HALO -- Helping and Leading Others -- is Nickelodeon's pro-social initiative intended to encourage young people to help improve their communities. This monthly series profiles young activists who are not only making positive changes but also inspiring others to do the same.
Everybody has secrets and revealing them to loved ones can be difficult for many people. This series showcases the process some go through when revealing their private information. Each episode features one individual who is ready to reveal the skeletons in his or her closet to the most influential people in their life. The subjects shoot the majority of the episodes themselves, providing a first-hand look at the reveal of the secret and its aftermath. The show complements the personal stories with archival and news footage that puts the featured issues into the context of the bigger picture in present-day America. The individuals coming clean on the docuseries include a single mother struggling to feed her children and a young professional -- who wears a suit to work every day -- who is homeless and saddled with student loan debt.
Funny Girls follows the professional and personal lives of six female comics in Los Angeles who are climbing their way to the top of the stand-up ladder. While the comediennes differ in their levels of experience, styles of comedy and ultimate career goals, they share the ambition – and the passion – needed to make it in the City of Dreams. From working multiple jobs, to clashing with parents’ expectations, to yet another bad date, the comics provide a fresh, witty perspective on experiences to which young millennial women can relate.
Guy Fieri hands the keys to his grocery store over to dessert master Duff Goldman and gives Duff carte blanche to remodel the store, restock the shelves and reinvent ''Grocery Games'' for chefs who like to walk on the sweeter side. Each episode, four dessert chefs attempt to shop, prepare and plate three amazing, confectionary creations in the middle of a market. The last chef standing gets to test their knowledge of dessert ingredients in a ''sweet''' shopping spree worth up to $10,000.
Totally T-Boz is an American reality documentary television series on TLC. The four-episode series is premiered on January 1, 2013. Totally T-Boz follows Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins as she works on her new music career. As a previous member of TLC, the series also sheds light on how Watkins healed from the death of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. Watkins has stated via Twitter that she has no interest in continuing the series.
Shark experts Dr. Riley Elliot and Kori Burkhardt conduct a one-of-a-kind shark competition to determine which male great white is the alpha in the pack. To see who has the most swagger, they test the sharks' speed, hunting ability and fearlessness.
Todd Carmichael’s desire to push his own personal and professional limits takes him places known for taste and innovation. Driven by his never-ending quest to find the next big thing, Todd looks for new products he can release to his customers.
Salt Lake City friends and baking experts Brenda Nibley and Alisha Nuttall transform clients' requests into edible masterpieces for the holidays with the help of their Gingerbread Dream Team.
Vegas Cakes follows the team at the renowned Freed's Bakery, and all the chaos that surrounds creating the most fun, outrageous, and elaborate cakes in town.
Big Fish Texas follows Galveston’s Guindon family as they try to keep Katie’s Seafood Market – their family business – growing and thriving at all costs. A homegrown enterprise built both on land and at sea, the challenges at Katie’s are everywhere. On the water, they battle against long days, longer nights, a sea full of predators, and Mother Nature’s whims. At home base, they struggle to juggle surpluses, shortages, and orders while also processing a quarter of the Gulf’s deep-water fish and spearheading initiatives to preserve their fishery. But no matter how busy the business keeps them, at the end of the day this is a family built on old-fashioned values, and they’d never miss an opportunity to get together for a good laugh and a home-cooked meal.
Set in the cutthroat, boy-dominated world of high school debate, Girl Talk tells the timely story of five girls on a diverse, top-ranked Massachusetts high school debate team. They are often talked over, under-represented and judged differently than their male counterparts, but each girl faces these challenges and shows us the value of speaking up and finding your true voice.
Pint-sized cars live and play in a life-size forest in this live-action series. The remote-controlled vehicles -- Zack, Lily, Rex and Axle -- take part in adventures that see them crossing streams, building dams and exploring meadows. Although they may be small objects in a big world, the friends approach every potential problem with enthusiasm and use their mantra, "try, try again," to overcome any obstacle that is put in front of them.
How to Survive is a survival skills reality television series that premiered on the Discovery Channel and features Les Stroud explaining different situations and how to survive them.