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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/10/12)
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are?: Marisa Tomei (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY FIT & HEALTH: Dr. G. Medical Examiner (Finale) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 2/11/12)
A&E: Parking Wars (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Billy The Exterminator (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: The Bronson Pinchot Project (Premiere) at 10:30pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Zooey Deschanel, Musical Guest: Karmin at 11:30pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? (Finale) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Pit Bulls & Parolees (Finale) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 2/12/12)
E!: Live From The Red Carpet: The 2012 Grammy Awards at 6pm
CBS: The 54th Annual Grammy Awards at 8pm
BBC AMERICA: 2012 BAFTA Awards at 8pm
FOOD: Worst Cooks In America (Premiere) at 9pm
AMC: Comic Book Men (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: Full Metal Jousting (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: My Strange Addiction (Premiere) at 10pm
GALAVISION: Prime Gourmet, El Reto (Finale) at 6pm

Bravo has renewed Real Housewives of Miami for a second season. The Miami version is the seventh edition in the network’s franchise and production will begin this month. In addition, Bravo has replaced the production company behind season one, MCfilmworks with Purveyors of Pop, the production company that already produces the Real Housewives editions in Atlanta, New York City and New Jersey. The inaugural season of Real Housewives of Miami with seven episodes averaged 1.09 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight and Academy Award nominee Elliott Gould both have joined Showtime’s drama pilot Ray Donovan. Liev Schreiber already stars in the title role. Voight will play Ray’s father Mickey Donovan, a newly freed ex-con who heads to Los Angeles with nefarious intentions to find his estranged family. Gould will take up the recurring guest starring role as Ezra Goodman, a senior partner at a law firm who is Ray’s mentor and confidante who also shows signs of dementia. Ray Donovan is a Showtime production and shooting will begin in L.A. early this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Justin Kirk (Weeds) was cast in NBC’s comedy pilot Animal Kingdom playing Dr. George Coleman, a House-like veterinarian who loves animals but usually dislikes their owners.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – Brendan Fraser, Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine, Vanessa Hudgens
Safe House – Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Liam Cunningham, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Patrick
The Vow – Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange, Scott Speedman
Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (in 3D) (Re-release) – Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Pernilla August

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CASTING CALL
MYX TV, the Asian American television channel is looking to develop a network of correspondents in several cities with expertise and connections in any of the following categories/industries: music, gaming, comics/manga/anime, movies, pop culture memes, food, technology, fashion and Asian community events. The cities where correspondents should be located include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego. The network will consider males and females aged 24 to 35 and preferably of Asian American or mixed Asian American heritage. The right candidates must be able to self-produce segments including writing, shooting and editing or has access to production services. For more information please visit www.myx.tv or send an email to: keesa_ocampo@abs-cbn.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 2/9/12)
HISTORY: Swamp People (Premiere) a 9pm
HISTORY: Mudcats (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Behind The Music Remastered: The Go Go’s (Premiere) at 2am

Late yesterday, FOX said this current season of House, starring Hugh Laurie as the unconventional medical genius Dr. Gregory House will be its last. Produced by Universal Television, there is some speculation the show could be picked up by another broadcast or cable network though nothing is official. The series’ present eighth season, airing Mondays at 8p, has averaged 9.8 million total viewers and a 3.9 rating among A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A proposed English-language cable news channel aiming at the US Hispanic market is in discussions between ABC and Univision. The 24-hour cable news channel would likely launch prior to the fall election period. Based in Miami, the cable news operation would utilize current reporters and producers from ABC and Univision and be owned 50-50 by both broadcasting companies. Presently, the US Hispanic population totals 50 million people and between the 2000 and 2010 census the US Hispanic population increased by 43%.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jersey Shore spinoff series The Pauly D Project premieres March 29 at 1030p on MTV. The new series, produced by 495 Productions follows Pauly D as he navigates the music industry while trying to balance the trappings of fame and family time. MTV is scheduling The Pauly D Project after Ashton Kutcher’s reality prank series Punk’d at 10p. The Pauly D Project will also roll out internationally on MTV channels starting this June.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Football players weren’t the only ones taking to the gridiron last Sunday as a cadre of cute puppies frolicked and made touchdowns in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl VIII. The network reports 8.7 million unique total viewers tuned in across the 12-hour marathon. For 3-5p premiere of Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet delivered an average of 1.6 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mandy Moore will headline a new single-camera comedy pilot ordered by ABC. The untitled project is about newlyweds Annie (Moore) and Ben who open a hip new restaurant in Annie’s hometown that brings her closer to her needy and high maintenance family. Shawn Levy is on board as EP and to direct the pilot. Bob Fisher and Stacy Traub are writers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
A docu-series for a major cable network is casting nationwide for hot moms aged 34-45 who gave birth to children while in their late teens or early twenties. The show is looking for dynamic, beautiful women who traded in their 20′s to raise kids. Now that the kids are grown, these gorgeous moms are ready to have some fun. Send an email ASAP to: DevelopmentTVCasting@gmail.com and include your name, contact info, city/state, photos and a paragraph about you and your friends.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/30/12)
STYLE: The Amandas (Premiere) at 8pm
LOGO: RuPaul’s Drag Race (Premiere) at 9pm
LOGO: Untucked: RuPaul’s Drag Race (Premiere) at 10:30pm
E! Fashion Police: 2012 SAG Awards (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Who’s Still Standing? (Finale) at 8pm
NBC: Fear Factor (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: Next Great Baker (Finale) at 9pm
TV ONE: Unsung: Full Force (Premiere) at 10pm

