Music/Entertainment 411 - April 2007

National Geographic Channel Primtetime Highlights For Week Of April 23 - April 29, 2007

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"The Final Report: Clinton Impeachment"

Tuesday, May 1 at 10:00 PM ET/PT (World Premiere):
As former First Lady Hillary Clinton continues her quest for the White House, The Final Report looks back at the most troubling days of her husband's presidency. The Final Report answers some of the most pressing questions about the time in 1998 when President Clinton was accused of lying under oath about a sexual relationship with 22-year-old intern Monica Lewinsky. After an independent counsel investigation, President Clinton became the second president in American history to be impeached. Were his actions criminal, and did they warrant the series of events they unleashed? Now, with the perspective only time can offer, hear from White House staff and members of Congress on this front-page scandal and its impact years later.

Premieres...

"Secret Yellowstone" (Part of NGC's "Earth Day" Programming) On Monday, April 23 at 9:00 PM ET/PT (World Premiere):
The name "Yellowstone" may have a backyard familiarity, but 90 percent of the national park's two million acres is barely touched and holds much more than what most people see. It's a giant swath of terrain - much of it remote, some of it dangerous, but all of it commanding awe and respect. Wolves, bison and bears roam freely. An incredible 300 waterfalls have been documented in recent years, and for the intrepid explorer, there await life-changing encounters with the natural world. We'll take you off the road and beyond the hot tourist spots to a see the hidden valleys and a 20-mile-long canyon in a Yellowstone you don't know.

"Secret Yosemite" (Part of NGC's "Earth Day" Programming) On Monday, April 23 at 10:00 PM ET/PT (World Premiere):
Yosemite National Park is a land of giants: El Capitan, a chunk of granite twice as tall as the Empire State Building; Yosemite Falls, the tallest waterfall in North America; and the giant sequoia, the largest known living thing in existence. Few experience Yosemite's wild heart like the men and women you'll meet in Secret Yosemite. Alongside one of Yosemite's elite rock-climbers, we'll scale El Cap, the largest granite monolith on the planet. We'll follow the fateful steps of five men in 1985 during what became one of Yosemite's deadliest days. And we'll
journey to the crown of a giant sequoia, which quite possibly was a sapling in Cleopatra's day. If you think you know Yosemite, think again.

"Alcatraz: Living Hell" On Thursday, April 26 at 8:00 PM ET/PT (World Premiere):
Alcatraz was the country's first maximum security penitentiary. Established as a permanent military prison in 1868, Alcatraz was upgraded in 1934 to become a federal prison that housed troublemakers both high risk and high-profile. For 29 years, infamous gangsters and cons like Al Capone, "Machine Gun" Kelly and "The Birdman" Robert Stroud were reminded again and again that you can't escape the "Rock." Now, go behind the legend and discover its strengths and weaknesses and how it earned its reputation.

"Naked Science: Planet Storm" On Thursday, April 26 at 9:00 PM ET/PT (World Premiere):
Planet Storm tells the true story of a massive asteroid storm that bombarded our solar system 3.9 billion years ago impacting earth and creating thousands of impact craters on the moon reaching up to 1,300 miles wide. Now, from the ground-breaking Apollo missions to the latest analysis of lunar meteorites, the National Geographic Channel reveals the chain of evidence which uncovered clues to the storm's existence. With a team of scientists, NGC shows viewers what triggered this storm, how life on earth survived and explores whether a storm like this could occur again.

"Naked Science: Polar Apocalypse" (Part of NGC's "Earth Day"Programming) OnThursday, April 26 at 10:00 PM ET/PT (World Premiere):
Imagine a world where melting ice caps have raised sea levels by 20 feet and where the great costal cities of the world are under water. As our earth's temperature continues to rise and our planet becomes increasingly crowded, a nightmare scenario could one day turn into reality - affecting life all over the planet. And recent research suggests that this reality is approaching at rapid speeds. Now, NGC's popular series Naked Science separates fact from fiction to discover the real science behind climate change and the melting ice caps.

