TBS Superstation Presents An All New Episode of RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!, Featuring a Needle-Throwing Anti-Terrorist Agent.Entertainment Editors & TV Writers ATLANTA--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Aug. 17, 2000 TBS Superstation's original series RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!(R) showcases an all new episode, including segments revealing the secrets of a needle-throwing anti-terrorist agent and a team of barefoot Anaconda Anaconda, city, United States Anaconda (ănəkŏn`də), city (1990 pop. 10,278), seat of Deer Lodge co., SW Mont.; inc. 1887. hunters. The episode of RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!(R), (TV-PG) hosted by actor Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Adventures of Superman may refer to the following works featuring Superman:
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Highlights from the August 23 episode include the following:
-- Needle Throwing Man: As a specially trained agent against
terrorism for the Chinese government, this man uses Chi Gung
(spiritual energy) to throw needle-like darts that will actually
penetrate glass.
-- Anaconda Hunter: Jesus Rivas and his partner/wife Renee Owens
study the unknown lives, feeding and mating habits of the giant
Anaconda snake. In order to find the Anaconda, they must walk
barefoot in piranha and stingray infested waters and feel for
any presence of the Anaconda beneath them.
-- Vine Jumpers: As a rite of passage, once a year, the native
males of Pentecost Island take turns attaching long vines to
their ankles and then diving head long from an 80-foot tower.
-- Extreme Unicyclist: Kris Holm, an extreme unicyclist, rides off
a 20-foot tree onto a van, blazes along the shear edge of a
2,000-foot cliff and descends down a 65-degree slope of slippery
granite.
RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!(R)premiered on Jan. 12 to a 3.3 rating and delivered a record-breaking 2.6 million households, basic cable's largest household audience ever for an original series premiere (excluding sports). RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!(R), airs as part of TBS Superstation's iWatch Wednesday, an Enhanced TV Enhanced TV (ETV) is one example of interactive TV. It is used in particular in reference to Two-Screen Solutions TV + PC services. Generally users of these ETV services have their TV and computer in the same room, and navigate their web browser to a particular program-specific Web viewing experience from the Superstation and HyperTV with Livewire that uses the Internet to provide viewers with a multimedia accompaniment during the prime-time airings of TBS Superstation's Wednesday night programs. As viewers watch the Wednesday night line-up of RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!(R), and WCW Thunder
WCW Thunder is a professional wrestling show produced by World Championship Wrestling which aired on TBS from January 8, 1998 until March 21, 2001. , they are able to experience carefully synchronized interactive Web content on TBSsuperstation.com, including trivia, games, contests, polls and behind-the-scenes information. Viewers can also chat online as the shows are airing. To participate, viewers should log on to TBSsuperstation.com to download the free HyperTV software plug-in. They will then be able to interact, free of charge, with the exclusive show-related Web content. RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!(R)is produced by Columbia TriStar Television Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. was the third name of the television studio Screen Gems, adopted with the Columbia-TriStar merger of 1991 and last used in 2002. Columbia TriStar Television was launched in 1994 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures Television and Distribution, with Erik Nelson serving as executive producer. RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!(R)is being produced in association with Cain's production company, Angry Dragon Entertainment, and Nelson's Termite termite or white ant, common name for a soft-bodied social insect of the order Isoptera. Termites are easily distinguished from ants by comparison of the base of the abdomen, which is broadly joined to the thorax in termites; in ants, there is Art Productions. TBS Superstation is the TV Haven for the Regular Guy. Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. , Inc.'s flagship entertainment network, the Superstation reaches 79.4 million households and is cable's most-watched network, a position held for 23 consecutive years. The Superstation offers high profile original movies and series, blockbuster movies, popular series and sports, all reflecting the attitudes, tastes, values and beliefs of the Regular Guy and the people in his life. The Superstation's Web site is located at TBSsuperstation.com. |
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