Whether you love them (I do) or hate them the Hallmark Cards characters Hoops and Yoyo get some prime-time exposure as they host Friday night movies for the next five weeks, 10 p.m.-midnight, on Hallmark Channel.
You can preview their antics here.
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And just in time for turkey day, viewers who tune to the Science Channel can watch pumpkins being hurled for sport. Here's the network's release:
Along with the traditional possibilities, from carving and decorating to
delicious pie making, pumpkins take on an alternative fall identity as
high-flying projectiles in Science Channel's second annual Thanksgiving Day
PUNKIN CHUNKIN. Fresh off last year's explosive premiere, Science
Channel is expanding its high-definition coverage of the Delaware-based World
Championship Punkin Chunkin Association (WCPCA) competition to two thrilling,
fun-filled hours on Thursday, November 26, 2009, with the all-new THE
ROAD TO PUNKIN CHUNKIN at 8 PM (ET/PT) and PUNKIN CHUNKIN 2009 at 9 PM
(ET/PT).
The 24th
consecutive year of competition is sure to be as intense as ever as teams across
the country descend upon Delaware in hopes of capturing championship glory and
possibly achieving the holy grail of Punkin Chunkin: launching a pumpkin one
mile. Intense drama has been building since last year, when Young Glory III set
a new world record with a 4,483.51 foot chunk. Can the team modify their
machine to blast a pumpkin the extra 800 feet? Will Chunk-N-Ology, Emancipator,
Ozone Blaster or another rival air cannon emerge to take the world record and
possibly the one mile mark?
As teams
prepared for this year's WCPCA event, Science Channel sent hosts Zach Selwyn and
Mike Senese - of CATCH IT, KEEP IT fame - to the center of the action as
teams engineered bigger and stronger air cannons, trebuchets, torsion machines,
catapults or centrifuge machines. THE ROAD TO PUNKIN CHUNKIN brings
viewers an "inside chunkin" look at what it really takes to compete in the world
championships in Delaware. The all-new one hour special captures the high
pressure blowups, breakdowns and sparks throughout the journey for chunkin
glory. Selwyn and Senese explored the headquarters of select teams from Denver,
Colo. to Greenfield, N.H. and Cary, N.C. to reveal the secrets of how they
triumphed in past competitions, as well as what they have planned for the 2009
competition. With the coveted mile-mark and famed chunkin trophy on the line,
teams will stop at nothing to go higher, farther, and faster than ever
before.
PUNKIN CHUNKIN
2009, also hosted by Selwyn and Senese, takes viewers behind the firing
lines of the 2009 WCPCA event. From the mechanics of trebuchets and air cannons
to determining the perfect pumpkin's mass, Science Channel examines every
scientific angle of the competition including how teams factor in wind speed,
pitch and launch elevation to get the best chunk possible. Selwyn and Senese
scour the three-day event, providing chunk-by-chunk perspective and tracking the
results of the 110 competitors from 20 states in this year's competition. The
duo also lends their engineering knowledge to break down teams' efforts, as well
as interview team members and several boisterous fans.
"Science Channel's PUNKIN CHUNKIN celebrates (one of
the few pieces of) Americana that is truly steeped in engineering and science,"
said Clark Bunting, president and general manager, Discovery's Emerging
Networks. "We're excited to again spotlight the incredible talents and
mechanical ingenuity of the competitors who build these astonishing
machines."
Visitors to
sciencechannel.com/punkinchunkin will find exclusive video tours of some of the
best machines with commentary from team members, as well as a unique look at the
other events - chili cook-off, beauty contest, concerts, etc. - happening
throughout the Punkin Chunkin weekend. The website also will feature exclusive
interviews with select contestants, judges and spectators; quizzes and puzzles;
photos and biographical information about some of the top teams; information on
the rules and history of Punkin Chunkin; and exclusive, behind-the-scenes video
from all three days of the competition.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted
Nov 26 2009, 12:13 AM
by
Rob Owen