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ORIGINAL SERIES
“DANCE MOMS”
Named Favorite Reality Show by the Kids’ Choice Awards, Lifetime’s hit docuseries DANCE MOMS (#DanceMoms) returns for its sixth season with new episodes, new dance moves and of course, the infamous Abby Lee Miller. With her LA studio now open for business, Abby is determined to ensure her team won’t have another dismal competition season. To keep her girls focused, Abby issues a ban on anything other than dance. In a move to keep her empire alive and grow new stars, Abby makes the controversial decision to form a new Mini Elite Competition Team that will learn from the older girls. With Abby’s legal woes on the horizon, will the Abby Lee Dance Company be able to get back on top?
NIA SAVES THE DAY (#609)
• Airs Tuesday, March 1 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• It's a week of duets for the ALDC junior elite team with Brynn and Maddie going up against Kalani and Kendall. But when Kalani's back injury starts to act up and Kira is not there to help, Melissa and the other moms have to step in and do what's right for her. Later, with Kira absent and the original moms distracted, Ashlee takes the opportunity to fill in for Abby's newly fired office manager causing more drama with the other moms. PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#610) • Airs Tuesday, March 8 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET) • (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#611)
• Airs Tuesday, March 15 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#612)
• Airs Tuesday, March 22 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
Series Premiere! “THE MOTHER/DAUGHTER EXPERIMENT: CELEBRITY EDITION”
The mother/daughter relationship is notoriously complicated...and when the mothers and daughters happen to be celebrities, their drama is exposed for everyone to see. In the new Lifetime series, THE MOTHER/DAUGHTER EXPERIMENT: CELEBRITY EDITION (#MotherDaughterExperiment), six mother/daughter pairs will air all their dirty laundry to repair their broken relationships. Emotions run high as therapist Dr. Debbie Magids guides them through explosive therapy and intense exercises to move past their differences and rebuild their bonds. Will this experience bring out the best or worst in these mothers and daughters? Is this a new beginning or the beginning of the end of these famous relationships?
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#101)
• Airs Tuesday, March 1 at 10:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#102)
• Airs Tuesday, March 8 at 10:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#103)
• Airs Tuesday, March 15 at 10:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#104)
• Airs Tuesday, March 22 at 10:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
“LITTLE WOMEN: LA”
LITTLE WOMEN: LA is back for a fourth season and the relationships between the cast members are more volatile than ever. After ending last season with a touching vow renewal, Preston and Elena find themselves back in LA and they are now at odds over Elena's preoccupation with launching her fashion line and DIY makeup tutorials. Christy and Todd are finally pregnant, but fearing the backlash from the little people community, they have yet to reveal that they have pre-selected an average size baby through IVF. Meanwhile, Tonya and Jasmine continue their on-again, off-again friendship and Tonya's relationship with Ja becomes stronger than ever. Will there finally be wedding bells for Tonya? The heart, drama, comedy, and unique storytelling style of LITTLE WOMEN: LA will all combine to make this fourth season the most explosive, unforgettable season yet.
SPECIAL PIZZA DELIVERY (#406)
• Airs Wednesday, March 2 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• After Terra's epic fight with Tonya and Elena, the girls are left wondering if they have lost a friendship forever. Christy decides to bring all the girls together for a fun day of pizza making, but will the girls have the right toppings to make peace or end up farther apart than before. And Elena receives some unexpected news that will change her life forever.
HOSTILE HOUSEWARMING (#407)
• Airs Wednesday, March 9 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• Sensing Briana’s separation from the group, Jasmine offers to throw her BFF a bachelorette party. But there’s a catch. Jasmine wants Briana to invite all the girls, but will the girls even want to go? Tonya and Terra find common ground after their huge fight just in time. Tonya learns she’ll need major surgery, but will Terra be there after Tonya dropped the ball with Penny? Elena learns she’s pregnant and although this should be the happiest time in her life, Elena worries that her pregnancy may cause twice the complications. Christy throws a housewarming party and invites all the girls, but an unexpected guest may cause a cooling effect on her cheerful celebration.
