Spike TV Television Highlights - September 2008

Spike TV Television Highlights - September 2008

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- PREMIERES/FINALES

-- DEPTH CHARGE (2008, ACTION) - Spike Original Movie Television Premiere
Premieres Monday, September 1 (10:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT); Encores
Friday, September 5 (2:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT).

When the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine learns their Captain is
planning a coup d'etat using the rescued crew of a distressed ship, the
ship doctor wages an internal war against the captain while trying to
avert a nuclear missile headed to Washington. Starring Eric Roberts and
Jason Gedrick.

-- BEST OF MANSWERS (TV-MADLS)
Premieres Wednesday, September 10 (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT); Encores
Thursday, September 11 (Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT) & Friday, September
19 (Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT).

Spike TV presents a 1-hour special of the best featuring Season 1 of
"MANswers."

-- UFC FIGHT NIGHT LIVE (HD: NR)
Premieres Wednesday, September 17 (8:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT); Encores
Wednesday, September 17 (Midnight - 2:00 AM, ET/PT), Friday, September
19 (10:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT) & Saturday, September 20 (2:00 - 4:00
PM, ET/PT).

In honor of the premiere of season 8, Spike presents "UFC Fight Night
Live." "UFC Fight Night Live" features two hours of mixed martial arts
action brought to you LIVE, featuring the most popular fighters in the
UFC.

-- THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER: TEAM NOGUEIRA VS. TEAM MIR (HD:TV-14VL)
Premieres Wednesday, September 17 (10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT); Encores
Thursdays (11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT) & Saturdays (1:00 - 2:00 PM,
ET/PT).

Thirty-two guys from both the light heavyweight and lightweight class
will prove that they are real fighters by fighting their way into the
UFC house. Led by coaches Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and former
heavyweight champion Frank Mir, the 16 fighters that fought their way
onto the show will battle each other both inside and outside the
Octagon to win the six-figure contract and become the next Ultimate
Fighter.

-- MANSWERS - SEASON 2 (HD:TV-MADLS)
Premieres with back-to-back episodes Wednesday, September 17 (11:00 -
11:30 PM, ET/PT - 11:30 PM - Midnight, ET/PT); Regularly telecasts
Wednesdays (11:00 - 11:30 PM, ET/PT).

Whether it's questions about booze, sex, or violence, "MANswers" is
trivia for men that delivers real answers that guys need to know.

MARATHONS / SPECIALS

-- LABOR DAY CSI MARATHON & PRIMETIME PREMIERES (HD: TV-14)
(9:00 AM - 10:00 PM, ET/PT).

Tune-in for a Labor Day CSI Marathon and special primetime showings of
premiere episodes on Spike TV. Schedule is as follows:

-- Labor Day Monday, September 1 (9:00 AM - 10:00 PM, ET/PT)

9:00 - 10:00 AM, ET/PT
CH-CH-CHANGES
Grissom is confronted with new evidence while on the stand of a
murder trial of a restaurant owner. This development requires the
reopening of the case and Eckley initiates an inquiry into Grissom
and his team. The results of the inquiry lead to dramatic changes of
the CSI team and the series.

10:00 - 11:00 AM, ET/PT
MEA CULPA
Grissom and his team investigate the starving death of a five year
old boy. They discover the boy has siblings who are in danger too.
Catherine and her team determine who killed a prisoner in a holding
cell brawl.

11:00 AM - Noon, ET/PT
NO HUMANS INVOLVED
Greg, for his final proficiency, has to determine how the Sherlock
Holmes of a Sherlock Holmes club was killed. Nick and Warrick try to
determine how the driver of jeep was killed when the car ran off the
road. They have to do this under budget while Catherine is watched
by Ecklie.

Noon - 1:00 PM, ET/PT
WHO SHOT SHERLOCK
The swing shift has a busy time. Warrick looks into the murder of
man by someone who apparently needs a wheelchair. Nick looks into
the murder of woman in the subculture of the narcocorrido, songs
about drug murders. The night shift is slow and lends help to
Catherine's team.

