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Search for a Bollywood Star

Venue:SBS
Date:'Saturday October 22nd'
Inspired by the huge success and influence of Bollywood movies, SBS is bringing a taste of Bollywood to Australia with a brand new commission, Bollywood Star.

This four-part series, made for SBS by WTFN Entertainment (Bondi Vet, Keeping up with the Joneses), follows the search for an Australian Bollywood star: an unknown who will go on to win the prize of a lifetime - a part in a Bollywood movie. Renowned Bollywood producer and director Mahesh Bhatt is offering a coveted place in his next movie to one Australian to become the next Bollywood Star.

Holiday Movies

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Monday January 23rd, 2011'
Time:2:30pm
Celebrate summer relaxing with friends & family over a movie or two. Nickelodeon is dedicating a special week to the best movies from 2011. Movies feature teen stars Victoria Justice, Miranda Cosgrove & Drake Bell plus the casts of iCarly and Victorious.

E! Investigates: Missing

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Sunday, January 8th'
Time:8:30pm
It's almost unheard of for an entire family to go missing. It's even more unusual when a family of four disappears without a trace. But the McStay family of San Diego, California hasn't been heard from since February 4th, 2009. They haven't used their credit cards or accessed their bank accounts, and yet there are no signs that any foul play occurred. E! Investigates will trace the last known steps of the McStays, and pursue the theory that they may have planned to disappear without a trace in order to start a new life in a foreign country.

Superhero Saturdays

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Saturday January 7, 14, & 21st'
Time:7am - 10am

World's Sexiest Couples

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Saturday, January 21st'
Time:8:30 pm
Two times the heat, twice the spice. Counting down the sexiest Hollywood couples.

Bollywood Star

Venue:SBS One
Date:'Four part series begins Saturday 2nd of June'
Time:7.30pm
Bollywood is twice the size of Hollywood. In fact it is the biggest movie industry in the world, with hundreds of movies made each year and 14 million Indian fans visiting the cinema each day.

SpongeBob SuperFan

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Sunday January 1 - Friday January 27th'
Time:4-6pm
Nickelodeon is celebrating its favourite sponge all summer long with SpongeBob SuperFan: an interactive online national search for Australia's most superfan-tastic SpongeBob fan!

World's Juiciest Celebrity Scandals & Splits

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Saturday, January 7th'
Time:8:30 pm
Nothing sells better than a juicy Hollywood scandal. Here we'll look at some of the best bad behaviour of current and past years.

Victorious

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Fridays at 5:30pm from April 6th'
Season two of Victorious continues in April with teen star Victoria Justice and the gang from Hollywood Arts High School. The passion for performing intensifies with more music, drama, laughs, and maybe even a few romances!

Scouted

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Wednesday, January 4th'
Time:9:30pm
In E!'s new eight-episode, one hour docu-series, Scouted, viewers can follow the personal stories of young men and women from their discovery by local model scouts through their journeys to international stardom.

25 Things You Didn't Know About Nicktoons

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Tuesday April 10 - Friday April 13'
Time:9am - Midday
HostedbyLukeandWyattfromtheNickelodeonAnimationsStudiosinLANickuncovers25thingsyoudidntknowaboutNickToonsLukeandWyattwillmeetwiththewritersdirectorsandcreatorsbehindsomeofNickelodeonshitanimationstogettheinsidegossonfavouriteNickToons.

After Lately Season 2

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Tuesday, January 3rd'
Time:11:00pm
The show brings cameras behind-the-scenes of the inane work environment of Chelsea Lately, helmed by the Queen of late-night herself, Chelsea Handler.

Monsuno

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Monday April 16 - Friday May 4'
Time:Weekdays at 8am
Monsuno is an action adventure in which kids have the power to command and battle creatures with amazing powers. It's an epic journey of a boy named Chase searching for his missing father who accidentally discovers secret powers and becomes mankinds newest unpredictable hero against the Monsuno. The team of five friends, Chase, Jinja, Bren,Beyal and Dax soon find themselves immersed in jaw-dropping action, perilous danger and heavy hitting battles as they fight monsters trying to destroy the world. It's a challenge mankind hopes they are up for as the future of the planet depends on it.

