Halogen Lights Lamp On New Series

Reality-based cable network Halogen TV is adding two new primetime series in the fall, the two-year anniversary of the network's launch.

The series are Jump Shipp, featuring motivational speaker josh Shipp, which debuts Oct, 21, and Roadworthy: The Invisible Children Tour, a 10-part series about a group of young adults who volunteer for the Invisible Children charity to help Ugandan children (Sept. 26, at 9 p.m.).

Returning for a second season is Noble Exchange, a seven-part series about creative types--singers, actresses, models--travel abroad to learn from other cultures.

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