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The Brunswick News / Saturday, October 9, 2010 5C
Television & Entertainment
HIGHLIGHTS
7:00 AM - Ch. E!:
MOVIE ››› “The Good
Girl” A small-town Texas wife who wants more
out of life becomes infatuated with a new coworker who acts like
Holden Caulfield of “The
Catcher in the Rye.”
Jennifer Aniston, Jake
Gyllenhaal. (2 hrs.)
7:30 AM - Ch. 5: BIZ
KID$ (CC) The three
key steps to success
are identifying a need,
making a plan to fill
a need and taking action. ’
8:00 AM - Ch. 5: CURIOUS GEORGE (CC)
(DVS) Steve, Betsy and
George enter a contest
to try to guess how
many Super Mega Fun
Balls are in a rocketshaped
dispenser;
George starts a weather
journal. ’ (EI)
8:30 AM - Ch. 18:
MOVIE ›‡ “Never Back
Down” (CC) A rebellious teenager learns to
fight from a veteran of
mixed martial arts after
joining an underground
fight club. Djimon Hounsou, Sean Faris. (2 hrs.,
15 mins.)
9:00 AM - Ch. USA:
›››
“16
MOVIE
Blocks” (CC) A boozy,
world-weary NYPD cop
must outwit rogue officers planning to kill
a witness who is set
to testify against them.
Bruce Willis, Mos Def.
(2 hrs., 1 min.)
9:30 AM - Ch. 10:
THE REPLACEMENTS
(CC) Todd and Riley run
against each other for
student council; Riley
and Tasumi are sent
to the school counselor
to work out their problems. ’ (EI)
10:00 AM - Ch. TNT:
DARK BLUE (CC) Carter’s team races against
the clock to save a
kidnapped woman; the
case is complicated
by the involvement of
a CEO and the FBI; Ty
wonders if Carter is
pushing hard because
of a grudge he has with
the FBI. (60 mins.)
10:30 AM - Ch. 3,
12: SHELLDON (CC) A
seaquake leaves Shell
Land in shambles and
knocks out Mayor Loka
during the mayor’s birthday celebration; Shelldon and friends search
for magic to help the
town. ’ (EI)
11:00 AM - Ch. USA:
MOVIE ››› “Blood Diamond” (CC) Two men,
a white South African
mercenary and a black
Mende fisherman, join
in a common quest to
recover a rare gem that
could change their lives.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly. (2 hrs.,
59 mins.)
11:30 AM - Ch. 7:
DINOSAUR KING (CC)
A Styracosaurus sighting takes the D-Team to
Hawaii. ’
12:00 PM - Ch. 7:
MOVIE ››› “Without
Limits” Long-distance
runner Steve Prefontaine trains rigorously
with coach Bill Bowerman to set 1970s track
records. Billy Crudup,
Donald Sutherland. (2
hrs., 30 mins.)
12:30 PM - Ch. AMC:
MOVIE › “Graveyard
Shift” Late-night workers become midnight
snacks for a monster
in a rat-infested mill.
Based on a Stephen
King story. David Andrews, Kelly Wolf. (2
hrs.)
1:00 PM - Ch. TNT:
MOVIE ››› “Drumline”
SATURDAY MORNING
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Into Wild Adven. College Football Tennessee at Georgia. (Live)
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Dinosaur ››› “Without Limits” (1998) Billy Crudup.
›‡ “Friday After Next”
››› “Bull Durham” (1988)
Sabrina Sabrina Paid
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Marketpl Marketpl Marketpl College Football Boston College at North Carolina State. (Live)
Impact
Athlete Racew
“Anger Manage.”
