It seems like finding family-friendly TV programming to watch with your family can be more trouble than it’s worth. But DIRECTV’s offerings make it easy to enjoy satellite TV with your family without leaving your kids and teenagers in the dust.

Check out some of the many channels that provide your home with educational programs and entertainment:

• ABC Family

• Animal Planet

• Discovery Kids

• National Geographic Channel

• Nickelodeon

• The Science Channel

• TV Land

But don’t worry about your kids having to stick to these family TV channels to avoid seeing age inappropriate things on TV. DIRECTV also has parental control settings to allow you to choose what TV programming they can watch.

This six-season prison series chronicles a cell block in Oswald Maximum Security Correctional Facility, but isn’t all yellow-brick road and tin men. In “Oz,” the fourth level of the prison, called Emerald City, is a setting for constant power struggles over drugs and inmate gangs stemming from moneymaking schemes, gambling and hoaxes.

Harrold Perrineau (“Lost”) serves as the show’s wheelchair-bound narrator Augustus Hill in the experimental cell block, all under supervision of Ernie Hudson (“Ghost Busters”) as Warden Leo Glynn.

Watch “Oz” air for the first time in HD outside of HBO on Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on The 101 Network, un-cut with no commercials. The 101 Network is available only through DIRECTV.

Relive critically-acclaimed premium movie channels’ original series, experience sell-out concerts and enjoy original DIRECTV programming on The 101 Network.

Simply tune into channel 101 – available only to DIRECTV customers with the purchase of any programming package – and enjoy entire seasons of the following programming:

• “Deadwood:” Go for a wild ride through HBO’s western drama as two newcomers venture into the uncivilized outpost of Deadwood and encounter a number of objectionable characters.

• “The Dan Patrick Show:” Veteran sports journalist Patrick delivers the latest sports news and features players and coaches as guests on his live talk show.

• “Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities:” Follow the Mr. Asia Syndicate in a portrayal of the underground drug war that rocked Australia during the ‘70s and ‘80s in this real-life “Sopranos.”

• “Supreme Court of Comedy:” Stand-up comedians represent litigants in actual disputes while the honorable “Judge” Dom Irrera presides.

• “Oz:” A wheelchair-bound inmate narrates all the action and twists between correction officers and prisoners that occur inside an experimental cell block in a maximum-security prison.

Also be sure to check out sneak peeks and specials from premium movie channels like HBO®, SHOWTIME® and Starz®, which vary by month but have featured “True Blood” and “Entourage” in the past.

Whether you were an avid follower of “The L Word” or just a reality show fiend, be sure to catch the series new “The Real L Word” on DIRECTV.

This new SHOWTIME® UNLIMITED series is brought to you by one of the creators of award-winning “The L Word,” Ilene Chaiken. Similarly to its model, “The Real L Word” follows six lesbians working and playing in Los Angeles, uncut and uncensored.

Tune into SHOWTIME® UNLIMITED this summer to watch Jill, a writer who’s engaged to talent rep Nikki, fashion producer Mikey, real estate advisor Rose, special effects artist Whitney, and film and TV development executive Tracy.

Order premium programming from DIRECTV today, including other premium movie channels like HBO® and Cinemax®.

Don’t bother with planning your schedule around where you can catch your favorite team’s game on TV. Get DIRECTV today and follow your non-local team with up to 80 games a week that aren’t available through local cable from the comfort of your own home!

DIRECTV is the undisputed leader in sports, but if you want to become the biggest undisputed MLB fan make sure to also order MLB EXTRA INNINGS® today.

In addition to up to 80 games a week, MLB EXTRA INNINGS® features:

• HD games: Watch as many as 40 games in crisp DIRECTV HD a week

• Game Mix: View up to eight games on a single screen and click on one to watch it full-screen

• Strike Zone Channel: See this highlight reel of plays from around the league three times a day

Also be sure to check out all other DIRECTV sports packages and MLB Network from DIRECTV, which airs live games, highlights, original programming, classic games and baseball events. It’s also available in HD.

Feel at home in the U.S. with available satellite TV programming packages featuring content in your native language and from your native country.

Each of these DIRECTV TV packages include: GEM NET (Channel 2068) with 24-hour, non-commercial programming centered on culture, spirituality and family; MHz Worldview (Channel 2183) with global news and content from international broadcasters in English; and CCTV-9 (Channel 2053) with news and information for a global audience from China’s largest national TV network in an English-language, 24-hour format.

