December 2010 Winter TV Premieres

*Brad Meltzer's Decoded (History)
Thursdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere December 2, 2010
Best-selling author Brad Meltzer has been writing novels that include the symbols and codes all around us that the average person never notices. Now he leads a team to investigate these mysterious codes in items and places such as the dollar bill, the first Presidential codes, the Statue of Liberty's hidden messages, and cyphers protecting locations of lost Confederate gold.

Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business (VH1)
Sundays @ 9:00pm, Season Premiere December 12, 2010; Preview December 5 @ 11:00pm
Brother and sister superstars Brandy and Ray J would have not made it big without the help of their parents Sonja and Willie Norwood guiding them along the way. Watch the Norwood empire grow and see how this famous family sticks together no matter what.

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (VH1)
Wednesdays @ 10:00pm, 4th Season Premiere December 1, 2010
Real life celebrities check themselves into rehab looking for rehabilitation from drugs, alcohol and/or addictions.

*Cupcake Wars (Food)
Tuesdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere December 7, 2010
Four cupcake makers vie to have their treats presented at the Alma Awards.

Gene Simmons Family Jewels (A&E)
Sundays @ 9:00pm, Season Premiere December 5, 2010
Follow the family of KISS's iconic tongue-wagger and his family in their everyday lives.

*Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys (Sundance)
Tuesdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere December 7, 2010
In this new original series, the relationships between straight women and gay men is explored and how they help each other cope with marriage, divorce, coming out and even starting a family.

*Gold Rush: Alaska (Discovery)
Fridays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere December 3, 2010
Facing tough times in an economic downward spiral, six miners led by Todd Hoffman, head to Alaska in the hopes of striking it rich.

*Hookers: Saved on the Strip (ID)
Wednesdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere December 8, 2010
Annie Lobert is determined to save hookers living on the strip in Las Vegas using her faith based organization 'Hookers for Jesus.'

**Howe and Howe Tech (Discovery)
(New day/time) Wednesdays @ 10:00pm, Season Premiere December 15, 2010
Twin brothers Mike and Geoff Howe design and build over-the-top machines such as supercharged subterranean rivers and high speed tanks for the military.

Leverage (TNT)
Sundays @ 9:00pm, Season Premier returns December 12, 2010
Goran Visnjic, best known for his role as Dr. Luka Kovac, will trade in his stethoscope to become an international crime financier on Leverage. In the two-part season finale, Visnjic will play Damian Moreau, a bad guy who runs money for drug dealers, gun runners, smugglers, and is a deadly jack-of-all-trades when it comes to financing crime. Nate (Timothy Hudson, the mastermind of the Leverage team), and the team searched for Moreau in season three at the request of the mysterious woman known as The Italian. Leverage returns with a holiday episode Sunday, December 12 at 9/8c on TNT, followed on December 19 by the two-part season finale.

Men of a Certain Age (TNT 2nd Season Premiere)
Mondays @ 10:00pm, Season Premiere December 6, 2010
Joe, Terry and Owen (Ray Romano, Scott Bakula, and Andre Braugher) help each other through the trials and tribulations of mid-life (their 40s).

Minute to Win It (NBC)
Tuesdays @ 8:00pm, Returns December 7, 2010
Contestants have one minute to complete stupid tasks for a chance to win big money.

**No Ordinary Family (ABC)
Mondays @ 9:00pm (November 30-December 14); Moves to 8:00pm on January 4, 2011
The Powell's used to be your everyday ordinary family until something amazing happened to them. After being dunked in a river in the Amazon during a plane crash, they came home to discover they each have their own individual super power. You'll have to tune in to see what kind of super power each of them received and how they handle it in their day-to-day life.

*Storage Wars (A&E)
Wednesdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere December 1, 2010
What people leave behind in storage units could potentially be full of treasures worth big money or turn out to be a big bust. Buyers get just minutes to glimpse into the unclaimed unit to determine how much, or even if, they'd like to bid on the storage unit and claim all the items inside.

**Tabatha's Salon Takeover (Bravo)
Mondays @ 10:00pm, 3rd Season Premiere December 6, 2010
In Season 3, Tabatha takes over struggling salons in California, Massachusetts, and Texas to try to get them back on the right track.

The Closer (TNT)
Mondays @ 9:00pm, Returns December 6, 2010
The team moves into their new high-tech digs, and the LAPD is searching for a new chief of police which will certainly stir things up in the chain of command.

*The Hasselhoff's (A&E)
Sundays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere December 5, 2010
Get a glimpse of what "The Hoff" is like as a dad to his two young adult daughters, Taylor-Ann and Hayley.

*The Next Great Baker (TLC)
Mondays @ 9:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere December 6, 2010
10 pastry chefs compete for $50,000 and a chance to work with "Cake Bosses'" Buddy Valastro at Carlo's Bakery.

*The Peacemaker: LA Gang Wars (A&E)
Thursdays @ 10:00pm, Winter TV Series Premiere December 16, 2010
This 5 episode mini-series follows gang mediator Malik Spellman as he oversees tense mediations between rival gangs in South Central LA.

The Sing-Off (NBC)
Mondays @ 8:00pm, Winter TV Premiere December 6, 2010
This 5-night voices only event will be judged by musicians Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five), Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men), and Nicole Scherzinger (The Pussycat Dolls).

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Programming schedules subject to change.

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