FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ SOUNDSCAN/ POWERBALL

ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/19/10)
FOX: The Good Guys (Premiere) at 8pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: Atom TV (Premiere) at 2:30am
ABC: The Middle (Finale) at 8:30pm
ABC: Modern Family (Finale) at 9pm
ABC: Cougar Town (Finale) at 9:30pm

CBS also hammered out negotiations with Charlie Sheen on Monday night to remain on the sitcom Two and a Half Men for two more years. Sheen will make nearly $2 million per episode, settling on $1.8 to $1.9 million per segment, a pay scale similar to what Ray Romano made during his last season of Everybody Loves Raymond.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Returning ABC series include: America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Bachelor, Brothers & Sisters, Castle, Cougar Town, Dancing with the Stars, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Grey’s Anatomy, The Middle, Modern Family, Private Practice, Supernanny, V, 20/20 as well as Saturday Night College Football.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actor James Franco rejoins ABC’s General Hospital beginning June 30 as the daytime soap’s summer storyline kicks off. Franco will also appear this summer in the movie Eat Pray Love with Julia Roberts and just completed production on the film 127 Hours with former General Hospital actress Amber Tamblyn.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Following the demise of ABC’s Ugly Betty and a stint on Broadway, Vanessa Williams is joining another ABC drama, becoming an evil new housewife on Desperate Housewives. Williams will join the cast of Desperate Housewives’ seventh season this fall, moving to Wisteria Lane bent on inflicting havoc on everyone’s lives.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 5/16/10)

1) Justin Beiber – My World 2.0 – 60,343 (After 8 weeks – 1,042,803)

2) Lady Antebellum – Need You Now – 54,336 (After 16 weeks – 2,080,055)
3) National – High Violet – 50,671

Other Debuts
5) Dead Weather – Sea Of Cowards – 44,673
8 ) Charice – Charice – 42,985
10) As I Lay Dying – Powerless Rise – 37,921
15) Tenth Avenue North – Light Meets The Dark – 21,584
25) Keane – Night Train – 16,960
27) Meat Loaf – Hang Cool Teddy Bear – 15,071

POWERBALL
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