The National Boards of the ScreenActors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (AFTRA) have taken major steps toward a merger. On Saturday, AFTRA’s board voted 94% in favor (6% disapprove) to recommend a unification plan with SAG. Before that on Friday, SAG’s board voted in favor of the merger plan by 87.1% (12.9% disapprove). The next move will see members of AFTRA and SAG vote on the merger after February 27. More than 60% of members need to approve the merger in order to create one new aligned union called SAG-AFTRA. Currently, AFTRA oversees more than 70,000 actors, broadcasters, singers and dancers while SAG oversees 120,000 members.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Robert Hegyes, best known as “Sweathog” Juan Epstein on the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter died last Thursday in Edison, NJ. He was 60. Mr. Hegyes appeared on the ABC sitcom which ran from 1975 to 1979 playing Epstein, the Sweathog who was always late sporting excuse notes signed “Epstein’s Mother.” Following Welcome Back, Kotter, Mr. Hegyes had a recurring role on the 1980s CBS crime drama Cagney & Lacey and in later years he acted in regional theater and had guest roles on CHiPs, L.A. Heat and Diagnosis Murder. Mr. Hegyes also taught for several years at Venice High School in California where he told interviewers he had a reputation for accepting no absence excuses of any kind.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Longtime television comedy director, John Rich died on Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 86. Mr. Rich directed 81 episodes of All in the Family in the 1970s and prior to that directed the 1950s sitcoms I Married Joan starring Joan Davis and Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden. Mr. Rich won two Emmy Awards, one for directing and one for producing, both for All in the Family, as well as a third Emmy for directing The Dick Van Dyke Show. Mr. Rich was also granted the Director Guild of America’s highest honor, the Richard B. Aldrich Achievement Award in 1993 and was recognized for his contributions to television with an Honorary Life Member Award in 2003. Mr. Rich is survived by his wife, Patty; three children and eight grandchildren.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS – 2012 WINNERS LIST
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Grey – $20 million
Underworld Awakening – $12.5 million
One For The Money – $11.8 million
Red Tails – $10.4 million
Man On A Ledge – $8.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
A major production company is casting nationally for people of all ages who want to work for one of America’s top fashion publications as an Associate Fashion/Features Editor as part of a new network television show. The program is looking for people who are outgoing, driven, creative and have a competitive edge. Send an email ASAP to: TheJobCasting@yahoo.com and include your name, contact info, city/state, photos and a description of why you think you should work for a top fashion publication.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s The Revolution is seeking women from the NYC/tri-state area who want to learn about their anatomy for a segment. Interested women should be available tomorrow, January 31. Another new segment is looking for female dog owners who want to learn about dog health. For this segment, interested women should be from the NYC/tri-state area and be available on Wednesday, February 1. Those interested in either segment should send an email ASAP to: barbarastein@earthlink.net.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The new YouTube Home & Design channel, SPACES is looking for celebrities who are currently renovating their homes or who want to begin a renovation soon. The show will follow the celebrity through the renovation process. The channel is looking for celebrities who have a passion for design and renovation. For bookings, send an email to: tvtalkrr@yahoo.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY  1/20/12)
VH1: Ink Master (Premiere) at 3pm
ABC: Shark Tank (Premiere) at 8pm
HBO: On Freddie Roach (Premiere) at 9:30pm
CMT: Swanderosa (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Flying Wild Alaska (Finale) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 1/21/12)
COOKING: Drop 5 lbs With Good Housekeeping (Premiere) ar 11am
A&E: Flipping Boston (Premiere) at 12pm
GSN: Dancing With The Stars (Season 4) (Premiere) at 6pm
CMT: Bayou Billionaires (Premiere) at 9pm
CMT: My Big Redneck Vacation (Premiere) at 9:30pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Scorned: Love Kills (Premiere) at 10pm
SCIENCE: An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List (Premiere) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 1/22/12)
BRAVO: Chef Roble & Co. (Finale) at 10pm

