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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 9/16/10)
NBC:
The Apprentice (Premiere) at 9pm
FX: It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Premiere) at 10pm
FX: The League (Premiere) at 10:30pm
A&E: The Squad: Prison Police (Finale) at 10pm

TNT ordered up another season of its medical drama Hawthorne starring and executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith for a third season. TNT ordered 10 new episodes which will premiere in 2011. During season two, Hawthorne has averaged 3.7 million total viewers. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with Overbrook Productions and Jamie Tarses’ FanFare Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV debuts a second season of The Buried Life on September 27 at 1030p, the show that asks the question: “What do you want to do before you die?” The show follows four adventurous friends, Ben, Jonnie, Duncan and Dave as they travel the US trying to fulfill a list of 100 things they want to do before they die. In the process of completing their list, they help strangers along the way achieve a dream of their own.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Film and television character actor, Harold Gould died last Saturday in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 86. Mr. Gould is most recognized for two of his television roles. In the 1970s, Mr. Gould played Martin Morgenstern, the father of Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper) the best friend of Mary Richards (Marty Tyler Moore) on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the spin-off series Rhoda. Later, Mr. Gould regularly appeared on The Golden Girls as a dashing widower who courted the constantly befuddled Rose (Betty White). Mr. Gould earned a Ph.D. in dramatic speech and literature from Cornell and taught acting in college before he became a professional actor. He appeared on stage and in numerous films including a memorable turn as the dapper con artist Kid Twist in The Sting (1973) and as a Russian count in Woody Allen’s Love and Death (1975) among other roles. Mr. Gould became a familiar face on television for nearly five decades appearing on such classic shows as Dennis the Menace, The Donna Reed Show, Hazel, Perry Mason in the 60s; on Hawaii Five-O, Police Story, Family, Soap, The Love Boat and more during the 70s; on St. Elsewhere, L.A. Law and Nightcourt in the 80s; on Dallas, Lois and Clark and Felicity in the 90s; and in this century on The King of Queens, Judging Amy and Cold Case. Mr. Gould is survived by his wife of sixty years, Lea Shampanier; a daughter, two sons and five grandchildren.
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Respected broadcast journalist, Edwin Newman, 91, died August 13 in Oxford, England. Mr. Newman was with NBC News for 32 years and was considered a master journalist excelling as a newsman, a commentator and a revered critic. Mr. Newman received the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award in 1966 for his radio news broadcasts. He is survived by his wife, Rigel and a daughter, Nancy.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
FOX
is moving ahead with an eighth season of the original dance competition show So You Think You Can Dance and two upcoming audition dates are now scheduled. Auditions will be held on October 13 in Oakland, CA and also on November 15 in Brooklyn, NY. For full details on these auditions, venues, eligibility requirements and to see additional audition cities, visit www.fox.com/dance . So You Think You Can Dance was created by Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment Ltd. and dick clark productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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