Who’s Wearing What: Matthew Williamson dressed Halle Berry for the Los Angeles Premiere of “Catwoman” earlier this week. She chose an empire waist, multi-color print dress with antique gold charm accents by Matthew Williamson. The look is from Matthew Williamson’s Fall 2004 “Wildest Dreams” collection.
UK designer Matthew Williamson’s designs have been worn by Jade Jagger, Kate Moss, Naomi Watts, Mischa Barton and Helena Christensen. He launched his own label in 1996 with business partner Joseph Velosa after working for Georgina Von Etzdorf, Marni, and Monsoon. Based in London, Williamson shows during New York fashion week and is sold in the US at Tracey Ross in Los Angeles and Bergdorf Goodman in New York.
<> <>Final Jack: OUTBACK JACK The Big Finale Tuesday, August 10 9 p.m. (ET/PT) The day of decision has finally arrived, and Jack must choose which woman is the one for him as TBS’s wild new reality series OUTBACK JACK comes to an end with an eye-opening finale Tuesday, August 10, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). OUTBACK JACK, from Bruce Nash’s Nash Entertainment (Meet My Folks, For Love or Money, Who Wants To Marry My Dad?), puts a group of pampered city women to the test as they vie for the affections of their rugged leading man. The series, hosted by JD Roberto (Shop Til You Drop, Shark Chasers), combines fish-out-of-water comedy with romantic adventure, making for plenty of fun twists and turns.
The finale of OUTBACK JACK opens with Jack (athlete-outdoorsman Vadim Dale) and the remaining two women arriving at their last camp via hot air balloon. This ocean-front camp, however, has wind gusts that nearly destroy the women’s tent.
On day one of their stay at the beach-front camp, Jack takes the first woman on an all-day date, flying in a seaplane, then snorkeling and frolicking in the surf. The following day, the other woman gets a shot at Jack as they ride around the beach on ATVs before hitting the water in kayaks. All the while, the two women make the best play possible for Jack’s affections, but in the end, he can only choose one.
OUTBACK JACK closes with a quick recap of Jack and the women’s incredible journeys together, climaxing with his final choice of the woman who has come from the city to melt the heart of the rugged outdoorsman.
Entourage Already Renewed: HBO has renewed the new comedy series
ENTOURAGE for a second season, it was announced today by Carolyn
Strauss,
president, HBO Entertainment. A look at the life of a young star and
his
buddies in Hollywood, the eight-episode first season kicked off last
Sunday.
Production on additional episodes will begin later this year, with the
second season to launch in 2005 on HBO.
“ENTOURAGE is already shaping up as both a critical and subscriber
smash,” said Strauss. “I can’t wait to see what kind of stories
creator
Doug Ellin and his talented team will tell in the second season.”
From executive producer Mark Wahlberg, the new eight-episode comedy
series kicked off last Sunday, July 18 (10:00-10:30 pm ET), exclusively
on
HBO. Wahlberg also makes a cameo appearance in the first episode of
the
show, which draws on the experiences of industry insiders.
The show has already sparked critical praise, with TV Guide hailing
the show as “smart” and “seriously funny,” while Entertainment Weekly
calls
it “hilarious” and “packed firm with laughs.” The New York Times
raves,
“Nothing on network television is as smart, original and amusing,”
adding,
“The send-up of Hollywood mores and manners is merciless.”
Filmed at Hollywood locations, ENTOURAGE tells the story of Vince, a
sexy young movie star whose career is just taking off. To share the
fun of
the ride and keep him grounded, Vince looks to Eric, Drama and Turtle,
his
longtime pals from Queens. Together they experience the highs and lows
of
life in the fast lane of Hollywood, where the stakes are higher, and
the
money and temptations greater, than ever before.
Adrian Grenier (“The Adventures of Sebastian Cole,” “Drive Me
Crazy”) stars as Vince, who slips easily into stardom. Kevin Connolly
(“The
Notebook,” “Antwone Fisher”) plays Eric, who’s learning the rules of
Hollywood as he tries to help Vince make the right choices. Kevin
Dillon
(“The Doors,” “Platoon”) plays Vince’s half-brother Drama, whose own
acting
aspirations have been eclipsed by Vince’s success. Jerry Ferrara
(“NYPD
Blue,” “Cross Bronx”) plays Turtle, the least experienced of the group,
who’s always up for a good time. Jeremy Piven (“Old School,” “The
Larry
Sanders Show”) plays Ari, Vince’s aggressive, high-powered agent, who
clashes with Eric over his client’s decisions.