Below are the available packages:

• Brazilian: Four packages with soccer coverage and four of Brazil’s most popular channels.

• Cantonese: Six top Cantonese channels, including TVB through the Jadeworld® package.

• Mandarin: Two packages are available, Jadeworld® with both Cantonese and Mandarin channels, and MandarinDirect® III with just Mandarin channels.

• Filipino: Choose from three packages with TFC and other popular channels with news, talk shows and popular series.

• Greek: Order two of the most popular Greek channels a la carte or choose from two packages.

• Korean: Two available packages offer a variety of channels including news coverage, popular dramas and religious programming.

• Russian: Three packages of classics, political commentary, cartoons and popular TV shows, and a la carte channels give you plenty from which to choose.

• South Asian: Pick from five packages and three a la carte channels that cover Bollywood, spiritual programs, special events, news and sitcoms.

• Vietnamese: All four packages include SBTN, the first American, 24-hour Vietnamese programming network.

Get to know Ricky and Julian – two ex-cons recently out of jail that are just trying to survive and do right in their trailer park in the Canadian mockumentary “Trailer Park Boys.”

Bottle cap-glasses wearing and shopping-cart enthusiast, Bubbles (Mike Smith), serves as the duo’s sidekick. While in between prison sentences, Ricky concentrates on growing and selling drugs, and Julian tries to answer the constant pleas for favors and advice from fellow Sunnyvale Trailer Park residents.

Watch the comedy series’ exclusive U.S. premiere of all seven seasons on DIRECTV Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Network 101 (channel 101).

For more TPB fun, check out all the Ricky-isms in the fan-generated memorable quotes list on IMDb.

Make sure your baby is watching programming that will help enrich both of your lives! BabyTV™ – available a la carte as a premium channel through DIRECTV – is America’s first channel dedicated to helping your baby or toddler learn.

The most important part of your baby’s development happens when you interact with them. BabyTV™ programming includes a variety of TV shows that will help you engage, play and learn with your baby. About 80 percent of the channel’s award-winning programming is original content and provdes a convenient alternative to pricey baby DVDs.

Some popular BabyTV™ shows include:

• “Sing with Numbers”

• “Activity Nursery Rhymes”

• “Kids and Pets”

• “Baby Art”

• and many more

Order BabyTV™ today and enjoy 24/7 commercial-free programming for you and your baby!

Missed who was voted off of “American Idol”’s live broadcast last night when it went over a few minutes and didn’t realize it until you watched today on DVR? Not with DIRECTV.

When you schedule your DIRECTV DVR to record a live broadcast, a prompt appears on the screen asking if you want to extend the recording time. Adding this extension extends the recording by 30 minutes by default, but it can be modified to as little as one minute or as long as three hours.

This feature is currently only available on DIRECTV Plus® HD DVR and DIRECTV Plus® DVR receivers. So be sure to contact your satellite TV provider if you don’t already have the service.

Football season is upon us, folks, and that means just one thing. If you’re planning on keeping track of your favorite team (along with all of the other action across the league), you need to order the DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket. There is no better way to enjoy all of the excitement that comes with the territory: hard hits, gravity-defying end zone catches, and, of course, Terrell Owens‘ legendary touchdown celebrations.

DirecTV streams up to 14 out of market games into your living each week as part of the NFL Sunday Ticket package. For fans living away from their team, that’s pretty much a necessity. Why head out to the bar to squint at a screen thirty feet away when you can enjoy your team from your own living room?

Let’s use a Buffalo Bills fan as an example. His company’s recently relocated him to Phoenix. While he’s loving the improvement in weather, his beloved Bills are nowhere to be seen on cable. Direct TV satellite TV and the NFL Sunday Ticket come to the rescue. This fan can now enjoy his favorite team week in and week out.

DirecTV also brings other features to the table, including Player Tracker (a sure hit for Fantasy Football fans), the NFL Network, and all of the pregame coaches’ shows from across the league. You just won’t find any of these extras on cable.

But you’ll have to act quick. Special deals on the NFL Sunday Ticket are available right now, but as the preseason approaches, they’re likely to increase. With all of this great action available, why wait? Talk to a representative today to find out how DirecTV can change the way you watch football.