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All-American Muslim

July 29, 2011 – 4:35 pm

Just as the network’s popular series Sister Wives pulled back the curtain on polygamy to reveal a family not so different than any other, this new TLC series travels to the industrial town to track the daily lives of five Muslim American families as they struggle to meld their religious and cultural traditions with American customs and beliefs.

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American Masters: “Pearl Jam Twenty”

September 9, 2011 – 9:31 am

Cameron Crowe, the director and music journalist whose 1992 film Singles featured a soundtrack that helped open the door to the popularity of the Seattle grunge sound, crafts this documentary in honor of the 20th anniversary of one of the seminal bands of that genre — Pearl Jam.

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American Underworld

September 16, 2011 – 11:27 am

In this new series, journalist Mark Allen Johnson enters some of the most extreme, violent and hard-to-access subcultures in the country, from drug manufacturers to the sex trade, to tell the stories of an underground world that could be right next door.

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Apartment 23

August 11, 2011 – 1:00 pm

Naive June (Dreama Walker) moves to Manhattan and moves into an apartment with con artist Chloe (Krysten Ritter). But when June decides to play Chloe’s game against her, a bond forms between the roommates.

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Appropriate Adult

July 27, 2011 – 1:20 pm

This two-part miniseries is based on the true story of how serial killer Fred West and his wife Rosemary were brought to justice, accused of murdering at least a dozen women in the UK between 1967 and 1978. It also details West’s relationship with his “appropriate adult” (a person who sat in on police interviews to safeguard his interests), Janet Leach.

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Awake

July 25, 2011 – 3:30 pm

A detective can’t tell anymore if his days with his wife are complemented by a dream life with his dead son, or if it’s the other way around.

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The Best Thing I Ever Made

September 8, 2011 – 1:08 pm

Fans of the Food Network hit “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” won’t want to miss this spin-off in which the chefs, cookbook authors, foodies and Food Network stars who formerly waxed rhapsodically about their favorite restaurant creations now reveal the dishes they love most to create.

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Brain Games

July 19, 2011 – 11:38 am

In this entertaining and informative three-hour special, David Copperfield and a team of experts entertain our brains as they help reveal the science of illusion. The program uses fun, interactive experiments to hack into the human brain. Each episode focuses on a different topic — attention, sensory perception and memory.

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The Contenders: They Lost the Election But Changed Political History

August 25, 2011 – 10:25 am

As the presidential campaign gets in full swing this fall, C-SPAN’s new history series, consisting of 14 live weekly programs, helps put America’s present electoral politics in historical perspective.

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Dinosaur Revolution

July 27, 2011 – 1:49 pm

Combining the talents of the world’s best dinosaur illustrators and animators with the latest palentological research and the best of Hollywood storytelling, this four-hour series is presented with sparse narration and the latest cutting-edge animation and computer-generated storytelling techniques to feature never-before-seen intimate behaviors to illustrate the extraordinary lives of dinosaurs.

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Five

August 15, 2011 – 4:09 pm

Continuing its unwavering commitment to breast cancer awareness, Lifetime has tapped superstar actresses Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore, singer Alicia Keys and directors Patty Jenkins and Penelope Spheeris to helm this anthology of five moving, funny and deeply interconnected short films about women and their loved ones forging their own paths in coping with the disease.

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Free Agents (NBC)

July 28, 2011 – 1:56 pm

Alex (Hank Azaria) and Helen (Kathryn Hahn) work together at a big-time corporate PR firm. After a night of drinking ends up with them in bed together, they have to decide where their relationship goes next.

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Free Agents (BBC America)

July 28, 2011 – 2:07 pm

BBC America acquired the rights to the original British version of Free Agents, which premieres in the U.S. concurrently with the NBC remake.

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Good Christian Belles

July 26, 2011 – 12:44 pm

What’s It All About? We’re big fans of the 1998 Sandra Bullock/Harry Connick Jr. vehicle Hope Floats, in which Bullock [...]

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Good Vibes

August 5, 2011 – 2:07 pm

Teenager Mondo Brando (voice of Josh Gad) and his hot mom move from New Jersey to a California beach community. Mondo is short, fat and a little awkward, but he finds some loyal friends in surfer dude Woodie (voice of Adam Brody) and nerd Wadska.

