The following is a list of upcoming original cable programming — specifically covering the period from Oct. 23, 2006, to February 28, 2007. 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.
October
BRAVO
Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug
Special
Oct. 24
Caroline Rhea: Rhea’s Anatomy
Special
Oct. 31
COURT TV
French Quarter Confidential
Series
Oct. 31
Phenomena Police
Series
Oct. 31
E!
The INTERVIEW with Ryan Seacrest: Tyra Banks
Special
Oct. 24
ESPN2
NASCAR Drivers Non-Stop
Series
Oct. 29
FOX REALITY
Reality Remix Really Awards
Special
Oct. 28
HGTV
25 Biggest Decorating Mistakes
Special
Oct. 31
THE HISTORY CHANNEL
Fear Files
Special
Oct. 24
In Search of the Real Frankenstein
Special
Oct. 26
Vampire Secrets
Special
Oct. 29
Exorcism: Driving out the Devil
Special
Oct. 31
LIFETIME
The House Next Door
Movie
Oct. 29
NAT GEO
Inside Sadam’s Reign of Terror
Special
Oct. 29
Animal Extractors
Series
Oct. 30
SCI FI CHANNEL
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes
Movie
Oct. 28
TBS
Pit Stop Comedy
Special
Oct. 23
Very Funny Standup
Special
Oct. 30
TRAVEL CHANNEL
Bob Geldof in Africa
Special
Oct. 23
5 Takes: USA
Series
Oct. 28
WE TV
Ghost Moms
Special
Oct. 27
November
ANIMAL PLANET
Wyland: A Brush With Giants
Special
Nov. 18
BBC AMERICA
Fat Friends
Series
Nov. 2
No Angels
Series
Nov. 5
Vincent
Series
Nov. 6
Paparazzi
Series
Nov. 8
The Queen at 80
Documentary
Nov. 11
Robbie Williams: Live at Knebworth
Special
Nov. 18
Afterlife
Series
Nov. 21
BRAVO
Paula Poundstone: Look What the Cat Dragged In
Special
Nov. 7
CARTOON NETWORK
Class of 3000
Series
Nov. 3
My Gym Partner’s a Monkey: The Big Field Trip
Special
Nov. 17
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: Good Wilt Hunting
Movie
Nov. 23
CMT
40 Days That Shaped Country Music
Special
Nov. 4
CMT Giants: Reba
Series
Nov. 18
Sexiest Videos of 2006
Special
Nov. 25
COMEDY CENTRAL
The Amazing Johnathan: Wrong on Every Level
Special
Nov. 18
COURT TV
Speeders
Series
Nov. 6
Murder by the Book
Series
Nov. 13
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
Man vs. Wild
Series
Nov. 10
Everest: Beyond The Limit
Series
Nov. 14
Koppel On Discovery: Iran (working title)
Special
Nov. 19
Surgery Saved My Life (working title)
Series
Nov. 30
DISCOVERY HEALTH
You: On a Diet
Special
Nov. 17
DIY NETWORK
Scrap
Series
Nov. 13
Holiday Wish List
Special
Nov. 26
Deck the Yard: Charlotte
Series
Nov. 27
E!
To Love & Cry in LA
Special
Nov. 21
35 Most Outrageous Celebrity Feuds
Special
Nov. 26
ESPN2
NBA Live: Bring it Home
Series
Nov. 7
FINE LIVING
Winter Wonderland: Family Vacations
Special
Nov. 11
Winter Wonderland: Romantic Getaways
Special
Nov. 11
Esquire: Man at his Best
Special
Nov. 12
The Wandering Golfer: Mulligans
Special
Nov. 18
American Shopper
Series
Nov. 24
FOX REALITY
Corkscrewed: The Wrath of Grapes
Series
Nov. 22
FUEL TV
Arby’s Action Sports Awards Preview Show
Special
Nov. 6
GSN
GSN Presents Match Game
Special
Nov. 26
HBO
Blonde & Bitchin
Special
Nov. 4
HGTV
Making of an HGTV Design Star
Series
Nov. 2
Over Your Head
Series
Nov. 4
Don’t Sweat It
