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I told you recently that Lifetime's new series, Army Wives, was worth checking out, and apparently I'm not the only one who tuned in to the new series. Variety reports that the first episode scored the highest rating in Lifetime's history for a series premiere.

If you're an insomniac who loves trivia, GSN has a new late night block you just might be interested in. The new block, named "Playmania" after the live call-in game show of the same name, will feature two new live call-in quiz shows:

The first, called quiznation, is an update of the original Playmania program, featuring trivia and puzzles viewers at home can answer via the Web, text messaging, or by calling in. The first question: why didn't they capitalize the title of the show?

The other series, 100 Winners, lets people call in and answer trivia questions. If they guess correctly, they get to choose one of 100 boxes that each contain a prize. All 100 boxes must be taken by the end of the show. If not, host Mel Peachey is executed via firing squad. Or maybe not.

100 Winners will debut on February 20 at midnight, and quiznation will debut February 23, also at midnight.

Back in July I mentioned that Sundance was planning to launch a programming block of show's with an environmental theme called Sundance Channel GREEN. The new weekly primetime block will feature documentaries and original series about environmental issues, with a multiplatform launch that wil allow viewers to see content online as well as on select mobile devices. The first series out of the gate will be a 13-part documentary titled Change Agents that will focus on "cutting edge" inventions created for the environmental revolution. The documentary is being produced by Scout Productions, the same company that brought us Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.