Kourtney and Kim Take New York Season 4

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Tuesday, January 3rd '
Time:9:30pm
With their wedding and honeymoon barely behind them, Kim and Kris have packed up and moved east to spend the fall in New York with Kourtney and her boyfriend Scott Disick. The new season follows the struggles the career-oriented couple experience living together for the first time, along with the ups and downs that Kourtney and Scott face as parents and partners.

Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event

Venue:E!
Date:'Premieres Tuesday, October 11 and Wednesday, October 12'
Time:at 8.30pm

Insight: Polygamy

Venue:SBS ONE
Date:'Tuesday 29th May'
Time:8.30pm
Although it's outlawed in this country, polygamy is practiced in Australia.

In some indigenous, Muslim and African communities, having more than one wife is a long-standing and legitimate cultural norm.

Insight looks at modern day polygamous relationships. It asks whether polygamy is more natural for humans than traditional monogamy, what it's like for children growing up in those households, and how the spouses negotiate jealousy.

iCarly Penny-Tee's Watch & Win

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Friday April 6 - Monday April 9'
Time:8am -12:30pm
Have you ever noticed the characters in iCarly wearing random t-shirts? They are Penny-Tee's and are a long running joke on iCarly! Created by Socko's sister, Penny, the shirts feature a crazy phrase and have a penny sewn on one sleeve's hem. How many episodes feature the Penny Tee? 40! There is even a special episode dedicated to Penny Tee's called iSell Penny-Tees.

MTV & Linkin Park Partner for Burn It Down

Venue:MTV
Date:'Friday, May 25th'
Time:8:55am
MTV and global rock icons, Linkin Park have partnered for the global premiere of their new music video 'Burn It Down' across its various TV and digital screens. The global partnership positions 'Burn It Down' to reach more than 600 million households around the world via MTV's global network of more than 60 channels and over 300 digital media properties in 150+ territories.

In Australia, the video will debut on Friday May 25 at 8:55am AEST on MTV and MTV HITS and will also premiere across MTV's channels in the US, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Linkin Park's highly anticipated new album, Living Things, will be released June 26th (Machine Shop Recordings/ Warner Bros). It continues the Linkin Park tradition of melding various styles of music into a cutting-edge signature sound, and has the spirit and energy for which theband is best known.

The 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards

Venue:E! Channel
Join Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic as they welcome the stars on the red carpet at the 2012 SAG Awards.

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Monday, January 30th @ 10:00am

Fashion Police: The 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Wednesday, February 1st @ 11:00am

Penguins of Madagascar

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Monday April 2 - Thursday April 5'
Time:4:30pm
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private are on a four day mission from Central Park Zoo to deliver brand new premiere episodes of The Penguins of Madagascar screening Monday April 2 until Thursday April 5 at 4.30pm exclusively to Nickelodeon. King Julian will do his utmost to interrupt this assignment. Will our favourite black & white friends be up for the challenge?

The 2012 Golden Globe Awards

Venue:E! Channel
Join Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic as they welcome the stars on the red carpet at the 2012 Golden Globes Awards.

Countdown to the Red Carpet: The 2012 Golden Globe Awards World Premiere: Monday, January 16th @ 9:00am

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2012 Golden Globe Awards World Premiere:
Monday, January 16th @ 10:00am

Fashion Police: The 2012 Golden Globe Awards Australian Premiere:
Wednesday, January 18th @ 11:00am

Clean House New York

Venue:Style Network
Date:'Mondays @ 6:30pm'
Each week, the Clean House team helps families in messy homes by exploring the underlying causes of the clutter, removing the mess, selling it at a yard sale and using the profits to make over the overwhelmed spaces.

US Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2012

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Sunday April 1st'
Time:6:30pm
World-renowned actor, producer and recording artist Will Smith will host Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards (KCAs) from the Galen Center at USC in Los Angeles, with the event to be fast-tracked to Australian audiences on Sunday April 1 at 6.30pm on Nickelodeon. Smith, a ten-time Blimp Award winner, will be joined by Hollywood's biggest stars in an unforgettable, special anniversary slimefest where kids rule.

Dora the Explorer - Dora's Easter Adventure

Venue:Nick Jr.
Date:'8am and 3.45pm'
Time:Wednesday April 4th
Hop-hop-hoppy Easter! Dora, Boots and their friend Hip-Hop-Bunny take you on an Easter themed adventure on Nick Jr. this April!


Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event

Venue:E!
Date:'Premiering Tuesday & Wednesday, October 11 and 12, 2011'
Time:8.30pm
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, E!'s very own Prince and Princess of glamour and romance, said "I do" in August in front of hundreds of family and friends in one of the biggest celebrity weddings of all time. Now, fans will get to live every moment of the courtship and storybook wedding that created a media frenzy unlike anything Hollywood has seen in years. From the fabulous parties, dress fittings and intense planning, to all the family drama that is part-and-parcel of any such undertaking, viewers will witness the Kardashians come together to make Kim's wedding a dream come true.

Miniscule

Venue:Nick Jr.
Date:'Saturday April 7 and Sunday April 8'
Time:5pm
New to Nick Jr., Miniscule revolves around the day-to-day existence of insects. The characters are modeled in 3D, then incorporated into live footage. This technique serves to create an authentic cartoon atmosphere while maintaining the naturalistic flavour characteristic of documentaries.

Go Back to Where You Came From

Venue:SBS
Date:'August 2012'
Six prominent faces from Australian politics, television and radio, some with outspoken views on refugees and asylum seekers and others with a connection to the debate, are set to get the nation talking when they feature in the second installment of the groundbreaking and multiaward winning SBS documentary series, Go Back to Where You Came From.

This year, the six faces known to many Australians who will experience the life-risking journey when the series returns with new twists and turns, are:
Angry Anderson, Australian rock music legend, conservative political activist and aspiring National Party candidate.
Peter Reith, former Howard Government senior cabinet minister, including Minister for Defence from 2000-2001.
Imogen Bailey, actress widely known for her role as Nicola West in Australian soap Neighbours, and animal rights activist.
Allan Asher, former Commonwealth Ombudsman, outspoken consumer advocate.
Catherine Deveny, writer, comedian and social commentator.
Michael Smith, former radio shock jock with 2UE and 4BC.

Dinosaur Train

Venue:Nick Jr.
Date:'Tuesday April 10 - Friday April 13'
Time:2.50pm
All aboard the Dinosaur Train! The adventures continue with Buddy and his family and friends in the second season of the hit CGI-animated series from The Jim Henson Company, Dinosaur Train exclusive to Nick Jr.

Team Umizoomi

Venue:Nick Jr.
Date:'Monday December 5 - Friday December 9 '
Time:10am
In these new episodes, Team Umizoomi's Milli, Bot & Geo share adventures with Silly Bear, Blue Mermaid, and their preschool friends Anna, Colin and Ellen. Together they save baby chicks, a dog called Buster and even Geo and Bot from a very sticky honey pot! Visiting a variety of landscapes including construction sites, beaches, parks, museums and the city they demonstrate to preschoolers the diverse scope of maths and its concepts.

Bubble Guppies

Venue:Nick Jr.
Date:'Saturday December 17th & Sunday December 18th'
Time:11:30am
Dive into new episodes of the Bubble Guppies this December. Bubble Guppies takes place in an eye-popping 3D CGI world of swaying kelp forests, fantastical coral reefs, and undersea gardens. Put on your water-wings and come swim along with the Bubble Guppies as they learn about you, me, and the deep blue sea. Each half-hour episode will feature interactive games, songs, sketches, and a fantasy adventure connected by a strong narrative that explores a preschool topic from many angles. So put on your water wings and come swim along with Bubble Guppies!