(:45) ››‡ “Step Up 2 the Streets”
(:45) ››‡ “Stomp the Yard” (2007) Premiere. (CC)
Jim
Seinfeld Seinfeld King
King
American
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(A&E) 32 Ghost Stories
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CSI: Miami (CC)
CSI: Miami (CC)
(AMC) 48 Paid
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Stooges (:45) ››› “The Tall Men” (1955, Western) Clark Gable. (CC)
› “Graveyard Shift” (1990) Kelly Wolf
››‡ “Pet Sematary” (1989) (CC)
›››‡ “The Shining” (1980)
(DISC) 35 Memory NO DI
Your Diabetes
Dirty Jobs ’ (CC)
Swamp Loggers ’ Swamp Loggers ’ Swamp Loggers ’ Swamp Loggers ’ Swamp Loggers ’ Swamp Loggers ’ Man vs. Wild (CC)
Man vs. Wild (CC)
(DISN) 16 Manny
Oso
Mickey Mickey Phineas Phineas Phineas Fish
Deck
Deck
Wizards Wizards Good
Sonny
Hannah Hannah Deck
Deck
Deck
Deck
Wizards Wizards
(E!) 56 ››› “The Good Girl” (2002)
E! News (N)
Fashion The Soup Kids of Killers
Kendra Kendra ››‡ “Heartbreakers” (2001, Comedy) Sigourney Weaver.
Kardas Kardas Kardas Kardas
(ESPN) 14 SportsCenter (CC) SportsCenter (CC) SportsCenter (CC) College GameDay (Live) (CC)
College Football Teams To Be Announced. (Live)
Score
College Football Teams To Be Announced. (Live)
(ESPN2) 15 Browning Browning Bassmasters (CC) Bassmasters (CC) SportsCenter (Live) (CC)
College Football Teams To Be Announced. (Live)
Football Scoreboard Countdn NASCAR Racing
(FOOD) 21 Minute
Dinners Tyler
Grill It!
Money
Mexican Minute
Fix
Home
Paula
Cooking Secrets Giada
Contessa The Next Iron Chef “Ingenuity”
Moments Challenge
Iron Chef America
(FSSO) 67 Hunting G and A Paid
Outdoors Huddle Cutcliffe Ship
Outdoors SEC Gridiron Live
College Football Baylor vs. Texas Tech. From the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
College Football UCLA at California. (Live)
(FX) 38 Bernie
Bernie
Malcolm ››‡ “Bedazzled” (2000, Comedy)
›‡ “The Comebacks” (2007) David Koechner.
“Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”
›‡ “Date Movie” (2006) Fred Willard
› “Epic Movie”
(HBO)
(:15) ›‡ “Max Payne” (2008) ‘PG-13’
“Ice Age: Dawn of Dinos”
(:45) › “Mr. Deeds” (2002) ‘PG-13’ (CC)
›› “He’s Just Not That Into You” (CC)
(:45) ››› “Taken” (2008) Liam Neeson.
››› “Sins of My Father”
(H&G) 39 Head
Carter
Handyman
Holmes on Homes Disaster Prof.
Crashers Income To Sell
To Sell
Unsella Get Sold Block
Design Colour
Buck
Divine
Sarah
Gene
Color
(HIST) 49 To Be Announced
Einstein (CC)
The Lincoln Assassination (CC)
The Kennedy Assassination: Conspiracy American Pickers
Pawn
Pawn
Pawn
Pawn
MonsterQuest (CC)
(LIFE) 28 Faces
Paid
Paid
Faces
NO DI
Paid
Paid
Paid
“7 Things to Do Before I’m 30” (2008)
› “The Ex” (2006) Zach Braff. Premiere.
›‡ “What a Girl Wants” (2003) (CC)
“Sydney White”
(MAX)
(6:30) ››‡ “The Soloist” ’
››‡ “Dragonheart” (1996)
(:15) ››‡ “Terminator Salvation” (CC)
(:15) ››› “Rob Roy” (1995) Liam Neeson. ‘R’ (CC)
(:35) ››‡ “Watchmen” (2009) Billy Crudup. ’ ‘R’ (CC)
Minority
(SPIKE) 37 Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Practical Lives
What If? Conceal Xtreme Horse.
Trucks! Muscle UFC
All Ac
Ways Die Ways Die Ways Die ››‡ “Stripes” (1981, Comedy) Bill Murray. ’
(SPSO) 71 Prostate Paid
Shoot
Outside Nuts
Paid
Paid
Foods
PJohnson Kickoff Phenoms 3 Wide
Raceline Golf Am. Golf
Spotlight College Football Elon at Appalachian State. (Live)
(TLC) 40 Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Home Made Simple Family Game Night Property Ladder ’ Property Ladder ’ Lottery Chg.
