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Other Shows
- Super Secret TV Formulas/Movie Rules
- I Love the 80s/80s Strikes Back/70s/90s (coming soon)/70s Strikes Back (coming soon?)
- Best Week Ever
- Straight Plan for the Gay Man
- Coming Attractions
- Best Damn Sports Show Period
- SportsCenter
- Pimp My Ride
- Behind the Sences
- Ride With Funkmaster Flex
- Big Urban Myth Show
- NBA Inside Stuff
- Around The Horn
- SlamBall
- Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
- Pardon the Interruption
- Monster Garage
- Junkyard Wars
- MythBusters
Super Secret TV Formulas Super Secret TV Formulas is a new VH1 series celebrating the TV cliches that have had us talking back to our sets for decades.
Its about the cute little kid who magically appears when the other kids on a show have lost their cuteness. The very special episode. The curse of the evil twin. The characters who sure acted gay, but couldnt be gay. The revelation after a season of plot twists that, thank god, it was all just a dream.
Super Secret TV Formulas looks back at the formula and folly of TV, the kinds of shows, episodes, characters and devices that TV execs returned to over and over. Its a mixture of clips and commentary from comics, actors, critics and TV insiders. A full-blown analysis/celebration of the important questions raised by TV: Was Scrappy Doo a NARC? Can a car have an evil twin? And why doesnt television have more singing cops?
Some Super Secret segments . . .
The Evil Twin
Got a bored actor? Give em a (ahem) challenge... watch Linda Evans on Dynasty, Tom Bosley on Father Dowling Mysteries, the entire crew of Star Trek, even KITT on Knight Rider battle their own bad selves.
A Very Special . . .
Tonight, on a very special episode of . . . When funny shows decide to get seriouson topics like drugs, sexual abuse and illnessthe results are often actually . . funny! Diffrent Strokes, Family Ties and more!
The Replacement Hotties
When a hottie leaves the show, the search is on to find a replacement whos just as hot. Surprise! The character has a hot sister/cousin/other blood relative. Threes Company, Charlies Angels, Love Boat.
Gay, But Not Gay
The characters who burned with an inner flameand everyone knew it but the producers. Gomer Pyle, Anthony on Designing Women, Velma on Scooby Doo, Jo on Facts of Life, Monroe on Too Close for Comfort.
Dumpy Guy, Hot Wife
Thank goodness there is a land where chubby, balding men who are neither nice nor rich can land hot wives and girlfriends. Its called. . . television. The Honeymooners, King of Queens and more!
Lets Get It On Already
The shows that functioned as years and years of foreplay, based on the delicious sexual tension between two main characters. But the longer it went on, the more we said, Will you just have sex and get it over with!?! Moonlighting, Frasier, Remington Steele, more.
SuperSecret Movie Rules
A spinoff of the hit SuperSecret TV Formulas! Learn how movies have rules, too, in this hilarious series about how perfect movies are made.
Featuring exclusive interviews with people who know movies!
I Love the 80s We just cant get enough of the most colorful, greedy and radical decade ever so were going back for more. Crank up the Culture Club, put on your skinniest tie and meet us at the mall for I Love The 80s: Strikes Back!!!
VH1 is bringing its highly successful and hilarious I Love the 80s approach back for I Love the 80s: Strike Back!!!, a whole new bodacious trip down a day-glo-colored memory lane for the Gen X crowd. Viewers will get a fresh dose of the music, movies, TV shows, products, fashions, fads, trends and major events that defined pop culture each year of the decade. From Gremlins to Dynasty, bicycle shorts to Air Jordans, Dr. Ruth to Men At Work ... we will revisit it all from the uplifting to the ludicrous and everything in between.
A new batch of comics, rock stars, actors, and other celebs past and present will reflect on the 80s experience. Theyll address all the major questions of the decade: How did Adidas stay on without laces? Whod win if Jason and Freddy Krueger fought? And most important of all: Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Viewers will be bombarded to the max with every aspect of 80s pop culture in each year of the most wicked decade on record. Were not just talking music, TV and movies either. We mean everything: toys, cereal, junk food, cars and anything else that helped make our champagne wishes and caviar dreams come true in the 80s.
Among the highlights . . .
