Archive for October 2010

‘What Not to Wear’ Returns to TLC in Style

October 29, 2010 | by gweiswasser
What Not to Wear's Clinton Kelly & Stacy London

WNTW's Kelly & London

Stacy and Clinton are back on TLC’s What Not To Wear for another season of helping women in serious need of a fashion overhaul!

In the season premiere tonight at 9pm ET/PT, they help Mindy Cohn — also known as Natalie on the 80s sitcom The Facts of Life — who is struggling to balance her private and public persona while hiding in a frumpy wardrobe filled with oversized, shapeless clothes. Stacy and Clinton help her update her look and find a more flattering style for her body type. (Check out a sneak peek of tonight’s premiere and tune into new episodes each Friday.)

Also, do you have some terrifying pieces in your closet? If so, you should enter TLC’s Scary in Style Contest this Halloween, the one time of the year where it’s okay to look frightening. Send a picture of your worst outfit, and you could win $200 to spend on a style makeover!

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‘Ghost Lab’ Takes a Scary Look at Lizzie Borden Tonight

October 28, 2010 | by gweiswasser

With Halloween weekend almost upon here, are you looking for a good ghost story to get you in the mood? Tonight’s episode of Ghost Lab at 10pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel takes paranormal investigators Barry and Brad Klinge to the scene of the brutal 1892 murder of Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother. The Everyday Paranormal team uses unconventional methods to try to find out if Lizzie was truly guilty. How much do you know about Lizzie Borden? Take a quiz on InvestigationDiscovery.com to find out.

During tonight’s east coast premiere at 10pm ET, Barry and Brad will be participating in an online chat about Ghost Lab — tune in if you dare! Here’s a sneak peek of tonight’s Lizzie Borden episode:

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Discovery Channel Debuts ‘Rescued: The Chilean Mine Story’ on Thursday

October 27, 2010 | by aharris

There’s nothing more compelling that real-life drama, which is exactly what Rescued: The Chilean Mine Story (premiering on Thursday, October 28 at 8pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel and at 9pm on Discovery en Español) delivers. The special will delve into how the dedication of man meshed with machine to save the lives of 33 men trapped below ground for 70 days.

Rescued, also airing on Discovery en Español and on Discovery Channel across Latin America, will feature:

  • interviews with the family members of miners;
  • an interview with Andre Sougarett, head of the rescue operation;
  • the activity of the three drilling machines that were used for the rescue operations;
  • the Engineers and technicians in charge of each of the plans ( Plan A, B and C)/each drilling machine;
  • the “control room” of the operation where daily meetings took; and
  • interviews with Chilean President Piñera, mining minister Laurence Golborne and Dr. Michael Duncan from NASA (an advisor to the medical team in charge of the miners when they were trapped).

Tune in tomorrow at 8pm ET/PT, get a sneak peek below and read more about it on DiscoveryNews.com.

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Revisit Military History with ‘Missions That Changed the War’ on Military Channel

October 26, 2010 | by gweiswasser

Tonight at 9pm ET/PT, Military Channel kicks off Missions That Changed the War, a three-part series that recounts the covert operations that dramatically altered the course of World War II.

Tonight’s installment — “The Doolittle Raid” — showcases a seemingly insignificant mission that, in historical retrospect, had a pivotal effect on the war with Japan. Military advocate Gary Sinise narrates the series and explores how these heroic missions came to fruition. (Read more about upcoming episodes of Missions That Changed the War on the Military Wire blog.)

Here’s a sneak peek at the series:

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Rare Vampire-Killing Kits? Yep, ‘Auction Kings’ Has ‘Em

October 25, 2010 | by aharris

Auction Kings The team at Gallery 63 (one of the country’s most storied auction houses) is known for bizarre, high-end items — from jewel-encrusted gold pencils to softball-sized meteorites. Owner Paul Brown has made a name for himself as the go-to guy for bidders looking for the one-of-a-kind pieces that can only be found inside his doors.

On Tuesday at 10pm ET/PT, Discovery Channel debuts an all-new series, Auction Kings, which gives viewers a look at the tradition of auctioning and the history of the rare items that Paul and the Gallery 63 crew find and sell to the highest bidders.

Check out this clip from Tuesday’s premiere, as a seller brings Paul a unique item: a vampire-killing kit from the 1800s (only fitting with Halloween around the corner)…and then test your ability to guess the bid online with other, less scary items!

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‘Dean of Invention’ Explores New Technologies on Planet Green

October 22, 2010 | by gweiswasser

From space-age robotics and artificial intelligence to biological breakthroughs, what was once science fiction legend is now reality on Planet Green’s Dean of Invention, which premieres tonight at 10pm ET/PT. Hosted by Dean Kamen, a globally renowned inventor with more than 400 patents to his name (including the Segway, the insulin pump and a robotic prosthetic “Luke Arm”), Dean of Invention follows Kamen’s trips around the world in search of the technologies of tomorrow.

In tonight’s episode airing at 10PM ET/PT, Kamen introduces us to medical tools that are molecular in size and asks the question, “Is it possible to develop a medical technology that would let us repair the body at the cellular level?” The show explores a new era of medicine that includes tiny robots with enormous power, including “nanobots” that are able to enter the bloodstream, find cancerous cells without anyone’s guidance, and kill them. In the second episode (airing at 10:30pm ET/PT), Kamen shows us new advancements in prosthetics that are changing the definition of what it means to be disabled.

Watch some sneak peeks of tonight’s episodes:

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