Cable's Originals

The following is a list of upcoming original cable programming from Sept. 14, 2009, to December 2009. "Original programming" means brand-new premieres, no acquired shows or fare available via broadcast TV, home video or in movie theaters. Specials spun off of existing series are included, but new episodes of established series do not qualify. The list includes mostly basic-cable networks with large distribution, though some premium networks have been included. The list was compiled by Leslie Jaye Goff.

 

SEPT. 14-30, 2009

A&E

Intervention In-Depth:
Addiction in Uniform

Special Sept. 14

BET

Pay It Off

Series   Sept. 27

DIY NETWORK

Who Wants a Man Cave?

Special Sept. 29

E!

Live From the Red
Carpet: The 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards

Special Sept. 20

FINE LIVING

Great American Beer
Festival

Special Sept. 15

FOOD NETWORK

Extreme Cuisine With
Jeff Corwin

Series   Sept.14

FUEL TV

The Present

Special Sept. 20

FX

The League
Series Oct. 29

HBO

Sweethearts of the
Prison Rodeo

Documentary    Sept. 17

Bored to Death

Series   Sept. 20

HGTV

My First Place: Lessons Learned

Special Sept. 16

Divine Master Bedrooms
With Candice Olson

Special Sept. 19

HGTV Design Star IV
Winner

Special (wt)

Special Sept. 20

Blank Canvas

Special Sept. 27

HISTORY

Mysteryquest

Series   Sept. 16

Holy Grail in America

Special Sept. 20

Day After Disaster

Special Sept. 27

LIFETIME

Georgia O'Keefe

Movie  Sept. 19

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

CHANNEL

Race to Bury Tut

Special Sept. 20

Rescue Ink Unleashed

Series   Sept. 25

NICKELODEON

Go, Diego, Go!  Diego's Arctic Rescue

Special Sept. 18

The Troop

Series   Sept. 18

Brain Surge

Series   Sept. 28

OXYGEN

The Naughty Kitchen
With Chef Blythe Beck

Series   Sept. 22

SOAPNET

Bank of Mom & Dad

Series   Sept. 30

SUNDANCE CHANNEL

Brick City

Miniseries         Sept.
21

WE TV

Adoption Diaries

Limited-run series         Sept.
19

Wedding Cake Wars

Special   Sept. 20

 

OCTOBER 2009

A&E

Intervention Special:
One-Man Rehab

Special Oct. 19

Extreme Paranormal:
Part 1

Special Oct. 19

Extreme Paranormal:
Part 2

Special Oct. 24

Intervention In-Depth:
Pot City USA

Special Oct. 26

ANIMAL PLANET

Superfetch

Series   Oct. 3

Dogs 101: Ugly Dogs

Special Oct. 3

I'm Alive

Series   Oct. 9

America's Cutest Dog

Special Oct. 24

BBC AMERICA

Occupation

Movie  Oct. 18

BET

First In

Series   Oct. 2

The Mo'Nique Show

Series   Oct. 5

Monica: Still Standing

Series   Oct. 27

BIO

Celebrity Ghost
Stories

Series   Oct. 3

COMEDY CENTRAL

Secret Girlfriend

Series   Oct. 7

Nick Swardson:
Seriously, Who Farted?

Special Oct. 11

The Jeff Dunham Show

Series   Oct. 22

DISCOVERY HEALTH

Dr. G: America's Most Shocking Deaths (w.t.)

Special Oct. 19

DISNEY CHANNEL

Jungle Junction

Series   Oct. 5

DIY

Ultimate Sportsman's
Lodge

Limited-run series         Oct.
2

Disaster House

Series   Oct. 6

E!