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Primetime Programming For Monday April 23, 2007:

"Thunderbeast" at 8:00 PM ET/PT:
Thunderbeast is a stunning insider's view of one of our country's most impressive wild creatures - the American buffalo. Working over a period of eight years, Emmy-award-winning wildlife filmmaker Bob Landis documented the real dramas of bison in Yellowstone National Park. From epic battles with grizzly bears and wolves, treacherous winters to late summer mating season, Thunderbeast captures the awesome survival skills of this American icon.

"Secret Yellowstone" (Part of NGC's "Earth Day" Programming) at 9:00 PM ET/PT (World Premiere):

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"Secret Yosemite" (Part of NGC's "Earth Day" Programming) at 10:00 PM ET/PT (World Premiere):

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Primetime Programming For Tuesday April 24, 2007:

"UFOs - Seeing is Believing" at 8:00 PM ET/PT (2 Hours):
This two-hour primetime special reports on the wide scope of the UFO experience - from the alleged first famous sighting by Kenneth Arnold in 1947 to the facts behind the enduring mystery of the incident at Roswell, N.M. In UFOs - Seeing is Believing, military personnel, scientists and ordinary citizens give us extraordinary accounts of encounters with the unexplained and supposed alien abductions.

"The Real Roswell" at 10:00 PM ET/PT:
On July 8, 1947 the U.S. Army issued a press statement claiming to have recovered a 'flying saucer' on a ranch outside Roswell, New Mexico. But within hours they retracted the statement saying that they had only found the remains of a weather balloon. Sixty years later the debate still rages and Roswell has become the UFO capital of the world. Did the military really recover dead aliens and their spaceship, as some people claim? If true, the United States government has kept one of the greatest secrets in history. Now, the National Geographic Channel investigates the clues behind The Real Roswell.

Primetime Programming For Wednesday April 25, 2007:

"Explorer: Inside North Korea" at 8:00 PM ET/PT:
Cross into North Korea, one the most secretive nations on earth, for an extremely rare glimpse of the country and its absolute dictator Kim Jong II known as the "Dear Leader," who rules the country as a god-king, controlling the world's fourth-largest army and creating international crises with his condemned nuclear program. Now, in Inside North Korea, National Geographic Channel correspondent Lisa Ling penetrates its border by traveling undercover with a Nepalese eye surgeon on a humanitarian mission, providing a unique look at life on the inside.

"Seconds from Disaster: Tornado Outbreak" at 9:00 PM ET/PT:
During a 16 hour span in 1974, 148 separate tornadoes rip through 13 states, ravage 2,500 miles and kill 330 people. More than 5,000 more are injured and tens of thousands of homes and buildings are destroyed in the worst tornado outbreak in United States history. How could one storm have produced so many tornadoes? And why did the same tornadoes cause total devastation in some areas while sparing others? Now, Seconds from Disaster offers scientific explanations and insight into this disaster.

"Tornado Intercept" at 10:00 PM ET/PT:
A filmmaker and a scientist join forces on a potentially deadly quest to push twister science further than ever before. Using a specially designed tornado vehicle - a truck with 8,000 pounds of protective steel plating and bulletproof glass - watch as they drive right into the heart of a tornado. The Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV) is equipped with instruments that can calculate the ground level wind - and the results allow scientists for the first time to accurately estimate ground level wind speeds of any tornado.

Primetime Programminig For Thursday April 26, 2007:

"Alcatraz: Living Hell" at 8:00 PM ET/PT (World Premiere):

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"Naked Science: Planet Storm" at 9:00 PM ET/PT (World Premiere):

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"Naked Science: Polar Apocalypse" (Part of NGC's "Earth Day"
Programming) at 10:00 PM ET/PT (World Premiere)

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Primetime Programming For Friday April 27, 2007:

"Dog Whisperer: Brady, Bandit, and Hootie" at 8:00 PM ET/PT:
Brady, a yellow lab, is fanatical about swimming in the family pool - and that includes diving, splashing and running around the pool's perimeter. Can Cesar Millan teach Brady's owners how to calm their leaping pool dog? Next, Cesar encounters Bandit, a Chihuahua even more aggressive than season one favorite "Demon Chihuahua" NuNu. Bandit goes crazy every time his owner shows affection to anyone else - even her own son! Viewers also get an update on NuNu's progress, over a year later. Cesar's final case features Hootie, a talented Australian shepherd whose career as an agility dog has stalled due to his paralyzing fear of children. Cesar enlists the help of his two sons to teach Hootie to overcome those fears. In all cases, Cesar uses his calm, assertive energy to rehabilitate the dogs, and then teaches the owners how to become the pack leader.

