March 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT
Now in its third season, THE GREEN offers entertaining primetime sources of information and inspiration about the planet we call home. During March, THE GREEN will feature new episodes of the original series The River Cottage Treatment: Gone Fishing and innovative interstitial segments about environmental issues and innovators followed by a related documentary. Presented by Robert Redford, THE GREEN programming block airs at its new time on Tuesday nights at 8:00pm, with additional broadcasts on Sundays at 10:00 a.m.
The schedule for “The Green” is as follows:
March 2: The River Cottage Treatment: Gone Fishing/Episode 1: Channel Island: In this three-part series, chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall travels around British Islands to fish delicious, sustainable alternatives to Britain’s imperiled piscatorial mainstays, cod and haddock. Joined by two old friends, fish expert Nick Fisher and skipper Pat Carling, Hugh sails south to the Channel Islands, located between Britain and France.
- Addicted to Plastic: Directed by Ian Connacher. This award-winning documentary takes a lively, engrossing look at everything plastic: the many forms it takes; its history and evolution as 20th Century mainstay; and, above all, its massive environmental impact.
March 9: The River Cottage Treatment: Gone Fishing!/Episode 2: Herbrides: Hugh’s off to Scotland’s Hebrides islands, where on the sparsely inhabited island of Rona, he goes fishing with Caretaker Bill, who has run out of his frozen fish reserves and awaiting the annual return of the area’s mackerel. After a close look at the woeful state of Scotland’s iconic fish, the wild salmon, Hugh tries out a traditional Scandinavian cooking method on salmon raised without chemicals by a local farmer.
- The Greening of Southie: Directed by Ian Cheney. This documentary goes behind the scenes and onto the scaffolds to follow the construction of Boston’s first green residential building, a luxury condominium complex called the Macallan.
March 16: The River Cottage Treatment: Gone Fishing!/Episode 3: The West Country: Hugh wraps up his fishing adventure in the West Country, in England’s southwest.
- The Nuclear Comeback: Directed by Justin Pemberton. In a world living in fear of climate change, the nuclear power industry has put its hand up as a solution. This documentary goes on a worldwide tour of the nuclear industry in search of answers while exploring both sides of this growing debate.
March 23: The River Cottage Treatment: Hugh’s Chicken Run/Episode 1: Rerun of episode
- Strait Through Ice: Directed by Yves Billy. The melting of Arctic polar ice has led to an unexpected and radical geographic development: the emergence of a new maritime route between the Atlantic and the Pacific that is far shorter than the Panama or Suez Canals. This French documentary explores the critical issues to be resolved by a handful of powerful countries as they weigh economic potential against environmental consequences.
March 30: The River Cottage Treatment: Hugh’s Chicken Run/Episode 2: Rerun of episode
- Weather Report: Directed by Brenda Longfellow. There are places in the world where climate change is not an abstract notion, but a factor in the daily weather report. Weather Report jlooks at how individuals, communities and companies have begun to reckon with the dangers of a warming earth, and are implementing new approaches to energy production, farming and other environmentally sensitive practices.