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Living in the Material World: George Harrison

July 27, 2011 – 1:38 pm

This is the North American television premiere of Martin Scorsese’s documentary that focuses on the musical and spiritual voyage that was George Harrison’s life, much of it told through his own words as well as those of the legendary musician’s closest friends.

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Mike Judge’s Beavis And Butt-Head

July 28, 2011 – 2:14 pm

The moronic couch-dwelling music video critics who took the ’90s by storm are back, this time adding reality TV and YouTube to their repertoire of ridicule.

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Miracle Babies

July 19, 2011 – 12:20 pm

This miniseries travels the world to follow dedicated people working to save baby animals that are often the last hopes for their critically vulnerable species.

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New Girl

July 27, 2011 – 3:03 pm

After she catches her boyfriend cheating on her, Jess (Zooey Deschanel) becomes the roommate of three guys: bartender Nick, social/corporate ladder climber Schmidt and personal trainer Coach.

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A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King

August 12, 2011 – 2:21 pm

Horror master Stephen King discusses how he discovered terror at the movies. The best-selling author and filmmaker takes viewers on a journey through many aspects of the horror genre, including vampires, zombies, demons and ghosts.

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9/11: The Days After

August 12, 2011 – 1:12 pm

Presented commercial-free, this documentary from the makers of “102 Minutes That Changed America” examines what happened following the tragic day that terrorists attacked America.

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The Playboy Club

July 26, 2011 – 11:38 am

1960s Chicago is the setting for this melodrama that follows the lives of people involved in the infamous Playboy Club, including an assorted group of businessmen, gangsters, and, of course, the Bunnies.

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Pop-Up Video

August 25, 2011 – 11:28 am

After a 10-year hiatus, one of VH1′s most iconic series returns with 60 new episodes. The format will be familiar to fans — current music videos, some new graphics and the beloved pop-up “bubbles” of details and insights into the video and the artist — but will also include interactive elements such as user-generated pop-up content.

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Prohibition

July 5, 2011 – 4:20 pm

Ken Burn’s latest documentary film, airing in three parts and over three nights, goes beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, rum runners, flappers and speakeasies to chronicle the rise, rule and fall of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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The Space Between

July 27, 2011 – 12:52 pm

Oscar winner Melissa Leo stars as a lonely flight attendant who ends up as an escort to a 10-year-old Pakistani-American boy flying as an Unaccompanied Minor on her plane after the flight is grounded on the morning of 9/11. When she learns the boy’s father works in the World Trade Center back in New York, she is forced to find a way to get him home.

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Suburgatory

July 27, 2011 – 3:28 pm

Single dad George (Jeremy Sisto) and his daughter Tessa (Jane Levy) move out of Manhattan and into a house in the suburbs and the world of sugar-free Red Bull, mules (backless shoes) and power parfaits.

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The Take

July 28, 2011 – 1:16 pm

As part of Encore’s new slate or original movies and miniseries, this four-part British adaptation of the bestselling crime thriller by Martina Cole stars Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) as Freddie Jackson, just released from prison, who ends up part of a growing crime empire manipulated from prison by a godfather named Ozzy (Brian Cox).

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2 Broke Girls

July 27, 2011 – 3:19 pm

New York City waitresses Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs) decide to save up $250,000 to open a bake shop together.

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Up All Night

July 27, 2011 – 3:13 pm

Reagan (Christina Applegate) and Chris (Will Arnett) find their careers, their marriage and their good night’s sleep disrupted when they bring home their baby daughter.

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Weed Wars

July 29, 2011 – 4:42 pm

Discovery Channel goes behind the scenes at Oakland’s Harborside Health Center, where its colorful founder Steve DeAngelo strives to provide the best possible product to some 80,000 customers, while leading the way in the national cannabis reform movement.

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Women, War & Peace

September 16, 2011 – 12:02 pm

Matt Damon, Geena Davis, Tilda Swinton and Alfre Woodard are among the narrators of this important five-part series that looks at the untold and underreported stories of women’s strategic role in global conflict.

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