Spike TV Television Highlights - March 2008

Spike TV Television Highlights - March 2008

 NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ --   (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060322/NYW096LOGO )    * Note:  Spike TV HD includes     -- Pros vs. Joes: Last Joe Standing     -- CSI: NY     -- GameTrailers TV     -- Powerblock Programming     -- Spike TV Original Movies     PREMIERES/FINALES    -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT: VIDEO ON PATROL (TV-14LV)      Season 2 Premieres Friday, March 7 (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT);      Encores Friday, March 14 (2:00 - 3:00 PM, ET/PT).       Features fiery car crashes, high-speed chases, roadside drug busts.      Spike TV takes you for a ride in this adrenaline-packed series with      all-new outrageous video footage pulled from precincts across the      country.    -- PROS VS. JOES: LAST JOE STANDING (HD: TV-PG)      Season Finale Premieres Thursday, March 27 (11:00 PM - Midnight,      ET/PT); Encores Sunday, March 30 (1:00 - 2:00 PM, ET/PT).       "Pros vs. Joes" is an hour long sports competition show that pits      regular guys against world class professional athletes.  This season      the show travels to four world-class regional sites as 64 Joes spread      out in brackets across these regions are competing to become the "Last      Joe Standing."    -- CRASH & BURN (Action, 2007) - HD Spike Original Movie      World Television Premiere Sunday, March 30 (10:00 PM - Midnight,      ET/PT).       An undercover cop posing as a thief to bust a simple car theft ring      decides to take on the competing MS-13 gang, who is using corrupt cops      to further their illegal agenda.  Starring Eric Palladino, David      Moscow, and Michael Madsen.     MARATHONS    -- PROS VS. JOES: LAST JOE STANDING (HD: TV-PG)      Telecasts Saturday, March 22 (2:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).       In anticipation of the season finale, viewers can catch up on all the      action from this past season with Spike TV's "Pros vs. Joes: Last Joe      Standing" marathon.    -- THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER:  TEAM HUGHES VS. TEAM SERRA MARATHON (TV-14LV)      Telecasts Saturday, March 29 (9:00 AM - Midnight, ET/PT).       Leading up to a new season of "TUF," Spike TV presents the all-day "The      Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra" marathon.     ORIGINALS    -- TNA: iMPACT! (TV-14LV)      New Episodes Premiere Thursdays (9:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT); Encores      Saturdays (11:00 PM - 1:00 AM, ET/PT).  Pre-empted Saturday, March 1      (12:30 - 2:30 AM, ET/PT) & Saturday, March 29 (Midnight - 2:00 AM,      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".    -- GAMETRAILERS TV (HD: TV-14)      New Episodes Premiere Fridays (1:00 - 1:30 AM, ET/PT); Encores Fridays      (1:30 - 2:00 AM, ET/PT) - * Encores not broadcast in HD.       Designed from the ground up to be the most entertaining and informative      on-air resource for fans of the thriving video game industry,      "GameTrailers TV" is a weekly magazine-style show focusing on the      industry's hottest titles, coolest events and biggest stars. Fast-      paced, energetic and offering the access and insight millions of      viewers have come to expect from the GameTrailers brand, "GameTrailers      TV" delivers the best of the best from the world of video games while      highlighting the cultures of gaming from around the globe.    -- SPIKE'S MOST AMAZING VIDEOS (TV-14V)      New Episodes Premiere Fridays (10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).  Encore      episodes telecast Mondays - Fridays (1:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT).       "Spike's Most Amazing Videos" delivers a combination of real and rare      footage of some of the most heart-pounding and unbelievable moments      ever captured on film.  Upcoming new episodes include:       -- Friday, March 7 - Bare Knuckle Brawls      -- Friday, March 14 - Hell On Earth      -- Friday, March 21 - Nature's Fury      -- Friday, March 28 - Disasters of The Deep    -- MANSWERS (TV-MADLS)      Telecasts Thursdays (Midnight - 12:30 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.    -- WILD WORLD OF SPIKE (TV-14DL)      Telecasts Thursdays (1:00 - 1:30 AM, ET/PT).       