In today’s television marketplace the traditional paradigm of new shows in the Fall and then reruns all Summer has gone away. Now, we get new shows almost anytime during the year with the midseason being one of the most popular.

Case in point are our friends at NBC who have several new shows for the midseason and we’ve got preview videos of some of them for you today. Some of these shows include The Marriage Ref, Minute to Win It and Who Do You Think You Are?.

For The Marriage Ref we’ve got a preview where Madonna goes head-to-head with Larry David and the panel turns again host Tom Papa Plus, Kelly Ripa and Don Rickles hand out some marriage advice. Next up is Minute To Win It where we find out just how difficult the challenges can be and get a closer look at two of the challenges with a slow motion camera.

Finally, with Who Do You Think You Are?, watch celebrities such as Lisa Kudrow, Spike Lee, Emmitt Smith and Susan Sarandon experience very personal moments and get a preview of four of these stories as they discover their own pasts. Actually, of the three, this one looks to be the most interesting. But whatever your thoughts about these shows, be sure to check out all the previews after the break.

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Here’s a list of some of the new DVD releases this week. Plus, some old favorites coming out this week on Blu-Ray.

New Movies:

* 12 Rounds -  John Cena, Aidan Gillen (DVD and Blu-Ray)

* The Betrayed – Melissa George, Donald Adams (DVD)

* Barbra Streisand: Live in Concert 2006 (Blu-Ray)

* Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (Three-Disc Special Edition) – Kristin Kreuk, Chris Klein (DVD and Blu-Ray)

* Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience (DVD and Blu-Ray)

* Ted Nugent: Motor City Mayhem–6,000th Concert (Blu-Ray)

* Two Lovers – Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw (DVD and Blu-Ray)

* Tokyo! – Ayako Fujitani, Jean-Francois Balmer, Denis Lavant (DVD and Blu-Ray)

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