True Jackson, VP

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Saturdays December 3, 10 & 17th'
Time:7pm
Plus Season Finale double episode Sunday December 18 at 6:30pm True Jackson, VP follows 16 year-old True (Keke Palmer) as she navigates work life, social life and love life adventures around the Mad Style offices with her best friends Lulu (Ashley Argota) and Ryan (Matt Shively).

Dinosaur Train

Venue:Nick Jr.
Date:'Monday December 12 - Friday December 16'
Time:3:30pm
All aboard the Dinosaur Train! Buddy and his family and friends are back in an all new episodes of the hit CGI-animated series from The Jim Henson Company, Dinosaur Train exclusive to Nick Jr.

Winx Club

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Saturday December 10th'
Time:11am
Winx Club is an animated modern fantasy adventure series that follows six best friends - Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna and Aisha - who attend the finest fairy school in all of Magix, the Alfea College. When trouble arises, the six best friends transform into beautiful Winx fairies and use their unique magical powers to fight villains and save the world from evil.

Big Time Rush - Big Time Christmas

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Sunday December 11th'
Time:6pm
Big Time Rush' Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan are spreading Christmas cheer with a new TV movie, 'Big Time Christmas,' premiering Sunday December 11 at 6pm exclusively on Nickelodeon. The hour-long special features three musical performances by Big Time Rush: an exclusive duet with Miranda Cosgrove of the contemporary classic 'All I Want for Christmas is You;' an animated music video with Snoop Dogg featuring an original song Let's Stay In Our PJs (All Christmas Long); and an all-new holiday song Beautiful Christmas.

Sid the Science Kid

Venue:Nick Jr.
Date:'Saturday April 7th'
Time:12:40pm
It's springtime and that means it's time to hunt for Easter eggs in the backyard. Explorer Sid searches under every bush and behind every tree, and he finds all the eggs Mom and Dad have hidden. But wait, he also found... a big shiny rock! Could it be... a treasure???

Victorious

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Saturdays from December 3'
Time:6:30pm
Rising teen star Victoria Justice is back with all the gang from Hollywood Arts High School in season two of the hit live action show Victorious. This latest season promises to delivery more music, laughs, pranks and maybe even a few romances! Catch up on all your favourite episodes from season one in a special Victorious marathon featuring the Seven Secrets of Victoria Justice from 1pm - 6:30pm on Saturday December 3.

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Monday December 5th, 2011'
Time:5pm
This summer, Nickelodeon will launch three hundred pounds of black & white awesomeness to television screens with the Australian premiere of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. The spin-off series is based on DreamWorks Animation's hit feature film, Kung Fu Panda which grossed over $630 million at the worldwide box office. This exciting animation will chronicle the further adventures of Po, the energetic, enthusiastic, always hungry martial arts panda. Anointed 'Dragon Warrior' by his mentor Shifu, Po and the Furious Five: Tigress, Mantis, Crane, Monkey and Viper protect the Valley of Peace from threats of all kind.

Hi-5 (Series 13)

Venue:Nick Jr.
Date:'Monday April 16 - Friday April 27 '
Time:10am
Hi-5's current generation; Casey Burgess, Fely Irvine, Lauren Brant, Tim Maddren and Stevie Nicholson take the hit preschool series into its 13th season featuring a decades worth of Hi-5 hits for the new generation of fans.

One Direction on iCarly

Venue:Nickelodeon
Date:'Tuesday 26th of July'
Time:4:30pm
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The Soup

Venue:E!
Date:'Sundays'
Time:7:00pm
Host Joel McHale dips into the festering petri dish of celeb culture and extracts choice
chunks of hilarity. Antibiotics not included.

