December 14, 2012

 

 

 

January 2013 PREMIERE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

AMERICAN RESTORATION
 

American Restoration follows Rick Dale, owner of Las Vegas-based Rick's Restorations, a family business that takes rusty old junk and painstakingly restores it to its original beauty. From a 1960’s three-wheeled golf cart to an antique Hershey's candy dispenser to a 1950’s fridge — watch Rick, his staff and his teenage son, as they set about to restore objects from history’s past to precise original detail.

 

(Individual episode information currently not available.)

 

PREMIERES: Wednesdays, January 2, 9 at 9pm/1:01 am ET

LENGTH: ½ hour episodes

PRODUCED BY: Leftfield Pictures

PUBLICIST: Heather.DiRubba@aenetworks.com 212-210-9760

**WORLD PREMIERE

 

 

 

AX MEN:

CAGE MATCH

 

Tempers have reached a fever pitch in logging country.  At Rygaard, three years of tension between Craig and DJ comes to a head.  In the swamp, the Swamp Man is on a special mission for wife Donna.  At Papac, the end of the North Thorn site may mean the end of their season.  And in Florida, the Dreadknots are in the line of fire, while Jimmy Smith takes a final ride down the river.

 

PREMIERES: Sunday, January 6 at 9pm/1:01am ET

LENGTH: 1 hour episodes

PRODUCED BY: Original Productions

PUBLICIST: Vicky.Kahn@aenetworks.com 212-210-9743

**WORLD PREMIERE

 

 

BAMAZON

 

A group of eight unemployed Alabama construction workers are about to take one last shot at the American dream in BAMAZON. After laying off all of his employees in the recession, contractor Tim Evans will re-hire a group of his trusted brothers, and lead them deep into the most dangerous corner of the Amazon jungle in a search for gold.  The quest for riches in this area goes back centuries to the legend of El Dorado, but there has never been a mission like this. Using American know-how and Southern ingenuity, the crew will move hundreds of tons of machinery across miles of treacherous, impenetrable jungle terrain. They’ll battle jaguars, venomous snakes, and each other in order to find gold and change their lives forever.

 

(Individual episode information currently not available.)

 

PREMIERES: Sundays, January 6, 13, 20, 27 (Season Finale) at 10pm/2:01am ET

LENGTH: 1 hour episodes

PRODUCED BY: Red Line Films

**WORLD PREMIERE

 

AMERICAN PICKERS

 

Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz – business partners in Iowa-based Antique Archaeology and friends since the 8th grade – are part sleuths, part antiques experts, and part cultural historians.  They call themselves "pickers" because their job is to pick through backyard junk piles, abandoned barns and neglected garages scattered across the back roads of America looking for hidden collectibles they can make a buck on.  But even if they don’t close a deal, they are enriched with fascinating stories about the stuff and the American characters who have spent a lifetime collecting it. The series follows the adventures of Mike and Frank on their mission to pick "rusty gold" before flea market dealers and antique shop owners get to it.

 

(Individual episode information currently not available.)

 

PREMIERES: Mondays, January 14, 21, 28 at 9pm/1:01am ET

LENGTH: 1 hour

PRODUCED BY: Cineflix Productions

PUBLICIST: Heather.DiRubba@aenetworks.com 212-210-9760

**WORLD PREMIERE

 

 

PAWN STARS
 

HISTORY's hit series, PAWN STARS, brings viewers inside the doors of a family-run pawnshop in Las Vegas, where three generations of men from the Harrison family — grandfather Richard, son Rick and grandson Corey — jointly run the business, with clashing and camaraderie every step of the way. This family lives and breathes the pawning business, using their sharp-eyed skills to carefully assess the value of items their colorful customers bring in, objects ranging from the obscure to the truly historic.

 

(Individual episode information currently not available.)

 

PREMIERES: Mondays, January 14, 21, 28 at 10pm/2:01am and 10:30pm/2:31am ET;     

LENGTH: ½ hour episodes

PRODUCED BY: Leftfield Pictures

PUBLICIST: Heather.DiRubba@aenetworks.com 212-210-9760

**WORLD PREMIERE

 

Series Premiere!

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTS

 

The eight-hour miniseries THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTS offers viewers a fresh perspective on the evolution of presidential power and the men who have served this country from George Washington to Barack Obama. Each hour tells stories about the presidents who have impacted the institution in a meaningful way and contributed to the evolution of the office.  Each has faced different events, challenges, expectations, responsibilities, and crises.  But no matter what historical period they lived in or what information they had or what technology lay at their fingertips, it all comes down to one man - alone -- making a final decision. 

 

ASSUME THE POSITION 1789-1825: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe

 

The United States of America was a bold invention of enormous risk. An 8-year war of independence, followed by intense political debate produced a government of, by and for the people. This democracy in a world ruled by Kings and Emperors was a new experiment with three branches -- a Court, a Congress and an Executive -- all sharing power; a precarious balancing act purposely left open to interpretation.