1:00 - 2:00 PM & Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT
SNAKES
Catherine, Warrick and Nick find the body of two women at a
construction site buried under tar. The swing swift are brought into
the world of foreign "mail-order" brides. Sara and Catherine have a
disputer in which Sara gets suspended by Ecklie for acting
insubordinate toward Catherine and himself. Sara opens up to Grissom
about her childhood past.

2:00 - 3:00 PM, ET/PT
A LA CART
The team investigates a girl whose whole family had been killed and
she is supposedly possessed by the devil.

3:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT
GO TO HELL
Grissom investigates the mysterious hanging death of a young man
whose body looks like that of a female.

4:00 - 5:00 PM, ET/PT
THE CASE OF THE CROSS-DRESSING CARP
Grissom and his team investigate when an actress is killed on the
set of a horror porn film.

5:00 - 6:00 PM, ET/PT
THE CHICK CHOP FLICK
Grissom and the team join forces with Jack Malone, an FBI Agent from
New York to track a serial killer.

6:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT
WHO & WHAT
Sara questions her future as a CSI when a past case comes back to
haunt her, the 12 year old Hannah, who has to back up her brother
one more time with all new tricks up her sleeves.

7:00 - 8:00 PM, ET/PT
GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK
Hodges stages hypothetical murders in the lab in order to give his
fellow lab techs a chance to play CSI, but unbeknownst to them he
has other motives behind his actions. Meanwhile, after Sara's
farewell, everyone tries to comfort Grissom.

8:00 - 9:00 PM. ET/PT
LIVING DOLL (1)
With time, the weather, and the desert against them, the CSI team
must work together to find Sara before she dies from the miniature
killer's attack.

9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT
DEAD DOLL (2)
The CSI team investigates two unusual cases, one involving the
suspicious death of a go-cart racer who took his hobby to the
highway and paid the price with his life, and a murder at a hip new
restaurant where patrons dine in the dark.

-- Tuesday, September 2
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
YOU KILL ME
The team investigates an underground mob. Warrick ends up becoming the
prime suspect in a murder that's related to the mob, and his addiction
to pills starts to have a significant impact on his job as a CSI.

-- Wednesday, September 3
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
COCKROACHES
The world of illegal dog fighting is explored by Grissom and the rest
of the team when they take on the case of a wealthy socialite who was
murdered. Meanwhile, Warrick struggles to clear his name in the recent
exotic dancer murder case.

-- Thursday, September 4
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
LYING DOWN WITH DOGS
Two murders that happen during Las Vegas' annual bull riding rodeo are
investigated by the CSIs, who find that the murders might be connected
to illegal bull breeding.

-- Friday, September 5
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
BULL
Grissom and his team battle the flu when they are called upon by D.D.A.
Klein to investigate the deaths of several key witnesses for a grand
jury case against a dangerous Las Vegas gang.

-- Monday, September 8
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
GRISSOM'S DIVINE COMEDY
CSI investigates the death of a little girl whose identity remains
unknown.

-- Tuesday, September 9
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
A THOUSAND DAYS ON EARTH
Brass, Catherine, Grissom and Nick work the case of a female victim
found in an apartment building with a gun shot wound. Drops becomes a
person of interest during the investigation, even though he is still in
jail.

-- Wednesday, September 10
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
DROPS OUT
A deer is illegally killed, and the person found with the body in the
back of his truck apparently dressed it in a tutu. The man, who was
completely drunk when arrested, was being interrogated by Nick and
Brass, and suddenly tries to escape and is pepper sprayed. Unfazed by
the spray, officers then taser him and he bursts into flames and dies.
Meanwhile an unbalanced woman wearing a tinfoil outfit at the front
desk tries to warn people (including Nick) of an alien invasion. After
observing the burning man, she later turns up dead with green-tinted
blood. When other people turn up with the same problem, it's up to the
team to figure out why. Meanwhile, an old couple dies, apparently in
their sleep ... but there is evidence the cases are related.