The two-hour 11th season premiere of American Idol on Wednesday scored a win for FOX that night with a 7.2 rating among A18-49 though the season opener was down -27% in the demo compared to the 10th season premiere from a year ago. The season premiere also averaged 21.6 million viewers which represented a -17% decline from its previous debut on January 19, 2011.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Two syndicated court shows, Divorce Court and Judge Alex distributed by Twentieth Television, Inc. have been renewed through the 2013-14 season. In the next season, both programs are cleared in 75% of the US including on the Fox Television Stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas. The programs are additionally renewed on the Tribune, Sinclair, CBS, Local TV, Belo and Newport-owned stations. Judge Alex and Divorce Court are produced by Monet Lane Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The CW is moving forward with The Carrie Diaries ordering a pilot based on Candace Bushnell’s novel about a young Carrie Bradshaw coming of age in the 1980s. Amy Harris, who worked on HBO’s original Sex and the City series, wrote the new pilot script. Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Len Goldstein and Candace Bushnell serve as executive producers. The CW also ordered a new version of Beauty and the Beast to pilot loosely based on the 1987 CBS series and described as a contemporary romantic story with a procedural angle. Jennifer Levin (Felicity) and Sherri Cooper (Brothers and Sisters) are writers. Executive producers on board include Paul J. Witt, C. Anthony Thomas, Ron Koslow and Bill Haber.
(Source: Cynopsis)

For the fifth season of HBO’s True Blood, an actor from the Twilight Saga movies and AMC’s Hell on Wheels, Christopher Heyerdahl is joining in the recurring role as Dieter Braun. Heyerdahl’s character is an ancient and powerful vampire who plays a major role in the intelligence of the Authority.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Underworld Awakening – Kate Beckinsale
Red Tails – Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Bryan Cranston, Nate Parker, David Oyelowo
Haywire – Gina Carano, Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton
Coriolanus (Limited Release) – Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain
Carol Channing: Large Than Life (Limited Release) – Carol Channing

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $60 million

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 1/19/12)
FOX: American Idol (Part 2) (Premiere) at 8pm
VERIA LIVING: The Incurables (Premiere) at 9pm
COOKING: Symon’s Suppers (Premiere) at 9:30pm
FX: Archer (Premiere) at 10pm
FX: Unsupervised (Premiere) at 10:30pm
A&E: Beyond Scared Straight (Finale) at 10pm

