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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 3/2/10)
NBC: Parenthood (Premiere) at 10pm
TNT: Southland (Premiere) at 10pm
SPIKE: Players (Premiere) at 10:30pm

Disney owned & operated WABC/New York, currently in the midst of cable retransmission talks with Cablevision, has announced that as of that as of 12:01 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 7, 2010, WABC may not be available on the Cablevision system in certain areas in the NY/CT/NJ. 
(Source: Cynopsis)
(This means Cablevision customers may lose shows like: The View, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Dancing With The Stars and Lost)

OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network acquired the television rights to the Academy Award-nominated film Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire and produced by Lionsgate. OWN secured the license for the film’s first broadcast window following pay television starting in the summer of 2012. To date, Precious has tallied more than $45 million in the domestic box office and earned six Oscar nominations.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $112 million.

Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

CASTING CALL
A TV pilot is looking for overweight families who are ready to get in shape. Interested families must submit details on how they got so out of shape and those with teenagers are considered a plus. Selected families will be given the tools to change their lives forever. Send the family description and a family photo to tvpilotcasting@earthlink.net.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/1/10)
CBS: Rules Of Engagement (Premiere) at 8:30pm
G4: The International Sexy Ladies Show (Premiere) at 8pm
TLC: Our Little Life (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (Premiere) at 11:35 pm
ABC: The Bachelor (Finale) at 8pm

MARIE OSMOND’S SON HAS DIED
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100228/ap_on_en_mu/us_marie_
osmond_s_son_11

NYC STREET FAIRS CUTTING BACK
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/02/27/2010-02-27_theyre_fair_game_to_mike_hizzoner_eyes_axing_street_fests_
to_save_cash.html

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Shutter Island – $22.2 million
Cop Out – $18.6 million
The Crazies – $16.5 million
Avatar – $14 million
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lighting Thief – $9.8 million

CASTING CALL
A new show, with the working title New You, is looking for shy girls who are tired of sitting on the sidelines and ready to find their dream man. This show will be inspiring and with the help of a celebrity mentor, the selected woman will gain confidence and step into the spotlight. If you live in the Los Angeles area and want to be on the show, visit www.newtvcasting.com or call 818-325-6920. Interested applicants can also send an email to thenewyoutv@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

An upcoming new television series with an inspirational theme for a major cable network is seeking families who are experiencing hard economic times and are presently down on their luck. The chosen families for this series will be given a fresh start on life with a new home, new jobs and relocated to another state. The series needs families with at least four members and children age 5+. Send an email to freshstartcasting@gmail.com and include a description of your family with information on your current economic situation along with a family photo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 2/22/10)
MTV: True Life: I’m Looking For My Child
TLC: Cake Boss (Finale) at 9pm
TNT: Men Of A Certain Age (Finale) at 10pm

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Shutter Island – $40.2 million
Valentine’s Day – $17.2 million
Avatar – $16.1 million
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief – $15.3 million
The Wolfman – $9.8 million
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
Evident Entertainment is looking for couples or event coordinators who are planning or have just recently celebrated a double wedding for an upcoming television project. Interested participants (two brides and two grooms or any combo involving two couples) can live anywhere as long as there is willingness to share the process with production cameras from start to finish. Note: This is not a “Bridezilla” type of show. Please send an email to info@evidentent.com and more details about the show will be provided.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/19/10)
VH1: Famous Crime Scene: Anna Nicole Smith (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: The Ricky Gervais Show (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: The Life & Times of Tim (Premiere) at 9:30pm
HBO: Real Time With Bill Maher (Premiere) at 10pm
HBO: Funny Or Die Presents (Premiere) at 11:59pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: Comedy Central Presents  (Premiere) at 11pm

Tiger Woods will have his press conference today at 11am (EST) on most channels.

(SATURDAY 2/20/10)
VH1: Best Of I Love The 70’s (Premiere) at 1pm
VH1: Best Of I Love The 80’s (Premiere) at 3pm
VH1: Best Of I Love The 90’s (Premiere) at 5pm

(SUNDAY 2/21/10)
BET: The Family Crews (Premiere) at 9pm
E!: Keeping Up With The Kardashians (Finale) at 10pm

MOVIES
Shutter Island – Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Max Von Sydow
Celine: Through The Eyes Of The World (Limited Release) – Celine Dion
Happy Tears (Limited Release) – Demi Moore, Parker Posey, Rip Torn, Ellen Barkin, Christian Camargo
The Good Guy (Limited Release) – Scott Porter, Alexis Bledel, Bryan Greenberg, Andrew McCarthy, Aaron Yoo
The Ghost Writer (Limited Release) – Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $68 million.

Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

CASTING CALL
The series Great Yoga Teachers is due to re-launch and is looking for yoga teachers who have acting experience to host upcoming episodes. The show needs teachers of all styles for all markets. Interested applicants should send an email to inquiry@greatyogateaches.com and include your name, age, yoga background, on-camera experience, city/town, a recent photo and contact numbers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new competition series featuring a top Hollywood entertainment career coach, seeks skilled professionals in the entertainment industry who are interested in increasing their number of new contacts and jobs. The show is looking for outgoing, ambitious candidates who are actors, directors, writers, production designers, camera operators, editors, costumers and more. Participants must be available between April 27 to May 10 and live in Los Angeles. Those interested, can send an email to casting@TheGreenlightCoach.com and include name, age, classification(s) and why you would be great on the show in addition to a recent photo and contact numbers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 2/16/10)
MTV: 16 And Pregnant (Premiere) at 10pm

The Ellen DeGeneres Show will air at 2pm (instead of 4pm on NBC) on the East Coast for the duration of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Barbara Walters said during yesterday’s The View, after 29 years this year’s annual Oscar Night special, The Barbara Walters Special will be her final one. The veteran news anchor will continue on The View and host other ABC specials such as The 10 Most Fascinating People and other programs for ABC News. This year’s The Barbara Walters Special will air March 7 at 7p, highlighting Oscar nominees Sandra Bullock and Mo’Nique.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Production on FOX’s 24 is suspended for much of this week, following star and executive producer Kiefer Sutherland’s surgery for a ruptured cyst. Filming continued last week through Friday on scenes not involving Sutherland, and he will likely be back on the set later this week. Producing company, 20th TV does not expect any air delays for this current eighth season’s episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Valentine’s Day – $66.9 million
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief – $38.8 million
The Wolfman – $36.5 million
Avatar – $30 million
Dear John – $18.8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $56 million.

Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

CASTING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting is looking for engaged couples in the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia areas to be featured, along with their families and friends, in a new docu-series about family values and getting married. Couples who are getting married this summer must be at least 21 years old and appear younger than 35. The casting company is looking for couples, in particular, who are part of a big, fun, opinionated, over the top family. To apply, send an email to www.theweddingthefamily.com. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/5/10)
MTV, VH1, BET, CENTRIC: SOS Saving Ourselves: Help For Haiti at 8pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Main Street Mysteries (Premiere) at 9pm

(SATURDAY 2/6/10)
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Living With The Dead (Premiere) at 8pm
VH1: Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (Premiere) at 9:30pm

(SUNDAY 2/7/10)
CBS: Super Bowl XLIV (44) – New Orleans Vs. Indianapolis at 6pm
CBS: Undercover Boss (Premiere) at 10pm

Veteran soap opera actress Frances Reid, 95, died Wednesday. Frances appeared for more than 40 years on the NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives as Alice Horton, the matriarch of the show’s pivotal family. Due to her declining health, she appeared on the show less and less though was referred to often by the other characters. Ken Corday, executive producer of Days of Our Lives released this statement, “This is a very sad day, indeed; not only for me personally, but for the ‘Days of our Lives’ family and the entire Hollywood community. From day one until she taped her last scene, Frances epitomized the past, present and future of the show. Frances was truly one of a kind. Her class cannot be matched and her shoes cannot be filled … we will miss her all the rest of our days.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Dear John – Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Henry Thomas, Richard Jenkins, Scott Porter
From Paris With Love – John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Kasia Smutniak, Richard Durden

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $20 million.

Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

CASTING CALL
Several audition dates for the seventh season of FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance series are set for next month: Dallas on March 10; Nashville on March 14; Chicago on March 18; and Los Angeles on March 26. For the most up-to-date information on the venues as well as eligibility rules, applicants should visit fox.com/dance.
(Source: Cynopsis)