Sundance Channel Doubles Original Programming

NEW YORK: Sundance Channel is set to double its original programming hours in 2011, on the success of its unscripted series Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys and Golden Globe-winning mini-series Carlos.

The channel’s 2011 lineup includes seven new and returning series and two nonfiction series in active development, including a second season of Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys.

Among the new series set to premiere this year is Quirky, featuring a young entrepreneur looking to democratize innovation through online communities. In All On the Line, ELLE creative director Joe Zee works and struggles with fashion designers trying to grow their business. Love/Lust takes a look at the histories of the most iconic products of our time, while Shoebox Session takes a new approach to the celebrity biography show.

Sundance Channel’s additional new series include Ludo Bites America and Garo Unleashed.

Sarah Barnett, the general manager and executive VP of Sundance Channel, said: "Our audience is highly engaged in driving new trends in culture. We call them ‘poptimists’ as they get a buzz from discovering the next big thing before it hits in the world. They are looking for authentic unscripted television that sparks their minds as well as their emotions.”

Barnett continued: "We’re taking the best of everything that you expect from Sundance Channel—authenticity, depth and smarts—and adding a pop of fun and emotion. Our new slate puts front and center creative personalities living life on their own wildly passionate terms. Watching them is to see tomorrow’s ideas come to life today, and it’s an inspiring journey."