Spike TV Highlights - December 2006

Spike TV Highlights - December 2006

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SPECIAL EVENTS

* SPIKE TV'S VIDEO GAME AWARDS 2006
Premieres Wednesday, December 13 (10:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT); encores
Wednesday, December 13 (Midnight - 2:00 AM, ET/PT), Sunday, December 17
(1:00 - 3:00 PM, ET/PT and 1:00 - 3:00 AM, ET/PT) and Monday, December
18 (2:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT).

Spike TV presents the 4th Annual Video Game Awards, paying homage to the
accomplishments of the past year in video games and giving a glimpse at
the future of gaming in 2007 and beyond. Host, presenters, and
performances to be announced.

* UFC FIGHT NIGHT LIVE
Premieres LIVE from the Mirimar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego
Wednesday, December 13 (8:00 - 10:00 PM, ET, tape delay for West Coast).
Encores Saturday, December 16 (8:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT) and Tuesday,
December 19 (2:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT).

Spike TV celebrates the holidays by taking it to the Octagon with its
eighth LIVE UFC fight card. Card to be announced.

MARATHONS

* VIDEO GAME AWARDS WEEKEND
Telecasts Friday, December 8 (11:00 PM - 4:00 AM, ET/PT), Saturday,
December 9 (2:00 PM - 4:00 AM, ET/PT) and Sunday, December 10 (2:00 PM -
Midnight, ET/PT).

In anticipation of Spike TV's 2006 Video Game Awards, the network
presents an action packed weekend full of programming for gaming fans.
The complete schedule is as follows:

Friday, December 8

11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT
GAME HEAD: VGA INSIDER'S GUIDE EDITION
This GAME HEAD special takes a look at what could happen when Spike
celebrates the best video games of 2006. Our host, Geoff Keighley sits
down with the industries most colorful commentators to discuss what
games made an impact on the industry throughout 2006 and why they
deserve to win a Spike VGA. It's the ultimate VGA teaser brought to you
by the show that's covered these games all year long.

Midnight - 12:30 AM, ET/PT
MXC
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.

12:30 - 1:00 AM, ET/PT
GAME HEAD
Spike TV presents a weekly showcase on the world of video games. From
the latest reviews, cheat codes, the hottest game of week and more, GAME
HEAD offers viewers an uncompromised look at the hardcore culture of
videogames.

1:00 - 2:00 AM, ET/PT
MXC

2:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT
STREET FIGHTER (1994, Action)
Dictator M. Bison holds Allied Nation relief workers for ransom. Colonel
William F. Guile leads his troops into battle against him. Based on the
popular video game, "Street Fighter II". Starring Raul Julia and Jean
Claude Van Damme.

Saturday, December 9

2:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT
BRUCE LEE: FIST OF FURY (1972, Action)
A young man seeks vengeance for the death of his teacher. Starring
Bruce Lee.

4:00 - 6:00 PM, ET/PT
STREET FIGHTER (1994, Action)

6:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
GAME HEAD: VGA INSIDER'S GUIDE EDITION

7:00 - 8:00 PM, ET/PT
SPIKE'S MOST AMAZING VIDEOS
Featuring rescues, shootouts, and explosions, Spike's Most Amazing
Videos delivers a combination of real and rare footage for some of the
most heart-pounding and unbelievable moments ever captured on film.
Hosted by Stacey Keach.

Premiere!
8:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT
SOLDIER (1998, Action/Science Fiction)
A futuristic soldier, combat trained from birth, is abandoned in an
intergalactic wasteland when a new breed of soldier makes him obsolete.
Starring Kurt Russell and Jason Scott Lee.

10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT
UFC UNLEASHED
This one-hour series features the greatest moments from the UFC(R)'s
vast library of fight footage. The show includes classic bouts never
before seen on television except on pay-per-view.

