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In the sixth-season episode of "Bones" called "The Finder," which aired in April of 2012, Brennan and Booth (Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz) travel to the Florida Everglades to investigate the death of a maritime museum worker whose remains in the woods lead to the discovery of a fragment of a 17th-century map. The map may lead to sunken treasure (!) and our heroes know that if they find the rest of the map, they'll likely uncover a murderer. 

To help with their investigation, the two agents hire an eccentric local named Walter Sherman (Geoff Stults), an old friend of Booth's. Walter is a kooky former soldier and head injury sufferer who possesses a bizarre, obsessive talent for locating lost objects. It's implied that Walter may even have semi-clairvoyant powers. 

Walter is running his own hustle in Florida, working as a "finder" for hire, and he's aided in his finding quests by...

Missing persons expert Troy Dunn (The Locator, Apb With Troy Dunn) tracks down long-lost loved ones, helps repair fractured relationships and often provides closure for long-held pain. And, tonight in his new series on Up, Last Hope With Troy Dunn, the investigator is continuing his mission of “helping one half of the world find the other half,” with his toughest cases ever. “Being very true to the title,” says Dunn, “we aren’t taking on cases from people who we would have done in the past … We’re trying to help people who have reached the point of last hope. They’ve … Continue reading →

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The network that bill itself as “feel good TV for you and your family” had greenlighted its latest series — and it certainly fits that bill. Casting is underway for Up’s working-titled Last Hope With Troy Dunn, in which author and motivational speaker Dunn tracks down lost loved ones and facilitates reunions. Produced by DunnDeal Studios, the series will launch in the fall. Meanwhile, the net also has acquired all 44 episodes of Dunn’s reality series The Locator, which it…...

TNT has ordered six episodes of Apb With Troy Dunn (working title), an unscripted investigations series aimed at locating and reuniting missing persons. In each hour-long episode, Dunn (The Locator) will use his expertise and experience to help those desperate to locate and reunite with long-lost loved ones. Viewers also will be able to help in the search via a new social media app powered by technology exclusive to the show. Apb With Troy Dunn comes to TNT from Shed Media Us (Who Do You Think You Are?, The Real Housewives Of New York City), with Dunn, Pamela Healey, Dan Peirson and Ted Haimes (The Locator, Aftermath With William Shatner) serving as executive producers. Dunn starred in the series The Locator from 2008 to 2010. He is also the author of the book It’s Never Too Late: Lessons For Life From The Locator. Apb is slated to premiere Friday, January 17, at 10 Pm,...

TNT is hoping to find an audience for a new show about missing persons. The cable network has given the green light to a new reality series featuring “The Locator” alum Troy Dunn (pictured), who’s billed as the nation’s foremost expert in locating and reuniting long-lost persons. Also read: TNT’s ‘Dallas’ Casts ‘Camp’ Alum Juan Pablo Di Pace as Regular The series, which bears the working title “Apb With Troy Dunn,” will depict Dunn using his expertise and experience to help those desperate to bring missing loved ones home. In a modern twist, the show will also...

hollywoodnews.com: In addition to its recently announced unscripted series Seriously Funny Kids , hosted by supermodel and supermom Heidi Klum (Project Runway), Lifetime Television will launch three all-new reality programs next month, including One Born Every Minute , Quad Squad (working title) and Glamour Belles .

The half-hour series Seriously Funny Kids, which follows Klum as she interacts with children and brings out the hilarious and often insightful things they say, will debut on Tuesday, February 1, at 9pm Et/Pt with back-to-back episodes . Lifetime has ordered 20 episodes of the program. Seriously Funny Kids is produced by Lmno Productions, with Klum, Eric Schotz (Kids Say the Darndest Things, I Get That A Lot), James Rowley (America’s Most Talented Kids), Desiree Gruber (Project Runway) and Jane Cutler (Project Runway) of Full Picture and JoAnn Alfano, Gena McCarthy and David Hillman of Lifetime Television serving as executive producers.

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Desperate to find your birth mother? Pining for your high school boyfriend? Troy Dunn, a.k.a. "The Locator," is your man! His show premiered Saturday, November 6th, at 10Pm/9c on WeTV. We got in touch with this father of seven (yes, seven!) and got to know the intensely personal reasons why his job is so important to him.

momlogic: What's the most gratifying thing about doing what you do?

Troy Dunn: I feel like I have what is probably the second greatest job in the world. I'm grateful that people, for whatever reason, have enough faith and trust in me to allow me to enter into a corner of their lives that essentially no other human being will go into. In some cases, their own spouses or close family members haven't been into these corners. Women share the dilemmas of their past, the choices they've made,...

Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders will be tackling a real-life superhero with their next TV project. Sources confirm that the longtime Smallville showrunners are teaming with uberproducer McG on The Last Hope, a potential new CBS drama loosely based on professional finder-of-lost-loves (and star of We tv’s reality series The Locator) Troy Dunn. The project, from Warner Bros. Television, is being eyed for next fall. Peterson and Souders are currently hard at work on the 10th and final season of Smallville.

If you're looking for quality television entertainment, one cable network has got the perfect find.

Women's entertainment cable channel We tv will air the premiere of the fourth season of its hit original show "The Locator" at 10 p.m. Et/Pt March 3. The new night and time comes courtesy with an hour-long episode of the show the New York Times referred to as ". so heartwarming."

The series chronicles the work of show host Troy Dunn, known by the titular nickname for his personal mission in finding lost friends and family members of clients who have fallen out of touch with their loved ones, a process he calls reuniting "half the world with the other half."

The first half of the season premiere, "A Mother's Secret," focuses on Dawn, of Belmont, N.C., who has been searching for her father for 35 years after he walked out on her and her family.

The highest-rated show on We is The Locator, which is currently airing new episodes air Saturdays on We and has been renewed for a fourth season, which is now in production. The half-hour show follows Troy Dunn searching for and reconnecting people who've lost touch with each other or have never met, and episodes end with some kind of emotional family reunion, although not all end with a person finding who they were looking for.... keep reading »

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This weekend We tv will feature an all new 30-minute episode of "The Locator." Fans can watch inspiration stories as Troy Dunn looks to reunite family members and lost loved ones.

The new episode titled "A Sister's Heart Break" will follow Vyanna, 21, whose family was torn apart years ago due to her parents' abuse and neglect. She refuses to let the wounds from her difficult past keep her from finding the brother she lost 18 years ago. Dunn and his team will search for her brother, Addison, 22, who was taken away from the family at the age of 4.

"In this season of The Locator, we've raised the bar with stories that will definitely tug at your heart strings," said Dunn. "Some of the reunions have happy endings and some not so happy, but I feel so lucky to be able to give these people the answers they've been searching for."

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Recently, BuzzFocus spoke with Troy Dunn, star of the WeTV hit series “The Locator.” Anyone who watches “The Locator” knows the story of Troy’s first Locator job: finding his mother’s estranged-birth mother, who gave her up for adoption. In this interview, Troy elaborates on the motivations he had for getting into this business. Troy also discusses the darker side to being “The Locator.” What we discovered was a man, who not only performs a job, but also is genuinely attached to each and every case. Check out the interview below to get a sense of the man who is “The Locator.” [flashvideo filename="videos/Troy_Dunn_Final.flv" width="490" height="275" /] When we wrapped the interview, Troy also joked around about creating a “Locator” video game. So, if there are any video game publishers out there reading this, now is your chance to get on the phone and give a call to WeTV. You can catch ...

The Locator is not a show I would have found on my own. I rarely bother to see what's going on on the We network, because... well, let's face it, it's not marketed to me. Even in the world of cable networks, We is still a pretty small fish trying to make their mark. It's something my wife stumbled upon during one of her random TV watching days, and I'm really glad she did.

The Locator is a show about hope and second chances. Troy Dunn, who built a business around reuniting disconnected people, does just that. The stories focus on lost sons, daughters, mothers and fathers looking for loved ones. Through a network of agents, Troy finds them and stages a surprise reunion for the cameras.

It may sound a little hokey, and at times it is, but nothing takes away from the genuine moments of human interaction that the show is all about.

Season 3 of We tv's "The Locator" will premiere on Saturday, September 12. Troy Dunn and his team will once again help to reunite loved ones on the reality series.

Dunn and his staff devote one week each month for what they call the "Angel Case." The Angel Case comes to Troy after a person has exhausted all resources to find someone.

This season's cases will feature NFL star Paul Spicer's search for his long lost father, a terminally ill woman looking for the father she has never known, and a mother who can't forget the foster child taken from her.

The special one-hour episode will premiere at 9:00 pm on We tv on Saturday, September 12. Seven new, half-hour episodes will follow every Saturday night.

Steve Cheskin has returned to the TLC fold in the newly created role of executive vp programming.

Reporting to TLC president and GM Eileen O'Neill, the Silver Spring, Md.-based Cheskin will lead the network's scheduling and program development team as well as the bicoastal development unit.

Cheskin most recently was senior vp programming at We tv, a job he assumed in 2006 after having consulted with the Rainbow Media network for two years. There, he developed a roster of series that includes "The Locator," "Amazing Wedding Cakes" and "Platinum Weddings."

"Steve's proven track record makes him an excellent addition to the Tlc family," O'Neill said. "With his leadership, I'm confident we will continue the network's strategic growth and create even more must-watch television brands."

Before We tv, Cheskin put in 18 years at Discovery Communications, where he held down several positions across three networks. Among his various roles, Cheskin was Gm...