-- Thursday, September 11
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Grissom, Catherine, Nick, Greg and Brass are investigating the death of
a well known TV star called Annabelle.

-- Monday, September 15
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
TWO AND A HALF DEATHS
Catherine comforts Warrick when he is accused of murdering a famous
Vegas gangster and even he is uncertain of his guilt or innocence.

-- Tuesday, September 16
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
FOR GEDDA
Catherine comforts Warrick when he is accused of murdering a famous
Vegas gangster and even he is uncertain of his guilt or innocence.

-- STAR WARS TUESDAYS (HD)
Telecasts Tuesdays (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT).

Spike TV will telecast the final three chapters of the "Star Wars"
saga.

-- Tuesday, September 2 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT); Encores Wednesday,
September 3 (4:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT).
EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE (1977, PG)
Nineteen years after the formation of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is
thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Obi-Wan
Kenobi, who has lived for years in seclusion on the desert planet of
Tatooine. Obi-Wan begins Luke's Jedi training as Luke joins him on a
daring mission to rescue the beautiful Rebel leader Princess Leia from
the clutches of the evil Empire. Although Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in
a lightsaber duel with Darth Vader, his former apprentice, Luke proves
that the Force is with him by destroying the Empire's dreaded Death
Star. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.

-- Tuesday, September 9 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT); Encores
Wednesday, September 10 (4:00 - 7:00 PM, ET/PT).
EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980, PG)
Three years after the destruction of the Death Star, Imperial forces
continue to pursue the Rebels. After the Rebellion's defeat on the
ice planet Hoth, Luke journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with
Jedi Master Yoda, who has lived in hiding since the fall of the
Republic. In an attempt to convert Luke to the dark side, Darth
Vader lures young Skywalker into a trap in the Cloud City of Bespin.
In the midst of a fierce lightsaber duel with the Sith Lord, Luke
faces the startling revelation that the evil Vader is in fact his
father, Anakin Skywalker. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and
Carrie Fisher.

-- Tuesday, September 16 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT); Encores
Wednesday, September 17 (5:00 - 8:00 PM, ET/PT).
EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983, PG)
In the epic conclusion of the Saga, the Empire prepares to crush the
Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star while the Rebel fleet
mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker
confronts his father Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before
the evil Emperor. In the last second, Vader makes a momentous
choice: he destroys the Emperor and saves his son. The Empire is
finally defeated, the Sith are destroyed, and Anakin Skywalker is
thus redeemed. At long last, freedom is restored to the galaxy.
Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.

-- FIGHTIN' FRIDAY NIGHTS

Whether it is a classic "UFC Fight Night" or a memorable "The Ultimate
Fighter" season finale, join Spike each Friday night for UFC action.
Schedule is as follows:

Friday, September 5 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT)
UFC 70: NATIONS COLLIDE (NR)

Friday, September 12 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT)
THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON SEVEN FINALE (HD: NR)

Friday, September 19 (10:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT)
UFC FIGHT NIGHT (HD: NR)

Friday, September 26 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT)
UFC 75: CHAMPION VS. CHAMPION (NR)

-- THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON 1 & SEASON 7 MARATHONS (HD: TV14- VL)

To prepare viewers for the all-new season of "The Ultimate Fighter,"
Spike TV will televise season 1 and season 7 of "The Ultimate Fighter."
Schedule is as follows:

-- THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON 7
Telecasts Friday, September 12 (9:00 AM - Midnight, ET/PT).

-- THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON 1
Telecasts Saturday, September 13 (9:00 AM - 11:30 PM, ET/PT).