Ghostbusters grosses millions with outlandish concept: Dan Aykroyd starring in a funny movie
GI Joe returns as, a smaller version, of the real American hero
Best friend t-shirts and necklaces turn friendship into a fashion statement
Gremlins wreak havoc on a small town and the box office
Robin Leach gives us a closeup look at spoiled celebrity homes that we will never, ever own
Pee-Wees Playhouse means something totally different then it does now
Colecovision introduces Donkey Kong and better graphics--helping kids become addicted to video games even faster and more efficiently!
KangaROOS allow us to keep spare change in our sneakers
Ted Knight finds living anywhere in the same city as Jm J. Bullock to be Too Close for Comfort
Fruit Roll Ups use designer chemicals, fruit-like substances and whimsical presentation to make fruit palatable for kids
The kids from Fame wanna live forever, but struggle getting work after graduation
Devo turns ordinary household appliances into fashion accessories
Mr. Miyagi shows Daniel-san how to wax on and wax offall night long!
So Frankie says Relax and enjoy an awesome new look at the neon decade we love to love with I Love The 80s: Strikes Back!!!
I Love the 90s
Hal Sparks on of the people interviewed on I love the... recently said when asked if he was doing anymore commentary shows for VH1 and he said he's filming his interviews for "I Love the 90's" during the second week of February. He said he can't wait to talk about "O.J., grunge, and Titanic." So, I guess it's official..."I Love the 90's" is on its way later this year!!
He also said he hopes VH1 will do a sequel to "I Love the 70's" but he doesn't know anything about that yet.
Best Week Ever
Airs: Friday 11:00 pm on VH1
If I Love The 80s had a baby, Best Week Ever would be the child! Bringing the spirit of VH1s hit series to current events, Best Week Ever, is a weekly half-hour show that provides a free-wheeling and funny review of the entertaining news and pop culture developments that make the past week the Best Week Ever!
The series will feature comics, actors and musicians providing their provocative, amusing and slightly twisted takes on the high (and low) points of the big and small stories of the week.
Topics sure to be covered will include celebrity scandals, top movies, the sports world and its more visible players, the presidential campaign, various "did you see that?" moments on TV, fashion and style, music and other topical events. The series will premiere a new half-hour episode every Friday at the same time.
Straight Plan for the Gay Man
Airs: Monday 10:00 pm on Comedy Central
Each week, our "Flab Four" comics makeover a new gay friend and give him a crash course on the secrets of straight male life -- like hitting on chicks, playing basketball or working a blue-collar job. Can they do it?
The Flab Four:
Billy Appearance Guy
Rob Culture Guy
Curtis Environment Guy Kyle Information Guy
Coming Attractions
Airs: Thursday 4:00 pm on E!
What's an afternoon at the movies without a preview fix? Here's a whole 30 minutes full of the latest teasers from all over Hollywood, thanks to host Todd Newton and a crack staff who mercilessly pursue leads until they get the hottest footage. (Actually, we just send messengers to the studios, and they give us the newest trailers, but that doesn't sound nearly so dramatic.) The result is the earliest possible peek at everything from big-budget action flicks to those black-and-white European things you'll probably never even see. So watch Coming Attractions and remember: At E!, the future is always just a film clip away.
Best Damn Sports Show Period
Airs: Weeknights at 8:00 PM on Fox Sports Net
Premise: In July 2001, Fox Sports decided to introduce a sports show like no other. Not only would it cover all important sports news and scores, but it would also feature some of the funniest comedians, and most of them are ex-players. Some of them are John Kruk, John Salley, and Michael Irvin. Topped off with comedians Tom Arnold and Chris Rose, Playboy Playmate of the month for 1998 Lisa Dergan, and Lisa Guerrero, the show went to extraordinary heights. A regular show features talk between the hosts, talk with guest stars, an update about every 20 minutes, and hilarious games, such as Things You Wouldn't Say To... What will Tom and the gang do next? Who knows! Tune in every weekday at 8:00 an 11:00 pm on Fox Sports Net to see!
Stars:
Tom Arnold - Himself
Lisa Dergan - Newsreader
D'Marco Farr - Himself
Lisa Guerrero - Herself
Michael Irvin - Himself
John Kruk - Himself
Chris Rose - Himself
Ken Rudolph - Himself (Season 1)
John Salley - Himself
Aries Spears - Himself
Reggie Theus - Himself
LeeAnn Tweeden - Correspondent
Pimp My Ride
Airs: Thursday 10:30 pm on MTV
Premise: 'Sup playa? Having much luck acquiring digits in your strategically-rusted '84 Gremlin? We thought not. Pimp My Ride will blow your doors off when we show you how to transform your tired old hatchback into a full-fledged, fully-loaded pimp chariot. Pimp Master of Ceremonies Xzibit will take unsuspecting victims and their busted, poor excuses for transportation and turn them into profilin' works of customized art.
