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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/24/11)
LOGO: RuPaul’s Drag Race (Premiere) at 10pm
LOGO: Untucked: RuPaul’s Drag Race (Premiere) at 11:30pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Stalked: Someone’s Watching (Premiere) at 10:30pm
TLC: 19 Kids And Counting (Premiere) at 10:30pm
TLC: Next Great Baker (Finale) at 9pm
MSNBC and Keith Olbermann parted ways on Friday as Olbermann signed off as host of his nightly Countdown show for the last time on live TV. What at first seemed like sudden news, NYT reports Olbermann and MSNBC have been in negotiations for weeks to end their relationship. The deal was completed on Friday which prompted Olbermann to make his final good-bye to viewers on Friday’s show. Apparently, MSNBC and Olbermann have a separation agreement in place which includes restrictions on when Olbermann can next host another television show for another network and when he can grant interviews about the decision to sever his relationship with MSNBC. The deal though puts no limitations on Olbermann if he wanted to move to radio or to an online format. According to sources, Olbermann’s deal is not unlike the one Conan O’Brien had a year ago with NBC when he left The Tonight Show.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC is renewing Cake Boss: Next Great Baker hosted by Buddy Valastro for a second season set to premiere later this year. The first season 90-minute finale airs tonight at 9p followed by a new season launch of 19 Kids and Counting at 1030p. Cake Boss: Next Great Baker is from High Noon Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)
VH1’s season four finale of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew airing last Wednesday at 10p posted a 0.8 rating among A18-49 and attracted 1.3 million total viewers. VH1 will air the live 60m special where the cast of Celebrity Rehab unites with Dr. Drew this Wednesday at 10p.
(Source: Cyopsis)
NBC is moving forward with the Wonder Woman pilot from David E. Kelley. The project had been brought to NBC once before though the network had passed on it at that time. Late last week, NBC also picked up a musical series about the making of a Broadway play from Steven Spielberg called Smash. The project has Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Chicago, Hairspray) on board along with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman to write original songs for the series; Theresa Rebeck would write the script with Spielberg as executive producer. NBC also nodded approval for a half-hour romantic comedy pilot titled I Hate That I Love You from Jhoni Marchenko (Will & Grace). The plot is about a straight couple who introduce two lesbian friends to one another which results in instant attraction and a pregnancy. And, NBC handed a pilot order to an hour-long drama Mann’s World from Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City) about a celebrity hair stylist living in L.A.
(Source: Cynopsis)
At CBS, the network ordered a cop drama pilot stemming from collaboration between Robert DeNiro and crime writer Richard Price about six NYC rookie cops who are learning the job while trying to lead normal lives. Tribeca Productions will produce the projected titled Rookies with DeNiro and his partner Jane Rosenthal as executive producers. CBS Television Studios is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
No Strings Attached – $20.3 million
The Green Hornet – $18.1 million
The Dilemma – $9.7 million
The King’s Speech – $9.2 million
True Grit – $8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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