Clash of the Choirs is a reality talent contest miniseries that debuted on NBC in the United States on December 17, 2007. There were four episodes scheduled in the “quick competition”. Maria Menounos is the host of the program, which was performed live from Stage One at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, New York.
The format was developed by Friday TV from an idea from the Swedish singer and choir leader Caroline af Ugglas.
The format was a multi-city “bragging rights” competition between 20-person choirs assembled in the hometowns of the recording artists that support them. In the 2007 competition, the choirs competed for a cash prize of $250,000, backed in part by Sony Pictures in support of its upcoming movie release, First Sunday. The film, about petty criminals using a choir in a neighborhood church as part of their scheme, was released 11 January 2008, in the United States and Canada and throughout Europe in April 2008. The prize was in the form of a contribution to a charity active in the
The special transgender couple Louisa and Rowan is back on TLC with their own 8-part series. After their wedding - previously seen in the documentary Louisa & Rosanna, Our Transgender Wedding - they try to pick up their normal lives again. Although 'normal' may not be the right word for this Limburg love couple. The series is full of hilarious moments, funny statements and moving scenes and everything is covered: their dream to return to the caravan, their long-cherished desire to have children, their search for work and their unique honeymoon.
Two friends lifelong friends, Ed and Spencer, are pitted against each other in a series of weekly challenges that are ridiculous, funny and immature; but where winning means everything.
The Restaurant is a reality television series that aired on NBC in 2003, with a second season broadcasting in 2004. The series had encore presentations on CNBC and Bravo.
Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito opened the Gramercy Park, New York City, restaurant Union Pacific in August, 1997. The NBC series, it was announced, would follow DiSpirito as he launched and operated a new Manhattan restaurant. The first season revolved around the construction and opening of Rocco's on 22nd, scheduled to open in five weeks. Some 7.5 million viewers tuned in for the July 20, 2003 premiere focusing on the search for a location and construction work for the new restaurant.
Among the 2000 people who showed up hoping to be hired were various actors, models and show business hopefuls. In addition to Rocco's mother, Nicolina DiSpirito, known for her famous meatballs, the show's on-camera personnel included David Miller, Alex Corrado, Domiziano Arcangeli, Heather Kristin, Natalie Norman, Topher Goodman, Lisa Wurzel, Brian Allen, Gideon H
They're just north of Disney World, but to the men and women of the Marion County Sheriff's Department, the 1,600 square-mile area they patrol is no fantasy. Marion County's highways, forests and suburban neighborhoods are crime scenes to more than 7,000 felonies a year. But with a jurisdiction larger than the state of Rhode Island, ground units find it impossible to have eyes everywhere.
TLC throws out traditional ways of meeting someone and welcomes awkward, sometimes steamy moments that can quickly create emotional and physical sparks. On "Love at First Kiss," an individual goes beyond his or her comfort zone to kiss a total stranger, without introduction, to determine if one kiss can lead to a date in the real world and maybe even a long-term relationship. With unexpected outcomes produced by every smooch, viewers find out how far singles go to find true love
The Serial is an Indian soap opera which premiered from November 26, 2012 to March 7, 2013 on the TV channel Channel V. A very unique and interesting yet much popular and better presented, the show explores the life of the television actors through the eyes of a 17 year old Rohan Shah. It includes all the actors in their real life roles. The show is jointly produced by Balaji Telefilms and Lost Boy Productions. This show also features Sara Khan in a bikini for the first time in the history of Indian television.