http://www.tvequals.com Your source for TV news, reviews, and more... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:44:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tvequals.com/2010/11/29/restrepo-review-national-geographic/ http://www.tvequals.com/2010/11/29/restrepo-review-national-geographic/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:01:19 +0000 Araya http://www.tvequals.com/?p=116084 RESTREPO is the Sundance Film Festival’s 2010 Grand Jury Prize documentary winner. It chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. The movie, shot by veteran war journalists Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington, is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2010/11/29/restrepo-review-national-geographic/feed/ 6 http://www.tvequals.com/2010/08/08/and-man-created-dog-early-review/ http://www.tvequals.com/2010/08/08/and-man-created-dog-early-review/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:19:21 +0000 Amie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=83892 This Sunday, August 8th, The National Geographic Channel is debuting AND MAN CREATED DOG, a two-hour special that follows the genetic progression of the dog from wolf to Chihuahua. The special begins 100,000 years in the past with a look at the wolves. It analyzes cave drawings and other artifacts to determine that man and [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2010/08/08/and-man-created-dog-early-review/feed/ 0 http://www.tvequals.com/2010/07/09/nat-geo-amazing-killer-swarms-and-urban-penquins-early-review/ http://www.tvequals.com/2010/07/09/nat-geo-amazing-killer-swarms-and-urban-penquins-early-review/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:15:21 +0000 Amie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=74054 This Friday July 9th, Nat Geo is premiering a new series called “Amazing!” at 7 PM ET. I got the chance to check out the first couple episodes and I have to say it’s a pretty cool series. Basically it’s just a show of stuff. Some of it’s fun, some of it’s daring, and it’s [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2010/07/09/nat-geo-amazing-killer-swarms-and-urban-penquins-early-review/feed/ 0 http://www.tvequals.com/2010/06/28/locked-up-abroad-the-real-midnight-express-early-review/ http://www.tvequals.com/2010/06/28/locked-up-abroad-the-real-midnight-express-early-review/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:17:10 +0000 Amie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=72296 National Geographic will be returning for its 4th season of LOCKED UP ABROAD Wednesday June 30th at 10pm. The new season is kicking off in a big way with an episode called “The Real Midnight Express”, featuring the infamous Billy Hayes; author of the book The Midnight Express and subject of the Oscar Award-Winning, Oliver [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2010/06/28/locked-up-abroad-the-real-midnight-express-early-review/feed/ 2 http://www.tvequals.com/2010/06/28/billy-hayes-the-real-midnight-express-exclusive-interview/ http://www.tvequals.com/2010/06/28/billy-hayes-the-real-midnight-express-exclusive-interview/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:07:08 +0000 Amie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=72294 Some people have lived, and some people have lived…Billy Hayes has lived. In 1977 he told the world about his escape from a Turkish prison in his co-authored autobiographical book, “The Midnight Express”, and in 1978 Hollywood told the world his story in the Oscar Award-Winning film by the same name. However, due to legal [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2010/06/28/billy-hayes-the-real-midnight-express-exclusive-interview/feed/ 3 http://www.tvequals.com/2010/03/12/sizing-up-sperm-on-the-national-geographic-channel/ http://www.tvequals.com/2010/03/12/sizing-up-sperm-on-the-national-geographic-channel/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:41 +0000 Sandrine Sahakians http://www.tvequals.com/?p=46543 Check out a sneak peek and some photos from the National Geographic Channel’s new program, SIZING UP SPERM, which airs on Sunday, March 14, 2010, at 9pm ET/PT. This was such a fun program to watch. It takes real people to represent 250 million sperm on their way to reach the egg. It was like [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2010/03/12/sizing-up-sperm-on-the-national-geographic-channel/feed/ 0 http://www.tvequals.com/2010/01/10/border-wars-on-national-geographic-channel-review/ http://www.tvequals.com/2010/01/10/border-wars-on-national-geographic-channel-review/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:14:53 +0000 Amie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=41134 BORDER WARS is a new series airing on the National Geographic Channel tonight January 10th at 9 PM. The show will then begin at its regular night and time on Monday January 11th at 9 PM. The premise of Border Wars is pretty self explanatory – it follows agents for the US Customs and Borders [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2010/01/10/border-wars-on-national-geographic-channel-review/feed/ 5 http://www.tvequals.com/2010/01/08/dog-whisperer-cesar-in-oz-photos/ http://www.tvequals.com/2010/01/08/dog-whisperer-cesar-in-oz-photos/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:32:34 +0000 Americ Ngwije http://www.tvequals.com/2010/01/08/dog-whisperer-cesar-in-oz-photos/ Check out photos of Cesar in Oz which feature Cesar Milan in Australia working his magic on some Aussie owners and their dogs. Episode Synopsis: Cesar in Oz continues with