Cable Originals

Complied by Leslie Jaye Goff -- Multichannel News, 5/21/2006 8:00:00 PM

The following is a list of upcoming original cable programming — specifically covering the period from May 22, 2006, to Aug. 31, 2006. The list contains only brand-new premieres. That means nothing acquired or available via broadcast TV, home video or in movie theaters. Specials spun off existing series are included, but episodes of established series are not. The list was compiled by Multichannel News contributor Leslie Jaye Goff.

May

A&E

Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company
Documentary
May 25

E!

To Have and to Hold: Last Bride Standing
Special
May 27

GAC

2006 ACM Awards Video Preview
Special
May 22
2006 ACM Awards Pre-Show
Special
May 23
Great American Dedications
Special
May 27-29

Hallmark Channel

The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb
Movie
May 27

History Channel

Washington the Warrior
Special
May 29

MTV

The Hills
Series
May 31
Cheyenne
Series
May 31

Nickelodeon

Nick News With Linda Ellerbee: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow — Celebrating 15 Years of Nick News
Special
May 28

Style

Style’s Summer Must Haves
Special
May 27

VH1

Heavy: The Story of Metal
Documentary
May 22
VH1 Rock Honors
Special
May 31

WE

Swimsuit Secrets Revealed
Special
May 29

June

A&E

Touch the Top of the World
Special
June 11
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Special
June 12
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Special
June 12

ABC FAMILY

Falcon Beach
Series
June 4
Kyle XY
Series
June 26

AMC

Broken Trail
Movie
June 24-25

ANIMAL PLANET

After the Attack
Special
June 18

BBC AMERICA

Waterloo Road
Series
June 15

BIOGRAPHY

Psychic Investigators
Series
June 1

BRAVO

Million Dollar Listing
Series
June 12

CINEMAX

The Moon and the Sun
Documentary
June 18

CMT

Country Fried Home Videos
Series
June 30

COMEDY CENTRAL

Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road
Movie
June 4
Dog Bites Man
Series
June 7

COURT TV

Haunting Evidence
Series
June 14

DISCOVERY

Egypt’s New Tomb Revealed
Special
June 4
Krakatoa
Special
June 11

DISCOVERY HEALTH

On the Road With 16 Children
Special
June 11

DISCOVERY TIMES

Guests of the Ayatollah
Special
June 26

DISNEY CHANNEL

Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Movie
June 16

DIY

RV Roadtrips
Series
June 2
Project Paradise
Special
June 11
Get Framed
Other (five-part workshop)
June 19-24

E!

Stranded with a Star: Who Would Who Choose?
Special
June 4
7 Deadly Hollywood Sins
Series
June 5
Uncovered: The Hidden Lives of Miss USA
Special
June (date TBD)

ESPN2

2005 World Domino Championship
Series
June 12

FINE LIVING

27-Acre Garage
Special
June 4
Are We There Yet?
Series
June 11

FOOD NETWORK

Food Network Caters Your Las Vegas Wedding
Special
June 11
The Next Food Network Star: Winner Show
Series
June 25

FOX REALITY

Solitary
Series
June 5

GAC

CMA Music Festival Special
Special
June 10
GAC Summer Barbeque
Special
June 17
GAC Father’s Day Video Block Party
Special
June 18
GAC Summer for Life Concert Special
Special
June 18

HALLMARK CHANNEL

Blackbeard
Movie
June 17

HBO

Plastic Disasters
Documentary
June 5
Lucky Louie
Series
June 11
Dane Cook’s Tourgasm
Series
June 11
Boffo!
Documentary
June 29

HGTV

Kidspace
Series
June 3
Wedding Design on a Dime
Special
June 10
Hot Grills Cool Patios 2006
Special
June 10
100 Sizzling Summer Ideas
Special
June 15
International Consumer Electronics Show 2006
Special
June 18

HISTORY CHANNEL

Storm on the Horizon
Special
June 2
The Revolution
Series
June 4
Building in the Name of God
Special
June 9
Amazon Adventures
Special
June 10
Jefferson’s Secret Hideaway
Special
June 17
American Eats
Series
June 29

LIFETIME

Lovespring International
Series
June 5
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Movie
June 19

LOGO

Can’t Get A Date
Series
June 7
U.S. of ANT
Series
June 19
Elephant in the Room
Documentary
June 24

MILITARY CHANNEL

Target America
Special
June 1
Day After D-Day
Special
June 7
Coast Guard at War
Special
June 22

