Spike TV Television Highlights - September 2007

Spike TV Television Highlights - September 2007

 NEW YORK, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ --   PREMIERES     * THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER: TEAM SERRA VS. TEAM HUGHES      New Season Premieres Wednesday, September 19      (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).        The Ultimate Fighter: Team Serra vs. Team Hughes features sixteen of        the best up-and-coming mixed martial artists in the 170 lbs        welterweight division from around the world. The two finalists will        square off in a live finale in December, with the winner netting a        six figure contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship(R), the        premier mixed martial organization in the world.  Current        welterweight champion, Matt Serra, and former champ, Matt Hughes,        will serve as coaches and battle one another in a live UFC pay-per-        view event following the finale in December.     * MANSWERS     Premieres Wednesday, September 19 (Midnight - 12:30 AM, ET/PT);     Encores Wednesday, September 19 (12:30 AM - 1:00 AM, ET/PT),     Thursday, September 20 (Midnight - 12:30 AM, ET/PT) & Friday,     September 21 (1:00 AM - 1:30 AM, ET/PT).        Whether its questions about booze, sex, or violence, MANswers is        trivia for men that delivers real answers that guys need to know.  In        each episode, "MANswers" races through re-enactments, expert one-on-        ones and man-on-the-street interviews to educate Spike viewers on the        taboo topics in terms only guys can relate to.  The truth is never        what you would expect and will inevitably end up being talked about        around the water cooler the next day.    EVENTS/SPECIALS     * MONSTER SHARK 2007      Premieres Monday, September 3 (10:00 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/PT); Encore      Saturday, September 8 (5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, ET/PT) & Saturday,      September 8 (1:30 AM - 2:30 AM, ET/PT).        The ocean's most lethal hunter becomes the hunted in this one-hour        special following the 2007 Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament, the        world's supreme showdown for shark. With big money and reputations on        the line, nearly 300 boats and 1000 big game fisherman from across        the country compete to catch the largest sharks in the waters off        Martha's Vineyard.     * COUNTDOWN TO UFC 75: CHAMPION VS. CHAMPION      Premieres Wednesday, September 5 (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT);      Encore Thursday, September 6 (10:00 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/PT) &      Saturday, September 8 (6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, ET/PT).        A preview of the September 8th UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion event to        be held at the 02 Arena in London, England.     * TNA: ROAD TO NO SURRENDER      Premieres Friday, September 7 (Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT);      Encore Saturday, September 8 (Midnight - 1 AM, ET/PT) &      Saturday, September 8 (2:30 AM - 3:30 AM, ET/PT).        Preview all of the exciting matches and hear from your favorite        wrestlers as they prepare for the Road to No Surrender pay-per-view,        live from Orlando on Sunday, September 9th.     * UFC 75: CHAMPION VS. CHAMPION      Premieres Saturday, September 8 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT);      Encores Friday, September 14 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).        Tune into Spike TV for the first ever basic cable presentation of a        UFC Title Fight.  From the 02 Arena in London, England, Quinton        'Rampage' Jackson battles Dan Henderson in a five round bout for the        Light Heavyweight Championship.     * UFC FIGHT NIGHT LIVE      Premieres Live Wednesday, September 19 (9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/Tape      delay West Coast).  Encore Saturday, September 22 (3:00 PM - 5:00 PM,      ET/PT) & Friday, September 28 (9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).        Leading into the sixth season of The Ultimate Fighter is UFC Fight        Night LIVE.  Spike TV takes it to the Octagon with its eleventh LIVE        UFC fight card featuring the most popular fighters in the UFC.     * COUNTDOWN TO UFC 76      Premieres Thursday, September 20 (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT);      Encore Friday, September 21 (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT) &      Saturday, September 22 (6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, ET/PT).        A preview of the September 22nd UFC 76 pay-per-view event to be held        at the Anaheim Honda Center.     * FIGHTIN' FRIDAY NIGHTS      Spike TV brings you at least two hours of fightin' action with encore      presentations of previous UFC Fight Nights.  Schedule will air as      follows:       -- UFC 70: Nation's Collide from Manchester: Gonzaga vs. Filipovik         Telecasts Friday, September 7 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).       -- UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion: Jackson vs. Henderson         Telecasts Friday, September 14 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).       -- UFC Fight Night: Stout vs. Fisher         Telecasts Friday, September 21 (9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).       -- UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Fisher         Telecasts Friday, September 28 (9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).     * LABOR DAY WEEKEND MARATHONS      Tune into Spike TV Labor Day Weekend for a mixture of action      and forensics.     MOVIE MARATHON    Telecasts Saturday, September 1 (2:00 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).       -- PREDATOR (1987, Action/Science Fiction)         Telecasts 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM, ET/PT.          A team of commandos, on a mission in a Central American jungle,         find themselves hunted by an extra-terrestrial warrior.  Starring         Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers and Elipidia Carrillo.       -- ROADHOUSE 2 (2006, Action/Drama)         Telecasts 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM, ET/PT.          While he's deep undercover in New York, DEA agent Shane Tanner         learns that his uncle Nate Tanner has been beaten up by a group of         men because he doesn't want to sell the Black Pelican, his bar in         Tyree, Louisiana.  Starring Johnathon Schaech, Jake Busey and         Crystal Mantecon.        -- ROADHOUSE (1989, Action/Drama)         Telecasts 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, ET/PT.          A tough bouncer is hired to tame a dirty bar.  Starring Patrick         Swayze, Kelly Lynch and Sam Elliott.       -- NEXT OF KIN (1989, Action/Crime)         Spike Premiere Telecasts 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/PT.          A Chicago policeman who comes from Appalachia seeks revenge on a         mobster who killed his brother. Starring Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson         and Adam Baldwin.     CSI MARATHON    Telecasts Sunday, September 2 (3:30 PM - 9:00 PM, ET/PT).       Lady Heather's Box      Telecasts 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, ET/PT.       Grissom is attracted to a dominatrix until she becomes a murder       suspect, and a family crisis strikes Catherine.       Gum Drops      Telecasts 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, ET/PT.       Nick takes the lead on a case where in the house of a family of four,       three pools of blood are found. Nick thinks that a little girl may       still be alive, but Sara is doubtful, thinking that Nick's recent       near-death experience is affecting his judgment.       Secrets and Flies      Telecasts 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, ET/PT.       A 28 year-old single mother is found dead. Initially, it's believed to       be a suicide, but Catherine determines she was murdered. Also, Ecklie       summons Grissom to refute the testimony of an entomologist in a murder       trial.       Dog Eat Dog      Telecasts 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, ET/PT.       Catherine and Brass investigate the case in which a man is found dead       in a dumpster. It soon turns out the man had a serious food problem.       The trail of his death soon leads to a hotdog-eating contest.       Meanwhile, Nick and Sara investigate a not-so-amicable divorce with a       bizarre twist. So bizarre it eventually lead to murder when both are       found dead and it looks like the dog killed one of them.       Still Life      Telecasts 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM, ET/PT.       The CSI's are called out to investigate the disappearance of a boy       whose father died four years ago. Soon a couple is arrested at a       convenience store with a boy matching the description of the missing       kid. The only problem is they both claim it is their son. Both parents       have exactly the same picture of the boy, with a scar on exactly the       same place on his face. They hope a DNA-test could confirm who the       real parents are, but when this information comes to light, it leads       to another bizarre twist, possibly murder.     CSI MARATHON    Telecasts Monday, September 3 (9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, ET/PT).     Join Spike TV for a marathon featuring premiere episodes of Season 7 of     CSI. Schedule is as follows:       Toe Tags      Premieres 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM, ET/PT; Encores 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, ET/PT.        Coming straight from the perspectives of five people: Donna, Rebecca,       Jack, Lou and Ray. All with one thing in common. They're all dead.       Brass and Catherine get to handle the case of Donna, who's a cop from       San Francisco, moonlighting as a bodyguard. Warrick and Greg work the       case of Rebecca, who's a former supermodel who died while hiking with       her new husband Gavin. Nick and Sofia handle the case of Jack, a       returning veteran from Iraq, who was killed in front of his wife and       baby daughter who he just met for the first time. Grissom and Sara       take the case of Lou and Ray whose bodies were found in Lou's garage.       Fannysmackin'      Premieres 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, ET/PT; Encores 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, ET/PT.       Three tourists are beat up, badly. One is dead, Alfonzo. Jessica is       badly beaten but is still alive. Stanley, the last tourist is saved by       Greg who ends up severely hurt in turn and ends up hospitalized after       having to make a life altering decision.       