Cesar in Australia. Cesar begins working with Sydney, a 9-year-old Weimaraner who was attacked by a man on a postie motorbike, the vehicles used by [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2010/01/08/dog-whisperer-cesar-in-oz-photos/feed/ 0 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/12/14/cesar-millan-goes-to-australia-during-the-annual-dog-whisperer-week/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/12/14/cesar-millan-goes-to-australia-during-the-annual-dog-whisperer-week/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:42:51 +0000 Sandrine Sahakians http://www.tvequals.com/?p=39167 [Press Release - Released by National Geographic] CESAR MILLAN KICKS OFF NAT GEO CHANNEL’S ANNUAL DOG WHISPERER WEEK WITH A TRIP DOWN UNDER TO HELP FRUSTRATED AUSSIES TAME SOME FEISTY CANINES Episodes include Dog Whisperer’s first cases taped outside the United States Cesar Goes Down Under premieres Monday, December 28, 2009, at 8 PM ET/PT [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/12/14/cesar-millan-goes-to-australia-during-the-annual-dog-whisperer-week/feed/ 0 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/12/10/new-season-of-dogtown-to-premiere-in-january-2010/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/12/10/new-season-of-dogtown-to-premiere-in-january-2010/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:58:06 +0000 Sandie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=38857 [Press Release - Released by National Geographic Channel] NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEW SEASON OF DOGTOWN New Episodes Follow the Adoption of One of the Michael Vick Pit Bulls; the Rehabilitation of a Shepherd Mix Rescued From the Lebanon-Israel War; Dogs Abandoned Because of the Economy; and a Morbidly [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/12/10/new-season-of-dogtown-to-premiere-in-january-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/12/02/national-geographic-channel-looks-at-six-years-of-war-in-iraq/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/12/02/national-geographic-channel-looks-at-six-years-of-war-in-iraq/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:09:49 +0000 Sandie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=37905 [Press Release - Released by National Geographic] NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL TAKES AN UNFLINCHING LOOK AT SIX YEARS OF WAR IN IRAQ — AS EXPERIENCED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINES Soldiers’ Battlefield Footage, Photographs and Testimonies Reveal Complex Portrait of Controversial War Inside the Iraq War Premieres Sunday, December 13, 2009, at [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/12/02/national-geographic-channel-looks-at-six-years-of-war-in-iraq/feed/ 0 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/11/24/national-geographic-channel-takes-you-to-the-humanly-impossible/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/11/24/national-geographic-channel-takes-you-to-the-humanly-impossible/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:30:39 +0000 Sandie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=37156 [Press Release - Released by National Geographic] THEY DEFY THE LIMITS OF HUMAN CAPABILITIES. NOW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL TAKES YOU INSIDE THE BODIES OF PEOPLE WHO ACHIEVE THE HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE Using Science and Modern Technology, NGC Investigates Incredible Acts in Real Time, Including a Man Who Swallows a Jackhammer, the Human Blockhead and World-Record Firewalker [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/11/24/national-geographic-channel-takes-you-to-the-humanly-impossible/feed/ 0 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/11/20/expedition-week-when-crocs-ate-dinosaurs-on-national-geographic-channel/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/11/20/expedition-week-when-crocs-ate-dinosaurs-on-national-geographic-channel/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:49:35 +0000 Sandie http://www.tvequals.com/2009/11/20/expedition-week-when-crocs-ate-dinosaurs-on-national-geographic-channel/ Watch a sneak peek of EXPEDITION WEEK “When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs” which airs tonight, Saturday, November 21 at 9PM ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel. Synopsis: EXPEDITION WEEK “When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs” – Some hundred million years ago, crocodiles were the ruling T. rexes of the waters. They galloped on land, ambushed prey at the [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/11/20/expedition-week-when-crocs-ate-dinosaurs-on-national-geographic-channel/feed/ 1 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/11/20/expedition-week-the-first-jesus-on-national-geographic-channel/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/11/20/expedition-week-the-first-jesus-on-national-geographic-channel/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:17:43 +0000 Sandie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=36549 Watch a sneak peek of EXPEDITION WEEK “The First Jesus?” which airs tonight, Friday, November 20 at 9PM ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel. Synopsis: EXPEDITION WEEK “The First Jesus?” – He was called the King of the Jews, believed to be a Messiah. Just before Passover, the Romans beheaded him and crucified many of [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/11/20/expedition-week-the-first-jesus-on-national-geographic-channel/feed/ 2 