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Category Television - Global Date 8/29/2006 |
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Global Television Fast Picks September 2006
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*Specials & Finales*
GLOBAL FALL PREVIEW SPECIAL
Monday, September 4 - 10:30 PM ET
**Clips and behind-the-scenes footage from Global’s fall programs**
FASHION ROCKS
Friday, September 8 – 9PM ET *2 hour special*
**Star-studded concert honouring fashion and music and featuring performances by Christina Aguilera, Nelly Furtado, Pussy Cat Dolls and more…**
ET CANADA SPECIAL: FESTIVAL CENTRAL
Monday, September 11 – 10:30 PM ET
**Half hour special featuring exclusive coverage from the 31st Toronto International Film Festival**
ROCK STAR: SUPERNOVA *Season Finale*
Wednesday, September 13 – 8PM ET/PT
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ET CANADA’S 1ST ANNIVERSARY
Monday, September 18 to Friday, September 22 – 7PM ET / 7:30PM PT
** A week of special anniversary-themed programming featuring never before seen footage, a countdown to the best interviews of the past year, special birthday wishes from Hollywood celebs and more…**
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*17 New & Returning Season Premieres*
Tuesday, September 5
HOUSE *Season 3* 8PM ET
STANDOFF *New Series* 10PM ET
*SPECIAL NOTE:
Standoff premieres only in ONTARIO and
BRITISH COLUMBIA markets Sept. 5 & 12
Standoff premieres at 9pm ET/PT in
ALL MARKETS starting Tuesday, September 19*
Sunday, September 10
THE SIMPSONS *Season 18* 8PM ET
AMERICAN DAD *Season 3* 8:30PM ET
FAMILY GUY *Season 5* 9PM ET
THE WAR AT HOME *Season 2* 9:30PM ET
Thursday, September 14
SURVIVOR *Season 13* 8PM ET
Tuesday, September 19
DEAL OR NO DEAL *Season 2* *Special date and time** 10PM ET
Wednesday, September 20
SIX DEGREES *New Series* 9PM ET
KIDNAPPED *New Series* 10PM ET
Thursday, September 21
DEAL OR NO DEAL **Season 2 ** 9PM ET
SHARK *New Series* 10PM ET
Friday, September 22
DEAL OR NO DEAL *Season 2* *Special date and time** 8PM ET
NUMB3RS *Season 3* 10PM ET
Saturday, September 23
GLOBAL CURRENTS * Canadian Original * 7PM ET
Sunday, September 24
BROTHERS & SISTERS *New Series* 10PM ET
Tuesday, September 26
GILMORE GIRLS *Season 7* 10PM ET
THREE SPECIALS PLUS A SEASON FINALE…
GLOBAL FALL PREVIEW SPECIAL
Monday, September 4 - 10:30pm ET *half-hour special*
A count down to the hottest new shows set to premiere this fall on Global Television, featuring clips, highlights and behind-the-scenes footage.
FASHION ROCKS
Friday, September 8 – 9pm ET *2 hour special*
The third annual Fashion Rocks is a star-studded concert that celebrates the relationship between fashion and music. This two-hour special will include performances by Elton John, Christina Aguilera, Nelly Furtado, Pussy Cat Dolls and more…**
ET CANADA SPECIAL: FESTIVAL CENTRAL
Monday, September 11 – 10:30pm ET
From the hottest films to the biggest stars, ET Canada is FESTIVAL CENTRAL. This half hour special presentation of ET Canada brings viewers exclusive coverage and behind-the-scenes footage from the 31st Toronto International Film Festival.
ROCK STAR: SUPERNOVA *Season Finale*
Wednesday, September 13 – 8pm ET/PT
Last year millions of Canadians tuned as our homegrown talent, JD Fortune walked away as the “new sensation” at the Rock Star: INXS finale…now it is someone else’s turn to take centre stage as the new front person for Supernova…who will the fans vote for…who will Tommy, Jason and Gilby handpick from the group of virtual unknown talents to front their band?
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6 NEW SERIES PREMIERES and
9 SEASON PREMIERES
HOUSE (Season 3)
Premiering Tuesday, September 5 at 8pm ET
Episode #1 “Meaning”
After recovering from his gunshot wounds, House works feverishly on two cases at the same time: a paralyzed man who drove his wheelchair into a swimming pool and a woman who became paralyzed after a yoga session.