Lottery Changed
Lottery Changed
Lottery Changed
Lottery Changed
(TNT) 17 Law & Order ’
Law & Order ’
Dark Blue “K-Town” Dark Blue “August” The Closer (CC)
Law & Order ’
››› “Drumline” (2002) Nick Cannon. (CC)
“The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift”
Into Blue
(TOON) 42 Pokemon Beyblade Ben 10 Titan
Genera Star
Bakugan Wheels Hole Wall Scooby Garfield Garfield Tom and Jerry: Fast & Furry
Chowder Chowder Flapjack Flapjack Johnny T Johnny T Johnny T
(USA) 25 Proline Paid
Paid
Zumba
››› “16 Blocks” (2006) Bruce Willis.
(:01) ››› “Blood Diamond” (2006) Leonardo DiCaprio. (CC)
NCIS “Honor Code” NCIS “Frame-Up”
NCIS “Deception”
NCIS “Probie” ’
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3 College Football
Wheel-Fortune Jeopardy!
Law & Order: Los Angeles (CC) Chase “The Comeback Kid” ’
4 News
Paid Program Brothers & Sisters ’ (CC)
›››‡ “The Wild Child” (1970, Drama) Jean-Pierre Cargol.
5 The Lawrence Welk Show
Antiques Roadshow (CC)
Keeping Up
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Time Goes By Time Goes By
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In The Pits
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9 College Football
Action News
Two/Half Men NCIS Gibbs’ former mother-in-law. The Defenders “Pilot” ’ (CC)
10 College Football Teams TBA.
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Hollywood
College Football USC at Stanford. (Live) (CC)
11 College Football
The News at 7 Paid Program NCIS Gibbs’ former mother-in-law. The Defenders “Pilot” ’ (CC)
12 College Football
Wheel-Fortune Jeopardy!
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13 (5:00) ›› “Anger Management” Family Guy ’ The Simpsons Cops (N) (CC) Cops (CC)
America’s Most Wanted
18 MLB Pregame MLB Baseball National League Division Series: Teams TBA. (Live) (CC)
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Baptist Church Criminal Minds “The Big Game”
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(A&E) 32 CSI: Miami A severed leg. (CC)
CSI: Miami “Point of Impact” ’
CSI: Miami “Kill Clause” (CC)
CSI: Miami “Count Me Out” ’
CSI: Miami ’ (CC)
CSI: Miami Eric Delko returns. ’ (12:01) CSI: Miami “Kill Clause”
(AMC) 48 (4:30) ›››‡ “The Shining” (1980, Horror) Jack Nicholson. (CC)
››› “Cujo” (1983, Horror) Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro. Premiere.
›‡ “Sleepwalkers” (1992, Horror) Brian Krause. Premiere.
››‡ “Pet Sematary” (1989)
(DISC) 35 Man vs. Wild “Zambia” ’ (CC)
MythBusters “Viewers Special 2” MythBusters “Antacid Jail Break” MythBusters “Greased Lightning” MythBusters A bar fight fable. ’ MythBusters “Antacid Jail Break” MythBusters “Greased Lightning”
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(E!) 56 ››› “Bridget Jones’s Diary” (2001) Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth.
››› “Scary Movie” (2000) Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans.
››› “Scary Movie” (2000) Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans.
The Soup
Chelsea Lately
(ESPN) 14 College Football College Football College Football (:45) College Football Teams To Be Announced. (Live)
(:45) SportsCenter (Live) (CC)
College Football Final (CC)
(ESPN2) 15 NASCAR Racing
College Football Teams To Be Announced. (Live)
NHRA Drag Racing Toyo Tires Nationals, Qualifying. (Same-day Tape)
Baseball Ton.
(FOOD) 21 Challenge
Bobby Flay
Bobby Flay
Chopped “Squashed”
Chopped “Wok This Way”
Chopped
Iron Chef America
Chopped “Wok This Way”
(FSSO) 67 College Football
World Poker Tour: Season 8
Bellator Fighting Championships Air Racing From Perth, Australia. Pro Football
The Final Score The Game 365 The Final Score NHL Hockey: Ducks at Predators
(FX) 38 (5:00) › “Epic Movie” (2007)
›‡ “Meet the Spartans” (2008) Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra.
