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FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION
NBC: The Great American Road Trip (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC FAMILY: 10 Things I Hate About You (Premiere) at 8pm
LOGO: Beautiful People (Premiere) at 10:30pm

MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE
The Michael Jackson Tribute will air on E!, NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CNN, TV One, MTV, & VH1 at 1pm (East Coast) and 10am (West Coast) from the Staples Center in Los Angeles today.  Also it will be shown on Jumbotrons  in Times Square and the State Office Building on 125th Street in Harlem.  The Clearview Chelsea Cinemas Theater  – 260 West 23rd Street will also be showing it as well.

Michael Jackson Memorial Coverage: Undoubtedly a slew of networks will cover the memorial service held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles today. Here is what is likely a partial list of those networks planning coverage (listed alphabetically by network):

• ABC’s Charlie Gibson will anchor live coverage titled Remembering Michael Jackson at 1p ET along with Nightline anchor Martin Bashir. Diane Sawyer from New York and Barbara Walters at the Staples Center will co-anchor a special edition of 20/20 tonight at 9p ET followed by Primetime: Family Secrets at 10p ET, reporting on Jackson’s children. Cynthia McFadden will also anchor Nightline from the Staples Center.
• BET serves up a full day of coverage titled Michael Jackson: In Remembrance starting with an encore episode of 106 & Park at 9a ET with Jackson videos and more; at 1030a ET, BET will re-air Forever the King: A Tribute to Michael Jackson followed by an encore airing of Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough: Michael Jackson Special at 11a ET. BET’s News team will begin its live memorial coverage at 12p to 4p ET from both L.A. and New York with BET News correspondent Jina Johnson joined by guest reporters Lola Ogunnaike and April Woodard. Later today, BET will re-air Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough: Michael Jackson Special at 4p ET and 106 & Park with more tributes to Jackson at 6p ET.
• On CBS, Maggie Rodriguez and Harry Smith will anchor the Early Show today from the Staples Center. CBS News anchor Katie Couric will lead the network’s live coverage of the memorial service at 1p ET from the Staples Center and she will also anchor a special 48 Hours at 10p.
• CNN sends Anderson Cooper, Larry King, Don Lemon and Soledad O’Brien to host live memorial coverage from L.A. while Campbell Brown and Roland Martin anchor live from New York, beginning at 12p ET. CNN’s coverage will also be simulcast on CNN International.
• E! begins its Jackson programming at 7a ET, broadcasting its coverage worldwide starting with an updated E! True Hollywood Story about Jackson and the E! Entertainment Special: Michael Jackson, an authorized documentary about Jackson’s live including interviews and footage from concerts. E! will have reporters doing live cut-ins throughout the morning from various locations and in-studio and E!’s Jason Kennedy will be reporting live from the Staples Center. E!’s live memorial coverage from inside the Staples Center begins at 1p ET/10a PT and will also be simulcast on EOnline.
• FOX News Channel’s Shepard Smith will anchor live coverage while Megyn Kelly leads live coverage of the memorial for FOX Broadcasting, both at 1p ET. Tonight, Greta Van Susteren will broadcast her show from L.A.
• For HLN, Robin Meade, A.J. Hammer and Jane Velez-Mitchell will anchor live coverage.
• MTV, MTV.com, VH1, VH1.com, VH1 Classic and VH1 Soul offers extended coverage of the memorial service today starting at 12p ET/9a PT. During the hour prior to the service, MTV and VH1 will air a cadre of Jackson’s most memorable videos, performances and interviews with reporting from the memorial site by MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway among other correspondents from the networks. The channels will then offer live and commercial free coverage from the memorial service at 1p-230p ET/10a-1130a PT. Additionally, MTV’s 28th birthday on August 1 will become a day-long celebration of “Michael Jackson TV” as the network honors the “King of Pop’s” music legacy reaching more than a half billion households in more than 160 countries worldwide.
• NBC’s Meredith Vieira will broadcast live for Today at the Staples Center and NBC News’ Brian Williams will anchor the network’s live memorial coverage at 1p ET. Chris Jansing will lead MSNBC’s memorial live coverage. Additionally, Williams will anchor Nightly News from Los Angeles this evening.
• TV One will cover the memorial service live starting at 1p ET from the Staples Center with Art Fennell and Jacque Reid as hosts.
  (Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $133 million.

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

CASTING CALL
BBC Worldwide Productions is casting for a male host to lead a new untitled phobia show about those afflicted with debilitating fears and phobias and exploring available treatments. Male candidates should have an aggressive personality, previous television experience and already be a therapist, counselor, psychologist, psychiatrist or life coach who works with clients suffering from phobias. Send an email to castingrealtv@gmail.com and include name, professional title and credentials, contact information (email, phone and website), a photo and a one paragraph description of why you would make a great host this show.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION
VH1: The Great Debate (Premiere) at 10pm

The Michael Jackson Tribute will air on E!, NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CNN, and TV One at 1pm (East Coast) and 10am (West Coast) from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday July 7, 2009.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs -$42.5 million (Tie)
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen – $42.5 million (Tie)
Public Enemies – $26.2 million
The Proposal – $12.8 million
The Hangover – $10.4 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
BBC Worldwide is producing the new television series Bank of Mom & Dad for SOAPnet (debuts September 30 at 10p) and is looking for young women age 25-32 that are spending too much and in deep credit card debt with parents who are concerned about the situation. Applicants and their families must live in the New York tri-state area. To be considered for the show along with your parents, send an email to debtshowcasting@gmail.com and include your name, age, location, phone/email and description of your financial situation.
(Source: Cynopsis)