Guest Star(s): Kevin Federline, Dov Tiefenbach, Daniel Franzese       Double-Cross      Premieres 11:00 AM - Noon, ET/PT; Encores 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, ET/PT.       Grissom and Sara may be secret lovers, but they still find ways to       surprise each other like when their religious beliefs surface when two       nuns find a body of a woman crucified on a makeshift cross. The woman       was found in a church where the priest may be a man of sin instead of       a man of God.       Burn Out      Premieres Noon - 1:00 PM, ET/PT; Encores 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, ET/PT.       Grissom attempts to get a confession from a neighborhood pedophile by       having him help in locating two missing boys. The sex offender is the       main suspect. The investigation is more complex than the team ever       thought it would be.       Guest Star(s): Alan Tudyk       Post Mortem      Premieres 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, ET/PT; Encores 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, ET/PT.       While investigating an elderly woman's murder, Grissom receives a       miniature crime scene replica; Greg attends a hearing to ascertain his       culpability in a teenager's accidental death.     * SEAGAL VS. VAN DAMME MARATHON       On Sunday, September 9, Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme go      head-to-head in a Spike TV movie marathon.  Schedule is as follows:       -- OUT OF REACH (2004, Action/Drama)         Telecasts Sunday, September 9 (3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, ET/PT).          Billy Ray Lancing, a former covert agent turned survivalist,          discovers that the foster program he is using to help a young girl          is actually a human trafficking network. Lancing heads overseas to          find the girl and shut down the operation.  Starring Steven Seagal,          Ida Nowakowska and Agnieszka Wagner.       -- WAKE OF DEATH (2004, Action/Adventure)         Telecasts Sunday, September 9 (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, ET/PT).          After his wife is brutally murdered, an ex-cop wages war against          the Chinese triads.  Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Simon Yam and          Philip Tan.       -- TODAY YOU DIE (2005, Action/Crime)         Telecasts Sunday, September 9 (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, ET/PT).          A former thief who is trying to go straight seeks vengeance on          those who framed him.  Starring Steven Seagal, Anthony 'Treach'          Criss and Sarah Buxton.        -- DERAILED (2002, Action/Thriller)         Spike Premiere Sunday, September 9 (9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).          On an out of control train holding hostages and high-tech bio-          weapons, agent Kristoff becomes a one man army to derail the          terrorists and save the lives of everyone on board.  Starring Jean-          Claude Van Damme, Tomas Arana and Laura Harring.     007 ACTION     James Bond is not one to shy away from a high-stakes challenge.     Catch him " Casino Cinema" Mondays in September.       -- DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002, Action/Adventure)         Telecasts Monday, September 10 (9:00 PM - 12:30 AM, ET/PT).          It's up to James Bond to discover the connection between a North          Korean terrorist and an adventurous diamond broker whose looks may          be deceiving.  Starring Pierce Brosnan,       -- THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999, Action/Adventure)         Telecasts Monday, September 17  (9:00 PM - 12:30 AM, ET/PT).          James Bond protects an oil tycoon's daughter while battling her          former kidnapper, a terrorist who can't feel pain.  Starring Pierce          Brosnan, Sophie Marceau and Robert Carlyle.       -- GOLDENEYE (1995, Action/Adventure)         Telecasts Monday, September 24 (9:00 PM - 12:30 AM, ET/PT).          James Bond teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian          research center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by          a fellow agent believed to be dead.  Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sean          Bean and Izabella Scorupco.     MURDER MARATHON    Telecasts Sunday, September 30 (7:00 PM - 4:00 AM, ET/PT).     Catch up on an entire season of Spike TV's alternative series Murder,     where real people attempt to correctly solve real crimes pulled directly     from police files.  Marathon leads up to the series finale on Tuesday,     October 2.     ORIGINALS     -- MURDER       New Episodes Premiere Tuesdays (10:00 PM - 11:00 PM, ET/PT);       Encores Thursdays (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).        In each episode of MURDER two amateur sleuth teams compete to be the        first to solve a gruesome crime ripped from the closed case files of        homicide departments across the U.S.     -- UFC UNLEASHED       UFC Unleashed is the best of the best from the UFC archives.       Unleashed features the semifinals and finals of The Ultimate Fighter,       best of the pay-per-view fights, quickest Knockouts, legendary       fighters and fights, and much more.  Premiere episodes air on:        * Wednesday, September 12 (10:00 PM- 11:00 PM, ET/PT)        * Wednesday, September 19 (8:00 PM - 9:00 PM, ET/PT)        * Wednesday, September 26 (9:00 PM -10:00 PM, ET/PT)     -- TNA: iMPACT!       