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As published in Cable World, a Primedia Business publication ABC Family Original movies: Lucky 7 with Kimberly Williams-Paisley (July 20) and See Jane Date (August). Unscripted series: Dance Fever (July 13), Perfect Match: New York (July 27), Tying the Knot: The Wedding of Melissa Joan Hart (July 27). Teen series: The Brendan Leonard Show and Switched! (May 26). Music special: Ashanti (August). AMC The AMC Project: Hollywood and the Muslim World (July 14), Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview (July 27), The AMC Project: Gay Hollywood (Aug. 11). ANIMAL PLANET Specials: Lance Burton’s Guerilla Magic (July 1), Big Cat Magic (July 1), Eukanuba Tournament of Champions (July 12). Series: Pet Story (July 1), The Future is Wild (July 8), Animal Kidding (July 18), The Pet Psychic (July 7), Beverly Hills Vet (Sep. 2). BBC AMERICA Red Cap (June 30), Bargain Hunt (June 30), House Invaders (July 3), Cash in the Attic (July 11), Ground Force marathon (July 22), Ground Force America (July 29), John Hannah special: Circus (Aug. 16) and Rebus (Aug. 18); 3 Non-Blondes (Aug. 10) BET Annual BET Awards Show scored a record-breaking 4.3 rating for the network on June 24; rest of summer features mainstays Black Star Power Cinema, Comicview and 106 & Park. BRAVO Songwriters Hall of Fame (July 9), Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (July 15), Boy Meets Boy (July), Singing in the Shadow: The Children of Rock Royalty (July 27), The West Wing launch tribute: All the Presidents’ Movies, narrated by Martin Sheen (Aug. 7), Desilu (Aug. 24). CARTOON NETWORK Cyborg 009 (June 30), Justice League special (July 5), Totally Spies (July 7), Teen Titans (July 19), Christmas in July special (July 25), The Venture Brothers (July 27), Samurai Jack: Code of the Samurai (July 28), The Big O (Aug. 3), Duck Dodgers (Aug. 23), Knights of the Zodiac anime (August). CMT: COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION Ultimate Country Home Marathon (July 4), Inside Fame: Marty Stuart (July 12), Inside Fame: Terri Clark (July 19), Cowboy Cool Theater (weekends in July). COMEDY CENTRAL I’m With Busey (June 17), Reno 911! (July 23), Heroes of Jewish Comedy (July 7), The Man Show season 5 with new host Joe Rogan (Aug. 17), Denis Leary roast (Aug. 10). COURT TV Karen Duffy hosts Hollywood at Large (starting July 11), Closing Arguments with Nancy Grace (July 14), Trial Heat with Lisa Bloom and James Curtis (July 14), Guilty Pleasure: The Extraordinary World of Dominick Dunne (July 23); Dominick Dunn’s Power, Privilege and Justice (July 30), Smoking Gun TV special hosted by Mo Rocca (Aug. 20), Las Vegas CSU (Aug. 28). CSTV: COLLEGE SPORTS TELEVISION Season of Hope: The Diane Geppi-Aikens Story (July 1), the Honda-Broderick Cup (July 23) and the Cape Cod League’s All-Star Game (Aug. 1). C-SPAN Rebuilding Iraq special (June 30-July 3). DISCOVERY Shark Week returns Aug. 10 with a robotic shark with camera eyes. Full Throttle Mondays cont. with Monster Garage: Toyota Tundra/Motorcycle Launchers (June 30); Discovery Quest: Nefertiti special (Aug. 17). DISCOVERY HEALTH America’s Birth Day Marathon (July 4), Transplanting Memories (July 19), Plastic Surgery: Before and After (July 21), Secrets of Superstar Fitness (July 24), Curse of the Elephant Man (July 30). DISCOVERY WINGS Flight Simulator special (July). DISNEY CHANNEL New episodes of That’s So Raven (July 11), Kim Possible (July 18), The Proud Family (July 25), That’s So Raven (Aug .8); Movies: Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook-Off (July 18) and The Cheetah Girls original movie plus a new episode of Lizzie McGuire (“My Dinner with Mr. Dig”) in August. Playhouse Disney: Stanley’s Great Big Animal Adventure (all July); Pooh Friendship Day (Aug. 1). DIY Help on the Homefront (July 4), Major League Remodel marathon (July 12), Watering Your Lawn (July 21), Growing Roses (Aug. 11). E! 101 Shocking Moments in Entertainment (July 13), Facing Fame (July 20), Love Chain (July 20). Continuing: The Michael Essany Show, It's Good To Be, Celebrities Uncensored, Star Dates II, Nearly Famous 2: More Vegas Showgirls. ESPN Today at Wimbledon (July 5), Beg, Borrow & Deal 2 (July 8), World Series of Poker (July 8), ESPY Awards (July 16); Playmakers (Aug. 26). ESPN2: Street Ball: The And 1 Mix Tape Tour (July 8); Friday Night Block Party cont. EWTN Pilgrimage: A Rediscovery of Catholic Tradition (July 2) FAMILYNET My Life So Far: Andy Andrews (July 3) FINE LIVING Found In America: A Year on the Road, Born American and 10 Perfect Places to Live in America (July 4); Summer-themed specials include Perfect Summer Party (July 1) and Five Perfect Summer Parties (Aug. 3); Day of Nothing marathon (Labor Day weekend). FOOD NETWORK Highlights this summer include Summer Unwrapped (June 30), Bocuse d’Or (July 5) , Eating Out Loud: Miami (July 27), Into the Fire peeks inside the restaurant biz (July 11), Trivia Unwrapped (Aug. 25). FOX SPORTS EN ESPAŃOL Soccer highlights include Copa Toyota Libertadores final (July 2), La Recopa championship (July 12), Copa Sudamericana (July 17) FOX SPORTS WORLD Las Vegas Darts Classic (July 3), ChampionsWorld Series (July 22) plus soccer and rugby galore. FUSE Sprite Remix Countdown (July 4), Sessions@AOL (Aug. 19), ˇMarcha! on Monday nights. FX Daring plastic surgery drama Nip/Tuck (July 22); Orlando Jones Show latenight talkshow continues. Friday Night Fix 13 week block (July 18) of unscripted original programming will feature six different shows such as Hurt Bert and The Hitchhiker Chronicles. G4 Series of 5 Achieving the Glow specials lead up to Aug. 8 final, G-Phoria, featuring the Glow Awards. GAME SHOW NETWORK Summer Blockbuster event (July 5) and Games Across America launch this summer; Sunday Night Buzz block continues with new shows National Lampoon’s Funny Money and Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned plus new episodes of Lingo and Cram. GOLF 2003 British Open Championship (July 14-20), 2003 PGA Championship (Aug. 11-17), PGA Tour 2003 Reno-Tahoe Open (Aug. 21-24), Champions Tour 2003 JELD-WEN Tradition (Aug. 28-31). Show premieres include Playing Lessons from the Pros: Jim Furyk (July 28), Champions Tour Midseason Show (July 31), Backyard Dream Green (Aug. 6) and Playing Lessons from the Pros: Gary Player (Aug. 18 and 25). HALLMARK Herbie the Love Bug moviefest (June 30); Rough ‘n’ Ready Western Week (July 4), Hard Ground with Burt Reynolds and Bruce Dern (July 12); Shogun with Richard Chamberlain (July 13). New “Showdown at Sunup” early morning block this summer. HBO Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now (June 28); Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home (July 19); Undefeated with John Leguizamo (July 26). New episodes of Sex and the City and The Wire continue; Taxicab Confessions returns to New York this fall, when new series Carnivale (Sep. 14) begins. HGTV Specials include Restore America Honors (July 4), Historic Homes of Chicago (July 13), Top 10 Most Amazing Homes (Aug. 3), Back to School Design-a-thon (Aug. 15) HISTORY The History of the Beach (July 20), Failure is not an Option (Aug. 19) Come Home Alive (Sep. 6), Tactical to Practical (Sep. 9). IFC Cinema for the Senses (July), A Decade Under the Influence documentary (Aug. 20); Pulp Indies cont. on Friday nights. I-LIFETV New summer shows Sportsweek and American News Network continue. INSPIRATION Original series and specials includes Gospel Music Southern Style and Christian Arists Talent Search. LA FAMILIA La Fiera and four other telenovelas this summer. LIFETIME New Saturday night dramas: 1-800 MISSING and Wild Card (both Aug. 2). Original movies Going for Broke (July 14) and Defending our Kids: The Julie