 

POWER TO THE PEOPLE 1824-1849: John Q. Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk

 

America in 1824 saw the era of the Founding Fathers coming to an end.  Over the next 25 years, six presidents would reflect the country’s sometimes uneasy transition from old traditions to an expansion of land, influence and opportunity.   Democracy was the word on everyone’s lips, and the true power of the nation’s leader would be found in the common man

 

PREMIERES: Tuesday, January 15 at 9pm/1:01am ET

LENGTH: Premieres as a combined 2 hour episode

PRODUCED BY: Karga Seven Pictures

PUBLICIST: Heather.DiRubba@aenetworks.com 212-210-9760

**WORLD PREMIERE

 

 

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTS

 

A HOUSE DIVIDED 1849-1865: Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln

 

America by the mid-1800s was triple its original size thanks to bold and controversial decisions by Presidents such as Jefferson, Jackson, and Polk.  But with new territory came old confrontations.   Slavery – the question that had been avoided since the country’s birth – now had to be answered.  Some leaders pinned their hopes on compromise, until one used the Presidency to defend freedom and the Union -- at any cost.

 

EXECUTIVE RETREAT 1865-1901: Andrew Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley

 

America after the Civil War was a traumatized country in desperate need of leadership.  The President who’d seen the nation through its most divisive conflict was dead, leaving no road map for peace.  Over the next three decades, a series of weak Presidents lacked any vision for the future and showed little interest in real leadership. Each successive man took a back seat to Congress and to captains of industry -- and the Presidency hit rock bottom.

 

PREMIERES: Wednesday, January 16 at 9pm/1:01am ET

LENGTH: Premieres as a combined 2 hour episode

PRODUCED BY: Karga Seven Pictures

PUBLICIST: Heather.DiRubba@aenetworks.com 212-210-9760

**WORLD PREMIERE

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTS

 

CALL OF DUTY 1899-1921: Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

 

America at the beginning of the 20^th century found a growing chasm between the rich and poor.  The country’s priorities were changing, as was the Presidency. Since the end of the Civil War, Congress and the deep pockets of Big Industry had dictated the course for the nation. But one President took back the reigns, fighting for the common man, just as a grisly international fight began to emerge that would test America’s strength and its leader’s resolve.

 

CHANGING OF THE GUARD 1920-1945: Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt

 

America in the 1920s was a country poised for a fresh start.  The horrific brutality of the first global war was over.  The economy was beginning to “roar,” and the Presidents at the helm were happy to take a backseat to Congress.  But as America crashed into Depression – and then another World War – the times called for a stronger leader, one who set the table for presidential power in the 20^th century.

 

PREMIERES: Thursday, January 17 at 9pm/1:01am ET

LENGTH: Premieres as a combined 2 hour episode

PRODUCED BY: Karga Seven Pictures

PUBLICIST: Heather.DiRubba@aenetworks.com 212-210-9760

**WORLD PREMIERE

 

 

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTS

 

HAIL TO THE CHIEF 1945-1964: Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson

 

In 1945, at the end of a devastating global war, America emerged as a superpower. The Cold War presented the nation with a new and unprecedented crisis: the threat of nuclear annihilation. Instinctively, the country looked to the President to keep them safe during these dangerous times.  The struggle against the spread of communism abroad, and the corrosive effects of inequality at home, demanded a new resolve and a steadfast international leader.

 

MANTLE OF POWER 1965-2013: Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama

 

Since the mid 1960s, the power of the presidency has risen and fallen.   It’s been burdened by the personal failings of the men who occupied the office; by a Congress determined to reassert its power; by a skeptical and fragmented media; and by a public that had grown indifferent to politics. The Cold War ended, but global terror networks rose to present a more complicated threat.  Despite these new challenges, the power of the office has grown substantially since it was first imagined – remaining the shining symbol of America's noble experiment in democracy.

 

PREMIERES: Friday, January 18 at 9pm/1:01am ET

LENGTH: Premieres as a combined 2 hour episode

PRODUCED BY: Karga Seven Pictures

PUBLICIST: Heather.DiRubba@aenetworks.com 212-210-9760

**WORLD PREMIERE

 

Series Premiere!

ULTIMATE SOLIDER CHALLENGE

 

They are the best-trained, most-skilled military operatives in the world.  Smart, versatile and agile, they look danger in the eye even in the most perilous situations. But which warriors have the quicker draw, the sharpest aim, and the stamina to blow out the competition?

 

Welcome to Ultimate Soldier Challenge – television’s first ever Military Combat Competition that decides who are the best Special Forces in the world.  Each episode pits three elite squads of military operators, in head to head competitions as they match skills, wits and guts…. until only one team is left standing.

(Individual episode information currently not available.)

 

PREMIERES: Tuesday, January 29 at 10pm/2:01am ET

LENGTH: 1 hour episodes

PRODUCED BY: Morningstar Entertainment

PUBLICIST: Susan.Ievoli@aenetworks.com 212-907-9447

**WORLD PREMIERE

 

 

 

 

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