Along with Mark Wahlberg, cameo appearances in the first season of
ENTOURAGE include Jessica Alba, Gary Busey, Larry David, David
Faustino,
Sara Foster, Val Kilmer, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman and Luke Wilson.
ENTOURAGE is created by Doug Ellin; executive produced by Mark
Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Doug Ellin and Larry Charles; co-executive
producer, Timothy Marx; co-producer, Rob Weiss. Credits are for season
one.
Curb Your Enthusiasm Gets 5th Season: HBO has renewed the comedy series CURB
YOUR ENTHUSIASM, executive produced by and starring Larry David, for a
fifth
season, it was announced today by Carolyn Strauss, president, HBO
Entertainment. Production of ten new episodes of the Emmy®- and
Golden
Globe-winning series will begin in Los Angeles next January.
Completing its fourth season of ten episodes last March (with 40
episodes to date), CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM stars “Seinfeld” co-creator
David as
himself in an unsparing, cinema verité depiction of his life.
Featuring
real-life celebrities playing themselves, the episodes are improvised
by the
actors from storylines by David. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM also stars
Cheryl
Hines as David’s wife Cheryl and Jeff Garlin as David’s manager Jeff.
The fourth season of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM inspired critical raves.
Variety said that the series “retains its place as the funniest of the
funny
on television today,” while TV Guide called it “one of the most
hysterical
satires TV has seen.” The Washington Post called the show “one of the
absolutely funniest half-hours on television,” and New York Newsday
described it as “painfully funny.”
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM received eight Emmy® nominations last week,
including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy
Series (Larry David) and three for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy
Series
(Larry Charles, Bryan Gordon, Robert B. Weide). In 2003, Robert B.
Weide
won a directing Emmy® for his work on the series.
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM is executive produced by Larry David, Jeff
Garlin and Gavin Polone; executive producers/directors, Robert B. Weide
and
Larry Charles; producer, Tim Gibbons; co-producer, Erin O’Malley.
Political Tourist: Hundreds of state fairs to visit, thousands of babies to kiss,
millions of hands to shake... What does it takes to become President
of the
United States of America?
Alexandra Pelosi’s DIARY OF A POLITICAL TOURIST, chronicling her
two-year road trip on the Democratic campaign trail—from the
candidates’
announcements, through the early primaries, to Super Tuesday and the
convention—follows presidential wannabes as they make their run for
the
White House when the exclusive HBO documentary debuts MONDAY, OCT. 11
at
8:00 p.m. (ET).
Following the 2002 HBO documentary “Journeys with George,” Pelosi’s
irreverent account of George W. Bush on the campaign trail, she set out
on
the road again with a handful of distinguished men competing to see who
could eat the most pies, raise the most money and get the most votes to
become the Democratic Party nominee. An action-packed adventure
criss-crossing America, her video diary reveals the fun, the
exhaustion, the
pain, the shame, the tears, the absurdity, the hard work and the ego
that go
into challenging the leader of the free word.
DIARY OF A POLITICAL TOURIST offers a rare bird’s-eye view of the
political process, departing from the official version to reveal the
inner
workings of democracy. Featured in the special are General Wesley
Clark,
Governor Howard Dean, Senator John Edwards, Congressman Dick Gephardt,
Senator Bob Graham, Senator John Kerry and Senator Joe Lieberman, with
cameo
appearances by President George W. Bush.
During the first year, Pelosi taped Democratic contenders as they
made their debuts on the campaign trail in Iowa and New Hampshire. She
summered in Iowa, visiting hog lots with John Kerry, peering inside
John
Edwards’ bus and refrigerator, observing pie-eating contests with Dick
Gephardt, tasting deep-fried Twinkies at the Iowa State Fair with Joe
Lieberman, and riding along in Bob Graham’s RV, singing his theme song.
In
the fall, she taped and witnessed the rise and demise of Howard Dean.
From
the Iowa Caucuses through Super Tuesday, Pelosi followed each of the
leading
contenders as America voted them off the ballot.