STANDOFF (New Series)
Premiering Tuesday, September 5 at 10pm ET *ONTARIO & BC only*
(Premieres in all Global markets starting Tuesday, September 19)
Meet Matt Flannery and Emily Lehman - top-ranked negotiators in the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Unit. They're trained to talk their way through volatile situations. They're experts at knowing what makes other people tick. They're also sleeping together…a secret they agreed to keep to themselves, until Matt reveals it to the entire world during a tense hostage standoff.
CAST: Ron Livingston, Rosemarie DeWitt, Michael Cudlitz, Gina Torres, Raquel Alessi
THE SIMPSONS (Season 18)
Premiering Sunday, September 10 at 8pm ET
Episode 1 “The Mook, The Chef, The Wife And His Homer”
After Lisa befriends Fat Tony's (Joe Mantegna, reprising his role as Springfield's infamous mob boss) son Michael, Fat Tony invites the Simpsons over for dinner as a sign of gratitude. Shockingly, Fat Tony is shot by a rival family moments after Michael admits he would rather be a chef than take over the family business. Fat Tony's main thugs, Dante and Dante Jr. (guest voices Joe Pantoliano and Michael Imperioli), want Michael to be the new kingpin, but when he declines, Homer steps up and leads the family on a major mob spree.
Episode 2 “Jazzy And The Pussycats”
Premiering Sunday, September 17 at 8pm ET
After Bart's arm is mangled by a tiger that Lisa rescued from the local pound, Bart organizes a benefit concert to raise money for an operation to repair his drumming arm. Guest stars: The White Stripes as themselves
Additional guest voices for Season 18 include: Kiefer Sutherland, Natalie Portman, Dr. Phil McGraw, Fran Drescher, Richard Lewis, Jon Lovitz, Betty White, Harry Hamlin, Eric Idle
AMERICAN DAD (Season 3)
Premiering Sunday, September 10 at 8:30pm ET
Episode 1 “Camp Refoogee”
Stan’s plans are nearly upended when the “camp” he tricks Steve into going to is really a refugee camp in Africa.
FAMILY GUY (Season 5)
Premiering Sunday, September 10 at 9pm ET
Episode 1 “Stewie Loves Lois”
After Lois saves Stewie’s beloved teddy bear, Rupert, he starts to think that maybe he shouldn’t kill his dear old mom and clings to her like a baby blanket. However, Stewie’s change in demeanor doesn’t go over well with Lois and she gets sick of all of his loving attention. Meanwhile, Peter undergoes a prostate exam and thinks his doctor is molesting him.
THE WAR AT HOME (Season 2)
Premiering Sunday, September 10 at 9:30pm ET
The witty, irreverent comedy is back with another quirky season about a husband and wife who are constantly battling to keep their three teenage kids in line.
SURVIVOR – COOK ISLANDS (Season 13)
Premiering Thursday, September 14 at 8pm ET
SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS will feature the series' most ethnically diverse cast to date. The castaways will initially be organized into four tribes divided along ethnic lines (African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic and White) before merging in a later episode.
DEAL OR NO DEAL (Season 2)*
Special premiere week episodes:
1. Tuesday, September 19 at 10pm ET
2. Thursday, September 21 at 9pm ET
3. Friday, September 22 at 8pm ET
Hosted by Canadian actor/comedian Howie Mandel - Mandel takes each lucky contestant to the player’s platform with their eye on the million dollar prize tucked away in one of 26 suitcases all filled with varying amounts of cash! Do they play it safe and settle for the Banker’s offer? Or will they go for it all with reckless abandon?
*Please note weekly Global broadcasts of Deal or No Deal Thursdays at 9pm. Regular scheduled programming to resume Thursday, September 28.
SIX DEGREES (New Series)
Premiering Wednesday, September 20 at 9pm ET
They say that anyone on the planet can be connected to any other person through a chain of six people, which means that no one is a stranger for long. Six very different New Yorkers go about their lives without realizing the impact they're having on one another, until a mysterious web of coincidences gradually draw these strangers closer…changing the course of their lives forever.
CAST: Jay Hernandez, Erika Christensen, Bridget Moynahan, Dorian Missick, Hope Davis, Campbell Scott
KIDNAPPED (New Series)
Premiering Wednesday, September 20 at 10pm ET
When the teenage son of a wealthy and powerful New York couple is kidnapped, the local law enforcement, the FBI, and a private negotiating team come together to solve the case. Through the process it becomes clear that this "perfect" family may be hiding a few dark secrets of their own.
