TV PROGRAMS MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013 10:20 Flip Men 15:25 Gravity Falls 10:45 How Do They Do It? 15:50 Jessie 03:30 Treasure Trader 15:00 International House Hunters 11:10 How It’s Made 16:10 Violetta 04:00 Magic Man 15:30 International House Hunters 11:35 Kings Of Crash 17:00 Hercules 04:30 Magic Man 16:00 International House Hunters 00:15 Paradox 12:25 World’s Top 5 18:30 Good Luck Charlie 05:00 Globe Trekker 16:30 International House Hunters 01:05 Hebburn 13:15 Wheeler Dealers 18:55 Dog With A Blog 06:00 Globe Trekker 17:00 Hotel Impossible 01:35 Absolutely Fabulous 14:05 Border Security 19:20 Violetta 07:00 Globe Trekker 18:00 Trip Flip 02:05 Spooks 14:30 Storage Hunters 20:05 Jessie 08:00 Globe Trekker 18:30 Trip Flip 03:00 The Night Watch 14:55 Flip Men 20:30 My Babysitter’s A Vampire 09:00 Descending 19:00 The Food Truck 04:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 15:20 Flying Wild Alaska 20:50 Wolfblood 10:00 Airport 24/7: Miami 19:30 The Food Truck 05:00 Boogie Beebies 16:10 Fast N’ Loud 21:15 Gravity Falls 10:30 Airport 24/7: Miami 20:00 Bizarre Foods America 05:15 Poetry Pie 17:00 Ultimate Survival 21:40 Shake It Up 11:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 21:00 International House Hunters 05:20 Balamory 17:50 Dirty Jobs 22:00 Austin And Ally Rides 21:30 International House Hunters 05:40 Spot’s Musical Adventures 18:40 Mythbusters 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 12:00 Xtreme Waterparks 22:00 Hotel Impossible 05:45 Show Me Show Me 19:30 American Guns 22:50 Good Luck Charlie 12:30 Trip Flip 23:00 Rock My RV With Bret 06:10 Buzz & Tell 20:20 Storage Hunters 23:10 Wizards Of Waverly Place 13:00 The Food Truck Michaels 06:15 Boogie Beebies 20:45 Flip Men 23:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 13:30 The Food Truck 23:30 Rock My RV With Bret 06:30 Poetry Pie 21:10 How Do They Do It? 14:00 Bizarre Foods America Michaels 06:35 Balamory 21:35 How It’s Made 06:55 Spot’s Musical Adventures 22:00 Man, Cheetah, Wild 07:00 Show Me Show Me 22:50 Bush Pilots 07:25 Buzz & Tell 23:40 Battleground: Rhino Wars Daytime TV ratings resurgence: 07:30 The Impressions Show With Culshaw... 00:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 08:00 Hebburn 01:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives If soaps are ‘Dead,’ why are 08:30 Elephant Diaries 01:30 Food Wars 09:20 The Weakest Link 01:55 Food Wars 02:20 Unwrapped 10:05 Doctors 00:40 Dark Matters: Twisted But their audiences growing? 10:35 Casualty 02:45 Charly’s Cake Angels True 03:10 Charly’s Cake Angels 11:25 Famous, Rich And Jobless 01:30 Stunt Junkies t appears that reports of the death of the soap 12:20 The Impressions Show With 03:35 Amazing Wedding Cakes 02:00 Nextworld 04:25 Unique Eats opera have been greatly exaggerated. At least, if Culshaw... 06:15 Gadget Show - World Tour I 04:50 Food Crafters this season’s numbers are any indication. Two years 12:50 Elephant Diaries 06:40 Tech Toys 360 13:40 Hebburn 05:15 United Tastes Of America ago, the prognosis for the genre wasn’t looking good. 07:05 Stunt Junkies 05:40 Chopped 14:10 Doctors 07:30 Stunt Junkies Longtime soap operas “All My Children” and “One Life 14:40 Casualty 06:30 Iron Chef America to Life” were yanked from the air by ABC. And a slew of 08:00 Bang Goes The Theory 07:10 Unwrapped 15:30 Famous, Rich And Jobless 08:25 Bang Goes The Theory new talk shows seemed poised to take their place. But 16:25 The Weakest Link 07:35 Unwrapped 08:50 Game Changers 08:00 Unwrapped a curious thing is happening this season. Like a soap- 17:10 Eastenders 09:15 Game Changers opera character who suddenly re-appears, wide 17:40 Doctors 08:50 United Tastes Of America 09:40 Gadget Show - World Tour 09:15 Unique Sweets awake and ready for scandal after being in a coma for 18:10 Hustle 10:05 Tech Toys 360 19:00 My Family: Christmas 2004 09:40 Kid In A Candy Store years, the soaps are back. 10:30 Nextworld 10:05 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 19:30 Blackadder II 11:25 Mega Builders The 2013-2014 season has seen a daytime ratings 20:00 Spooks Basics boost compared to last year, with soap operas in par- 12:20 Smash Lab 10:30 Food Network Challenge 20:50 Spooks 13:10 How Techies Changed The ticular benefiting. Across the board, the networks’ 21:45 Jekyll 11:20 Andy Bates Street Feasts World 11:45 Unwrapped soaps