Two/Half Men Two/Half Men Two/Half Men Two/Half Men Archer
Archer
Two/Half Men Two/Half Men
(HBO)
Conviction: 1st (:20) ›› “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” ‘PG’
›› “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel”
Boardwalk Empire ’ (CC)
››› “The Hangover” (2009) Bradley Cooper. ‘R’
(12:15) ››› “Taken” (2008) ’
(H&G) 39 Antonio Treatment (CC)
Hunters Int’l
House Hunters Divine Design Sarah’s House Dear Genevieve Curb/Block
Color Splash: House Hunters Hunters Int’l
House Hunters Dear Genevieve Curb/Block
(HIST) 49 Swamp People (CC)
Swamp People (CC)
Swamp People “Troy’s Gamble”
Swamp People “Cannibal Gator” Swamp People (CC)
Swamp People “Family Feuds”
(12:01) Swamp People (CC)
(LIFE) 28 (5:00) ›› “Sydney White” (CC)
›› “Never Been Kissed” (1999) Drew Barrymore. (CC)
›‡ “Because I Said So” (2007) Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore. (CC)
Project Runway “A Look in the Line” (CC)
On the Road
(MAX)
(5:45) ›››‡ “Minority Report” (2002) Tom Cruise. ‘PG-13’ (CC)
(:15) ››› “Drag Me to Hell” (2009) Alison Lohman. ‘PG-13’ (CC)
››› “Public Enemies” (2009, Crime Drama) Johnny Depp. Premiere. ’ ‘R’ (CC)
(:20) Lingerie ’
(SPIKE) 37 ››› “Bad Santa” (2003) Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox. ’
›› “Without a Paddle” (2004) Seth Green, Matthew Lillard. ’
››‡ “Stripes” (1981, Comedy) Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates. ’
Without-Paddle
(SPSO) 71 College Football Spotlight (N)
College Football Colorado at Missouri. (Live)
College Football Elon at Appalachian State.
(TLC) 40 Lottery Changed My Life (CC)
Lottery Changed My Life (CC)
Lottery Changed My Life (CC)
Lottery Changed My Life (N) ’
Auctioneer$ ’ Auctioneer$ (N) Lottery Changed My Life (CC)
Lottery Changed My Life (CC)
(TNT) 17 (5:30) ›› “Into the Blue” (2005) Paul Walker.
››› “Men in Black” (1997) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith. (CC)
NBA Preseason Basketball Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns. (Live) (CC)
“Fast and Furious-Drift”
(TOON) 42 Adventure Time Total Drama
Total Drama
Scooby-Doo
›››‡ “Shrek” (2001) Voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy.
King of the Hill King of the Hill The Boondocks The Boondocks Fullmetal Alch. Kekkaishi
(USA) 25 NCIS “Boxed In” ’ (CC)
NCIS “Designated Target” (CC)
NCIS A survivalist is wanted. ’
NCIS “Truth or Consequences”
NCIS The death of a Marine. ’
Burn Notice Rescuing Fiona.
››› “16 Blocks” (2006) (CC)
(CC) A young man from
Harlem joins a Southern university’s marching band but antagonizes the musical director and its leader. Nick
Cannon, Zoe Saldana.
(2 hrs., 30 mins.)
1:30 PM - Ch. 10:
MALIBU PILATES WITH
SUSAN LUCCI Susan
Lucci says Malibu Pilates with the Perfect
Abs workout “keeps me
in the best shape of my
life!”
2:00 PM - Ch. USA:
NCIS (CC) An officer
working as the Navy’s
liaison with a defense
contractor is reported
missing. ’ (60 mins.)
2:30 PM - Ch. AMC:
MOVIE ››‡ “Pet Sematary” (CC) A family’s life in small-town
Maine is shattered by
the evil unleashed from
an ancient American Indian burial ground. Dale
Midkiff, Fred Gwynne. (2
hrs.)
3:00 PM - Ch. FX:
MOVIE ›‡ “Date Movie” A hopeless romantic
and her British beau
face a number of obstacles on their way to
the altar. Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell.