11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT
TNA WRESTLING: iMPACT!
The new wrestling alternative, "TNA: iMPACT!" delivers a distinct brand
of high-risk, athletic entertainment. Viewers are drawn in by TNA's
philosophy of less talk and more action and the technically advance six-
sided ring. TNA's roster integrates well-known wrestling superstars
like Sting, Christian Cage, Jeff Jarrett, and Team 3D with the world's
best up-and-coming talent, such as AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Samoa
Joe, and Monty Brown.

Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT
GAME HEAD: VGA INSIDER'S GUIDE EDITION

1:00 - 2:00 AM, ET/PT
GAME HEAD

2:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT
FRESH BAKED VIDEOGAMES
Spike TV presents a fast-paced, half-hour series that combines sketch
comedy, animation, pranks, and much more in a nonstop barrage of comedy
that refuses to pander to society's rules.

Sunday, December 10

2:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT
Broadcast Premiere!
TACTICAL ASSAULT
A deranged Air Force pilot seeks to destroy the life of his former
commander. Starring Ruger Hauer and Robert Patrick.

4:00 - 6:00 PM, ET/PT
EXTREME OPS

6:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
UFC UNLEASHED

7:00 - 8:30 PM, ET/PT
CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

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.

8:30 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT
TOP GUN (1986, Action)
The macho students of an elite US Flying school for advanced fighter
pilots compete to be best in the class, and one romances the teacher.
Starring Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, and Kelly McGillis.

11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT
CSI: NY
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.

* SCI FI SUNDAY
Telecasts Sunday, December 17 (3:00 - 7:30 PM, ET/PT, 8:30 - 11:00 PM,
ET/PT).

In honor of STAR TREK VOYAGER premiering, Spike presents a marathon of
science-fiction movies. The schedule is as follows:

3:00 - 5:00 PM, ET/PT
SOLDIER (1998, Action/Science Fiction)

5:00 - 7:30 PM, ET/PT
* STARGATE (1994, Adventure/Science Fiction)
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet
with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Starring Kurt Russell and James Spader.

8:30 - 11:00, ET/PT
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982, Science Fiction)
Admiral Kirk's midlife crisis is interrupted by the return of an old
enemy looking for revenge and a potentially destructive device.
Starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy.

* 007 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Spike TV celebrates the holidays with an eight-day marathon of James
Bond movies. Telecasts Saturday, December 23 through Friday, December
29.

The complete schedule is follows:

Saturday, December 23

4:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977, TV-PG)
Agent 007 must work with his female Soviet counterpart to find the
answer to the disappearance of nuclear missile-carrying submarines.
Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Barbara Bach as Bond Girl Major Anya
Amasova.

8:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971, TV-PG)
Agent 007 goes to Las Vegas to investigate the disappearance of
diamonds in transit and discovers the involvement of his archenemy,
Blofeld. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Jill St. John as Bond Girl
Tiffany Case.

Midnight - 2:30 AM, ET/PT
DR. NO (1962, TV-PG)
In his first movie, British Agent 007, James Bond, is sent to Jamaica
to investigate the murder of a fellow operative. Bond's inquiries
soon establish a connection between the death, a spate of recent
failures in the US space program, and the mysterious Dr. No. Starring
Sean Connery as Bond and Ursula Andress as Bond Girl Honey Ryder.

Sunday, December 24

2:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT
DR. NO (1962, TV-PG)

4:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981, TV-PG)
Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and
prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Starring Roger Moore as
Bond and Carole Bouquet as Bond Girl Melina Havelock.

8:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT
DIE ANOTHER DAY
Agent 007 attempts to avert a war of catastrophic proportions by
pursuing a traitor of Her Majesty's Secret Service from Korea to Hong
Kong to Cuba to London -- and back to Korea again. Starring Pierce
Brosnan, Halle Berry, and Toby Stephens.

Midnight - 3:00 AM, ET/PT
LICENSE TO KILL (1989, TV-14)
Bond gets revenge after a close friend from the intelligence sector is
assassinated on his wedding day, and 007 goes undercover to link the
murder to an international drug cartel. Starring Timothy Dalton.

