Sundance Channel Rolls Out Design-Focused Programming for 2011

(Left to right) Garo Sparo, Ben Kaufman, David Nadelberg, Sarah Barnett, Lynn Tilton,  Joe Zee, Evan Shapiro, Krissy Lefebvre, Neil Katcher, and Ludo Lefebvre. (Photo courtesy of Albert Ferreira for Sundance Channel)

Although Sundance Channel is fresh off its first ever Golden Globe win for the scripted mini-series Carlos, it’s doubling its hours of reality television or “nonfiction TV” (a clever name change from the network) for 2011, to cater to its “poptimist” audience — that in-the-know friend whose water cooler talk is sprinkled with pop culture references.

At Manhattan’s Gansevoort Hotel Park Avenue Tuesday morning, we previewed its 2011 non-scripted programming lineup.

According