As a “political tourist,” Pelosi brings her unique perspective and
humorous style to the quest to find out what it takes to become the
sole
survivor in the race for the West Wing. Among the memorable campaign
moments she captures on tape are Gephardt’s “Gephardtpalooza” in Iowa;
Lieberman efforts to create “Joe-mentum” in New Hampshire; “Grillin’
with
the Grahams”; Dean’s nationwide “Sleepless Summer Tour”; and Edwards’
bus
tour on the “Real Deal Express.”
Alexandra Pelosi began her career in television covering politics in
Washington, D.C., and subsequently served as a network news producer
for
five years. For her first film, 2002’s “Journeys with George,” Pelosi
spent
18 months with the candidate and journalists on the campaign trail,
covering
the closest and most controversial presidential election in history.
She is
the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, California Democratic congresswoman and
House
minority leader.
DIARY OF A POLITICAL TOURIST is written, directed and produced by
Alexandra Pelosi; edited by Juliet Weber and Geof Bartz. For HBO:
supervising producer, Lisa Heller; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.
Cinemax Saturday Night At the Movies: Every Saturday at 10:00 p.m. (ET),
CINEMAX premieres “See It Saturday” movies, spotlighting top Hollywood
films. Among the standout “See It Saturday” films making their
national
pay-cable TV debuts on CINEMAX in the second half of 2004 are ONCE UPON
A
TIME IN MEXICO, HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS and the
unrated version of AMERICAN WEDDING.
After three crazy years of dating, Jim decides to marry his “band
camp” sweetheart in AMERICAN WEDDING (Aug. 7). Jason Biggs, Alyson
Hannigan, January Jones, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Seann William Scott
star in
this raucously funny, unrated conclusion to the “American Pie” series,
featuring extended scenes not available in theaters. In addition, this
premiere is part of an “ultimate double feature” with sister channel
HBO,
with HBO debuting “Seabiscuit” at 8:00 p.m., followed by the premiere
of
AMERICAN WEDDING on CINEMAX at 10:30 p.m.
In ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (Sept. 18), a corrupt CIA agent
recruits a Mexican hitman and a retired FBI agent to foil a plot by a
drug
kingpin to assassinate Mexico’s president. Written and directed by
Robert
Rodriguez, this explosive sequel to “Desperado” stars Antonio Banderas,
Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo,
Enrique
Iglesias, Marco Leonardi and Cheech Marin with Rubén Blades and Willem
Dafoe.
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (Oct.) stars Jennifer Connelly as a distraught
recovering alcoholic who inherits her father’s beloved house, and loses
it
through a tax mistake to a proud Iranian immigrant (Ben Kingsley) on
the
brink of financial ruin. The moody drama was nominated for three
Oscars®,
including Best Actor (Kingsley), Best Actress in a Supporting Role
(Shohreh
Aghdashloo) and Best Music, Original Score. Screenplay by Vadim
Perelman
and Shawn Lawrence Otto; directed by Vadim Perelman.
In THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (Nov.), the future of humankind hangs by a
thread as the final battle for Zion rages, and Neo and Trinity
infiltrate
Machine City to access The Source and destroy Agent Smith once and for
all.
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and
Jada
Pinkett Smith star in this spectacular finale to the blockbuster sci-fi
trilogy.
In addition, CINEMAX presents all three “Matrix” films back-to-back
in a thrilling night of cutting-edge action this November; the date
will be
announced when confirmed.
Every month, CINEMAX presents “Vanguard” films from America and
abroad, going outside the Hollywood mainstream for the best in
independent
films. Included on the slate for the second half of 2004 are THIRTEEN,
LE
DIVORCE, SHATTERED GLASS, THE COOLER and GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING.
In THIRTEEN (Aug. 5), the teenage daughter of a single mother gets
mixed up with the wrong crowd in an attempt to become popular. Best
Supporting Actress Oscar® nominee Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood,
Nikki
Reed and Jeremy Sisto star in this acclaimed, harrowing story of
adolescence
and rebellion.
A young American goes to Paris to visit her pregnant sister, whose
marriage is on the rocks, and gets into some romantic entanglements of
her
own in LE DIVORCE (Aug. 11). Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Jean-Marc Barr,
Leslie Caron, Stockard Channing and Glenn Close star in the romantic
comedy.
Based on a true story, SHATTERED GLASS (Sept. 10) tells the tale of
Stephen Glass, a onetime star reporter at The New Republic whose
meteoric
rise was abruptly halted when dozens of his articles were exposed by
rivals
as outright fabrications. Hayden Christensen, Golden Globe nominee
Peter
Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny, Rosario Dawson, Melanie Lynskey and Hank
Azaria
star in the drama.