CANCUN OR BUST (#408)
• Airs Wednesday, March 16 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• The women head to Cancun for the bachelorette party of an already-married Briana, but not all the girls are ready for a fiesta. As the drinks start flowing, Elena struggles to keep her pregnancy a secret. Briana becomes upset when she discovers Tonya and Terra are only there to rekindle their relationship with her, but still don’t approve of her marriage to Matt. And as Christy grows jealousy over Jasmine’s relationship with Briana, she goes against Briana’s only rule for the weekend and orders a stripper. But when Briana freaks out, will they be able to calm her down, or did Christy cross the final line?
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#409)
• Airs Wednesday, March 23 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
“LITTLE WOMEN: ATLANTA”
Lifetime’s popular Little Women franchise heads to the south with LITTLE WOMEN: ATLANTA. These new little ladies turn it up wherever they go, especially with club promoter Emily leading the charge with identical twins Andrea and Amanda, Brianna , Ashley and Tiffany. There is no shortage of drama with these friends as cat-fights erupt with their feisty personalities among the power struggles within the group. With one little lady with a baby on the way, this clique is not afraid to get into it with each other, but together they face the daily challenges that come with being a little person while proving they are the queens of Atlanta.
MO MONIE, MO PROBLEMS (#106)
• Airs Wednesday, March 2 at 10:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• Emily’s pregnancy helps mend her relationship with her boyfriend Lontel. Bri’s attempt to get closer to her baby’s father ends in a difficult choice. The girls come together to dance in Monie’s friend’s music video, but when the director insults little people, the girls threaten to walk.
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#107)
• Airs Wednesday, March 9 at 10:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#108) SEASON FINALE!
• Airs Wednesday, March 16 at 10:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
REUNION
• Airs Wednesday, March 23 at 8:00PM-9:00PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
“PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS”
Thirteen of television’s most memorable and talented designers make their way back to the workroom to try to sew up a win on season five of Lifetime’s hit series PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS (#PRAllStars). The designers will have a new twist to contend with this season as Alyssa Milano, Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman will be judging an "anonymous runway" for the very first time and won't know which designer created each garment. Zanna Roberts Rassi returns as the designers’ mentor. Joining the judges to weigh in on who should win are musicians Ke$ha, Boy George, Little Big Town and actresses Debra Messing, Vanessa Hudgens, Megan Hilty and Debi Mazar. The designers will also face Project Runway’s Nina Garcia and Zac Posen, supermodel Coco Rocha, celebrity stylist Johnny Wujek, and TV personalities Kristin Cavallari and Brad Goreski.
FASHION 911 (#504)
• Airs Thursday, March 3 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• In the notorious Unconventional Challenge, designers turn NYC emergency services materials into runway worthy looks. Johnny Wujek guest judges.
BIRTHDAY SUITS (#505)
• Airs Thursday, March 10 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• A totally naked runway introduces the designers to naturists who need winter wear to stay warm.
GOING FOR BAROQUE (#506)
• Airs Thursday, March 17 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• Designers create couture-inspired gowns that celebrate Baroque fashion. Marchesa’s Keren Craig and Supermodel Coco Rocha guest judge.
BAIT AND STITCH (#507)
• Airs Thursday, March 24 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• The All Stars must use another designer’s chosen fabric to create evening resort wear. Megan Hilty guests.
ONCE UPON A RUNWAY (#508)
• Airs Thursday, March 31 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• Broadway’s “Finding Neverland” star tasks the designers to reimagine modern looks for classic fairytale characters. Ke$ha and Brad Goreski guest judge.
“CHILD GENIUS”
Lifetime’s competition series, CHILD GENIUS (#ChildGenius) returns for Season 2, featuring America’s most extraordinary and gifted children as they prep for the ultimate battle of the brains. The competition, created in cooperation with American Mensa, takes place over ten weeks and tests the nation’s brightest young minds on their knowledge in categories such as math, spelling, geography, and current events. With a $100,000 college fund and the title of Child Genius 2016 at stake, the kids – and their families – will stop at nothing to make it to the top of the class. Former NASA astronaut, Leland Melvin, returns as the host.