HDNet, owned by Mark Cuban, will be rebranded as AXS TV (pronounced “access”) as part of a new joint venture between AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media and Creative Artists Agency. Ryan Seacrest Media will also have an ownership stake in AXS TV. The rebranded network will launch this June and the partners involved have a deal with DISH to expand the distribution. HDNet is presently on DISH’s HD tier and as part of the new deal a standard-def version of the network will launch and be included in DISH’s America’s Top 120 channel package. To date, HDNet reaches 27 million homes and the expanded DISH deal will take AXS TV’s distribution to more than 35 million. Content on AXS TV will include lifestyle programming, as well as concerts, music festivals, red carpet premieres, award shows, parties, pop culture events and in-depth interviews. Select HDNet programming including HDNet Fights, Inside MMA, Dan Rather Reports, Sunday concert series and more will continue to air on AXS TV.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A double batch of royal romance series will premiere on TLC when Undercover Princes opens at January 31 at 10p followed a month later by Undercover Princesses on February 28 at 10p. The two series follow six royal heirs from countries including Germany, South Africa, Uganda and India as they look for love without revealing their regal heritage. The royals will also learn to cook for themselves, clean and get regular jobs without help from their servants. TLC will air four episodes of Undercover Princes as well as four episodes of Undercover Princesses. A one-hour special is also scheduled to air March 27. Both series originally aired in the UK on BBC Three and are produced by Objective Productions, an ALL3MEDIA Company.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SCIENCE debuts a new season of An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List this Saturday at 10p. The series stars Ricky Gervais and his friends Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington as Gervais and Merchant send Pilkington on another around the world trip to fulfill his “Bucket List.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
The producers behind such shows as Dirty Jobs, Top Shot and Ghost Hunters are casting for a new scavenger hunt competition show. The show is looking for teams of two, three and four people from the Los Angeles area to participate in a four-day, filmed scavenger hunt in L.A. to win a cash prize. All kinds of team are welcome to apply from co-workers, business partners, families, sports teammates, best friends and siblings. Producers are auditioning teams this week so send an email right away to: ScavengerHuntCasting@gmail.com and include the following information: names and ages of everyone in the team; phone numbers; city/state in which you all reside (all team members must live within the L.A. area); explain how the team members know each other and why you make a good team; and include a few photos of you and your team.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A major cable network and a well-known production company seeks homeowners who are victims of shoddy work from a terrible contractor. If you are a private homeowner in the NYC area who has commissioned a contractor that did shoddy craftsmanship and you want the job done right and for free, send an email ASAP to: renovationremedy@gmail.com and include your name, contact info, a description about you and your family, what when wrong during your renovation and what needs to be done to correct the mistakes as well as photos of yourself and the area(s) of your home that needs repair.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new relationship docu-series from the producers of ABC’s Supernanny and Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City seeks married couples in the Greater Los Angeles area with dynamic personalities who are desperate to spice up their love life. Interested couples should send an email to: JVLCasting@gmail.com and include your name, age, city, email, phone number, two recent photos and a paragraph about yourself and your marriage.
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1 and Ellen Rakieten Entertainment seeks mothers and daughters that are pregnant at the same time to appear on a new docu-series. The docu-series will follow the exciting and dramatic journey of mothers and daughters who are experiencing pregnancy at the same time. The show wants to share your amazing, challenging and funny stories. If both you and your daughter are outgoing and open to sharing your stories, please send an email ASAP to mothersanddaughtersExpecting@gmail.com and include your phone number, email addresses and city/state. Applicants should be 18 years or older.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Spider-Man Producers File Countersuit Against Orginal Director Julie Taymor.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/spider-man-turn-off-the-dark/buzz/159436/spider-man-producers-file-countersuit-against-original-director-julie-taymor/

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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 1/17/12)
CW: Remodeled (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Ragin’ Cajuns (Premiere) at 10pm
FX: Justified (Premiere) at 10pm
SPIKE: Ink Master (Premiere0 at 10pm
TNT: Southland (Premiere) at 10pm
USA: White Collar (Premiere) at 10pm

After two airings, ABC took sitcom Work It off its schedule. The show’s most recent airing last Tuesday delivered a 1.6 rating/5 share among A18-49 and 4.8 million total viewers, an approximate 30% decline from its Last Man Standing lead-in and a 20% drop from its premiere episode. In its 830p Tuesday time slot, ABC will air Last Man Standing repeats until further notice. Work It was produced by Bonanza Productions in association with Summer School Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Next month, Hulu will premiere its first original scripted series, Battleground on February 14. The weekly workplace series will be set amidst a political campaign and explores the world of campaign workers and volunteers in a Wisconsin state Senate race. Battleground is shot documentary-style and is executive produced by JD Walsh, Hagai Shaham and Marc Webb.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Syfy ordered additional episodes of Warehouse 13, taking the fourth season to 20 total episodes. Season three of Warehouse 13 averaged more than 2.0 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Making it official, TV Land approved the new series Have Faith, the spin-off series of Hot in Cleveland starring Cedric The Entertainer and Niecy Nash. Suzanne Martin is writing Have Faith as well as executive producing. TV Land has ordered 12 episodes of the series featuring Cedric as an R&B star-turned-minister, a character that was introduced in Hot in Cleveland. TV Land will premiere Have Faith in June.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC ordered Shonda Rhimes project Gilded Lillys to pilot. The drama is set in 1895 following the first grand opening of a luxury hotel in New York. The plot will be filled with family rivalries, scandals and conflict among the classes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC also ordered to pilot The Frontier, one of the Western projects that have been in development at the network. The Frontier is set in the 1840s about a group that heads west from Missouri across unchartered territory. Shaun Cassidy will be an executive producer on the project with Prospect Park’s Jeff Kwatinetz and Josh Barry along with The West Wing’s Thomas Schlamme who will also direct the pilot. Sony Pictures Television is producing
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $50 million