CAST: Dana Delany, Timothy Hutton, Carmen Ejogo, Delroy Lindo, Boris McGiver, Linus Roache, Jeremy Sisto, Mykelti Williamson, Will Denton
SHARK (New Series)
Premiering Thursday, September 21 at 10pm ET
Directed by Spike Lee and starring Emmy® Award winner James Woods as Sebastian Stark - a charismatic, supremely self-confident, cutthroat defense attorney who after a shocking outcome in one of his cases and a personal epiphany decides to cross over and bring his aggressive tactics to the prosecution side.
CAST: James Woods, Jeri Ryan, Sam Page, Alexis Cruz, Sarah Carter, Danielle Panabaker, Romy Rosemont, Sophina Brown
Episode 1: Sebastian Stark just quit his old job as a defense attorney. Now looking for a new job he receives a call to meet with the Los Angeles city mayor. The mayor offers him a position as the director of the DA's high-profile crime unit, but with a twist, he would have to train a new team of inexperienced lawyers.
NUMB3RS (Season 3) **2 PART PREMIERE**
Premiering Friday, September 22 & September 29 at 10pm ET
It all adds up in this exciting and unique crime drama where police work and mathematics are combined to solve challenging crimes in LA.
GLOBAL CURRENTS (New Canadian Original)
Premiering Saturday, September 23 at 7pm ET
Presented by Global National’s Executive Editor and Anchor Kevin Newman, this unique series of hour-long documentaries brings engaging and enlightening character-driven stories about socially relevant issues home to Canadians.
Episode 1: Greenpeace: Making a Stand (Sept.23) - a compelling documentary based on Rex Weyler’s book, “Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists and Visionaries Changed the World.” The documentary looks at the dramatic 35-year evolution of Greenpeace, from the early days of the environmental movement in the 1970s, to the front lines of a potentially dangerous campaign in Argentina.
Episode 2: Health Care 911: The Plight of Immigrant Medical Doctors (Sept. 30) Examines why qualified and medically-trained new immigrants are not given the chance at healthcare positions in Canada. With at least 8,000 immigrant medical personnel living in Canada and only six positions available each year in British Columbia, the Vancouver-based film digs deep to find out how these new Canadians are coping with having to work in blue-collar jobs.
Episode 3: Breaking Ranks (October 7) – Provides exclusive access to American military deserters from the war in Iraq and examines the current phenomena of soldiers from the United States seeking refuge in Canada in their efforts to resist the war effort in Iraq. Also based in Vancouver, the film documents their experience as they face dire situations on both borders: if they are deported back to the US, they face one-to-five years prison time; if they stay, it may cause unprecedented tension in US-Canadian relations.
Episode 4: The Dads Who Fought Back (October 14) - The story of two fathers’ struggle to spend more time with their children in custody battles against a system they feel has evolved into a deep and persistent gender bias against fathers. The film follows other men who are fighting to be heard, including activist groups such as “Fathers for Justice” who, for better or worse, draw attention to their cause with masquerade antics.
BROTHERS & SISTERS (New Series)
Premiering Sunday, September 24 at 10pm ET
From producer Ken Olin (Alias) – Calista Flockhart returns to television as Kitty Walker, the successful radio personality who is about to move to L.A. for a TV job when her boyfriend in New York proposes. As Kitty and her four siblings face personal and professional dilemmas, they discover family secrets that threaten to tear them apart.
CAST: Calista Flockhart, Rachel Griffiths, Sally Field
GILMORE GIRLS (Season 7)
Premiering Tuesday, September 26 at 10pm ET
Set in a storybook Connecticut town populated with an eclectic mix of everyday folks and lovable lunatics, Gilmore Girls is a humorous multigenerational series about friendship, family and the ties that bind. Thirty-something Lorelai Gilmore has made her share of mistakes in life, but she has been doing her best to see that her college-bound daughter--and best friend in the world--Rory, doesn't follow in her footsteps. That may be easier said than done, considering that the two share the same interests, the same intellect, the same coffee addiction and the same eyes.
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Media Contacts:
Grace Park
Adrienne Kakoullis
Jackie Moss
For more information on Global Currents, please contact:
Yvonne Chiang
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