Programming Highlights

Stevie TV

Network: VH1

Date: Fall 2012

Time: TBD

VH1 renewed its sketch comedy series, Stevie TV starring Stevie Ryan for a second season. The series parodies pop culture and Ryan offers her version of comedy in a fast-paced irreverent style along with music videos, celebrity impersonations, fake commercials and more. Season two of Stevie TV will be back on VH1 this fall and is produced by New Wave Entertainment.

Destination Summer

Network: Travel Channel

Date: May 20, 2012

Time: TBD

Travel Channel will program a themed block of programming this summer called Destination Summer, to start May 20. The block will include special installments of popular shows like Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations that will have Bourdain discovering Kansas City barbeque and Park Secrets in the vacation paradise of Hawaii. The net also recently announced a number of upcoming programs including:Mega Mansions (July 8 at 7pm), offering tours of America’s most beautiful estates; Xtreme Waterparks (July 8 at 8pm), celebrating the world’s over-the-top water slides; Insane Coaster Wars (July 8 at 9pm), letting viewers vote on their favorite rollercoasters; RV Kings (July 8 at 10pm), following the transformation of one family’s RV into the perfect vehicle for their dream vacation; Suite Choice (July 12 at 10pm), giving travelers a chance to try out three of their ideal vacations in one day -- while staying on a budget; American Originals (July 24 at 8pm), in which Steve Watson crisscrosses the country playing with gadgets like the JetLev in Dania, Florida, where he’ll walk on water and fly through the air; and All You Can Meat (August 15 at 10pm), following radio personality and TV host Chuey Martinez (MTV3) as he travels the nation searching for the perfect cut of meat.

Outlaw Empires

Network: Discovery Channel

Date: May 14, 2012

Time: 10:00 PM EST

Discovery Channel has ordered a new docu-series called Outlaw Empires, from the creator of FX’s Sons of Anarchy. The new series, set to debut on Monday, May 14th,10pm, will explore some of the most feared and iconic gang and mob families in history

Drop Dead Diva

Network: Lifetime

Date: June 3, 2012

Time: 9:00 PM EST

A fourth season of Drop Dead Diva premieres on Lifetime with 13 new episodes starting June 3 at 9pm. The one-hour comedic drama's ensemble cast is headlined by Brooke Elliott and for the new season Kim Kardashian will begin her multi-episode run in the season opener playing relationship guru, Nikki LePree. The upcoming new season is currently in production in Atlanta and is produced by Sony Pictures Television.

Whale Wars

Network: Animal Planet

Date: June 1, 2012

Time: 9:00 PM EST

The original Whale Wars series will open its fifth season on Animal Planet June 1 at 9pm. Over eight new episodes and a one-hour recap special, the series will follow the Sea Shepherds' annual whale defense campaign in the Southern Ocean. In this upcoming new season, the Sea Shepherds will face tougher challenges as the Japanese whalers are more aggressive and the crew is taking on more inexperienced rookies. Call of the Wildman will be debuting on Animal Planet as well on June 3rd at 10pm. The new season has 16 new half-hour episodes featuring Kentuckian "Turtleman" as he rids homes and businesses of a variety of critters including muskrats, river otters, beavers, squirrels and even wild coyotes.

The Lying Game

Network: ABC Family

Date: Winter 2012

Time: TBD

ABC Family has renewed its original series The Lying Game for a second season; the show will be back next winter. ABC Family's current run of teen drama Make It or Break It will be the program's final season. The series finale will air on May 14th.

Major Crimes

Network: TNT

Date: August 13, 2012

Time: 10:00 PM EST

TNT has begun production on its new original drama Major Crimes, which is slated to premiere on Monday, August 13, 10pm, right after The Closer series finale. Major Crimes picks up where The Closer leaves off and features much of the same cast.

The Week the Women Went

Network: Lifetime

Date: June 6, 2012

Time: 10:00 PM EST

A new unscripted series on Lifetime will delve into modern gender roles and what happens when women leave town and the men have to run their own households, businesses and the community on their own. The Week the Women Went debuts June 6 with a 90-min episode starting at 10pm. This limited series, set in Yemassee, South Carolina is based on a British social experiment and is produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. One-hour episodes will continue on June 13th and June 20th at 10pm. The series ends on June 27th with a two-hour finale starting at 9pm.