Monday, December 25

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, ET/PT
NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983, TV-PG)
SPECTRE agents under the command of Ernst Blofeld hold NATO ransom,
forcing James Bond to recover the warheads and kill his arch-enemy.
Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Kim Basinger as Bond Girl Domino
Petachi.

1:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT
A VIEW TO A KILL (1985, TV-PG)
Agent 007 faces off against a mad industrialist who plans on cornering
the world microchip market by destroying Silicon Valley. Starring
Roger Moore as James Bond, Christopher Walken as Max Zorin, and Tanya
Roberts as Stacey Sutton.

4:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
DIE ANOTHER DAY

9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT
THUNDERBALL (1965, TV-PG)
Bond is called in when SPECTRE hatches its most audacious plot to date
when its agents hijack a British Vulcan bomber armed with two atomic
bombs and hold NATO to ransom for the sum of $100,000,000 in uncut
diamonds. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Claudine Auger as Bond
Girl Domino.

1:00 - 3:30 AM, ET/PT
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963, TV-PG)
Evil crime cartel SPECTRE seeks revenge for the death of its operative
Dr. No and sets a trap to lure British agent James Bond to his death.
The bait is a Soviet encryption machine called a Lektor, which the
British Secret Service is desperate to get a hold of. Starring Sean
Connery as Bond and Daniela Bianchi as Bond Girl Tatiana Romanova.

Tuesday, December 26

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, ET/PT
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974, TV-PG)
Bond is led to believe he is targeted by the world's most expensive
assassin and must hunt him down to stop him. Starring Roger Moore as
Bond and Britt Ekland as Bond Girl Mary Goodnight

1:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT
MOONRAKER (1979, TV-PG)
James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and
discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Starring Roger Moore as
Bond and Lois Chiles as Bond Girl Dr. Holly Goodhead.

4:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
THUNDERBALL (1965, TV-PG)

9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT
OCTOPUSSY (1983, TV-PG)
A Faberge Egg found with a murdered British agent puts Bond on the
trail that leads to a plot to kill thousands to weaken NATO defenses
in Europe. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Maud Adams as Bond Girl
Octopussy.

1:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987, TV-PG)
James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from
starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in
order to stop the evil Whitikar and General Koskov. Starring Timothy
Dalton as Bond and Maryam d'Abo as Bond Girl Kara Milovy.

Wednesday, December 27

10:00 AM - 1:30 PM, ET/PT
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969, TV-PG)
Bond is approached by a crime boss to marry his daughter. In return,
both father and daughter help 007 hunt for his archenemy, Ernst
Blofeld. Starring George Lazenby and Diana Rigg as Tracy Vicenzo.

1:30 - 4:30 PM, ET/PT
NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983, TV-PG)

4:30 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967, TV-PG)
Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and
stop the true culprit of a series of space-jackings before nuclear war
is provoked. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Mie Hama as Bond Girl
Kissy Suzuki.

9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981, TV-PG)

1:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT
A VIEW TO A KILL (1985, TV-PG)

Thursday, December 28

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, ET/PT
LICENSE TO KILL (1989, TV-14)

1:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987, TV-PG)

4:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971, TV-PG)

1:00 - 3:30 AM, ET/PT
GOLDFINGER (1964, TV-PG)
Investigating a gold magnate's gold smuggling, James Bond uncovers a
plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. Starring Sean Connery
as Bond and Honor Blackman as Bond Girl Pussy Galore

Friday, December 29

10:30 AM - 1:30 PM, ET/PT
LIVE AND LET DIE (1973, TV-PG)
Agent 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroine magnate
armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card
reader. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Jane Seymour as Bond Girl
Solitaire.

1:30 - 4:30 PM, ET/PT
OCTOPUSSY (1983, TV-PG)

4:30 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
GOLDFINGER (1964, TV-PG)

9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977, TV-PG

1:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974, TV-PG)

* KICK START THE NEW YEAR
Spike rings in the new year with a marathon of martial arts movies
starring Jean Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal, and Jet Li on Saturday,
December 30 and Sunday December 31. The complete schedule is as
follows:

Saturday, December 30

9:00 - 11:00 AM, ET/PT
CYBORG (1989, Action/Sci-Fi)
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the
future. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

2:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT
DOUBLE IMPACT (1991, Action)
Two twins separated by the death of their parents are reunited to get
revenge. Starring Jean Claude Van Damme.