THE COOLER (Oct.) stars William H. Macy as a gambler in Las Vegas
whose luck is so bad, he’s employed by an old-school casino owner to
end the
good luck of any player merely by his presence. But a surprising new
love
lifts his perpetual black cloud, making him dangerously useless to his
temperamental boss. Maria Bello and Best Supporting Actor Oscar®
nominee
Alec Baldwin co-star in the quirky love story.
In GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (Nov.), a young Dutch girl takes a job
as a maid in the home of the painter Vermeer, and the two develop a
deep
friendship which leads to the painting of the world-famous, beautifully
intimate portrait. Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson,
Judy
Parfitt, Cillian Murphy and Essie Davis star in the lush drama.
© 2003 Home Box Office, Inc. All rights reserved. Home Box Office®, HBO® and Cinemax® are service marks of Home Box Office, Inc.
Academy Award® and Oscar® are registered trademarks and service
marks of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Family Bonds: “My name is Tom Evangelista. I work in New York with my wife,
daughter, nephew and in-laws. Our policy is pretty simple: If you get
arrested, we’ll bail you out. Things only get complicated if you run.
Then, we’re coming after you. And we’re the best in the business.
Some people call us bounty hunters, but to me, we’re just a family.”
from the opening of FAMILY BONDS
Meet the Evangelistas of Medford, Long Island. As tight and tough
as they come, they’re like any other hard-working American family, with
one
major difference - the Evangelistas are bail bondsmen and bounty
hunters.
Debuting SUNDAY, SEPT. 19 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET), exclusively on HBO,
the new 10-part real-life series FAMILY BONDS reveals the day-to-day
dramas
of these outrageous people, on the job and off, as they confront the
unpredictable dangers of bounty hunting and the challenges of family
life
with resourcefulness, warmth and humor. Debuting immediately following
new
episodes of “The Wire,” each half-hour episode is directed by Steven
Cantor,
whose credits include the CINEMAX Reel Life documentary “Devil’s
Playground”
and the Oscar® nominee “Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann.”
There’s Tom, age 46, the head of the family, a chain-smoking,
tough-talking motorcycle buff with a reluctant heart of gold. He’s
been a
licensed bail bondsman for seven years. His company All City Bail
Bonds -
which posts bail money for criminal suspects who are unable to pay it
themselves - has offices in Queens, Manhattan and Long Island. His
voluptuous wife Flo has been married to Tom for 23 years. A fiercely
devoted mother with a no-nonsense style, she balances her time between
helping manage Tom’s offices and running the Evangelista household.
Chris Evangelista is Tom’s fun-loving but volatile nephew. Also a
licensed bail bondsman, he has worked for Tom for six years; since his
divorce, Chris has lived with the Evangelista family, camping out on
the
couch. Tom and Flo’s son Sal (17) is eager to leave his job at the
pizza
parlor and follow his dad into the business. Dana Giassakis (20) is
Tom and
Flo’s level-headed daughter, and lives in Brooklyn with her husband
Nick;
she has finished junior college and plans to attend New York University
in
the fall to study psychology. Frankie (7) is Tom and Flo’s younger
son, who
observes the chaotic household with wide-eyed curiosity.
Dawn Carfora, Flo’s brash, body-conscious sister, has been married
to Jimmy Carfora for 20 years, and runs the office for Jimmy at All
County
Bail Bonds, a satellite office of Tom’s All City Bail Bonds, in
Hempstead,
New York. Kim Persinger, Flo’s oldest sister, has been the
hard-working
office manager at All City Bail Bonds since Tom founded the company.
FAMILY BONDS follows the Evangelistas on the job, as they track down
fugitives, and off the job, where they play as hard as they work.
Among their adventures in the line of duty:
The All City Bail Bonds team tracks Romanian scam artists in the
Ridgewood
section of Queens.
In Manhattan’s Riverside Park, Tom’s crew pursues a murder suspect, but the hunt has an unexpected outcome.
Apprehending a battery suspect in Brooklyn, Tom discovers significant quantities of methamphetamine.
In East New York, a fugitive escapes the dragnet, but Tom figures out another way to get his man.
Tom and his crew retrieve a fugitive from Pennsylvania in the dead of night.
Tom teaches Sal - now a recovery agent in training - the basics of taking down a suspect, using Chris to demonstrate.
