While pregnancy is often an exciting and happy time, tonight, TLC is giving us a glimpse into the more complicated side of expecting a baby. Obese and Expecting (at 9pm ET/PT tonight) highlights the risks associated with being severely overweight while carrying a baby. In a truly gut-wrenching scene, the doctors attempt to give a 350-pound woman an epidural as she goes into labor. The doctors spend over 45 minutes…
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‘Long Island Medium’ Returns & ‘Leave It to Niecy’ Premieres This Sunday on TLC
“Spirit is important to me. Just as important as my hair and my nails.” Such is the life of Theresa Caputo, Long Island mom and psychic medium. Back for a second season of Long Island Medium on TLC, Theresa is still hard at work communicating with her clients’ loved ones, but many of her readings are unplanned, as spirits visit her at the market, nail salon and anywhere in between.…
TLC’s Tuesday Night Features ‘Sorority Girls’ & ‘Undercover Princes’
TLC‘s always giving us a glimpse into worlds and experiences that we often know little about, and that’s just what the network has lined up for Tuesday, January 31, with the premieres of Sorority Girls and Undercover Princes. Premiering at 9pm ET/PT, Sorority Girls introduces us to five girls looking to bring the Greek life to a university on the other side of the Atlantic in Leeds, United Kingdom. Can…
Whose Team Are You On? ‘American Chopper Live: The Build-Off’ Premieres Tonight
We’re used to seeing Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr. battle it out to create the baddest bikes around…but what happens when we introduce another expert builder, Jesse James, into the mix? American Chopper fans are going to find out in less than an hour with the premiere of American Chopper Live: The Build-Off at 9pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel. This two-night event pits Senior, Junior and Jesse against…
Friday Nights Are Solid with the Return of ‘Gold Rush’ on Discovery
At One Discovery Place the Rush is on: Gold Rush. Discovery Channel‘s hit series is back for a second season, as we follow the miners from Oregon in the search of solid gold for their families. Discovery debuted a special episode, The Off-Season, online last week so fans could catch up on Todd Hoffman and the crew as they head north for another season, and today Todd and Dave Turin…
Investigation Discovery Breaks the Silence Surrounding Domestic Violence with ‘Sin by Silence’ & NNEDV
“I wish I could put into words what it’s like…you are so broken as a person.” After enduring years of abuse and domestic violence, Brenda Clubine was put behind bars for killing her husband. While serving time at the California Institution for Women, she met other women who shared similar stories, and founded an inmate-initiated and inmate-led support group to help abused women, Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA). (Nearly eighty…
‘The Rosie Show’ and ‘Oprah’s Lifeclass’ to be Simulcast Across Five Discovery Nets Tonight
The premiere episodes of the new OWN series The Rosie Show and Oprah’s Lifeclass will air concurrently across five Discovery networks tonight at 7pm ET/PT and 8pm ET/PT, respectively. Joining OWN in airing the premieres will be TLC, Investigation Discovery, Discovery Fit & Health and Planet Green. The Rosie Show is a new daily talk show hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell. Funny, high-energy and authentic, no…
Discovery Channel, Penn & Teller Are Ready to Lie to You
As kids we’re taught that lying is wrong. Then, as we grow up, we learn that there are nuances and those “white lies.” But there is also another class of deception — lying in the name of entertainment and enlightenment. That’s exactly what Discovery Channel is bringing us on Wednesday nights with Penn & Teller Tell A Lie (premiering at 10pm ET/PT, after MythBusters). In the new series, hosted by…
Velocity to Debut October 4 with Automotive, Sports and Adventure Programming
Yesterday, Discovery Communications announced the premiere programming slate for Velocity, an all-HD network targeting upscale men that will launch in two short weeks on October 4. Velocity will be available in more than 40 million homes (look for the channel currently occupied by HD Theater), and will feature an all-new primetime schedule and more than 140 original hours of travel, leisure, automotive, adventure, and sports. Today, Discovery and the NFL announced…
‘Animal Cops: Houston’ Returns to Animal Planet on Mondays
Animal Planet’s popular series Animal Cops: Houston returns this season on Mondays at 12pm ET/PT with 18 new episodes following one of Texas’ SPCA’s Humane Law Enforcement teams as it investigates cases of animal cruelty, rescues sick and abused animals, and fights for justice on their behalf. The disturbing cases this season include the most heavily matted dog the team has ever seen, an investigation of an illegal cockfighting ring, emaciated horses battling for…