4:00 - 6:00 PM, ET/PT
WAKE OF DEATH (2004, Action)
After his wife is brutally murdered, an ex-cop wages war against the
Chinese triads. Starring Jean Claude Van Damme.

7:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
OUT OF REACH (2004, Action)
A former government agent working on a wildlife refuge finds himself
back in action when he discovers that a girl he's sponsoring in an
international foster care program is actually being victimized by a
human trafficking ring. Starring Steven Seagal and Nick Brimble.

9:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT
TODAY YOU DIE (2005, Action/Drama)
A former thief who is trying to go straight seeks vengeance on those
who framed him. Starring Steven Seagal.

Midnight - 2:00 AM, ET/PT
OUT OF REACH (2004, Action)

2:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT
TODAY YOU DIE (2005, Action/Drama)

Sunday, December 31

1:00 - 3:00 PM, ET/PT
SHAOLIN SOCCER (2001, Action/Comedy)
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to
form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Starring Stephen Chow.

3:00 - 5:00 PM, ET/PT
HERO (2002, Action)
A series of Rashomon-like flashback accounts shape the story of how
one man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most
powerful warlord in pre-unified China. Starring Jet Li.

* CSI NEW YEAR'S EVE MARATHON
Telecasts Sunday, December 31 (5:00 PM - 4:00 AM, ET/PT).

Spike TV counts down to 2007 with a CSI New Years Eve Marathon.

ORIGINAL SERIES

* TNA WRESTLING: iMPACT! (TV-14)
Telecasts Thursdays (9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT) and encores Saturdays
(11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).

The new wrestling alternative, "TNA: iMPACT!" delivers a distinct brand
of high-risk, athletic entertainment. Viewers are drawn in by TNA's
philosophy of less talk and more action and the technically advance six-
sided ring. TNA's roster integrates well-known wrestling superstars
like Sting, Christian Cage, Jeff Jarrett, and Team 3D with the world's
best up-and-coming talent, such as AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Samoa
Joe, and Monty Brown.

* UFC UNLEASHED
Telecasts Thursdays (10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT and 11:00 PM - Midnight,
ET/PT).

This one-hour series features the greatest moments from the UFC(R)'s
vast library of fight footage. The show includes classic bouts never
before seen on television except on pay-per-view.

* INSIDE THE UFC
New episodes premiere Thursdays (Midnight - 12:40AM, ET/PT). Encores
Fridays (1:20 - 2:00 AM, ET/PT).

Hosted by Joe Rogan, Spike TV presents a weekly magazine show that takes
a look into the world of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

* THE DUDESONS
Telecasts Thursdays (1:00 - 1:30 AM, ET/PT).

This extreme stunt comedy features the wild antics of four loveable, yet
lunatic childhood best friends who live life to the fullest in the
desolate Arctic Circle. Despite broken bones, countless trips to the
hospital and near death experiences, THE DUDESONS continue to perform
the craziest and most dangerous stunts imaginable. From perilous car and
motorcycle jumps to indoor bonfires to being a human dartboard, life
holds no limits and there are no rules in these inventive comedic skits.

* MXC - SEASON 5
New episodes premiere Fridays (Midnight - 12:40 AM, ET/PT). Additional
telecasts Monday - Wednesday (1:00-1:30 AM, ET/PT).

* DISORDERLY CONDUCT: VIDEO ON PATROL
New episodes premiere Mondays (10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT) and encore
Mondays (3:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT). Additional telecasts Fridays (11:00 PM
- Midnight, ET/PT), Saturdays (9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT), and Sundays
(1:00 - 2:00 AM, ET/PT and 3:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT).

Spike TV takes viewers for a ride in this adrenaline-packed series with
all new outrageous video footage pulled from precincts across the
country

* GAME HEAD (TV-14)
New episodes premiere Fridays (12:40 - 1:20 AM, ET/PT).