(2 hrs.)
3:30 PM - Ch. FOOD:
IRON CHEF AMERICA:
GREATEST MOMENTS
Marc Decascos looks
back at some of the
greatest moments in
“Iron Chef America”
history.
4:00 PM - Ch. 7:
MOVIE ››› “Bull Durham” A literary baseball groupie romances
a pitcher and a catcher
on a minor-league North
Carolina team. Kevin
Costner, Susan Sarandon. (2 hrs.)
4:30 PM - Ch. HIST:
PAWN STARS (CC) A
man hopes to sell a
coin from the 1800’s;
the boys head out to
see an old hand-crank
corn-shucker.
5:00 PM - Ch. 13:
MOVIE ›› “Anger Management” A meek businessman clashes with
an aggressive therapist
after being ordered to
undergo 20 hours of
counseling. Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson. (2
hrs.)
5:30 PM - Ch. TNT:
MOVIE ›› “Into the
Blue” (CC) Four divers
cross paths with drug
smugglers whose cargo
plane has crashed near
the site of underwater
treasure. Paul Walker,
Jessica Alba. (2 hrs.)
6:00 PM - Ch. SPIKE:
“Bad
MOVIE ›››
Santa” Two criminals
disguise themselves
as St. Nick and an elf
to rob stores at Christmastime. Billy Bob
Thornton, Tony Cox. ’
(2 hrs.)
6:30 PM - Ch. DISN:
HANNAH
MONTANA
FOREVER (CC) Miley
considers telling Siena
her secret.
7:00 PM - Ch. FX:
MOVIE ›‡ “Meet the
Spartans” King Leonidas and his strapping warriors rise up
to defend Sparta from
invading Persians, bad
punch-lines and celebrity look-alikes. Sean
Maguire, Carmen Electra. (2 hrs.)
7:30 PM - Ch. TNT:
MOVIE ››› “Men in
Black” (CC) A veteran
agent and a rookie protect mankind from dangerous extraterrestrials roaming the Earth.
Tommy Lee Jones, Will
Smith. (2 hrs.)
8:00 PM - Ch. 3, 12:
LAW & ORDER: LOS
ANGELES (CC) Winters
and Jaruszalski question multiple suspects
when a murderous cult
member is stabbed to
death. ’ (60 mins.)
8:00 PM - Ch. AMC:
MOVIE ››› “Cujo” Bitten by a rabid bat, a
huge dog traps a Maine
woman and her young
son in their Ford Pinto.
Dee Wallace, Danny
Pintauro. Premiere. (2
hrs.)
8:00 PM - Ch. TOON:
MOVIE ›››‡ “Shrek”
Animated. In order
to save his home, a
monster with a donkey
makes a deal with a
mean lord to rescue a
beautiful princess. Voices of Mike Myers, Eddie
Murphy. (2 hrs.)
8:30 PM - Ch. DISN:
THE SUITE LIFE ON
DECK (CC) History
comes back to haunt
Zack when the S.S. Tipton docks at the site of
an old shipwreck.
8:30 PM - Ch. HGTV:
SARAH’S HOUSE (CC)
Modernizing a tired
farmhouse bathroom.
9:00 PM - Ch. 3, 12:
CHASE (CC) A former
mobster emerges from
hiding after 17 years
and goes on a killing
spree. ’ (60 mins.)
9:00 PM - Ch. A&E:
CSI: MIAMI (CC) The
investigation of a dead
census worker sends
the team into a highspeed chase and an ex-
plosion. ’ (60 mins.)
9:30 PM - Ch. TNT:
NBA PRESEASON BASKETBALL (CC) “Dallas
Mavericks vs. Phoenix
Suns” Outdoor exhibition game. From Indian
Wells, Calif. (Live) (2
hrs., 30 mins.)
10:00 PM - Ch. 3,
12: LAW & ORDER:
SPECIAL
VICTIMS
UNIT (CC) Benson and
Stabler help a rape victim stand up to her attacker. ’ (60 mins.)
10:00 PM - Ch. 9,
11: 48 HOURS MYSTERY (CC) Searching
for a doctor after his
wife’s untimely death.