Off-duty, the Evangelistas star in other kinds of family dramas:
An anxious Frankie receives bike lessons from Tom, who grows too
impatient
with his son to finish the job. Flo later tries a gentler approach to
this
rite of passage, with different results.
In the Evangelistas’ back yard, Sal marks his 18th birthday with a raucous bash that produces a few frayed nerves and bruised feelings.
At the Classy Lady nail salon, Flo and her sisters meet regularly to discuss intimate details of their sex lives, among other personal matters.
Tom tries acupuncture in an attempt to quit smoking.
Dana graduates from junior college at Kingsborough Community College with her proud family looking on, and looks ahead to attending NYU - the first in her family to be admitted to such a prestigious institution. But the result of her pregnancy test throws Dana’s college plans into doubt.
At John F. Kennedy High School’s career day, Tom makes a rare appearance in a suit, explaining his job to rapt teenagers looking for something other than the usual career options.
After a hard night of chasing bad guys, Chris shows his tender side when he visits his ex-wife and picks up his three young daughters for a carefree afternoon at the beach.
Stung by taunts about his weight from Tom and a suspect who outruns him, Chris begins a program to slim down.
Steven Cantor’s credits include the CINEMAX Reel Life documentary “Devil’s Playground” (producer), the Oscar®-nominated short film “Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann” (producer and director), “Bounce:
Behind the Velvet Rope” (producer and director), “Willie Nelson: Still
Is
Still Moving” (producer and director) and “Crossover” (producer and
director).
FAMILY BONDS is produced for HBO by Stick Figure Productions in
association with Cactus Three; director, Steven Cantor; executive
producers,
Steven Cantor and Daniel Laikind; supervising editor and co-producer,
Pax
Wassermann; producer, Matthew Galkin; co-executive producers, Julie
Goldman,
Caroline Stevens and Krysanne Katsoolis; original music, Money Mark.
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marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
HBO Documentaries: From an unfiltered peek behind the scenes on the Democratic presidential campaign trail, to new revelations about a notorious serial killer, to thought-provoking studies of the perils of nuclear power, HBO has set a provocative and timely lineup of documentary specials and America Undercover presentations for the second half of 2004.
Among the leading documentary filmmakers whose work will be spotlighted
are
Nick Broomfield, Bill Couturié, Maryann De Leo, Rory Kennedy, Marc
Levin and
Alexandra Pelosi.
HBO documentary specials include:
Lindsay Crystal’s MY UNCLE BERNS (debuting Aug. 5) chronicles her
grand uncle Bernhardt Crystal’s life in a poignant documentary that
brings
together three generations of the Crystal family. When she set out to
chronicle her 88-year-old great-uncle’s remarkable journey through the
20th
century, she already knew he was an accomplished artist, gallery owner
and
storyteller, thanks to the stories told by her father, comedian and
actor
Billy Crystal. But she was not prepared for the profound impact his
reminiscences would have on her. Produced and directed by Lindsay
Crystal;
executive produced by Billy Crystal and Janice Crystal.
DEATH IN GAZA (Aug. 12) is a powerful film that takes a shocking
first-hand look at the culture of hate permeating the Middle East.
Award-winning filmmaker James Miller, accompanied by reporter Saira
Shah,
captured the lives of three Palestinian children, indoctrinated in the
creed
of Jihad and growing up in the bullet-riddled streets of Gaza. But on
May
2, 2003, in the midst of filming, Miller was shot to death, falling
victim
to the conflict he covered. Produced, directed and filmed by James
Miller;
produced, written and reported by Saira Shah.
INDIAN POINT: IMAGINING THE UNIMAGINABLE (Sept. 9) spotlights the
controversial nuclear power plant, located on the Hudson River 35 miles
north of midtown Manhattan. Amidst a growing and heated debate about
its
future, the owners maintain Indian Point to be “safe, secure and
vital,”
while others believe it’s particularly vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
The
documentary explores the plant’s role in providing power to the region
and
investigates why it has become a focal point for the debate over safe
and
efficient energy resources in the wake of 9/11. Produced and directed
by
Rory Kennedy (HBO’s “A Boy’s Life” and “American Hollow”); produced by
Liz
Garbus.
CHERNOBYL HEART (Sept. 9), this year’s Academy Award® winner for
Best Documentary Short, travels deep into the heart of the worst
nuclear
disaster in history, chronicling its continuing effects today.