* SPIKE'S MOST AMAZING VIDEOS - NEW ORIGINAL EPISODES (TV-14)
New episodes premiere Saturdays (7:00 - 8:00 PM, ET/PT).

WEEKEND PROGRAMMING

* WEEKEND POWERBLOCK
Spike TV puts sexy car enthusiast Courtney Hansen in the driver's seat
as host of the network'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.

Saturdays
Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT
HORSEPOWER TV
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
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
XTREME 4X4
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.

1:30 - 2:00 PM, ET/PT
TRUCKS!
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.

Sundays
11:00 - 11:30 AM, ET/PT
HORSEPOWER TV

11:30 AM - Noon, ET/PT
MUSCLE CAR

Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT
XTREME 4X4

12:30 - 1:00 PM, ET/PT
TRUCKS!

ACQUIRED SERIES

Premiere!
* STAR TREK: VOYAGER
Series premiere marathon telecasts Monday, December 18 - Friday,
December 22 (9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, ET/PT).

The 3rd installment of the Star Trek television franchise examines the
USS Voyager and her crew, who have become stranded in the Delta
Quadrant, seventy thousand light-years from Earth. Unless they can find
some kind of shortcut, it will take them seventy-five years to return to
the space of the United Federation of Planets. Starring Kirk Mulligan.

* CSI: NY
Telecasts Sundays (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
Telecasts Monday - Friday (11:00 AM - Noon, 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.

* CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (TV-PG)
Telecasts Monday - Friday (7:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT), Monday - Friday
(Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT), Mondays and Fridays (9:00 - 10:00 PM,
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.

* THE THREE STOOGES (TV-PG)
Telecasts Saturdays and Sundays (9:00 - 10:00 AM, ET/PT).

Larry, Moe and Curly are on Spike TV, showcasing their extremely
physical and sometimes controversial brand of slapstick humor that made
them one of the most famous comedy troupes in history.

MOVIE PREMIERES

* SO CLOSE (2002, Action/Science Fiction)
Premieres Friday, December 1 (2:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT)

Two sister assassins find themselves being hunted by those who hired
them and the cops. Starring Qi Shu and Vicki Zhao.

Broadcast Premiere!
* TIME AND TIDE (2000, Action/Crime/Thriller)
Premieres Saturday, December 2 (2:30 - 5:00 PM, ET/PT)

A young street kid joins a bodyguard company and befriends a mercenary
until they are forced to opposite sides of a deadly showdown. Starring
Nicholas Tse and Wu Bai.

* THE ENFORCER (1976, Action/Crime/Thiller)
Premieres Sunday, December 3 (1:00 - 3:30, AM, ET/PT).

Revolutionary Strike Force terrorists kidnap the mayor of San Francisco.
Police detective "Dirty Harry" Callahan and his feisty feminist partner
take charge. Starring Clint Eastwood and Harry Guardino.

Broadcast Premiere!
* POOL HALL JUNKIES (2002, Drama/Thriller)
Premieres Wednesday, December 6 (9:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).

An ace pool player decides to quit hustling and get a real job to please
his girlfriend, but his longtime mentor/manager is enraged by the news.
Before long, the pool star is forced back into the game. Starring
Gregory Mars Martin and Chazz Palminteri.

* LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER (1994, Action/Comedy)
Premieres Saturday, December 16 (2:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT).

Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-
Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish
to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the
pieces to leave the country. Starring Jackie Chan.

* THE BOONDOCK SAINTS (1999, Action/Crime/Drama)
Premieres Wednesday, December 20 (9:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).

Irish brothers Connor & Murphy McManus feel that God's will to rid Earth
from all human Evil was given to them as a mission, they set out to do
their divine deed. Risking their lives for their beliefs of truth and
justice, the Boondock Saints are hyped by the public, for they are doing
good, which only few dare to admit. Starring Willem Dafoe and Sean
Patrick Flanery.

Source: Spike TV

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