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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/18/10)
CBS: The Talk (Premiere) at 2pm (Sharon Osbourne, Leah Remini, Holly Robinson Peete, Sara Gilbert, Marissa Jaret Winokur & Julie Chen)
DISCOVERY CHANNEL: American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior (Premiere) at 9pm & 10pm
VH1: Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It (Premiere) at 10pm

Over the weekend, viewers in New York and Philadelphia could not watch the first game of the National League Championship Series between Philadelphia and San Francisco due to the continuing retransmission-consent dispute between Fox and Cablevision. The October 15 deadline to settle a new agreement involving the two companies passed without a new retransmission deal and Fox carried out its threat to pull its New York and Philadelphia stations off of Cablevision.  (Cablevision customers in Connecticut did lose WNYW/NY Fox affiliate, but retains the significantly-viewed CT Fox affiliate WTIC/Hartford, and MYTV9/New Haven.  Talks were due to resume yesterday, though no progress happened on Sunday, according to Fox. Both parties did agree to resume negotiations today.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Barbara Billingsley, who played the often parodied though revered June Cleaver on the television series Leave It to Beaver, died on Saturday at the age of 94 at her home in Santa Monica, CA. Ms. Billingsley played glamorous June, the mother who wore pearls and high heels at home and baked endless cookies, from 1957 to 1963 and later in decades of reruns. The role of June Cleaver set a standard for television in post-WWII America and Ms. Billingsley was known to have only respect for her iconic TV role. In real life, Ms. Billingsley was a former model and during her busy acting career, married three times and had periods of being a single working mom to her two sons. Before taking the TV role that she would be known for ever-after, Ms. Billingsley was a contract actress with MGM in the 1940s and early 1950s and appeared in small film roles in Shadow on the Wall (1950), Three Guys Named Mike (1951) and The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). Later, she had a revival in her career by appearing in the 1980 comedy film Airplane!, playing a sweet passenger who talks in “jive” with two street-smart characters. Ms. Billingsley also returned to television in the 1980s by making guest appearances on shows such as Mork & Mindy, Amazing Stories, The Love Boat, Murphy Brown and Roseanne among others. She was also the voice of the “nanny” in the animated series Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies. In 1983, Ms. Billingsley reprised her role as June in a television movie, Still the Beaver where she was together again with many of the cast members of the original Leave It to Beaver cast, though Hugh Beaumont, who played her TV husband, Ward had died earlier in 1982. This TV movie then led to a cable series of the same name and later became known as The New Leave It to Beaver. She further had a small role in the 1997 film Leave It to Beaver. Ms. Billingsley is survived by her two sons, Drew Billingsley and Glenn Billingsley.
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British actor, Simon MacCorkindale, 58, has died. Mr. MacCorkindale was known to American television viewers for his role as Greg Reardon in CBS’ drama series Falcon Crest, appearing in 59 episodes from 1984 to 1986. Later in England, Mr. MacCorkindale also had success in the British television series Casualty playing the role of Harry Harper for six seasons. He is survived by his second wife, actress Susan George.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Jackass 3-D – $50 million
Red – $22.5 million
The Social Network – $11 million
Secretariat – $9.5 million
Life As We Know It – $9.2 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
GSN is casting for a new 40-episode Relationship Game Show produced by 3 Ball Productions (The Biggest Loser, Beauty and the Geek) and needs female and male contestants in the age range of 25-45 years. The premise of the show is to use science to help you decide which person to choose. The show is looking for groups of three people: 1 guy who is dating 2 women or 1 woman dating 2 guys. All three people should be willing to be on the show which is described as a modern version of Love Connection or Change of Heart. No dates will happen on this show though you will discover your best “scientific match” through Scientific Profiling using compatibility tests and futuristic images to see what your possible children will look like together and what your daters will look in 20 years. Please send an email to lovetrianglecasting@gmail.com or lovetricasting@gmail.com to apply and refer your attractive friends. Include your name and age of you, and the 2 guys or women you are dating, your city, contact phone numbers and emails for you the two others, two recent photos (no headshots) of you and the two others, and your story.
(Source: Cynopsis)