Family Programming
Bad Movies Based on Good TV Shows
There have been some great TV shows over the last several decades, but sometimes Hollywood just cannot leave well enough alone. Several old television shows have been made into bad movies. Depending on your age, some of these shows and movies you will be familiar with and some you will not. If you have not seen the old television shows or movies that made this list, you may want to spend a few weekends sitting on the couch with a …
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Oprah’s Next Chapter Premiere
During the last few episodes of the Emmy®-winning talk show “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Oprah, the woman behind an entertainment empire, repeatedly corrected guests and anyone else who spoke of her “leaving TV.” She insisted she was not leaving TV, but was simply ending the 25-year run of a very successful daytime talk show to focus on her television network, OWN—Oprah Winfrey Network. With OWN, she told interviewers and guests, she would produce, direct (and maybe even host) more great …
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A Christmas Story Marathon on TBS
Beginning Saturday, December 24th at 8:00 p.m. EST, TBS will continue its holiday tradition of airing one of America’s most beloved Christmas movies, A Christmas Story, for 24 hours straight. TBS began this wonderful holiday tradition fifteen years ago. For years, fans of the movie, starring Peter Billingsley as a mischievous little boy who longs for one special Christmas gift—a Red Ryder BB gun, have looked forward to this heartwarming movie marathon. The movie’s premise? Young Ralphie Parker sets out …
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New Series on A&E: Shipping Wars
There is a new series on A&E that follows six shippers who bid on shipping jobs to transport “the unshippable” across the country in tractor trailers. Shipping Wars, an intriguing new series on A&E, premieres Tuesday, January 10 at 9:00 p.m. EST with another episode immediately following at 9:30. In Shipping Wars, the more obscure the item, the more the shipping job usually pays. Every day in the United States, thousands of shipments are put up for auction, and the …
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America’s Supernanny Comes to Lifetime
The show “Supernanny” was on the air in the United States for seven seasons, during which time viewers watched British nanny, Jo Frost, teach families from all over the United States discipline techniques to help tame unruly children of all ages. She typically stayed with the families for two weeks, observed the family interaction and also recorded what went on in the house while she was not there. While Jo has no children of her own, she certainly has a …
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