Leave It to Lamas

Series   Oct. 11

ESPN

30 for 30: Kings
Ransom

Documentary    Oct. 6

30 for 30: The Band
That Wouldn't Die

Documentary    Oct. 13

30 for 30: Small
Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

Documentary    Oct. 20

30 for 30: Small
Potatoes: Muhammad and Larry

Documentary    Oct. 27

FINE LIVING

Bartender Wars

Series   Oct. 2

Lloyd Boston's Style
at Any Age

Series   Oct. 8

FOOD NETWORK

Alex's Day Off

Series   Oct. 18

FOX REALITY

The Academy: Orange County Fire

Series   Oct. 24

FUEL TV

Props Mega Tour Europe

Special Oct. 1

Pipeline Masters

Special Oct. 8

Silver in Barcelona

Special Oct. 9

Gatorade Free Flow
Tour BMX 2009

Special Oct. 12

Gatorade Free Flow
Tour Skate 2009

Special Oct. 12

HALLMARK CHANNEL

Always and Forever

Movie  Oct. 24

HBO

Outrage

Documentary    Oct. 5

Schmatta: Rags to
Riches to Rags

Documentary    Oct. 19

Wanda Sykes

Special

October 2009  Date TBD

HGTV

Endless Yard Sale 2009

Special Oct. 11

Halloween Block Party

Special Oct. 18

IFC

Monty Python: Almost
the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

Miniseries         Oct.
18

INVESTIGATION
DISCOVERY

The Bureau

Series   Oct. 7

On the Case With Paula
Zahn

Series   Oct 18

Blackboard to Bullies

Special Oct. 24

LIFETIME

Sherri

Series   Oct. 5

Sorority Wars

Movie  Oct. 17

MILITARY CHANNEL

No Dog Left Behind

Special Oct. 25

Science of the Elite
Soldier

Special Oct. 27

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
CHANNEL

Alaska State Troopers

Series   Oct. 14

NICKTOONS NETWORK

Fantastic Four:
World's Great Heroes

Series   Oct. 2

PLANET GREEN

The 100-Mile Challenge

Limited-run series         Oct.
12

Nature Inc.

Limited-run series         Oct.
14

Emeril's Culinary
Adventures: Napa

Special Oct. 26

SCIENCE CHANNEL

Heavy Metal Task Force

Series   Oct.2

Head Games

Series   Oct. 17

Nick Baker's Weird
Creatures

Series   Oct. 28

SMITHSONIAN NETWORKS

The World of Sound:
Ballad of Folkways 

Documentary    Oct. 25

SPIKE TV

The Ultimate Spike
Girl Finale

Special Oct. 1

Jean Claude Van Damme:
The Movie

Movie  Oct. 3

Scream 2009

Special Oct. 27

STARZ

Zombiemania

Documentary    Oct. 13

STYLE NETWORK

Dallas Divas & Daughters

Series   Oct.4

SUNDANCE CHANNEL

Rio Breaks

Documentary    Oct. 5

Man Shops Globe

Series   Oct. 7

Eventual Salvation

Documentary    Oct. 19

Luckey

Documentary    Oct. 26

TCM

A Night at the Movies:
The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

Special Oct. 2

TRU TV

Surprise Inspection

Special Oct. 24

It Only Hurts When I
Laugh

Series   Date TBD

USA NETWORK

White Collar

Series   Oct. 23

THE WEATHER CHANNEL

Cantore Stories

Series   Oct. 4

 

NOVEMBER 2009

ABC FAMILY

Holly and Hal Moose:
Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure

Special Nov. 24

The Dog Who Saved
Christmas

Movie  Nov. 29

AMC

The Prisoner

Miniseries         Date
TBD

ANIMAL PLANET

Pitbulls &
Parolees

Series   Nov. 9

The Haunted

Series   Nov. 22

My Pet Wants That

Special Nov. 28

CENTRIC

Soul Train Awards

Special Nov. 29

DISCOVERY HEALTH

Strange Sex (wt)

Special Nov. 1

Big Medicine: Most
Extreme Patients

Special Nov. 18

Pregnancy 911 (w.t.)

Special Nov. 30

DISNEY XD

Skyrunners

Movie  Date TBD

DIY NETWORK

Stud Finder 2009

Special Nov. 16

Cool Tools Hardware
Show 2009

Special Nov. 26

Cool Tools Inventors
Challenge

Special Nov. 26

Cool Tools: Top 25

Special Nov. 26

ESPN

30 for 30: Without
Bias

Documentary    Nov. 3

30 for 30: The Legend
of Jimmy the Greek

Documentary    Nov. 10

FINE LIVING

Ham on Turkey

Special Nov. 2

FUEL TV

Converse Coastal
Carnage

Special Nov. 6

Best of the Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing 2009

Special Nov. 12

Surfrider 25th
Anniversary

Special Nov. 23

Bucky's Backyard BBQ

Special Nov. 26

HALLMARK CHANNEL

Flower Girl

Movie  Nov. 14

The National Tree

Movie  Nov. 28

HBO

By the People: The
Election of Barack Obama

Documentary    Nov. 3

HGTV

HGTV's Change the
World: American Heroes

Special Nov. 11

Sandra Lee Celebrates:
Holiday Homecoming

Special Nov. 28

Behind the Magic: The
Holidays at Disney

Special Nov. 29

IFC

Dinner with the Band

Series   Nov. 24

INVESTIGATION
DISCOVERY

The Will

Special Nov. 10

LIFETIME MOVIE
NETWORK

Ann Rule's Too Late to
Say Goodbye

Movie  Nov. 7

Ann Rule's Everything
She Ever Wanted Part 1

Movie  Nov. 14

Ann Rule's Everything
She Ever Wanted Part 2

Movie  Nov. 15

MILITARY CHANNEL

Return Salute

Special Nov. 11

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
CHANNEL

Search for the Amazon
Headshrinkers

Special Nov. 15

Expedition Great White

Special Nov. 16

Hunt for the Samurai
Subs

Special Nov. 17

Deep Secrets: The
Ballard Gallipoli Expedition

Special Nov. 18

Mars: Making the New
Earth

Special Nov. 19

The First Jesus?