Giuliana and Bill S5

Venue:Style Network
Date:'Mondays'
Time:8:30pm
Celebrity power couple, Giuliana and Bill Rancic are back and this season they face their toughest challenge yet - Giuliana's breast cancer diagnosis.

Jerseylicious S4

Venue:Style Network
Date:'Thursdays'
Time:8:30pm
It's never business as usual when it comes to teased hair and tight-fitting animal print wearing girls of Jerseylicious. What's more, we now have competing salons to contend with when the new season of the hair-raising drama surrounding the staff and clients of a New Jersey beauty salon returns. While some staffers find themselves unemployed, others continue to thrive as Gayle's revitalised Gatsby 2 Go becomes a huge success.

The Hungry Tide

Venue:SBS ONE
Date:'Sunday 9th October'
Time:9.30pm
In a remote corner of the Pacific, the rising sea level is threatening the lives of 105,000 people. Scientists predict that Kiribati, the central Pacific nation spread across 33 atolls, will be one of the world's first nations to disappear as a result of climate change. The same ocean that has sustained the country for generations is now the source of its destruction.

Chicagolicious

Venue:Style Network
Date:'Thursdays from August 30th'
Time:8:30pm
Hot on the heels of smash hits 'Jerseylicious' and 'Glam Fairy', Style continues to explore the fascinating subculture of all things glam and beauty in the new docu-series 'Chicagolicious'. This 10-episode series set in the windy city will take viewers deep inside the beauty business following salon owner AJ Johnson, and his team at AJ's of Chicago.

Chelsea Lately

Venue:E!
Date:'Tuesday - Friday in August'
Time:10:30pm
This daily program is an irreverent look at top breaking news stories, celebrity tales that just won't die and other hot topics of the day. Chelsea will feature guests, comedic field packages and viewer call-ins.

How Do I Look? Sydney Filming

Style has announced that popular fashion intervention series How Do I Look? and its energetic host and fashion expert Jeannie Mai, will be coming to our shores to advise the stylistically-challenged in a special production set in Sydney, Australia.

If you have a loved one that is in desperate need of a makeover, simply go to the following page to nominate a friend: www.Mystyle.com/mystyle/shows/howdoilook/beontv/index.jsp

Mal.com

Venue:ABC3
Date:'Friday 28th of October'
Time:7:10am
Redefining the sitcom genre for a new generation of comedy fans, Mal.com is a 13 x 15 minute series following the adventures of three homeless youngsters - wheeler dealer Jake (Luke Ledger), wannabe starlet Daisy (Ruby Hall) and the seriously feral Kid (Gwy McKenna) - after they stumble upon television's biggest secret - Malcom Mann (Geoff Paine), TV3's most popular host, is a robot!

Mrs. Eastwood and Company

Venue:E!
Date:'Tuesdays in August'
Time:9:30pm
Chronicling the lives of Dina Eastwood, the wife of Oscar-winning film legend Clint Eastwood, and their daughters Francesca and Morgan, and the all-male six member vocal group from South Africa managed by Dina, Overtone. Mrs. Eastwood and Company takes an unprecedented look at the surprisingly normal extended and blended family behind one of Hollywood's most iconic superstars. This series invites viewers to witness their lives and proves that familial bonds are shaped by more than DNA.

Keeping Up With The Kardashians S7

Venue:E!
Date:'Tuesdays in August'
Time:8:30pm
Dynasties come and go, but the Kardashians reign supreme.This season we take a look into Kim's new single world, Khloe's life with her NBA husband, Lamar Odom, Kendall and Kylie as they come of age in this crazy Hollywood family, and Kourtney while she is busy preparing for her second child with her boyfriend Scott.

2011 School Spectacular

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Sunday 18th December '
Time:7.30pm
ABC3's John Foreman and Kayne Tremills host the world's biggest youth variety extravaganza featuring over 3000 talented singers, dancers and musicians. An extended version will air on ABC2 on Saturday 31 December at 7pm.




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