Spike TV brings unheralded sports such as mop-jousting and blind-folded      kickboxing into America's living rooms with the new comedic action      series, Wild World of Spike. Focusing more on the agony of defeat than      the thrill of victory, Wild World of Spike is hosted by mixed martial      arts fighter Kit Cope, skateboarding legend Jason Ellis and comedian      Sam Tripoli. In each episode, the hosts screen bizarre sporting events      from around the world then try to recreate them.    -- MXC (TV-14D)      Telecasts Mondays - Fridays (10:00 - 10:30 AM & 10:30 - 11:00 AM,      ET/PT) & Fridays (Midnight - 12:30 AM & 12:30 - 1:00 AM, ET/PT).      Pre-empted Monday, March 31 (11:00 - 11:30 AM, ET/PT).       Spike TV's acclaimed original comedic series, is described as a wacky      combination of "Fear Factor," "Jackass," "Iron Chef," with a touch of      "Mystery Science Theater 3000." Using the actual footage from one of      the most popular primetime Japanese reality game shows, Takeshi's      Castle, MXC is re-written to create an entirely new comedic storyline.      The series is not dubbed and there is not a single trace of literal      translation from the original show.    -- WHACKED OUT SPORTS (TV-14LV)      Telecasts Mondays - Fridays (9:00 - 9:30 AM, ET/PT & 9:30 - 10:00 AM,      ET/PT).  Pre-empted Monday, March 31 (Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT & 12:30 -      1:00 PM, ET/PT).       Features crashes, bashes, spills and falls and is packed with hilarious      sports bloopers and fantastic sports finishes.    -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT: VIDEO ON PATROL (TV-14LV)      Telecasts Mondays - Fridays (11:00 AM - Noon, ET/PT & Noon - 1:00 PM,      ET/PT).  Pre-empted Monday, March 31 (1:00 - 2:00 PM, ET/PT).     MOVIE PREMIERES    -- BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (Drama, 1992)      Premieres Saturday, March 1 (9:00 - 11:30 AM, ET/PT)       Based on the novel, a lawyer is kidnapped by the vampire Dracula and      watches as the vampire begins to terrorize a village.  Starring Gary      Oldman, Keanu Reeves, Anthony Hopkins, and Winona Ryder.    -- THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (Crime/Thriller, 1999)      Premieres Monday, March 10 (9:00 - 11:30 PM, ET/PT).       A wealthy business man gets his thrills by stealing expensive artwork      and trying to elude a seductive detective.  Starring Pierce Brosnan,      Rene Russo, and Denis Leary.     ACQUIRED SERIES    -- CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (TV-14)      Telecasts Mondays, Wednesdays - Fridays (6:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT),      Tuesdays (6:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT), Mondays (11:30 PM - 12:30 AM,      ET/PT), & Tuesdays - Wednesdays (Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT).  Pre-      empted Monday, March 31 (Midnight - 1:00 AM, 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.    -- CSI: NY (HD: TV-14)      Telecasts Tuesdays (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT) & Monday, March 31      (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.    -- THE SHIELD (TV-MADLV)      Telecasts Thursdays (2:00 - 3:00 AM & 3:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT).       The story of in inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of      the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their      associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests      intact.  Starring Emmy Award(R) winner Michael Chiklis and Catherine      Dent.     WEEKEND PROGRAMMING    -- WEEKEND POWERBLOCK      Sexy car enthusiast Courtney Hansen hosts Spike TV'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.      Pre-empted Saturday, March 29.          Saturdays:          Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT         HORSEPOWER TV (HD: TV-G)         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 (HD: TV-G)         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         TRUCKS! (HD: TV-G)         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.          1:30 - 2:00 PM, ET/PT         XTREME 4X4 (HD: TV-G)         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.           Sundays:          11:00 - 11:30 AM, ET/PT         HORSEPOWER TV (HD: TV-G)          11:30 AM - Noon, ET/PT         MUSCLE CAR (HD: TV-G)          Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT         TRUCKS! (HD: TV-G)          12:30 - 1:00 PM, ET/PT         XTREME 4X4 (HD: TV-G)  

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