Host: Xzibit
Behind the Scenes
Airs: Thursday 4:30 pm on E!
Ever wished you could visit a movie set? Well, unless you're a movie star, a grip or the caterer, you can't. But Behind the Scenes is the next best thing. Each week, BTS takes you to the set of a major motion picture to see how it was made and hear directly from the stars how they suffered for their art. Give us 30 minutes each week, and we'll give you the 411 on the latest and greatest Hollywood has to offer.
Ride With Funkmaster Flex
Airs: Saturday at 6:00 PM on Spike TV
Premise: Ever want to jump in the passenger seat with Eminem or P. Diddy? On Ride With Funkmaster Flex, you'll get your chance. The hip-hop DJ will steer you through the world of totally tricked-out cars and the lucky bastards - I mean, celebrities - who drive them.
Star:
Funkmaster Flex
Big Urban Myth Show
MTV's Big Urban Myth Show sets out to prove or disprove some of the urban myths floating around the industry. Also, teens themselves can vote "True" or "False" at mtv.com on several urban myths.
Around The Horn
Airs: Weekdays at 5:00 PM on ESPN
Premise: Around the Horn, to be moderated by ESPN's irrepressible Max Kellerman, will debut October (2002) and will be aired Monday-Friday at 5 p.m. ET. The fast-paced, 30-minute program will feature the unbridled wit and wisdom of some of the country's leading sports columnists, from such newspapers as the Chicago Sun-Times, Dallas Morning News, Denver Post and Los Angeles Times.
Stars:
Max Kellerman - Host
Tim Cowlishow - Himself
Jay Marrioti - Himself
Woody Paige - Himself
Bob Ryan - Himself
T.J. Simers - Himself
SlamBall
Airs: Monday at 10:00 PM on Spike TV
Rules: The game is 4-on-4 basketball with hockey-style contact allowed in the open floor and behind the baskets. The game is played in two 8-minute halves with a 15-second shot clock. Slam dunks (with one or both hands touching the padded rim) and shot from outside the trampolines (4 under each basket) are worth 3 points. All other shots are worth 2 points. One player per team is allowed in any trampoline or the "island" in the center of each trampoline area. Players can pass in the "island" and must vacate it within 3 seconds. Players cannot do any of the following:
-Make contact with other players going into the trampolines -Make contact with players in the "island" -Make contact with players before they dribble the ball. -Hang on rim to goaltend (opponents get 2 or 3 points, depending on the shot) -Grab, hold, or trip opponent. -Be on offense and prevent an offensive bounce. -Drift forward to block a shot.
Goaltending without hanging on rims is legal on shots from trampolines. There are face-offs (fouled vs fouler on one shot, with offense retaining possession of the ball afterward) for each called foul. A player is ejected from the game after racking up 3 fouls.
Rule changes for season 2:Dunks(touching rim) are the only 3 point shots. All others worth 2, except for the final 2 minutes of the game. The shot clock now starts when the ball crosses the halfcourt line. No undercutting players in the tramps. Players with the ball can't go from tramp-to-tramp unless they're not contested. Games played in four 6-minute quarters.
The 6 teams played a four-day (aired over four weeks) regular season. The top 4 teams played the semi-final games in day (week) five and the winner went on to day (week) six's title game(with two 10-minute halves and four fouls equalling a foul-out).
Other Information: "SlamBall" debuted on TNN on August 3, 2002 and will go into its second season in 2003. The game is considered a hybrid of different sports (mainly basketball) that is very exciting to watch. The game was created by Mason Gordon, a self-professed "gym rat" and Mike Tollin, co-producer of many recent and current TV shows ("Amanda Show", "All That", etc.) Gordon apparently drew the first SlamBall court on a napkin. Brian Robbins ("Head Of The Class", kids' version of "Pictionary") and Joe Davola serve as producers. Season 2 Of SlamBall is here - the SlamBall Season 2 Draft was held on March 10, 2003. Former NBA All-Star, and father of Kobe Bryant, Joe Bryant will take over coaching duties for the Diabols for Mark Elis. Pre-game/halftime/post-game studio reports and "Flomotion" photos have been added for the second season.