Telecasts Thursdays (9:00 PM - 10:00 PM, ET/PT).        Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling's "iMPACT!" features stars such        as Kurt Angle, Sting, Christian Cage, AJ Styles, Abyss, Team 3D, The        Latin American Xchange and the Knockout babes battling it out for        supremacy inside the ring. Watch what millions of fans are now        calling "The New Face Of Professional Wrestling". TNA also features        the high-flying, no-limits stars of the "X Division" as well as        signature, innovative matches like "The Ultimate X Match" and "Six        Sides Of Steel."     -- GAME HEAD       New episodes premiere Fridays (1:00 - 1:30 AM, ET/PT).        Spike TV presents a weekly showcase on the world of video games.        From the latest reviews, cheat codes, the hottest game of week and        more, GAME HEAD offers viewers an uncompromised look at the hardcore        culture of videogames.    MOVIE PREMIERES     THE DEEP (1977, Horror/Mystery)    Spike Premiere Saturday, September 8 (9:00 AM - 11:30 AM, ET/PT).     A couple of vacationers find trouble with treasure hunters when they     discover underwater treasure. Starring Nick Nolte.     LORDS OF DOGTOWN (2005, Action/Drama)    Broadcast Premiere Sunday, September 9 (11:00 PM - 1:30 AM, ET/PT).     Follow the legendary Z-Boyz and the rising trend of surf and     skateboarding in California. Starring John Robinson and Heath Ledger.    ACQUIRED SERIES     STAR TREK: VOYAGER    Telecasts Monday - Thursday (4:00 - 6:00 PM, ET/PT) &    Fridays (5:00 - 6:00 PM, ET/PT); will not air Monday,    September 3 from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, ET/PT.     The 3rd installment of the Star Trek television franchise examines the     USS Voyager and her crew, who have become stranded in the Delta     Quadrant, seventy thousand light-years from Earth. Unless they can find     some kind of shortcut, it will take them seventy-five years to return to     the space of the United Federation of Planets.  Starring Kirk Mulligan.     CSI: NY    Telecasts Tuesdays (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).     The third edition of the "CSI" franchise sets up shop in the Big Apple,     where taciturn Detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) and his partner,     Detective Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes), lead a crime-solving     team. Like his counterparts in Las Vegas and Miami, Taylor knows that     people may lie, but the evidence rarely does.     CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (TV-PG)    Telecasts Monday - Friday (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, ET/PT) & Monday -    Wednesday (Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT); will not telecast Monday,    September 3 (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, ET/PT) & Wednesday, September 19    (8:00 PM - 9:00 PM, ET/PT) &     CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION revolves around a team of forensic Crime     Scene Investigators in the Las Vegas police department's Criminalistics     Bureau.  By relentlessly analyzing every detail at the scene of a crime,     no matter how seemingly irrelevant or grotesque in nature, the team has     science and experience on their side to solve the case.  The series     stars William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads,     Jorja Fox and Paul Guilfoyle.    WEEKEND PROGRAMMING     WEEKEND POWERBLOCK    Spike TV puts sexy car enthusiast Courtney Hansen in the driver's seat as    host of the network's "Power Block" lineup, a weekend (Saturdays Noon -    2:00 PM, ET/PT and Sundays 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, ET/PT) two-hour block of    auto related programming.     Saturdays:     Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT    HORSEPOWER TV    Host Joe Elmore and tech expert Mike Galley work out of their to-die-for    performance garage sharing speed secrets on how to transform everyday    cars into road burners and how to get the most out of them on the street    and at the strip.  This series captures the performance lifestyle taking    viewers to America's best events, rallies and races.     12:30 - 1:00 PM, ET/PT    MUSCLE CAR    Celebrating America's love affair with these fabled 60's and 70's era    muscle cars, the series focuses on finding, restoring and modifying    iconic Detroit iron like the Pontiac GTO, the Hemi Cuba, the Boss Mustang    and the Chevelle SS.     1:00 - 1:30 PM, ET/PT    XTREME 4X4    Hosted by Ian Johnson and Jessi Combs, this series features hardcore 4x4    build-ups and off-road truck projects, plus extreme action events -- rock    crawling, desert racing, sand drags, mud racing, and trail riding    adventure.     1:30 - 2:00 PM, ET/PT    TRUCKS!    This how-to/new vehicle series addresses the light truck market with    special emphasis on pickups and sport utility vehicles.  From the wildest    jet drag trucks and monster trucks to the world's most radical 4x4 rock    crawlers and customs, each episode takes viewers step-by-step modifying,    customizing, restoring and testing classic and sport trucks, off-roaders    and race trucks.     Sundays:     11:00 - 11:30 AM, ET/PT    HORSEPOWER TV     11:30 AM - Noon, ET/PT    MUSCLE CAR     Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT    XTREME 4X4     12:30 - 1:00 PM, ET/PT    TRUCKS!  

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