Following
Adi Roche, founder of Ireland’s Chernobyl Children’s Project, the film
reveals the invisible trail radiation leaves behind. (Debuts
immediately
following INDIAN POINT: IMAGINING THE UNIMAGINABLE.) Produced and
directed
by Maryann DeLeo.
Alexandra Pelosi’s DIARY OF A POLITICAL TOURIST (Oct. 11) follows
her two-year road trip on the campaign trail with the Democratic
presidential wannabes. This irreverent film documents the fun,
exhaustion,
pain, shame, tears, absurdity, hard work and ego that go into
challenging
the leader of the free world. Subjects include Gen. Wesley Clark, Gov.
Howard Dean, Sen. John Edwards, Rep. Dick Gephardt, Sen. Bob Graham,
Sen.
John Kerry and Sen. Joe Lieberman. Directed and produced by Alexandra
Pelosi (HBO’s “Journeys with George”).
Upcoming America Undercover presentations include:
BACK IN THE HOOD: GANG WAR 2 (Aug. 26) returns to Little Rock, Ark.
setting of the 1994 HBO documentary “Gang War: Bangin’ in Little Rock”— to update the story. The film catches up with numerous former gang members from the first film, including Leifel Jackson, once one of the most notorious of the OGCs (Original Gangster Crips), who is now trying to live straight and make a positive difference in his neighborhood. Produced by Marc Levin and Daphne Pinkerson; directed by Marc Levin.
LAST LETTERS HOME (Nov.), produced in association with the New York
Times, is an intimate, deeply moving documentary featuring the last
letters
home from American soldiers in Iraq. Families of the dead read the
letters
aloud, in their hometowns, helping to preserve their memories.
Produced and
directed by Bill Couturié (HBO’s Emmy®-winning “Dear America:
Letters
Home from Vietnam”).
In AILEEN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER (Nov.), Nick
Broomfield revisits executed murderer Aileen Wournos (subject of the
2003
dramatic feature film “Monster”) 12 years after his documentary “Aileen
Wournos: The Selling of a Serial Killer.” The new film explores
Wuornos’
childhood, which was marked by unrelenting abuse, and reveals the
continued
violence she endured as a hitchhiking prostitute, following the story
through to her execution.
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marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Travel Channel’s Monday Nights: Beginning September 6, 2004, the Travel Channel is giving Monday nights a makeover! Each Monday, from 8-11 PM (ET/PT), viewers will have the chance to join the Travel Channel for an evening of luxurious living and great weekend getaways.
Kicking off the night at 8 PM (ET/PT), three imaginative travel planners present customized vacation packages to deserving friends, couples and families in the series premiere of VACATION CHALLENGE. The competition heats up as each planner, under a specific budget, tries to sway the lucky vacationers to choose his or her precisely planned weekend package.
Later, at 8:30 PM (ET/PT), in VACATION HOME SEARCH, potential buyers begin the exhilarating, challenging and often times, agonizing quest of finding their own piece of heaven away from home. With the help of a real estate agent, these eager families and couples strive to get the most bang for their buck in their destination of choice and make their vacation pipedreams a reality.
Then, at 9 PM (ET/PT), from a dwelling that was once a Boeing 727 to an elegant home carved out of a two-story tree stump, viewers will witness creative living taken to new heights in back-to-back, half-hour episodes of AMAZING VACATION HOMES. Owners lead camera crews in and out of unbelievable getaways, ridiculous and sublime, for an up close and personal tour of the incredible places they call paradise.
Finally, it’s on to bigger things, during the new DREAMING BIG hour at 10 PM (ET/PT), where upgrades abound in everything from pools and private islands to truck stops and McDonald’s restaurants. Viewers get a taste for the high life as cameras capture all things new and improved, be it super yacht, millionaire trailer park or hotel bathroom.
The new FANTASY LIVING MONDAY line-up premieres Monday, September 6, 2004 from 8-11 PM (ET/PT).
Travel Channel is the only television network devoted exclusively to travel entertainment. Capturing the fascination, freedom and fun of travel, Travel Channel delivers insightful stories from the world’s most popular destinations and inspiring diversions. It is available in more than 75 million homes and is a service of Discovery Networks, U.S., a unit of Discovery Communications, Inc. Visit Travel Channel on the Web at http://www.discovery.com.