Series
Nov. 4
Haulin’ House
Series
Nov. 5
Domino Design Bazaar
Special
Nov. 11
Gift Show 2006
Special
Nov. 24
Toy Fair 2006
Special
Nov. 24
Gift & Gear 2006
Special
Nov. 24
THE HISTORY CHANNEL
Dogfights
Series
Nov. 3
The New Skinheads
Special
Nov. 4
Civil War Terror
Special
Nov. 12
The Telephone
Special
Nov. 13
The Real Sorceror’s Stone
Special
Nov. 16
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
Special
Nov. 19
American Eats: Holiday Food
Special
Nov. 22
LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK
Inspector Mom
Movie
Nov. 18
THE MILITARY CHANNEL
20th Century Battlefields
Series
Nov. 6
My War Diary
Series
Nov. 10
Top 10 Combat Rifles
Special
Nov. 14
MTV
Rob & Big
Series
November 2006
Twentyfourseven
Series
November 2006
MTV2
Blastazoid
Series
November 2006
THE N
The Brandon T. Jackson Show
Series
Nov. 24
NAT GEO
Razor (working title)
Special
Nov. 7
Shrink-Wrapped and Boxed Up
Special
Nov. 7
Flushed
Special
Nov. 8
Wrath of the Tsar
Special
Nov. 11
Hitler
Special
Nov. 29
Empress of Ambition
Special
Nov. 11
NICKTOONS
Skyland
Series
Nov. 18
SOAPNET
Luke and Laura Through the Years
Special
Nov. 24
SCI FI CHANNEL
Basilisk
Movie
Nov. 25
THE STYLE NETWORK
Split Ends
Series
Nov. 17
Shopaholic 911
Special
Nov. 27
TBS
Comic Relief 2006
Special
Nov. 18
10 Items or Less
Series
Nov. 27
My Boys
Series
Nov. 28
TLC
Trial by Choir
Series
Nov. 26
TRAVEL CHANNEL
Trip of a Lifetime
Series
Nov. 16
Not Your Average Travel Guide
Series
Nov. 20
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
Directed by John Ford
Documentary
Nov. 7
USA
Underfunded
Movie
Nov. 8
Major League Gaming
Limited Series
Nov. 11
Great American Christmas
Movie
Nov. 28
VERSUS
The Huntley Way
Series
Nov. 3
VH1
Totally Awesome
Movie
Nov. 4
WE TV
Women at War: Coming Home
Special
Nov. 10
December
A&E
Wedding Wars
Movie
Dec. 11
ABC FAMILY
Santa Baby
Movie
Dec. 10
Christmas Do-Over
Movie
Dec. 16
ANIMAL PLANET
Backyard Habitat Primetime Special With Wynonna Judd (working title.)
Special
Dec. 11
BBC AMERICA
The Eleventh Hour
Series
Dec. 4
Dealing With Dickinson
Series
Dec. 6
French and Saunders Christmas Celebrity Special
Special
Dec. 21
CARTOON NETWORK
Baby Looney Tunes: Bah Humduck
Special
Dec. 1
CMT
Total Access: Miss America
Special
Dec. 16
COMEDY CENTRAL
Last Laugh ’06
Special
Dec. 10
COURT TV
The Real Closer
Special
Dec. 5
The World’s Most Dangerous Police Chases
Series
Dec. 8
Party Police
Series
Dec. 11
DISCOVERY TIMES
Taking the Hill
Special
Dec. 12
DIY NETWORK
Holiday Open House
Special
Dec. 3
E!
2006: The Big, Bad & Best
Special
Dec. 17
ESPN
Ali Rap
Documentary
Dec. 9
Ali’s Dozen
Documentary
Dec. 9
FINE LIVING
Tech Check
Special
Dec. 9
FOX REALITY
My Bare Lady
Series
Dec. 7
FUEL TV
New Pollution
Series
Dec. 31
GSN
Worldwide Web Games
Special
Dec. 3
GSN Presents Chuck Barris
Special
Dec. 17
HALLMARK CHANNEL
The Christmas Card
Movie
Dec. 2
What I Did For Love
Movie
Dec. 9
HBO
Tsunami, the Aftermath
Documentary (two-part)
Dec. 10, 17
HGTV
Holiday Windows 2006
Special
Dec. 3
White House Christmas 2006
Special
Dec. 6
What’s With That Christmas House?
