CH juggles its primetime schedule; adds Grease, My Boys and more Programming Highlights / E! Posted by RAD on Jan 04, 2007 - 09:28 AM CH Television has made changes to its primetime lineup moving Extreme Makeover: Home Edition from Global Alberta to CH, a new day & time to In Case of Emergency and Extras, plus adding Grease: You're The One That I Want, My Boys. January will also mark the return of Crossing Jordan, The Next Great Chef and Vanity Insanity. RETURNING FAVOURITES CROSSING JORDAN **SEASON PREMIERE** Sunday, January 14 - 10pm ET/PT - "Retribution" (S/NBC) A fugitive on the run, Jordan travels to the nation's capital in pursuit of the news story that her ex-beau Pollack had been working on the night he was murdered. Meanwhile, Lu brings in the prickly and abrasive Dr. Kate Switzer (guest star Brooke Smith), an independent medical examiner, to prove that Jordan is guilty. DEAL OR NO DEAL **NEW EPISODE** Mondays at 8pm ET/PT Beginning January 29 Special Day and Time - Sunday, January 7 at 7pm ET/PT Howie Mandel hosts this hit game show that is a contest of nerves, instincts and intuition. In each game, a contestant is confronted with 26 sealed briefcases full of varying amounts of cash – from one penny to $1 million. The pressure mounts in each round as they are tempted by “the Banker” to accept an offer of cash in exchange for the chosen briefcase - prompting the question - Deal or No Deal? NEXT GREAT CHEF **SEASON PREMIERE** Friday, January 5 - 8pm ET/PT The search for the Next Great Chef begins. Canada’s ten young provincial champions arrive in Victoria for a knock-out tournament. The first competition pits British Columbia against New Brunswick as friendships and rivalries begin to develop. VANITY INSANITY **SEASON PREMIERE** Weekdays at 7:30pm ET/PT Beginning January 1 True stories of real people who want to improve their lives by improving their appearance. From illegal operations performed in beauty salons to women getting toe extensions, season two continues to explore the bizarre, quirky and at time dark side of the beauty industry. NEW ADDITIONS GREASE: YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT **SERIES PREMIERE** Sundays at 9pm ET/PT Special 90-Minute Series Premiere - January 7 (post-release) This talent-competition series features budding stage actors from New York, Chicago and Los Angeles vying for the coveted lead roles of Danny and Sandy in a 2007 Broadway production of the musical “Grease”. Billy Bush hosts with Denise Van Outen. The judges are “Grease” co-creator Jim Jacobs, director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall and theater producer David Ian. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY **SERIES PREMIERE** Wednesdays at 8:30pm ET/PT (pre-release) January 10 8pm ET/PT - "Pilot" Four friends from high school (David Arquette, Jonathan Silverman, Kelly Hu and Greg Germann) are reunited years later by their separate misadventures. First up: The four run into each other at a Los Angeles hospital, where Jason (Arquette) is treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Meanwhile, Sherman (Germann) is arrested for hijacking a bakery truck after his wife leaves him and cleans him out. Also stars Lori Loughlin (Full House). 8:30pm ET/PT - "It's Got to Be the Morning After" Harry helps Kelly move out of her policeman boyfriend's place, but it's not exactly a smooth move. Meanwhile, Sherman faces the wrath of a dissatisfied diet-book customer and Jason obsesses over Dr. Joanna. 10 ITEMS OR LESS **SERIES PREMIERE** Thursdays at 9pm ET/PT Beginning January 11 - "The New Boss" After inheriting the Greens & Grains grocery store from his late father, Leslie Pool (John Lehr) tries to manage his dysfunctional staff and improve the slumping business while warding off a prissy corporate competitor (Jennifer Elise Cox) who's out to seize control of the store. MY BOYS **SERIES PREMIERE** Mondays at 10pm ET/PT Beginning January 15 - "Pilot" PJ (Jordana Spiro) finds her love life heating up when she meets a fellow sportswriter (Kyle Howard) from a rival paper, but her tomboyish attitude soon begins to complicate matters. SPECIALS THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS Tuesday, January 9pm ET/PT (S/CBS) Queen Latifah hosts the 33rd Annual People's Choice Awards. Nominees include Charlie Sheen (Favourite Male TV Star), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Favourite Funny Female Star and Favourite Female TV Star), 'Til Death (Favourite New TV Comedy) as well as Canadians Nelly Furtado (Favourite Pop Song for "Promiscuous") and Nickelback (Favourite Group). MOVIES THE TERMINAL Saturday, January 13 - 8pm ET/PT (S/ABC) Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) is a visitor to New York from Eastern Europe, whose homeland erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to America. Stranded at Kennedy Airport with a passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal's international transit lounge until the war at home is over. During his accidental exile, Viktor finds romance with a beautiful flight attendant (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and befriends an array of airport employees, some of whom aren't very far removed from their own assimilation to America. SEABISCUIT Saturday, January 20 - 8pm ET/PT (S/ABC) In the 1930's America was in a Depression and few things could cheer up the populace until three men and a knobby-kneed horse brought the country to its feet. Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski) plays Charles Howard. A man that made his fortune introducing cars to the American West and the owner of a horse believed by many to be a very long shot. Howard joins forces with both Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire) an ex-prize fighter that is half-blind and becomes the horse's jockey, and Tom Smith (Chris Cooper) a Wild West performer that takes on the challenge of training Seabiscuit. Together these men and their horse lifted a nation out of despair and raced right into the history books. ANCHORMAN (2004) Saturday, February 3 - 8pm ET/PT (S/ABC) Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the '70s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), Ron is willing to play along at first - as long as Veronica stays in her place, covering cat fashion shows, cooking, and other "female" interests. But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it's more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor-persons... it's war. This article is from CHANNEL CANADA   http://www.channelcanada.com/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.channelcanada.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1697