FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ SOUNDSCAN/ POWERBALL/ CASTING CALL

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/9/11)
WEALTH TV: Social (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: Mr. Sunshine (Premiere) at 9:30pm
FX: Justified (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: Live To Dance (Finale) at 8pm
DIRECTV: Friday Night Lights (Finale) at 9pm

Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann landed at Current Media where he will soon serve as executive producer and host for a new nightly primetime news and commentary show on Current TV.  Olbermann’s new show does not have a title yet nor a specific time period though it is expected to premiere in the spring.  Production will be based in New York City.  In addition to his show duties, Olbermann will also be the company’s Chief News Officer and will hold an equity stake in Current Media which was founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt.  Current TV is distributed in more than 75 million households worldwide, 60 million in the US alone.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV premieres the sophomore season of The Hard Times of RJ Berger beginning March 24 at 11p directly after the Jersey Shore season finale.  The second season of Hard Times will resume where the plot left off at the end of season one following the life and times of awkward 15-year old RJ Berger.  Following the premiere, the series will switch to its regular time slot of Mondays at 10p starting March 28. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Super Bowl XLV was not the only bowl event that scored on Sunday as Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl VII attracted its largest audience ever with 9.2 million unique total viewers over the 12-hour marathon.  For its two-hour premiere at 3p, Puppy Bowl averaged more than 1.7 million total viewers, a 60% increase over the previous year during the 3-5p time period.
(Source: Cynopsis) 

Hilarie Burton promoted to full-time series regular on USA Network’s White Collar for next season, cites TV Guide.  Burton has appeared as a recurring character, Sara Ellis since the start of the second season. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/6/11)
1) Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday – 45,271 (After 11 weeks – 1,034,578)
2) Red – Until We Have Faces – 42,731
3) Ricky Martin – Musica + Alma + Sexo – 31,693

Other Debuts
12) Civil Wars – Barton Hollow – 24,756
14) Bob Marley & The Wailers – Live Forever: The Stanley Theater – 23,218
29) Wow Gospel 2011 – Wow Gospel 2011 – 14,781

POWERBALL
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CASTING CALL
ABC’s reality series Wipeout and MysticArt Pictures are casting for men and women to be a part of the show’s fourth season.  Ideal candidates should be fun, strong-willed, outgoing and have a great sense of humor.  Producers are also interested in families such as father/daughter or mother/son teams, singles and more.  An open audition call is happening this Saturday in Burbank. Interested participants should visit www.mysticartpictures.com – for complete instructions on how to apply to be on the show.
(Source: Cyopsis)

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