MTV

Why Can’t I Be You?
Series
June 5
Fast Inc.
Series
June 5
2006 MTV Movie Awards
Special
June 8

MTV2

Where My Dogs At
Series
June 9 (sneak peek; official premiere is June 10)
Chico & Guapo
Series
June 10

THE N

Beyond the Break
Series
June 2
Whistler
Series
June 30

NICKELODEON

Danny Phantom: Reality Trip
Special
June 9
The X’s: Truman X: Supervillain
Special
June 16

OXYGEN

The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency
Series
June 6
Banshee
Movie
June 24

SCI FI CHANNEL

Black Hole
Movie
June 10
Countdown to Doomsday
Special
June 14
Android Apocalypse
Movie
June 24

THE SCIENCE CHANNEL

Robosapiens
Special
June 18

SPIKE TV

Blade: The Series
Series
June 28

STARZ

Looking for Stars
Series
June 19
Comic Books on Film
Special
June 25

STARZ EDGE

Starz Edge Gamer TV
Series
June 24

STARZ IN BLACK

Dead Prez: It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop
Documentary
June 9

STYLE NETWORK

Wedding Altered 3
Special
June 10
Whose Destination Wedding Is It Anyway?
Special
June 17
Instant Beauty Pageant
Series
June 30

SUNDANCE CHANNEL

House of Boateng
Series
June 22

TNT

Saved
Series
June 12

TRAVEL CHANNEL

Drew Carey’s Sporting Adventures
Series
June 8

TV LAND

My First Time
Series
June 28

WE

USA Today/WE Weight Loss Challenge
Series
June 12
Dad’s Dream Day
Special
June 17

WEATHER CHANNEL

Katrina — The Lost Episode
Special
June 4

July

A&E

Driving Force
Series
July 17

ABC FAMILY

Three Moons Over Milford
Series
July 23

ANIMAL PLANET

Caught in the Moment
Series
July 10

BRAVO

Work Out
Series
July 19

CARTOON NETWORK

Squirrel Boy
Series
July (date TBD)

CINEMAX

A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Crowin
Documentary
July 27

CMT

CMT Comedy Club: Larry the Cable Guy
Special
July 1
CMT Comedy Club: Ron White
Special
July 1
Toyota Presents CMT At Summerfest 2006
Special
July 14-16

COMEDY CENTRAL

Live at Gotham
Series
July 21

DISCOVERY

Jobs That Bite
Special
July 30
Shark Survivors
Special
July 31
Global Warming: What You Need to Know With Tom Brokaw
Special
July (date TBD)

DISCOVERY HEALTH

Strictly Dr. Drew
Series
July 25

DISNEY CHANNEL

Read it and Weep
Movie
July (date TBD)

DIY NETWORK

Ready as He Grows
Miniseries
July 10-14
Ready as She Grows
Miniseries
July 17-21
Habitat Homes: Building for the Future
Special
July 16

E!

Forbes 100 Richest Celebrities (and 1 Who Didn’t Make It)
Special
July 16
Hilary Duff: Revealed
Special
July (date TBD)

ENCORE

Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
Special
July 1

ESPN

The ESPY Awards: Ashe Award Show
Special
July 9
World Series of Darts
Series
July 18

ESPN2

Rods and Wheels
Series
July 8

FINE LIVING

Dinner Date
Series
July 30

FOOD NETWORK

Two for the Road
Series
July 11
Throwdown with Bobby Flay
Series
July 13
Feasting on Asphalt
Series
July 29

FUEL

American Misfits
Series
July 2
Drive Thru South Africa
Series
July 2

G4

Comic-Con Live
Special
July 21

GAC

GAC Salutes America
Special
July 1-4
GAC Music City Portrait of America Spectacular
Special
July 4

HALLMARK CHANNEL

Desolation Canyon
Movie
July 1
Wild Hearts
Movie
July 8

HBO

Cedric the Entertainer: Taking You Higher
Special
July 15

HGTV

What’s Your Sign? Design
Series
July 1
International Home & Housewares 2006
Special
July 2
Urban Outsiders
Series
July 12
Design Star
Series
July 23

HISTORY CHANNEL

True Caribbean Pirates
Special
July (date TBD)
Return of the Pirates
Special
July (date TBD)