Teams in season 1 (with main uniform colors):
Mob (black and red)
Steal (gold and black)
Bouncers (orange and black)
Slashers (marroon and blue)
Diablos (blue and silver)
2002 SlamBall champion Rumble (green and silver)
There are two new expansion teams in season 2:
Mark Berokoff's "Bandits"
Xavier McDaniel's "Riders"
Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
Airs: Saturday at 8:00 PM on Spike TV
Premise: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge or MXC is the ultimate in reality sports, where the contestants of two teams are physically and mentally challenged and eliminated through crazy and challenging games. To add to the fun, commentary is given to the audience through the hilarious comments of Kenny and Vic and special correspondant Guy LeDouche.
MXC originally comes from a Japanese reality series called "Takashi's Castle" where the winners win nothing and has been dubbed into English with comedic results.
Stars:
John Cervenka - Guy LeDouche and Captain Tenneal
Christopher Darga - Kenny Blankenship
Mary Scheer - All Female Voices
Victor Wilson - Vic Romano
Pardon the Interruption
Airs: Weekdays at 5:30 PM on ESPN
Premise: Pardon the Interruption with Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon On Monday, Oct. 22, ESPN premiered Pardon The Interruption, a live and provocative show devoted exclusively to sports opinions and headline issues, each weekday at 5:30 p.m. ET leading into SportsCenter. The 30-minute program originates from Washington, D.C. and features Washington Post columnists Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon. They address a variety of issues each program, which includes in-studio and out-of-studio contributors. Kornheiser and Wilbon, who have been debating each other in the sports and style pages of the Washington Post for more than two decades, face-off nightly on the day's hot topics. Timely interviews with newsmakers frame the debates. Viewers also have an opportunity to ask questions and voice opinions. Veteran ESPN news executive Jim Cohen serves as the show's executive producer. Kornheiser and Wilbon, frequent guests on ESPN's The Sports Reporters, will remain with The Post and continue writing columns for the sports pages. Kornheiser also continues as host of Tony Kornheiser Show on ESPN Radio. The Hosts Tony Kornheiser -- sportswriter, radio host, syndicated columnist, Washington Post humorist and author -- began his career at Newsday in New York followed by a stint at the New York Times. He has been with the Washington Post since 1979, as a sports columnist there since 1984, and in 1990, began writing a regular column in the Washington Posts Sunday Style section. He joined ESPN Radio in November 1997 as host of the Tony Kornheiser Show, which premiered Jan. 5, 1998. Michael Wilbon became a fulltime columnist for The Washington Post in 1990 and has developed a reputation for offering commentary on wide-ranging issues of the day as they relate to sports. He came to the Post in 1980, and has covered Howard University, Georgetown University, the University of Maryland, the Baltimore Orioles, national college sports and the NFL before being named a columnist in 1990.
Stars:
Tony Kornheiser - Himself
Michael Wilbon - Himself
Monster Garage
Airs: Monday at 8:00 PM on The Discovery Channel
Premise: A show where they take regular vehicles and make them into monster machines...
Rules:
-The vehicle must appear to be stock
-The team only has $3000 for parts and only 7 days to build
-On the first day they design....
-For the next 5 they build....
-And on the seventh day they they race......
Star:
Jesse James (II)
Junkyard Wars
Airs: Wednesday 8:00 PM on TLC
Premise: This engineering challenge started off some years ago in the UK and has now made it over to TLC. In 2001 they filmed two seasons' worth of programs with a whole series of extreme Junkyard machines being built by teams of bikers, high-tech engineers, school teachers and even hillbillies!
Hosts:
Karyn Bryant - (2002-)
George Gray - (2001)
Sally Grey - (pilot)
Tyler Harcott - (2001-)
Robert Llewellyn - (1998-2002)
Cathy Rogers - (1999-2002)
Lisa Rogers - (2002-)
MythBusters
It's a tough job separating truth from urban legend, but the MythBusters are here to serve. Special-effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman take on myths and use modern-day science to show you what's real and what's fiction. That's right, they do more than explain how something may or may not be scientifically possible. Through trial and error they actually demonstrate it.
Host:
Jamie Hyneman
Adam Savage
Narrator: Robert Lee
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