ULTIMATE FIGHTER, THE Air Date: Saturday, January 26, 2013 Time Slot: 11:00 PM-12:30 AM EST on FOX Episode Title: (SP-1342) "Enter the Octagon" (Repeat)
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 26
[EDITOR'S NOTE 1: Local programming will air on the West Coast, following UFC ON FOX.]
[EDITOR'S NOTE 2: COPS, MASTERCHEF and 30 SECONDS TO FAME are preempted tonight.]
**90-MINUTE SPECIAL - "THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER - TEAM JONES VS. TEAM SONNEN" - (11:00 PM-12:30 AM ET/PT) - CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1
THE BATTLE FOR THE TITLE BEGINS
ON "THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER - TEAM JONES VS. TEAM SONNEN"
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, ON FOX
Coaches Chael Sonnen and UFC light heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones guide 14 promising middleweights through a brutal competition of skill and determination. At stake is a custom-built Harley Davidson motorcycle, a six-figure UFC contract, and the right to be called "The Ultimate Fighter." Find out who knocks out whom in an encore broadcast of the "Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen - Enter the Octagon" season premiere episode of FX's "The Ultimate Fighter," airing Saturday, Jan. 26 (11:00 PM-12:30 AM ET/PT) on FOX. (SP-1342) (TV-14 L, V)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES: renewed through 2018 (with two 13-week cycles per year) on 2/27/12
DESCRIPTION: (from FOX Sports' press release, April 2013) The Ultimate Fighter(R), the Ultimate Fighting Championship's(R) (UFC(R)) signature reality series, moves to FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports' newly minted multi-sport national cable channel, when it returns in September. The series, featuring UFC(R) women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and challenger Cat Zingano as coaches, also moves to Wednesday evening at 10:00 PM ET where it anchors FS1's prime time UFC programming block. FS1 launches Saturday, Aug. 17 and season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter premieres Wednesday, Sept. 4 (10:00 PM ET).