LIFETIME

Not Like Everyone Else
Movie
July 10
Angela’s Eyes
Series
July 16

LOGO

Coming Out Stories
Series
July 3

MTV2

Final Fu
Series
July 17

NAT GEO

Crash Science
Miniseries
July 13
The Bloodiest Battle
Movie
July 20
Ultimate Disaster
Series (limited)
July 27
Dangerous World
Miniseries
July 30

NICKELODEON

Avatar Movie
Movie
July 14
Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators
Special
July 21
Avatar: Secret of the Fire Nation
Special
July 31

SCI FI CHANNEL

Quest for Atlantis: Startling New Secrets
Special
July 9
Eureka
Series
July 18
Who Wants to be a Superhero?
Series
July 26

SHOWTIME

Brotherhood
Series
July 9
Sexual Healing
Series
July 21

SPIKE TV

Raising the Roofs
Series
July 6
The Dudesons
Series
July 6

STARZ COMEDY

Stand Up or Shut Up!
Series
July 21

TCM

Edge of Outside: Independent Filmmakers
Documentary
July 5

TLC

The Messengers
Series
July 18

TNT

Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Miniseries
July (date TBD)

TRAVEL CHANNEL

Pro Poker Tour
Series
July 5

USA

Psych
Series
July 7

VH1

World Series of Pop Culture
Series
July (date TBD)

WE

Platinum Weddings
Series
July 23

August

A&E

Gene Simmons Family Jewels
Series
August 7

ANIMAL PLANET

Jane Goodall’s Heroes
Special
August 27

ABC FAMILY

Fallen
Special
August 13

BBC AMERICA

Love Soup
Series
August 1
Shakespeare Retold
Miniseries
August 6

CARTOON NETWORK

Metalocalypse
Series
August (date TBD)
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
Special
August (date TBD)
Operation Z.E.R.O.
Movie
August (date TBD)

CINEMAX

The Mushroom Club
Documentary
August (date TBD)
The Death of Kevin Carter
Documentary
August (date TBD)
God Sleeps in Rwanda
Documentary
August (date TBD)

COMEDY CENTRAL

The Comedy Central Roast
Special
August (date TBD)

COURT TV

Missing
Series
August 16

DISCOVERY

Perfect Predator
Special
August 1
Are They Hunting Us?
Special
August 2
When Sharks Fight Back
Special
August 3
Inside Ultimate Sharks
Special
August 4
Surviving Katrina
Special
August (date TBD)

DISNEY CHANNEL

The Cheetah Girls 2
Movie
August (date TBD)

E!

Countdown to the Red Carpet: The 2006 Emmy Awards
Special
August 27
Live from the Red Carpet: The 2006 Emmy Awards
Special
August 27
Live Post Show: The 2006 Emmy Awards
Special
August 27

ENCORE

Hitchcocked!
Special
August 11

FINE LIVING

Forbes Magazine’s Top 10 Places
Special
August 6

G4

G-Phoria
Special
August 8
Attack of the Show! From Las Vegas
Special
August 15

GSN

Chain Reaction
Series
August 1

HALLMARK CHANNEL

Mystery Woman: Oh Baby
Movie
August 26

HBO

When the Levees Broke
Documentary
August (date TBD)

HGTV

Kitchens & Baths 2006
Special
August 13
Doggone Design
Special
August 19
Pet Expo 2006
Special
August 19
Life After Katrina
Special
August 21
My House Is Worth What?
Special
August 23
Under 1 Roof
Series
August 25

IFC

Minor Accomplishments
Series
August 4
The Business
Series
August 4

LIFETIME

Life Is Not A Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Movie
August 26

LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK

Past Tense
Movie
August 5

LOGO

Gender Rebel
Documentary
August 19

MTV

Two-A-Days
Series
August 13
MTV Juvies
Series
August 15

NAT GEO

Peter the Great
Movie
August 20
Fireball of Tutankhamen
Movie
August 31

NICK JR.

Meet Blue’s Baby Brother (The Blues Clues 10th Anniversary Special)
Movie
August 6

NICKELODEON

Thugaboo
Special
August 11

NICKTOONS

Nicktoons Network Animation Festival
Special
August 26-31

OXYGEN

Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty
Series
August (date TBD)
Fight Girls
Documentary
August (date TBD)

SUNDANCE CHANNEL

The Hill
Documentary
August 23

TRAVEL CHANNEL

Wild National Parks
Special
August 15

TCM

Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury
Special
August 1

TV GUIDE CHANNEL

Trapped in TV Guide!
Series
August 4

WE

Bride vs. Bride
Series
August 6
Vietnam Nurses With Dana Delany
Special
August 25