Discovery's highest-rated series Gold Rush will return for its third season on Friday, Oct. 26 — and this time around, someone will strike it rich!
Check out the first trailer for the third season:
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Discovery Channel is heading to the construction site for its next testosterone-fueled series. The cable network just picked up Machines of Glory, a new competition show that pits three crews of machine operators against each other in a series of hardhat battles.
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Is the TV audience ready to embrace a second fantasy series this fall based on fairy-tale legends? ABC's whimsical Once Upon a Time got off to a strong start last Sunday, but NBC's Grimm — launching tonight (9/8c) — faces much tougher odds. You might almost say it's cursed.
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Ricky Gervais Show
9/8c HBO
Sometimes it's hard to figure out which is funnier: the bizarre ravings and expositions of Karl Pilkington; or the high-pitched cackle of Ricky Gervais in response. Fortunately, there's plenty of both in the second-season premiere, especially in a lengthy bit as Karl describes his pitch to a movie studio about a psychological thriller starring Rebecca De Mornay and...Clive Warren? From there it's on to Karl's diary, which includes entries about Australia, camping and humanitarian pursuits. — Joe Friedrich
Read on for previews of ESPN Town Hall Meeting: Image of the Black Athlete, Suite Life on Deck, the 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards, Say Yes to the Dress, Real Time with Bill Maher and Gold Rush: Alaska.
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Smallville
8/7c CW
What if Clark had been adopted by a family other than the Kents? Would he still be the stand-up guy we know and love? This scenario plays out when a Kryptonian box transports Clark to a parallel universe where his adoption and subsequent rearing by Lionel Luthor has turned him into a murderer. Realizing that his alter ego is posing a threat to the world he knows, Clark Kent tries to escape this reality and return to his own, but can he make it back home before Clark Luthor does irreparable damage? — Rhoda Charles
Read on for previews of A Walk in My Shoes, Medium, CMT Artists of the Year, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards, Sanctuary and Gold Rush: Alaska.
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