"Secret Yellowstone" at 9:00 PM ET/PT

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"Secret Yosemite" at 10:00 PM ET/PT

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Primetime Programming For Saturday APRIL 28, 2007:

"Dangerous Encounters: Deadliest Snakes" at 8:00 PM ET/PT:
Dr. Brady Barr has come face to face with some deadly snakes. Now, in Dangerous Encounters: Deadliest Snakes, Brady approaches seven of the world's most dangerous and venomous snakes to determine which snake is the deadliest. He will scientifically investigate each species of snake by grading them on five basic criteria: size, volume and toxicity of venom, personality, and number of human deaths.

"Planet Carnivore: Polar Bears" at 9:00 PM ET/PT:
Go deep inside the Arctic Norwegian islands, where an iconic mammal becomes victim to global warming and pollutants. "Binne" the polar bear is on the prowl for seals in this seemingly pristine frozen wilderness after sparsely eating during the winter months. This spring however, is strangely warm - the first time in four years that seals are nowhere to be found on the west coast. The most visible local contributor of the threatening warming weather is Svalbard's coal mines, which, along with other coal mines around the world, release dangerous greenhouse gasses. But there are other enemies: pollutants have been carried by air and ocean currents to Binne's Arctic home. Will global warming and pollutants destroy the bedrock of this polar bear's existence?

"Planet Carnivore: King Bear" at 10:00 PM ET/PT:
Brown bears once ranged widely across North America before humans wiped
them out, but in Katmai, on the Southwest Alaskan Peninsula, they thrive. In the nearly six thousand square miles of rugged wilderness, violence can erupt at any moment. "Tuyuq" a powerful Alaskan brown bear, has dominated the valley's corridors for 10 seasons. Now, a brash young challenger is waiting to overthrow him and Tuyuq must fight to remain king bear. After the bounteous arrival of salmon in the streams, a killing frenzy is sparked. Powerful opponents will face off in one of nature's timeless codes of survival.

Primetime Programming For Sunday April 29, 2007:

"Lockdown: Inside Maximum Security" at 8:00 PM ET/PT:
Lockdown goes inside one of the country's most secure prisons - Oak Park Heights Supermax. This state-of-the-art fortress houses criminals other prisons can't handle. Built partially underground, the Supermax combines innovative architecture, cutting-edge technology and an expertly-trained staff to control some of the most violent prisoners in the system. But the system's most dangerous inmates are always looking for ways to fight back, and their criminal ingenuity puts the Supermax to the test.

"Lockdown: Gangland" at 9:00 PM ET/PT:
For the most violent, powerful, and infamous inmates, Pelican Bay State Prison is the last stop in prison purgatory. This is the prison where they lock up gang members too dangerous to keep anywhere else. For two decades it's been at the heart of California's war on one of the greatest scourges in America - prison gangs. In Lockdown, the National Geographic Channel reveals the prison's innermost secrets and takes you to the frontline of California's new war.

"Lockdown: Predators Behind Bars" at 10:00 PM ET/PT:
National Geographic Channel takes you inside Ohio's Lebanon Correctional
Institution. Lockdown follows as a new inmate is thrown into a mix of nearly 2,200 of the state's most dangerous and conniving criminals. Can a new inmate learn the ropes fast enough to survive his first month behind bars? And the leader of the Crips, one of Lebanon's most powerful gangs, is up against something even he's never dealt with in prison. Lockdown takes you inside this prison that the public doesn't get to see.

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