Television Blog

  Two new outdoors sports shows featuring Oklahomans are set to debut during the upcoming weekend. “OkieWild,” starring Bo Newsom, premieres at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, on KSBI-TV; and “Hillbilly Handfishin’,” starring Trent Jackson and Skipper Bivins, premieres at 9 p.m....

  CBS has announced an Ultimate Hawaii Five-0 fan contest in which five winners will become social media ambassadors for “Hawaii Five-0″ and win a trip to Hawaii, according to a news release. Registration began July 26, and the contest begins Aug. 3. Go to...

  In Sunday’s “What Hides Beneath” episode of “Falling Skies,” Tom (Noah Wyle) worries that Weaver’s (Will Patton) increasingly strange behavior is making him unfit to command; Anne (Moon Bloodgood) and Lourdes (Seychelle Gabriel) find out something shocking about the skitters...

NBC’s reality show “The Biggest Loser” is initiating a 13-city cross-country search to find new contestants July 30 in Austin. Individuals and teams of two with at least 85 pounds to lose are encouraged to apply for the next edition of the show, which is set to air in January 2012. Casting...

Season 8 Top 10 finalists of “So You Think You Can Dance” will be taking a 32-city tour across North America this fall, which includes a show in Tulsa on Oct. 16, according to a news release. The tour begins Sept. 17 in Orlando and ends Nov. 2 in San Diego, with tickets for all ...

  Abby Kowalski (Rachael Carpani) is a single Chicago police officer who has advanced to being a detective in Lifetime’s new one-hour drama “Against the Wall,” but the catch is the position is in the Internal Affairs division. And that’s a big catch because her father and three...

The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes’ station, CATV-47, the state’s first tribally owned public television station, is in the works to be on air before Christmas, according to a statement made by Cheyenne and Arapaho media production manager Billy Takalo-Williamson in a report in the Cheyenne...

OETA’s  “Oklahoma Forum” is slated to cover journalistic ethics and the British phone hacking scandal in this week’s installment of the show, which will air at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a news release. Panelists analyzing the British phone hacking scandal enveloping Rupert...

  Checotah native Carrie Underwood will be joining fellow multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Tony Bennett on the second season premiere of the CBS drama “Blue Bloods” at 9 p.m. Sept. 23. Underwood and Bennett will portray themselves when they perform at a fundraiser that Frank Reagan...

Are you a major fan of CBS television shows? If so, CBS and Parade magazine have a contest for you. Entrants need to post a photo or video and essay explaining why they should be considered CBS’s “Über Insider,” according to a news release. The winner will get to travel to Los Angeles to...

  I was rejoicing a couple of weeks ago because the TNT network had renewed “Falling Skies” for a second season. “Falling Skies” is a great show – a sci-fi-drama with realistic characters and interesting story lines. It also features another outstanding role fashioned by former...

  “Strike Back,” billed as a high-octane action series that centers on a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative who teams up with a British military unit to stop an international terrorist group, is slated to debut at 9 p.m. Aug. 12 on Cinemax, according to a news release....

  Fans of the “Covert Affairs” character Auggie Anderson, played by Christopher Gorham, are in for a treat as Tuesday’s episode of the USA Network spy drama centers on him. While on vacation to attend the Istanbul Jazz Festival, Auggie hears the voice of the man who blinded him when he...

In the past eight seasons, “So You Think You Can Dance” has delivered stellar choreography, emotional back stories and tear-jerking performances. What they didn’t have was a user-friendly website. In fact, it was pathetic. I’m happy to announce that with season eight comes a great,...

  “Alphas” is a new Syfy series about a group consisting of ordinary people who each possess a unique ability and who have been brought together to work on a team within the U.S. Department of Defense. The main characters are: - Cameron Hicks (Warren Christie), a former Army sniper and...

  NBC has provided the following list for its 2011-12 fall premiere lineup (new shows are in upper case): Thursday, Sept. 8 7 p.m. “NFL Kickoff Special 2011″ (regular season) 7:30 to 10 p.m. “Sunday Night Football” (regular season) Sunday, Sept. 11 6 p.m. “Football Night in...

  TNT has picked up its sci-fi drama “Falling Skies” for a second season, according to a news release. The series, which comes to the network from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg, stars Noah Wyle as a Boston history professor and the father of three sons who...

Hey “So You Think You Can Dance” Fans, or really, anyone who likes to dance: The second annual National Dance Day, presented by “So You Think You Can Dance” and its Dizzy Feet Foundation, is July 30. SYTYCD judges and choreographers have created three new routines just for the day. There...

  “Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon” is scheduled to premiere at 9 p.m. Aug. 21 on Showtime, according to a news release. The documentary on the Grammy Award-winning rock band, which includes two members who were born in Oklahoma City, Matthew and Nathan Followill, begins at the...

  The 2011-12 Fox fall premiere dates, recently provided by the network, are as follows (new series are designated with an “N”): Saturday, Sept. 10 7 p.m.               “Cops” (season premiere) 7:30...