Special Nov. 20

When Crocs Ate
Dinosaurs

Special Nov. 21

NICKELODEON

Fanboy and Chum Chum

Series   Date TBD

Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom

Special Date TBD

SpongeBob SquarePants
Primetime Special: Truth or Square

Special Date TBD

SCIENCE CHANNEL

On the Road to Punkin
Chunkin

Special Nov. 26

Punkin Chunkin

Special Nov. 26

SPIKE TV

Driven to Kill

Movie  Nov. 7

Super Dave's
Spike-Tacular

Series   Nov. 17

STARZ

Sex and the Cinema

Documentary    Nov. 10

SUNDANCE CHANNEL

The Glass House

Documentary    Nov. 16

TBS

Lopez Tonight

Series   Nov. 9

The Very Funny Show

Series   Nov. 13

TCM

Johnny Mercer: The
Dream's on Me

Special Nov. 4

TRUTV

Full Throttle Saloon

Series   Date TBD

  

DECEMBER 2009

A&E

Steven Segal: Lawman

Series   Dec. 2

ABC FAMILY

Santa Baby: Christmas
Maybe

Movie  Dec. 13

COMEDY CENTRAL

Hot 9 in ‘09 (w.t.)

Special Date TBD

DISCOVERY HEALTH

Pregnant &
Transgendered (w.t.)

Special Dec.1

I'm Pregnant And...

Series   Dec. 1

Dwarf Family Adoption
(w.t.)

Special Dec. 2

ESPN

30 for 30: The U

Documentary    Dec. 12

FINE LIVING

Three Sheets New
Year's Eve in NY

Special Dec. 26

FOX REALITY

Squad Car Confessions

Series   Dec. 26

GOSPEL MUSIC CHANNEL

Ann Nesby Christmas

Special Date TBD

Mary Mary Christmas

Special Date TBD

Ernie Haase &
Signature Sound Christmas

Special Date TBD

Chris Tomlin Christmas

Special Date TBD

Matthew West Christmas

Special Date TBD

Christmas of Compassion: Stephanie Smith

Special Date TBD

Christmas of
Compassion: KJ-52

Special Date TBD

Christmas of
Compassion: The Martins

Special Date TBD

Christmas of
Compassion: DecembeRadio

Special Date TBD

Christmas of
Compassion: Laura Story

Special Date TBD

HALLMARK CHANNEL

Debbie Macomber's Mrs.
Miracle

Movie  Dec. 5

Christmas in Canaan

Movie  Dec. 12

The Three Gifts

Movie  Dec. 19

HBO

Robin Williams:
Weapons of Self-Destruction

Special Dec. 6

HGTV

Sandra Lee Celebrates:
Magical Merry Christmas

Special Dec. 5

Celebrity Holiday
Homes

Special Dec. 6

Sandra Lee Celebrates:
Season of Surprise

Special Dec. 12

White House Christmas
2009

Special Dec. 13

Sandra Lee Celebrates:
Winter Wonderland Party

Special Dec. 19

LIFETIME

Twelve Men of
Christmas

Movie  Dec. 5

LIFETIME MOVIE
NETWORK

The Christmas Hope

Movie  Dec. 12

NICKELODEON

Dora's Christmas Carol
Adventure

Special Date TBD

PLANET GREEN

Ultimate Power
Builders.

Limited-run series         Dec.
4

Toxic Files

Limited-run series         Date
TBD

SCIENCE CHANNEL

Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible

Series   Dec. 1

SMITHSONIAN NETWORKS

Aerial America

Series   Dec. 6

SUNDANCE CHANNEL

Johnny Weir: Pop Star
on Ice

Documentary    Dec. 28

TBS

Funniest Commercials
of the Year: 2009

Special Dec. 15

TEENNICK

Halo Awards*

Special Date TBD

*Premiere will be simulcast on Nick At Nite.

TCM

A Night at the Movies:
The Gigantic World of Epics

Special Dec. 20

TNT

Men of a Certain Age

Series   Dec. 7

Christmas in Washington

Special Dec. 18

TRUTV

Conspiracy Theory with
Jesse Ventura

Series   Date TBD

VERSUS

Toughest Sports Jobs With
Junior Seau

Series   December 2

  

TO BE DETERMINED

(Sept. 14-Dec. 31,
2009)

HISTORY

The Kennedy
Assassination: 24 Hours After

Special Q4 2009

JFK - 3 Shots That Changed America

Special Q4 2009

WWII in HD

Series   Q4 2009

Surviving the Holidays
With Lewis Black 

Special Q4 2009

The People Speak

Special Q4 2009