YOU’LL BE FIRST OR LAST (#209)
• Airs Thursday, March 3 at 10:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• In the ninth week of the Child Genius competition, the three remaining contestants must duke it out in the Advanced Science and Specialty Subject rounds, to land a spot in the tenth and final week of the competition, where one child will win a hundred thousand dollar college fund, and be crowned “Child Genius.”
FINALE (#210) SEASON FINALE!
• Airs Thursday, March 10 at 10:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• In the tenth and final week of the Child Genius competition, the three brightest kids in the nation face off in an Academic Olympiad, a brain busting compilation of all previous round topics, after which, one child will win a hundred thousand dollar college fund, and be crowned “Child Genius.”
“BRING IT!”
All bets are off when BRING IT! returns with the Dollhouse divided for Season 3. The Dancing Dolls must bring their “A " game with tougher judges and bigger, badder rivals. Miss D finds herself with new dancers that need a lot of work to get into winning shape. Can newcomer Faith save the team or will her outspoken mother push Miss D to her breaking point? With the title of ‘best all around dancer’ being added to the Battle Royale, everyone must do their best to impress Miss D to get the honor.
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#310)
• Airs Friday, March 4 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#311)
• Airs Friday, March 11 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#312)
• Airs Friday, March 18 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
COACH D’S DOLLHOUSE DIARIES
• Airs Friday, March 18 at 10:00PM-11:00PM (ET)
• In this clip special, Miss D will show never-before-seen footage of the Dancing Dolls and their moms on their journey to their most important competition of the season…the Battle Royale.
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (#313) SEASON FINALE!
• Airs Friday, March 25 at 9:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
Season Premiere! “LITTLE WOMEN: LA: TERRA’S LITTLE FAMILY”
It’s the Season 2 premiere of Lifetime’s hit series LITTLE WOMEN: LA: TERRA’S LITTLE FAMILY.
LITTLE FAMILY, BIG FEARS (#201)
• Airs Wednesday, March 23 at 10:00PM-10:30PM (ET)
• As new parents, Penny and Joe struggle to keep it together as Penny’s first surgery approaches. A family trip to pumpkin patch provides a welcome distraction, but fear sets in again on the night before surgery.
PENNY’S SURGERY (#202)
• Airs Wednesday, March 30 at 10:00PM-10:30PM (ET)
• It’s the day of Penny’s spinal decompression surgery and Terra and Joe are on edge as they head to the hospital. Some of the best doctors in the world will be performing the surgery, but there are problems that might stop the surgery before it even begins.
Season Premiere! “ATLANTA PLASTIC”
Lifetime reveals the changing face of plastic surgery in the all new season of the hit docuseries, ATLANTA PLASTIC, following three of Atlanta’s top African American surgeons and their clients who seek to look their best by going under the knife. With the rise of curvy celebrities such as Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj and Kim Kardashian, the demand to emulate these women has skyrocketed, especially within the African American community. ATLANTA PLASTIC features board-certified physicians Dr. Wright Jones, Dr. Marcus Crawford and Dr. Aisha McKnight-Baron who are at the top of their game.
PREMIERE: TO BE ANNOUNCED
• Airs Friday, March 25 at 10:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• (Individual episode synopsis is currently not available.)
LIFETIME ORIGINAL MOVIE
“AND THEN THERE WERE NONE” (U.S. Television Premiere)
• PART 1 premieres: Sunday, March 13, at 8:00PM-10:00PM (ET)
• PART 2 premieres: Monday, March 14, at 9:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• The Lifetime two-part miniseries Agatha Christie’s AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, based on one of the best-selling crime novels of all time with 100 million copies sold worldwide, makes its US premiere. The miniseries stars Douglas Booth, Emmy® Award nominee Charles Dance, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, BAFTA winner Anna Maxwell Martin, Emmy and Golden Globe® Award nominee Sam Neill, Academy Award® nominee Miranda Richardson, Toby Stephens, Screen Actors Guild Award® nominee Noah Taylor and Aidan Turner.