-- CSI: NEW YORK (HD:TV-14)

Because one hour a week wasn't enough, Spike TV moves "CSI: New York"
to a Monday - Friday prime-time block and a late night strip. To kick
it off, Spike will feature a week long, all day marathon including two
new seasons of CSI: New York episodes never before seen on the network.
Prime time episode descriptions can be find below; See schedule for
remaining show titles:

-- Monday, September 22 & Tuesday, September 23
9:00 AM - Midnight, ET/PT, 1:00 - 2:00 AM, ET/PT & 2:00 - 3:00 AM,
ET/PT
(See schedule for episode titles)

-- Wednesday, September 24 - Friday, September 26:
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM, ET/PT & Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT
(See schedule for episode titles)

-- Monday, September 29
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
COMMUTED SENTENCES

The team has two cases tonight and two great tourist locations:
Madison Square Park where a man is stabbed to death, and the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, where a woman is shot dead on the steps.

What is even more perplexing about these cases is that the team soon
realizes that these two victims hold something criminal in common.

-- Tuesday, September 30
8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT
BUZZ KILL

New York City has everything: Times Square, billboards, parties, and
a dead model in a giant martini glass. Now the team must find a
party crasher who crashed one party too many.

*Starting week of September, 29 CSI: NY will be regularly scheduled as follows:

Mondays - Fridays (8:00 - 9:00 PM, ET/PT)
Tuesdays (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT)
Mondays - Wednesdays (Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT)

-- MARRIED WITH ... CHILDREN LAUNCH - MONDAY THRU BUNDY MARATHON (TV-PG)

Spend some time with Al, Peg, Kelly and Bud at their new home, Spike TV.

Lineup for September is as follows:
-- Monday, September 29 (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, ET/PT)
-- Tuesday, September 30 (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, ET/PT)

ORIGINALS

-- UFC UNLEASHED (TV14-V)
Telecasts Wednesdays (9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT); Pre-empted Wednesday,
September 17.

"UFC Unleashed" is the best of the best from the UFC archives.
"Unleashed" features the semifinals and finals of "The Ultimate
Fighter," Best of the PPV fights, quickest Knockouts, legendary
fighters and fights, and much more.

-- Premiere episode Wednesday, September 24 (9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT)

-- TNA: iMPACT! (TV-14LV)

New Episodes Premiere Thursdays (9:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT); Encores
Saturdays (11:00 PM - 1:00 AM, ET/PT). Pre-empted Saturday, September
13 (Midnight - 2:00 AM, ET/PT).

TNA Wrestling delivers a distinct brand of high-risk, athletic
entertainment. TNA's roster includes the biggest names in wrestling
today, such as Kurt Angle, Booker T, Kevin Nash and Christian Cage, as
well as the hottest new stars in the business: A.J. Styles, Samoa Joe,
The Latin American Xchange and the Motor City Machineguns. TNA
features the innovative six-sided ring and the high flying X-Division,
as well as concept matches such as "Ultimate X," "King of the
Mountain," "Six Sides of Steel," "Lethal Lockdown" and "Elevation X,"
considered the most dangerous match in professional wrestling.

-- GAMETRAILERS TV WITH GEOFF KEIGHLEY (HD: TV-14)
New Episodes Premiere Fridays (1:00 - 1:30 AM, ET/PT).

Designed from the ground up to be the most entertaining and informative
on-air resource for fans of the thriving video game industry,
"GameTrailers TV" is a weekly magazine-style show focusing on the
industry's hottest titles, coolest events and biggest stars. Fast-
paced, energetic and offering the access and insight millions of
viewers have come to expect from the GameTrailers brand, "GameTrailers
TV" delivers the best of the best from the world of video games while
highlighting the cultures of gaming from around the globe.

-- DISORDERLY CONDUCT: VIDEO ON PATROL (TV-14LV)
Telecasts Monday - Friday (11:00 AM - Noon & Noon - 1:00 PM, ET/PT).
Pre-empted Monday, September 1 & weeks of Monday, September 22 &
Monday, September 29.