Special
Dec. 10
THE HISTORY CHANNEL
Save Our History: Godspeed to Jamestown
Special
Dec. 2
Inside the Volcano
Special
Dec. 3
Race to the South Pole
Special (two-part)
Dec. 2, 9
Secrets of Kabbalah
Special
Dec. 14
The Passion: Religion and the Movies
Special
Dec. 15
The Spear of Christ
Special
Dec. 21
Last Days on Earth
Special
Dec. 26
LIFETIME
A Christmas Wedding
Movie
Dec. 4
MILITARY CHANNEL
Alpha Company: Recon Diary
Special
Dec. 10
Weapons Races
Series
Dec. 14
NAT GEO
Amazing Planet
Special
Dec. 3
When Snakes Bite
Special
Dec. 8
Christmas Out of the Box
Special
Dec. 20
Sweet Tooth
Special
Dec. 20
OXYGEN
Tease
Series
Dec. 6
SCI FI CHANNEL
The Lost Room
Limited Series
Dec. 11
SOAPNET
A Very Soapy Christmas
Special
Dec. 2
STARZ
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film
Documentary
Dec. 12
THE STYLE NETWORK
Married Away
Series
Dec. 5
SUNDANCE CHANNEL
Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
Documentary
Dec. 11
Heaven Come Down
Documentary
Dec. 12
One Punk Under God
Series
Dec. 13
Godless in America
Documentary
Dec. 18
Office Tigers
Series
Dec. 26
Blog Wars
Documentary
Dec. 28
TBS
World’s Funniest Commercials: 2006
Special
Dec. 27
TLC
Ashley Judd and Youth Aids: Confronting the Pandemic
Special
Dec. 1
The House of Tiny Terrors
Special
Dec. 10
TNT
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines
Movie
Dec. 3
A Perfect Day
Movie
Dec. 18
TV LAND
100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases
Special (five-part)
Dec. 11-15
WE TV
Dirty Dancing
Series
Dec. 6
January
ANIMAL PLANET
Ms. Adventure
Special
Jan. 19
ABC FAMILY
Lincoln Heights
Series
January 2007
BBC AMERICA
Turn Back Your Body Clock
Series
Jan. 17
The Wow Factor
Series
Jan. 17
Hyperdrive
Series
Jan. 19
Feel the Force
Series
Jan. 19
The Planman
Series
Jan. 29
CMT
Pageant School: Becoming Miss America
Special
Jan. 27
COMEDY CENTRAL
The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show
Series
Jan. 17
DISCOVERY HEALTH
Get Fresh With Sara Snow
Series
Jan. 4
The Dan Ho Show
Series
Jan. 4
DISNEY CHANNEL
Cory in the House
Series
Jan. 12
Jump In!
Movie
Jan. 12
Johnny and the Sprites
Series
Jan. 13
DIY NETWORK
Wasted Spaces
Series
Jan. 24
Car Buffs (working title)
Special
January 2007
Resto Rides
Special
January 2007
Stud Finder
Special
January 2007
E!
101 Most Startling Star Starts
Special
Jan. 8-13
Starveillance
Series
January 2007
ESPN
Ali’s 65
Documentary
Jan. 3
FINE LIVING
All That’s Fit
Series
Jan. 1
The Wandering Golfer: Search and Selection
Special
Jan. 21
Windshield America
Series
Jan. 29
Room Service
Series
January 2007
FOX REALITY
Rob & Amber: Against the Odds
Series
Jan. 11
FUEL TV
Transworld SNOWboarding Rider Poll Awards
Special
Jan. 8
FX
Dirt
Series
January 2007
HALLMARK CHANNEL
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
Movie
Jan. 7
Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
Movie
Jan. 14
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
Movie
Jan. 21
HGTV
Rose Parade 2007
Special
Jan. 1
Living With Ed
Series
Jan. 1
(Sneak-peek; official premiere Jan. 7)
NAT GEO
In the Womb: Multiples
Special
Jan. 15
NICKELODEON
Just Jordan
Series
Jan. 6
The Naked Brothers
Movie
Jan. 15
OXYGEN
Tease
Series
Jan. 8
SCI FI CHANNEL
The Dresden Files
Series
January 2007
STARZ
James Bond: A True Story
Documentary
January 2007
TNT
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Special
Jan. 28
(Also on TBS on the same night)
TV LAND
TV Urban Myths and Legends
Series
Jan. 10
February
BBC AMERICA
The State Within
Miniseries
February 17
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
Quest: Expedition Borneo
Special
February 18
DIY NETWORK
DIY Inside: L.A. Auto Show (working title)
Special
February 2007
ESPN2
NASCAR Now
Series
February 5
FINE LIVING
Best Life: A Guy’s Guide to Romance
Special
February 11
I Want Your Job
Series
February 18
FUEL TV
Route 66 Tour
Special
February 2
HALLMARK CHANNEL
Love is a Four Letter Word
Movie
February 2007
HGTV
Demo Men
Series
February 11
LIFETIME
Carolina Moon
Movie
February 2007
Blue Smoke
Movie
February 2007
Angels Fall
Movie
February 2007
Montana Sky
Movie
February 2007
TV LAND
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
Series
February 21
USA
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Special
February 2007
THE WEATHER CHANNEL
Epic Conditions
Series
February 25
Date to be Determined
ANIMAL PLANET
Steve Irwin Tribute
Special
First-Quarter 2007
COURT TV
’Til Death Do Us Part (With John Waters)
Series
First-Quarter 2007