• Set in 1939 while Europe teeters on the brink of war, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE follows ten strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast in southern England. Cut off from the mainland, with their hosts mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime, and when members of the party start to mysteriously die, they all realize they may be harboring a murderer among their number. Who will survive? And who is the killer? (2015)
MOVIES-MOVIES-MOVIES
“NIGHTMARE NURSE” (U.S. Television Premiere)
• Premieres Saturday, March 5, at 8:00PM-10:02PM (ET)
• After Brooke and her boyfriend Lance have a car accident, Lance’s leg injury requires him to be bedridden with at-home care. When an attractive nurse, Chloe, is recommended to them, she seems perfect for the task. However, when her troubled past comes to light, it becomes apparent to the happy couple that someone is out to destroy their lives.
• Stars Sarah Butler, Steven Good, Lindsay Hartley, and Traci Lords. (2015)
“BREAK-UP NIGHTMARE” (U.S. Television Premiere)
• Premieres Sunday, March 6, at 9:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• When Barbara learns that nude photos of her daughter have been posted on a revenge porn site, she tries to get them taken down immediately. When the site’s administrator and his followers not only refuse to remove them, but threaten Barbara’s family in retaliation, Barbara vows not to back down-- but in doing so, her and her daughter's lives begin to be systematically destroyed, both online and off.
• Starring Jennifer Dorogi, Celesta Deastis, Freeman Lyon, Mark Grossman, and Joel Berti. (2016)
“THE STEPCHILD” (U.S. Television Premiere)
• Premieres Saturday, March 12, at 8:00PM-10:02PM (ET)
• After spending months in the hospital recovering from the physical and emotional injuries she suffered during a home invasion that claimed the life of her father and left her stepmother, Beth, injured, Ashley Bennett returns home to try to move on with her life. Plagued by fragmented memories of the night of the murder, Ashley begins to suspect that her father's friend and business partner, John, who is now living with her and her stepmother, is up to no good and she enlists the help of her boyfriend to look into his behavior. When Ashley learns that John's wife died in an unusual accident, she becomes convinced that John is behind her father's murder and that Beth is in serious danger. However, Beth sees Ashley's erratic and paranoid behavior as a sign of suffering from post traumatic stress. Is Ashley simply jealous of this new man or is John a cold-blooded killer? And if Ashley can remember everything from the night of the murder, will she be prepared to face the truth?
• Stars Paul Johansson, Lauren Holly, and Sarah Fisher. (2016)
“MOMMY’S LITTLE GIRL” (U.S. Television Premiere)
• Premieres Saturday, March 19, at 8:00PM-10:02PM (ET)
• Eleven year-old Sadie was raised in a remote country house by her controlling grandparents. Now finally reunited with her mother, she won't let anything, or anyone, get in the way of her new found happiness.
• Stars Fiona Gubelman, Emma Hentschel, and James Gallanders. (2016)
“STRANGER IN THE HOUSE” (U.S. Television Premiere)
• Premieres Sunday, March 20, at 9:00PM-11:02PM (ET)
• Upon returning from her honeymoon, Jade discovers that the caregiver she hired to look after her recently widowed father has seduced him into marriage and has the run of the home. When he suddenly dies following a fall, Jade suspects foul play and launches her own investigation after finding out that her new stepmother had her father change his will leaving his new bride nearly everything. It’s a race to expose the truth and bring her father justice while protecting her legacy.
• Stars Emmanuelle Vaugier, Matthew MacCaull, and Jordana Largy. (2016)
“THE PERFECT DAUGHTER” (U.S. Television Premiere)
• Premieres Saturday, March 26, at 8:00PM-10:02PM (ET)
• Finding his daughter confused and drunk one night, Martin overreacts and puts a wedge between their once idyllic relationship at a time when she'll need him the most.
• Stars Brady Smith, Sadie Calvano, Reiley McClendon, Johann Urb, and Meredith Salenger. (2015) ###
