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[01/28/11 - 02:05 PM]
2010 Year in Review/2011 Year in Preview: truTV
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- With the TCA Winter Press Tour officially behind us, we thought a recap was in order to give our readers an overview of the flurry of announcements from the past month.

To that end we're offering up 25 capsules - five each day - of our most trafficked cable networks' plans for 2011, plus a look back at the numbers from 2010. Together they should help give you a better idea of their respective performances and goals moving forward.

As always, our daily and monthly list of premiere dates as well as our quarterly programming grids can assist in planning your viewing accordingly.

Network: truTV

2011 Premiere Dates (Announced):

"Bait Car" (Season 3.2 premiered Monday, December 27 at 8/7c)
"All Worked Up" (Season 3 premiered Monday, December 27 at 10/9c)
"Hardcore Pawn" (Season 2 premiered Tuesday, December 28 at 10/9c)
"Top 20 Most Shocking" (Season 3.2 premiered Thursday, December 30 at 10/9c)
"Las Vegas Jailhouse" (Season 3 premiered Sunday, January 9 at 10/9c)
"Operation Repo" (Season 8 premiered Wednesday, January 26 at 9/8c)
"Smoking Gun Presents" (Season 10 premiered Thursday, January 27 at 9/8c)
"Lizard Lick Towing" (premieres Monday, February 7 at 10/9c)

2010 Primetime Averages for Original Episodes:

millions of viewers (adults 18-49 rating) - series
2.053 (0.8) - Operation Repo S6*
1.782 (0.7) - Southern Fried Stings S1*
1.748 (0.6) - Operation Repo S7
1.739 (0.7) - All Worked Up S1*
1.649 (0.7) - Hardcore Pawn S1
1.559 (0.5) - Las Vegas Jailhouse S2*
1.451 (0.6) - Full Throttle Saloon S2
1.402 (0.5) - Southern Fried Stings S2
1.211 (0.4) - Conspiracy Theory S2*
1.164 (0.4) - Ma's Roadhouse S1*
1.130 (0.5) - Black Gold S3
1.073 (0.5) - Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel S3*

* denotes numbers for all original episodes were not available; nor were all series

Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live+SD (1/1/10-12/31/10)





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· ALL WORKED UP (TRUTV)
· BAIT CAR (TRUTV)
· BLACK GOLD (TRUTV)
· CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH JESSE VENTURA (TRUTV)
· FULL THROTTLE SALOON (DA)
· FUTON'S RATINGS SURVIVAL GUIDES (TFC)
· HARDCORE PAWN (TRUTV)
· LAS VEGAS JAILHOUSE (TRUTV)
· LIZARD LICK TOWING (TRUTV)
· MA'S ROADHOUSE (TRUTV)
· OPERATION REPO (TRUTV)
· REHAB: PARTY AT THE HARD ROCK HOTEL (TRUTV)
· SOUTHERN FRIED STINGS (TRUTV)
· TOP 20 MOST SHOCKING (TRUTV)
· TRUTV PRESENTS: WORLD'S DUMBEST… (TRUTV)





[11/25/25 - 12:29 PM]
The Second and Final Season of the HBO Original Drama Series "Like Water for Chocolate" Debuts February 15
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[11/25/25 - 12:01 PM]
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[11/25/25 - 11:30 AM]
TNT Sports Unveils World Class Commentators for First-Ever World Sevens Football 7v7 Soccer Tournament in North America - Coverage Kicks Off Friday, Dec. 5
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[11/25/25 - 10:31 AM]
Toby Wallace Is Entering the World of "Assassin's Creed"
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[11/25/25 - 10:02 AM]
Hulu Renews Hit Emmy Award-Nominated Series "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives"
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[11/25/25 - 09:01 AM]
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[11/25/25 - 09:01 AM]
"Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" Will Stream on Paramount+ Starting December 4
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[11/25/25 - 09:01 AM]
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[11/25/25 - 08:31 AM]
"Wednesday" Season 3: Eva Green Joins the Addams Family as Aunt Ophelia
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[11/25/25 - 08:01 AM]
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[11/25/25 - 01:01 AM]
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[11/25/25 - 12:01 AM]
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[11/24/25 - 03:18 PM]
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[11/24/25 - 03:01 PM]
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[11/24/25 - 02:08 PM]
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