10:00 PM - Ch. AMC:
MOVIE ›‡ “Sleepwalkers” Mother-and-son
monsters who survive
on the blood of young
women move to a sleepy
town in Indiana.
Children’s TV channel The Hub replaces Discovery Kids
NEW YORK — The Discovery Kids channel disappears this
weekend and in its place will
appear The Hub, a new television network backed by the toy
maker Hasbro that is focusing on
a 6-year-old to 11-year-old audience.
The Hub debuts Sunday at 10
a.m., and will give viewers a sampling that day of some of the programming it will be rolling out
over the next six months.
“This is the last great opportunity to launch a great kids’ business,” said Margaret Loesch, the
network’s CEO. The veteran television executive helped start up
Fox’s children’s business.
Discovery Kids is seen in about
60 million U.S. homes with cable
and satellite, slightly more than
half the homes with TV. Unhappy
with the ratings, Discovery Communications accepted $300 mil-
STARGazer
lion from Hasbro Inc. last year to
start over in a joint venture. It’s
virtually impossible these days
for any new network to start with
that many homes unless it is taking the space of an old one.
Hasbro will contribute “Transformers Prime” and “My Little
Pony: Friendship is Magic,” programs based on characters that
are also Hasbro toys.
Other shows include Jim Henson’s “Fraggle Rock,” “Meerkat Manor,” “Men in Black,”
“Strawberry Shortcake Berry
Bitty Adventures,” “The Twisted
Whiskers Show” and “Batman
Beyond.” Early testing showed
enthusiasm for “Family Game
Night,” a prime-time show designed to bring youngsters and
their parents together to watch
competition in games such as
“Sorry” and “Operation.”
Loesch said she believed popular children’s’ networks Nickelodeon and The Disney Channel
are starting to offer more programming aimed at a teen and
tween audience, leaving a chance
to gain a foothold among younger
viewers.
“I think they’ll be successful,”
said Derek Baine, a senior analyst
at SNL Kagan, who focuses on
cable network businesses. “They
have a lot of money behind them
and a lot of powerful brand names
in Hasbro to leverage.”
The Hub can’t pay as much in licensing fees to producers of children’s series, but will compete by
allowing the creators to maintain
ownership of their shows, Loesch
said. That’s often a sticking point
in deals with the larger children’s’
networks, she said.
Baine said he saw that less as
a strategy and more a cost-saving
effort; Discovery has found that
launching Oprah Winfrey’s new
network was more expensive than
originally planned.
Hasbro’s involvement has
raised concerns about exposing
the young audience to too much
commercialism. Loesch said it’s
the same issue at Nick and Disney.
“When you see what we’re doing, we will pass any smell test,”
she said.
Carrie Ann Inaba will
host game show
LOS ANGELES — Carrie
Ann Inaba is adding a game show
to her TV dance card.
The “Dancing With the Stars”
judge will host a new version of
“1 vs. 100,”
scheduled to
debut
next
month on the
GSN channel.
“I
never
would
have
thought of myself as a game
Inaba
show host, but
when I saw the
show I fell in love with it,” Inaba
said Thursday, the first day of
production.
The show has gone high-tech
with such elements as web cams,
which Inaba said appeals to the
“tech savvy” side of her.
“1 vs. 100” pits one player
against a group of 100 people
tagged “the Mob.”
The player’s task is to correctly
answer a series of multiple-choice
trivia question, while mob members do the same thing. At stake
is a top prize of $50,000.
“1 vs. 100,” which originally
aired on NBC with host Bob Saget, is a change of pace for Inaba.
The dancer-choreographer was
a Fly Girl on “In Living Color,”
toured with Madonna and hosts
red-carpet coverage for ceremonies that have included the Golden Globes and Academy Awards.
She’ll continue to work on
ABC’s “Dancing With Stars” on
Monday and Tuesday and then
tape the game show on the other
three weekdays.
It’s an “incredibly intense”
schedule but one she can manage by relaxing at home with her
boyfriend and his daughter, and
through yoga, Inaba said.
“And I sleep a lot,” she added,
laughing.
Her new GSN game show will
air at 7 p.m. weekdays starting
Nov. 15, the channel said.