Posey Story (July 21). New makeover show Head 2 Toe (July 26) Designing Women Reunion (July 15). Sunday night dramas Strong Medicine and The Division continue. MTV Original shows this summer include the third season of The Osbournes, Tom Green’s new late night talk show, Spider-man animated series (July 11), MTV Bash (July 13) roast of Carson Daly by Madonna, Britney Spears and other celebs; Meeting Mandela: A Staying Alive special hosted by Beyonce Knowles (July 18), Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica shows pop stars in love Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson (Aug. 4), and the Video Music Awards hosted by Chris Rock (Aug. 28). MUN2 Off the Roof airs live from the West Coast Monday through Friday. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL Specials include Doctors Without Borders: Life in the Field (July 2), Dangerous Jobs (July 2), Need for Speed (July 2), Reptile Wild with Dr. Brady Barr (July 6), Taboo: Voodoo (July 7), Facing the Flames (July 9), Lost Subs: Disaster at Sea (July 16), Storm Shooter (July 30), Tuna Cowboys (Aug. 6). NICKELODEON Are You All That? Nick’s search for the funniest kid in America (July 26). New Nicktoon series My Life as a Teenage Robot (Aug. 1). Original movies based on hit series The Brothers Garcia, The Fairly OddParents, Rocket Power and As Told By Ginger premiere on Saturday nights through August. New Nick Jr. series Rubbadubbers in August. NOGGIN’S THE N DeGrassi: The Next Generation marathon (July 5-6) DeGrassi date rape special (July 11). The N also adds five new shows this summer, including Radio Free Roscoe (Aug. 1) and Girls V. Boys (Aug. 8). OLN Outdoor Life Network has two new series this summer: Beach Ambush (Sundays) and Mysterious Encounters (Aug.) Exclusive U.S. TV home of the 2003 Tour de France (July 5-27), with live daily telecasts as Lance Armstrong competes for his fifth straight win. OUTDOOR CHANNEL Flag to Flag Race Coverage ARCA RE/Max Series (July 13). New series: Realtree Road Trips (July 3), LL Bean’s Outdoors (July 3), Guns and Ammo TV (July 4). OXYGEN “All About Isaac Week” (Aug. 4); Cont. shows include Girls Behaving Badly, Hey Monie (animation), Can You Tell? (gameshow) PAX Movies include Terminal Error (July 4) and the 2003 Mrs. World Pageant (July 19). SCI FI Friday night original series include Tremors: The Series, Scare Tactics and Stargate SG-1. Original movies: Alien Hunter (July 12), Momentum (July 26), Deep Shock (Aug. 9) and Absolon (Aug. 23) plus July 4th and Labor Day movie marathons. SHOWTIME The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie movie (July 12); Free For All animated series (July 11); Street Time season 2 (Aug. 6), Searching for Debra Winger documentary (Aug. 18), Freshman Diaries (Aug. 31), new original series Dead Like Me cont. SOAPNET Who’s Your Daddy? A Labor Day special featuring soap operas’ most questionable births. SPEED CHANNEL New lineup begins Aug. 4, bringing more auto enthusiast programming with a special one-hour primetime block featuring shows such as Car Crazy and American Muscle Car. Wind Tunnel call-in show will also go live four nights a week with the change. STARZ July 4 “X Marathon” includes Ultimate X, a look at ESPN’s X Games (July 3), Jason X (July 4), X sci fi anime (July 5), XXX with Vin Diesel (July 5). Starz Saturday Premiere features a new movie every Saturday, including original movie Unconditional Love with Kathy Bates (Aug. 2). ENCORE spotlight on Kevin Kline (August) and Frank Darabont on The Directors (Aug. 2). WESTERNS continues A Century of Westerns. WAM! Features T.B.I.O. (Teens By Invitation Only) on Fridays; Wacky Wednesdays screwball comedies; Date@8 contemporary series daily at 8pm; STYLE New series: Style Court (Aug. 4), Clean House (mid-August); A Second Look and A Modern Girl’s Guide to Life cont. SUNDANCE Bollywood Boulevard triple