Deck Wars is a 2011 Canadian television series, airing on HGTV. It is considered a sister series to Decked Out, and like Decked Out, stars Paul Lafrance and his deck building crew. Unlike its sister series, Deck Wars is a game show that pits two teams of contestants against each other in building a deck in two days with a common theme.
She’s Living for This is an American television comedy and variety series created by Keith Levy and Josh Rosenzweig. The show currently airs on LGBT cable network here!. The series stars drag performer Sherry Vine. The series premiered on February 24, 2012.
here! produced six episodes for season one. The network announced a second season of the show to begin production in the summer 2012 for a fall 2012 premiere.
In 2012 it was announced that episodes of She's Living for This would be made available on online video service Hulu.
The Shire was an Australian reality-drama series on Network Ten that debuted on 16 July 2012. The series follows the lives of 15 people, that work, live or play in and around Sydney's Sutherland Shire. The series has been described as "dramality" by Ten, a combination of drama with prompting and light scripting. The Shire was created and produced by Shine Australia. Modelled on the British TV show The Only Way Is Essex, the production company describe the series as a reality show version of soap opera Home and Away.
The show's success within key youth demographics was noted by Clare Kemond from The Age. She said the show was in the Top 20 shows of the year among younger viewers, more successful than its counterpart Home and Away.
WAG Nation is an Australian reality series screened on Arena, subscription television channel. The series follows the lives of five WAGs, wives and girlfriends of Australian sportsmen.
The first season of WAG Nation premiered on 18 April 2012 and consists of 10 episodes. The cast features Terry Biviano, wife of NRL Sydney Roosters player Anthony Minichiello; event planner Lynette Bolton, wife of AFL Sydney Swans player Jude Bolton; promotions manager Jana Peterson, girlfriend of NRL Cronulla Sharks player John Williams; fashion boutique owner Jackie Spong, wife of AFL Carlton Blues player Jarrad Waite; and model/flight attendant Chantelle Raleigh, girlfriend of NBL Gold Coast Blaze player Adam Gibson. The first episode received a huge amount of attention on the social networking site Twitter with the show's title becoming the most tweeted topic in Australia. The program is rumoured to be casting for series two.
Just Josh is an American talk show hosted by television personality, writer, and director Josh Rosenzweig. Filmed on location throughout New York City, Rosenzweig conducts celebrity interviews, visits premiere VIP events, and discusses all things pop culture. The show premiered on LGBT-targeted network here! on January 28, 2011.
here! produced 19 episodes for season one, and has begun production on the show's second season.
In 2012 it was announced that episodes of Just Josh will be made available on online video service Hulu.
Naturalists John and Janet Foster lead a series of expeditions into the remotest regions of Canada, revealing the spectacular features and wildlife of its vast system of National Parks. From Pacific Rim National Park to Gros Morne National Park, they travel from one end to the other of the world’s second largest country.
Dramatic and emotionally-charged, the verité-style series follows the real-life experiences of eleven expecting women as they face the complexities of pregnancy, the intensity of giving birth and the realities of bringing a new life into the world.
Birth Stories is a Canadian documentary television series that aired from 2000 to 2004 on Slice. It is produced by Cineflix, Slice and Sky Living.
Gordon Heung and Wai Sai-Lok have been long-time collaborators in the police force, frequently working with each other to solve drug trafficking cases in the city. During an operation, Sai-Lok discovers clues that point to Gordon being a corrupt cop in a collusion conspiracy with drug dealers. Suspicious about Gordon's true intentions, Sai-Lok launches a secret investigation on him.
Things We Do for Love is a new television series under preparation in 2011-2012 directed by Alfonso Ribeiro and produced by Dan Garcia Productions. The half-hour sitcom has a cast that includes Alfonso Ribeiro, Tamera Mowry, María Conchita Alonso, and James Avery. 5 episodes have been ordered and taped to date.
The Errol Flynn Theatre is a short-lived anthology series presented by Errol Flynn, who would also play the lead in every fourth show. His then-wife Patrice Wymore and son Sean also made appearances.
It was shot in England at Bray Studios but was made for the American market.
Extreme A&E is a British medical documentary set in various trauma centres across the world. It follows Kevin Fong as he visits world renowned trauma centres. It aims to show trauma medicine through the eyes of a doctor.
Booze Britain was a fly-on-the-wall documentary television series produced by Granada that aired on British satellite TV channel Bravo in half-hour episodes which documented the binge drinking culture of various towns and cities in the United Kingdom. Typically, the series followed a group of friends as they indulge in an evening drinking heavily in various establishments usually in their own town or city, police officers fining and arresting people for various alcohol-related incidents and also paramedics who are called out to handle the consequences of drunkenness. The narration by Mark Womack provided alcohol-related statistics and comments on medical issues raised by the scenes depicted.
In its second series, subtitled Binge Nation, they went to numerous places in the country.
Notably, in one episode, it showed how the effects of alcohol can have someone's behaviour. The most watched episode, in Newquay depicted the events of a night out involving "The Tanks". It got out of hand when Sam drank a pint of urine
Jonathan Bird's Blue World is an educational television program about the underwater world. The show is hosted by underwater cinematographer Jonathan Bird. This series airs on PBS stations in the US. The program is designed for family viewing, and each segment finds Bird trying to unravel a mystery, witness an animal behavior or explore an underwater environment. The first season consisted of 5 half-hour programs filmed in standard definition, and the second season contained 7 half-hour programs shot in high-definition. The third season won four New England Emmy Awards. The second season also won four New England Emmy Awards. The pilot episode from season 1 won a CINE Golden Eagle Award. The program is magazine format with each television episode consisting of 2-3 segments. These segments appear individually on the Blue World website as webisodes. Season four is currently in production.
Decked Out is a Canadian home renovation television series, which airs on HGTV Canada. Hosted by Paul Lafrance, a contractor who owns Cutting Edge Construction and Design in Pickering, Ontario, each episode depicts Lafrance and his team designing and building a unique and dramatic deck for a client.
Prior to launching his own series, Lafrance appeared on several episodes of Breakfast Television and Holmes Inspection.
Lafrance subsequently also launched Deck Wars, a spinoff program in which he moderates a competition between two homeowners each building their own decks.
Operation Osmin is a television series produced by American cable network nuvoTV. The fitness reality show debuted on July 4, 2011 as part of the relaunch of nuvoTV from the former Sí TV. Each episode focuses on out-of-shape challengers who participate in grueling, unconventional training from fitness trainer Osmin Hernandez, who was part of an elite Cuban military unit.
On Operation Osmin, the trainer has 30 days to get his challengers into the best shape of their lives by using his signature “the world is your gym” technique. This involves training in unusual places, like busy streets or parking lots, sometimes combined with extreme weather conditions like storms. Participants are also required to maintain a diet of fish, salad and water.
The first season of Operation Osmin aired from July to August 2011 and consisted of ten episodes. Season one registered as the highest rated original series ever produced for the network.
Season 2 premiered on nuvoTV on January 13, 2012 consisting of 13 epi