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/10/09/dog-whisperer-how-to-raise-a-puppy-season-6-premiere/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/10/09/dog-whisperer-how-to-raise-a-puppy-season-6-premiere/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:25:25 +0000 Sandie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=30201 The DOG WHISPERER returns for an all new season tonight on the National Geographic Channel with a special episode “How To Raise a Puppy” airing at 9pm. This episode accompanies Cesar Millan’s new book How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond (for which we’ll have a review on Daemon’s Books soon, so [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/10/09/dog-whisperer-how-to-raise-a-puppy-season-6-premiere/feed/ 2 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/09/16/dog-whisperer-season-6-with-cesar-millan-debutes-on-tuesday-october-6/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/09/16/dog-whisperer-season-6-with-cesar-millan-debutes-on-tuesday-october-6/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:46:07 +0000 Americ Ngwije http://www.tvequals.com/2009/09/16/dog-whisperer-season-6-with-cesar-millan-debutes-on-tuesday-october-6/ [Press Release - Released by National Geographic Channel] In five seasons and more than 100 episodes, Cesar has seen every canine case imaginable ― red-zone aggression, fearful anxiety and just plain weird. But never before has he shown viewers how they can avoid these problems from the very start! In the sixth season premiere of [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/09/16/dog-whisperer-season-6-with-cesar-millan-debutes-on-tuesday-october-6/feed/ 0 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/09/15/national-geographic-climbing-redwood-giants/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/09/15/national-geographic-climbing-redwood-giants/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:11:11 +0000 Americ Ngwije http://www.tvequals.com/2009/09/15/national-geographic-climbing-redwood-giants/ [Press Release - Released by National Geographic] They are living giants — among Earth’s largest and longest-lived trees. Some tower higher than 350 feet, or taller than the Statue of Liberty; some may have been seedlings when Jesus was born. These natural legends house secret-garden worlds high up in their canopies and shroud centuries-old mysteries. [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/09/15/national-geographic-climbing-redwood-giants/feed/ 2 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/08/20/rescue-ink-unleashed-on-the-national-geographic-channel/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/08/20/rescue-ink-unleashed-on-the-national-geographic-channel/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:11:45 +0000 Americ Ngwije http://www.tvequals.com/2009/08/20/rescue-ink-unleashed-on-the-national-geographic-channel/ Think Law And Order but for Animals. [Press Release - Release By National Geographic Channel] (WASHINGTON, D.C. — AUGUST 18, 2009) In New York’s war on animal abuse, some of the worst offenders are pursued by a group of tattooed motorcycle-riding tough guys on a mission to save animals in danger. They call themselves Rescue [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/08/20/rescue-ink-unleashed-on-the-national-geographic-channel/feed/ 3 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/03/20/national-geographics-dogtown-returns-tonight/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/03/20/national-geographics-dogtown-returns-tonight/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:13:44 +0000 Sandie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=14027 Tonight, March 20, the National Geographic Channel will premiere the new season of its show, DOGTOWN, at 10pm. If you’re a dog lover, then there is a big chance you will be touched by Dogtown. It follows a no-kill shelter (part of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary) that rehabilitates dogs. Having seen a few episodes, I [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/03/20/national-geographics-dogtown-returns-tonight/feed/ 1 http://www.tvequals.com/2009/03/08/kingdom-of-the-blue-whale-national-geographic-channel-review/ http://www.tvequals.com/2009/03/08/kingdom-of-the-blue-whale-national-geographic-channel-review/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:33:43 +0000 Sandie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=12891 Tonight, March 8, the National Geographic Channel will premiere KINGDOM OF THE BLUE WHALE at 8pm. Narrated by Tom Selleck, Kingdom of the Blue Whale takes viewers on an adventure to discover the mating rituals of the blue whales in order to better protect them. Scientists will try to find out where the blue whales [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2009/03/08/kingdom-of-the-blue-whale-national-geographic-channel-review/feed/ 1 http://www.tvequals.com/2008/12/21/ashlee-simpson-pete-wentz-on-dog-whisperer/ http://www.tvequals.com/2008/12/21/ashlee-simpson-pete-wentz-on-dog-whisperer/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:46:24 +0000 Sandie http://www.tvequals.com/?p=10164 DOG WHISPERER is a show I really love. Every time I am blown away by what Cesar Milan is able to do with the dogs. On Sunday, December 28 at 8pm on the National Geographic Channel, Cesar will try to help Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz and their dogs before the arrival of their first [...]]]> http://www.tvequals.com/2008/12/21/ashlee-simpson-pete-wentz-on-dog-whisperer/feed/ 1