have increased their viewers. CBS’s “The Young 22:35 David Copperfield 14:00 Future Firepower 23:25 Famous, Rich And Jobless 12:35 Jenny Morris Cooks Morocco and the Restless” and ABC’s “General Hospital,” espe- 14:50 Stunt Junkies 13:00 Reza’s African Kitchen cially, have hit milestones. “The Young and the 15:20 Gadget Show - World Tour 13:25 Charly’s Cake Angels 15:45 Tech Toys 360 Restless” - up 10 percent in total viewers this season 13:50 Siba’s Table compared to last year with an average 5.1 million - is 16:10 Brave New World 14:15 Barefoot Contessa 17:00 Nextworld 14:40 Barefoot Contessa - Back To celebrating its 25th consecutive season as the top 17:55 Mega Builders Basics daytime drama, while “General Hospital” hit a near six- 00:00 Marbella Mansions 18:45 Smash Lab 00:45 The Restaurant Inspector 15:05 Guy Off The Hook - Special year high in viewers - 3.45 million - with its Dec. 6 tele- 19:35 The World’s Strangest UFO 15:55 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 01:30 Cash In The Attic Stories cast, and is pacing for its best season in total viewers 02:15 Extreme Makeover: Home 16:20 Roadtrip With G. Garvin since the 2006/2007 season. 20:30 Mighty Ships 16:45 Chopped Edition 21:20 Mighty Planes CBS’s “The Bold and the Beautiful” and NBC’s “Days 04:15 Antiques Roadshow 17:30 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 22:10 Gadget Show - World Tour Basics AMERICAN REUNION ON OSN MOVIES COMEDY HD of Our Lives” are also enjoying boosted numbers this 05:10 The Little Paris Kitchen 22:35 Tech Toys 360 season. The former is up 14 percent in total viewers 05:35 Antiques Roadshow 18:00 Unwrapped 23:00 Mighty Ships 18:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Stewart with an average 3.83 million, and up 7 percent and 10 06:25 Come Dine With Me: 23:50 Mighty Planes Supersized 19:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 16:00 The Colbert Report percent in the women 25-54 and women 18-49 demo- 08:00 Bargain Hunt 19:40 Siba’s Table 16:30 Last Man Standing graphics, respectively. Season to date, “Days” has 17:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 00:15 True Justice: Vengeance Is 08:45 Marbella Mansions 20:05 Charly’s Cake Angels 00:00 Under New Management- climbed 13 percent in the demos, and has ticked up 9 18:00 How I Met Your Mother Mine-PG15 09:30 New Scandinavian Cooking 20:30 Chopped PG15 18:30 Go On 02:00 Moonrise Kingdom-PG15 percent in total viewers. 10:00 Raymond Blanc’s Kitchen 21:20 Unwrapped 02:00 American Reunion-18 19:00 Two And A Half Men 04:00 Perfect Plan-PG15 Meanwhile, the list of talk shows that once prom- Secrets 22:10 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - 04:00 Lying To Be Perfect-PG15 19:30 The Mindy Project 06:00 A Heartbeat Away-PG15 10:25 Come Dine With Me: 00:00 The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody Special 06:00 Surf’s Up-PG ised to dominate the daytime landscape but have 20:00 The Cleveland Show 08:00 Hotel Transylvania-PG Supersized 00:20 The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody 23:00 Siba’s Table 08:00 Coneheads-PG since fallen by the wayside is considerable. Daytime 20:30 Web Therapy 10:00 The Odd Life Of Timothy 12:00 Masterchef: The Professionals 00:45 Jonas Los Angeles 23:25 Siba’s Table 10:00 Snowmen-PG efforts from Anderson Cooper, Ricki Lake, Jeff Probst 21:00 The Daily Show Global Green-PG 12:50 Extreme Makeover: Home 01:05 Jonas Los Angeles 23:50 Charly’s Cake Angels 12:00 Lying To Be Perfect-PG15 and others have come and gone like, um, sands Edition 12:00 Moonrise Kingdom-PG15 Edition 01:30 Suite Life On Deck 14:00 Falling Star-PG15 21:30 The Colbert Report Global 14:00 The Wild Girl-PG15 through the hourglass. 13:30 Extreme Makeover: Home 02:15 Wizards Of Waverly Place 16:00 Snowmen-PG Edition 16:00 Hotel Transylvania-PG What’s behind the modest but encouraging Edition 02:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 18:00 The First Wives Club-PG 22:00 South Park 18:00 The Big Year-PG 14:15 Antiques Roadshow 03:00 The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody 20:00 The Dukes Of Hazzard-PG15 growth spurt for soaps? It’s difficult to say, but DVR 22:30 Louie 20:00 The Expendables 2-PG15 15:05 Homes Under The Hammer 03:20 The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody 00:30 2 Broke Girls 22:00 Under New Management- viewing could play a factor.