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FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 4/12/11)
ABC: Jaime Oliver’s Food Revolution (Premiere) at 8pm
COOKING CHANNEL: Eat Street (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: Deadliest Catch (Premiere) at 9pm
BET: Toya: A Family Affair (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: I (Almost) Got Away With It (Premiere) at 10pm
WE TV: Braxton Family Values (Premiere) at 9pm
WE TV: Sinbad It’s Just Family (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: Teen Mom 2: Unseen Moments (Premiere) at 10pm
COMEDY CENTRAL:
Sports Show With Norm MacDonald (Premiere) at 10:30pm
TLC: What Not To Wear (Finale) at 9pm

Steve Carrell departs NBC’s The Office with an extra 50 minutes.  NBC “supersized” the April 28 episode featuring Carrell for the last time and the special ep will air from 9p to 950p.  Not to be outdone, Parks and Recreation will also have an extended episode on April 28 from 950p to 1030p followed by a normal sized ep of 30 Rock at 1030p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bravo’s upcoming music competition series, Platinum Hit bows May 30 at 10p with host Jewel and head judge Kara DioGuardi.  The series follows 12 aspiring musicians as they endure a series of songwriting challenges in pursuit of a $100,000 cash prize, a publishing deal with Sony, BMI Songwriters The Writing Camp and a recording agreement with RCA/Jive. Keith Naftaly, SVP of A&R for RCA/Jive Label Group at Sony Music Entertainment will be a featured judge throughout the competition series and other guest judges will include Leona Lewis, Natasha Bedingfield, Donna Summer, Jermaine Dupri, Taio Cruz and Ryan Tedder.  True Entertainment produces Platinum Hit for Bravo.
(Source: Cymopsis)

Giuliana and Bill Rancic continue to allow cameras to be part of their personal lives as a fourth season of Giuliana & Bill was announced by The Style Network.  Season three which ended on December 20, 2010, was the most-watched with 357,000 total viewers.  The new fourth season will launch in July.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TLC granted a ninth season renewal for What Not To Wear helmed by fashion gurus Stacy London and Clinton Kelly.  TLC premieres the ninth season this August with 26 new episodes.  BBC Worldwide Productions produces the series for TLC. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

E!’s series premiere of Khloe & Lamar on Sunday at 10p tallied 2.6 million total viewers and delivered a 3.52 rating with W18-34.  Following at 1030p, a second new series, The Dance Scene attracted half as many total viewers at 1.3 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV Land is developing a spinoff to Hot in Cleveland starring Cedric the Entertainer, reports Variety.  Later this month, Cedric will guest star on Hot in Cleveland playing a minister. Following this appearance, Suzanne Martin, the show’s creator and executive producer will work with Cedric on a pilot script for a spinoff featuring the minister character.  If TV Land top executives Larry Jones and Keith Cox approve the script the show will likely be ordered to series without filming the pilot.
(Source: Cynopsis) 

The Style Network heads to the Big Apple with a new version of its makeover series Clean House New York.  The one-hour series sporting a new host and clean-up crew will look for the messiest homes in New York and viewers will watch as the Clean House New York team performs miracles for homeowners who have battled disorganization.  The 10-episode series begins production in New York next month and the new episodes premiere in October.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $58 million.

Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
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CASTING CALL
GMC is hosting a national casting call for its new original series America Sings hosted by Drew Lachey.  America Sings launches as a weekly series this June.  The show is seeking singing groups of any age who are willing to showcase their talents on national television with the chance to win $10,000.  Singing groups could be church choirs, school music ensembles, barbershop, choral, doo wop and more. Interested singing groups are invited to submit a performance video and entry information is available at: www.watchgmctv.com/ sing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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