feature (July 18); Anatomy of a Scene: The Secret Lives of Dentists (July 20); new docs War and Peace (July 14) and Automatic Kalashnikov (July 21) on DOCday; new miniseries Keeping Time: New Music from American Roots (Aug. 7). News show 24 Frame News introduces a new format hosted by Jake Tapper. TBS Original movie Red Water (Aug. 17). Summer moviefest bookended by Mel Gibson marathon (July 4 weekend) and Martin Lawrence marathon (Labor Day weekend). TCM Films of 1939 tribute (July 3); Lee Marvin Mondays (July); fourth annual tribute to The Wizard of Oz (July 6); World Class Hypochondriacs theme (July 20). “Summer Under the Stars” theme throughout August celebrates a different Hollywood legend (including late greats Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn) each day. TECHTV Originals this summer include three new anime titles for late-night “Anime Unleashed” block and nine new docs for “Secret, Strange and True" weekly strand. Specials include T3 Special (July 6), 100 Years of Ford (July 13), Mobile Gaming (July 20), Security Alert: Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft, Viruses and Scams (Aug. 3) and High Tech Golf (August 17). TENNIS CHANNEL “Summer Title Wave” star-studded, post-Wimbledon , pre U.S. Open summer tournament schedule. Highlights this summer include: Hall of Fame Tournament at Newport, RI (July 8), World Team Tennis (July 12), Fed Cup Quarterfinals: Belgium (July 19), Mercedes-Benz Cup (July 29), Fed Cup Quarterfinals: Slovenia (Aug. 16). Second original series (after No Strings) is Center Court with Chris Myers on Sundays. TLC New series: Pros and Cons: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (July 5). Specials include Trading Spaces: Family (July 6), Hunt for Amazing Treasures (July 6), Ultimate 10: Speed Machines (July 30), The Body Sculptors: A History of Plastic Surgery (Aug. 4), King Arthur (Aug. 5), Trading Spaces on Campus (Aug. 9), Animal Imitators (Aug. 19), Junkyard Mega Wars (Aug. 27). Continuing: Trading Spaces season 3, While You Were Out, What Not to Wear. TNN It’s on with the show at the erstwhile Spike TV, with a new animation block “The Strip” featuring Gary the Rat, Stripperella and Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon (Jume 26). Other originals include Slamball (returns Aug. 4) and Ride with Funkmaster Flex starts Aug. 16. “Spy in July” James Bond festival in July and Animal House 25th Anniversary special (Aug. 24). TNT Prince Charming original movie (July 13). NASCAR coverage starts July 3 in Daytona; British Open (July 17), Senior British Open (July 24), Women’s British Open (July 31), PGA Championship (Aug 14). TRAVEL Specials include Surviving Disaster (July 1), Fireworks Road Trip (July 3), Inside the U.S. Poker Championship (July 20) and Jet Set Week (July 21). TRIO Country is Cool week (July 4-13). My Trio, programmed by Time Inc. columnist Joel Stein (July 20), 9 Sharp documentary premiers in August include Bob Dylan profile Don’t Look Back (Aug. 14) USA New series: Peacemakers (July 30). Monk is back and breaking records; The Dead Zone (returns July 6). On the sports side, eight PGA Tour events in July and August and the 20th year of covering the U.S. Open Tennis championships (Aug. 25). VH1 New 10-part series VH1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons (July 21); I Love the '70s (Aug. 18); 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders: Viewers’ Choice (Sep. 1). New episodes of The Fabulous Life and VH1 Goes Inside. WE Its “Summer of Style” kicks off with Single in the City (July 6), She House (July 11), Styleworld: Summer Getaways with actress Kelly Hu (July 19). WEATHER CHANNEL River’s Wrath series (July 27); The Road Crew featuring new on-air host Kelsa Kinsly delivers live reports from a different place every day starting Labor Day weekend.
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