The Half Hour

Network: Comedy Central

Date: May 11, 2012

Time: 11:00 PM EST

Comedy Central’s new stand-up series The Half Hour will debut on Friday, May 11 with back-to-back episodes at 11 and 11:30pm.  Filmed at the Royale in Boston, Comedy Central shines the spotlight on some of the funniest and most unique comedians out there today.

Longmire

Network: A&E Network

Date: June 3, 2012

Time: 10:00 AM EST

New original scripted drama series Longmire premieres on A&E Network starting June 3 at 10p directly following the third season debut of returning drama The Glades at 9p. Longmire is a crime thriller based on the Walt Longmire Mystery novels by Craig Johnson and Australian actor Robert Taylor stars as the charismatic and dedicated sheriff, Walt Longmire. The series also stars Katee Sackhoff, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bailey Chase, Cassidy Freeman and newcomer Adam Bartley. 

What Not to Wear

Network: TLC

Date: May 29, 2012

Time: 9:00 PM EST

WHAT NOT TO WEAR returns with 13 brand-new episodes and a premiere episode like no other. For the first time in nine seasons, Stacy and Clinton plan an entire makeover in less than a day - a makeover that would normally take a week - and will conduct this makeover in front of a live studio audience of close to 200 people, which has also never been done before. The fashion victim, Ana, who is the self-proclaimed Lady Ga Ga of Long Island, has one of the most "unique" wardrobes the WHAT NOT TO WEAR team has ever seen.

Gene Simmons Family Jewels

Network: A&E Network

Date: May 28, 2012

Time: 9:00 PM EST

Season seven of Gene Simmons Family Jewels returns to A&E Network's schedule starting May 28 at 9pm with a one-hour special episode. The series offers viewers up-close access to the rock star and his family.

Head Games

Network: Discovery Channel

Date: June 3, 2012

Time: 10:00 PM EST

Discovery Channel looks at what exactly it is that makes us human in the new three-part series Head Games, premiering Sunday, June 3rd, 10pm. Narrated by John Krasinski of The Office, the show delves into the inner workings of the deeply complex human brain.

How to Fall In Love

Network: Hallmark Channel

Date: July 14, 2012

Time: 8:00 PM EST

Brooke D'Orsay and Eric Mabius star in a love story about having someone to watch over you in How to Fall In Love, a Hallmark Channel original movie premiering, Saturday, July 14, 8PM.

Rehab with Dr. Drew

Network: VH1

Date: September 2012

Time: 10:00 PM EST

Rehab with Dr. Drew will return for a sixth season on VH1 in September. Later this month, a second season of romantic comedy series Single Ladies, from Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment returns to VH1's schedule starting May 28 at 9p. Single Ladies is the network's first one-hour scripted series and it stars LisaRaye McCoy as Keisha and Charity Shea as April along with new addition to the series, Denise Vasi playing Raquel. Queen Latifah who serves as EP will also appear on the series.

Mountain Men

Network: History Channel

Date: May 31st, 2012

Time: 10:00 PM EST

New wilderness series Mountain Men debuts May 31st, at 10pm on HISTORY. The eight-episode series follows Eustace Conway, who has lived more than 25 years off the land in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains and other mountain men who have chosen to live off the grid and follow a wilderness lifestyle. Conway does his own lumbering, tanning and blacksmithing and lives primarily on what he can grow, fish or hunt. The series also profiles Tom Oar who lives on the Yaak River in Montana and Marty Meierotto who lives in the northern range of Alaska.

Political Animals

Network: USA

Date: July 15, 2012

Time: 10:00 PM EST

USA’s much anticipated six-hour miniseries Political Animals now has a premiere date, Sunday, July 15th, 10pm. The series, about a former first lady who becomes Secretary of State, stars Sigourney Weaver, Ellen Burstyn and an all-star cast.