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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 7/27/10)
NBC: Breaktrhough With Tony Robbins (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: Masterchef (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY NETWORK: Rescue Renovation (Premiere) at 8:30pm
A&E: Growing Up Twisted (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY CHANNEL: The Colony (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY CHANNEL: Deadliest Catch (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: The Little Couple (Finale) at 10:30pm

OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Channel announced it is producing five original two-hour documentaries featuring the talents of Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker, Goldie Hawn, Gabriel Byrne and Mariel Hemingway. Each film will be part of OWN’s monthly documentary film club.

• Extraordinary Moms – Presented and executive produced by Julia Roberts’ banner Red Om Films, this film explores the power of mothers, givers of love and protection to their children. Produced by Creative Visions Productions and Red Om Films; Kathy Eldon, Lisa Gillan and Philip Rose also executive produce.
• One Last Shot – Narrated and executive produced by Forest Whitaker, this documentary takes viewers inside Louisiana’s maximum security prison at Angola, where the average sentence is 90 years and 85 percent of the incarcerated will never live in the outside world. The documentary chronicles a hospice program where tough criminals care for their dying fellow inmates. Produced by Lightworks Pictures in association with KPI with Nick Stuart and Molly Fowler also executive producing.
• Searching for Happiness – Executive produced, hosted and narrated by Goldie Hawn, this documentary explores mankind’s quest for happiness. The film examines the elusive mystery that as a society progresses forward, people become less and less happy. Mark Ford and Kevin Lopez of Creature Films will also executive produce.
• Tent City – Executive produced by Gabriel Byrne and Leora Rosenberg, this documentary examines homelessness in Nashville. In Tent City, viewers will meet a community of almost 100 homeless people who live under a downtown bridge. This group is self-sustained and self-governed and for the first time the city’s Homeless Commission has opened one seat on its council to a resident of Tent City and the documentary follows four candidates as they vie for the election which means a more positive move for the camp. Produced by Stick Figure Productions.
• Seven Suicides – An original documentary following Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway as she discovers the legacy of suicide and depression in her own family.

OWN additionally acquired three other documentary films Life 2.0, Sons of Perdition and Family Affair through its partnership with ro*co films international.
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Chord Overstreet (iCarly) signed on to appear in FOX’s Glee in the role of Sam, a McKinley High jock who begins as Finn’s protege but then turns into his competitor. Overstreet begins his stint with the premiere episode of Glee this fall.
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