Features fiery car crashes, high-speed chases and roadside drug busts.
Spike TV takes you for a ride in this adrenaline-packed series with
all-new outrageous video footage pulled from precincts across the
country. Schedule is as follows:

-- SPIKE'S MOST AMAZING VIDEOS (TV-14V)
Telecasts Monday - Friday (1:00 - 2:00 PM, 2:00 - 3:00 PM & 3:00 - 4:00
PM, ET/PT). Pre-empted Monday, September 1, Wednesday, September 17
(3:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT) & weeks of Monday, September 22 & Monday,
September 29.

"Spike's Most Amazing Videos" delivers a combination of real and rare
footage of some of the most heart-pounding and unbelievable moments
ever captured on film. Schedule is as follows:

-- WHACKED OUT SPORTS (TV-14LV)
Telecasts Thursdays (1:00 - 1:30 AM, ET/PT)

Features crashes, bashes, spills and falls and is packed with hilarious
sports bloopers and fantastic sports finishes.

-- WILD WORLD OF SPIKE (TV-14DL)
Telecasts Thursdays (1:30 - 2:00 AM, ET/PT).

Spike TV brings unheralded sports such as mop-jousting and blind-folded
kickboxing into America's living rooms with the new comedic action
series, Wild World of Spike. Focusing more on the agony of defeat than
the thrill of victory, Wild World of Spike is hosted by mixed martial
arts fighter Kit Cope, skateboarding legend Jason Ellis and comedian
Sam Tripoli. In each episode, the hosts screen bizarre sporting events
from around the world then try to recreate them.

MOVIE PREMIERES

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES (1983, Drama)
Premieres Saturday, September 6 (2:00 - 4:00 PM, ET/PT).

A high school athlete tries to win a college football scholarship to escape his dismal Pennsylvania mill town. Starring Tom Cruise and Lea Thompson.

BELLY OF THE BEAST (2003, Action)
Premieres Saturday, September 6 (9:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).

An ex-CIA agent's quest to find his kidnapped daughter leads him on a trail of political intrigue, corruption, danger and betrayal; he will stop at nothing to save her. Starring Steven Seagal.

WITHOUT A PADDLE (2004, Adventure/Comedy)
Premieres Monday, September 8 (9:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT).

Three city-dwelling friends go on a camping trip with disastrous results. Starring Dax Shepard, Matthew Lillard, Seth Green.

WEEKEND PROGRAMMING

-- WEEKEND POWERBLOCK
Sexy car enthusiast Courtney Hansen hosts Spike TV's "Power Block"
lineup, a weekend two-hour block of auto-related programming. Pre-
empted Saturday, September 13.

Saturdays:
*Beginning Saturday, September 20, The Powerblock will move from
Saturdays Noon - 2:00 PM to 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, ET/PT.

Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT; Beginning September 20, 11:00 - 11:30 AM,
ET/PT
HORSEPOWER TV (HD: TV-G)
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; Beginning September 20, 11:30 AM - Noon,
ET/PT
MUSCLE CAR (HD: TV-G)
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; Beginning September 20, Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT
TRUCKS! (HD: TV-G)
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.

1:30 - 2:00 PM, ET/PT; Beginning September 20, 12:30 - 1:00 PM, ET/PT
XTREME 4X4 (HD: TV-G)
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.

Sundays:

11:00 - 11:30 AM, ET/PT
HORSEPOWER TV (HD: TV-G)

11:30 AM - Noon, ET/PT
MUSCLE CAR (HD: TV-G)

Noon - 12:30 PM, ET/PT
TRUCKS! (HD: TV-G)

12:30 - 1:00 PM, ET/PT
XTREME 4X4 (HD: TV-G)

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* Note: Spike TV HD includes
-- "The Ultimate Fighter" - season 7 & 8 episodes
-- "UFC Fight Night Live"
-- "MANswers" - season 2 episodes
-- "CSI: NY" - all airings
-- "CSI" - all airings
-- "GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley"
-- The Powerblock

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