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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 1/31/13)
FOOD: Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Do No Harm (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: 30 Rock (Series Finale) at 8pm

A new primetime game show Bet On Your Baby is set to premiere on ABC this April.  Bet On Your Baby watches as parents try to predict their child’s next move as they attempt to win money for their child’s future education.  Melissa Peterman, who also stars in ABC Family’s Baby Daddy, will host the new game show, from Electus and 5×5 Media.  ABC ordered eight episodes of the series with more creative and prize details to be revealed at a later time.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC also approved a crime drama series, Motive, from Daniel Cerone, executive producer of Dexter and The Mentalist.  The drama offers a different take on the crime genre by not focusing on who committed the crime but the motivation behind it.  ABC is set to premiere the 13-episode this summer.  Kristin Lehman will star as Detective Angie Flynn along with Louis Ferreira, Lauren Holly, Roger Cross, Brendan Penny and Cameron Bright.  Motive is developed by CTV and is produced by Foundation Features and Lark Productions in association with Bell Media; NBCUniversal International is handling distribution.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS Entertainment committed to a ninth and final season of How I Met Your Mother for the 2013-14 broadcast.  All series regulars, Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan are returning along with series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas.  One plot tip from CBS: fans will finally learn the identity of the Mother!  How I Met Your Mother is produced by 20th Century Fox Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New docu-series Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life, following music star, Ke$ha will be coming to MTV this April.  The series will give viewers and fans of Ke$ha a chance to see her in and out of the spotlight while recording a new album and traveling the world.  DiGa Vision, Vector Management and Magic Seed are producing the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network debuts the new original docu-series Blackboard Wars on March 2 at 9p.  The six one-hour episodes depict the transformation of John McDonogh High School in New Orleans, which suffers from the reputation of failing academic performance and a culture of violence.  Cameras follows education expert Steve Barr and the school’s Principal Dr. Marvin Thompson as they work together to revive the struggling school.  The weekly series is from Discovery Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Russell Brand’s late-night talk show on FX is being revamped to a new live format when the upcoming edition of BrandX with Russell Brand opens February 7 at 1130p.  As previously announced, the show will also expand to a full one-hour for its 13-episode season. FX is additionally moving Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell to 11p beginning February 28.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bounce TV honors Black History Month in February with Our History, a month-long programming tribute encompassing documentaries, specials and a new original short-form series called Memories of My Father featuring Martin Luther King III.  The Chrysler Motor Company is set to sponsor the network’s Our History tribute.  The full lineup of Bounce TV’s programming during Black History Month can be found at: www.bounce.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Daytime talk show Katie has been renewed for a second season, says Janice Marinelli, President of Disney-ABC Domestic Television.  “‘Katie’ is the No. 1 new syndicated talk show of the 2012-13 season, and we are thrilled to announce a green light for Season Two, ” said Marinelli. “She’s an immensely talented host who has an incomparable ability to connect with her viewers. We also have outstanding station partners and time periods, and look forward to continued success with ‘Katie’ this year and into Season Two.”  Since its premiere and through the week of January 14, 2013, Katie tops all first and second season syndicated talk shows in Households and Total Viewers.  Furthermore, Katie continues to be the #1 new daytime syndicated talk show among W25-54.  Disney-ABC Domestic Television has renewed Katie with its existing stations in more than 95% of the US including the ABC Owned station group.  Other station groups carrying the talker include Allbritton Communications, Belo Corporation, Cox Media Group, Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst Television, LIN Broadcasting, Media General, Meredith, Raycom, Scripps Howard Broadcasting, Sinclair and Young Broadcasting among others.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Buddy Valastro, star of TLC’s Cake Boss and Next Great Baker, will star in a new one-hour pilot ordered by the network called Bakery Go Time (wt).  The series will follow Valastro as he combines his business skills and baking expertise to help other family-run bakeries that are struggling.  TLC announced a nation-wide casting call for bakeries in need of Valastro’s help and more information can be found at http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/tlc-casting.htm. High Noon Productions is producing the pilot and TLC will debut it this summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Drama series Dracula for NBC has cast Katie McGrath (Merlin) and Nonso Anozie (Game of Thrones).  The drama is set in the 1890s and finds Dracula (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) living a double life in London as an American businessman named Alan Grayson interested in science. His plans to seek revenge on those who made him a vampire centuries ago is hindered when he falls in love with Mina (Jessica DeGouw) who appears to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.  McGrath will play Lucy Westenra, an aristocratic London social butterfly who is also Mina’s best friend.  Anozie will play R. M. Renfield, Dracula’s loyal confidante who is the keeper of his secrets.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Fuerza Bruta: Look Up will continue Off-Broadway.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/167009/no-end-in-sight-fuerza-bruta-to-continue-off-broadway/