FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/18/11)
CBS: Criminal Minds (Finale) at 9pm
CW: America’s Next Top Model (Finale) at 9pm
NBC: Law & Order: SVU (Finale) at 10pm
On the day before its Upfront, CBS canceled frosh spinoff drama series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior and at the same time renewed CSI: NY for an eighth season. Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior debuted in midseason and for its last airing on May 11, posted a 2.1 rating among A18-49 and 9.3 million total viewers, below the average of the original Criminal Minds series.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Further 2011-2012 season news from The CW is a renewal of One Tree Hill and frosh spy drama Nikita. The network also released the college cheerleading frosh drama Hellcats off its schedule.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season three of Celebrity Ghost Stories premieres June 18 at 9p on BIO Channel featuring first-person narrative stories from celebrities such as Regis Philbin, Harry Hamlin, Ana Gasteyer, Jaime King and Jerry Stiller among many others. Following at 10p, BIO launches new series Celebrity Close Calls where noted celebrities relate true stories of events that almost ended in death. During the first season Jewel, Ice-T, Jermaine Jackson, Niki Taylor and Gary Busey as well as others tell their near-death stories. Both Celebrity Ghost Stories and Celebrity Close Calls are produced by Jarrett Creative Group for BIO Channel.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bravo’s season debut of The Real Housewives of New Jersey on Monday scored the highest rated season premiere in the network’s history by delivering 2.02 million A18-49 and the highest rated season opener in the Housewives franchise with 2.87 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC is returning a slew of series including the dramas: Body of Proof starring Dana Delany; Castle helmed by Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic; Desperate Housewives with a cast led by Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria and Vanessa Williams among others; as well as Shonda Rhimes’ two medical dramas Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice. ABC’s returning comedies consist of Cougar Town starring Courteney Cox; Happy Endings; The Middle starring Patricia Heaton; and Modern Family. ABC’s returning alternative series include America’s Funniest Home Videos; The Bachelor; Dancing with the Stars; Extreme Makeover: Home Edition; Secret Millionaire; Shark Tank; and 20/20.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Soon after receiving word House was renewed on FOX for an eighth season, Lisa Edelstein opted to not return to the series, ending her role at the end of the current seventh season when her contract expires.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 5/15/11)
1) Adele – 21 – 155,966 (After 12 weeks – 1,710,257)
2) Various Artists – Now 38 – 68,368 (After 2 weeks – 192,885)
3) Lonely Island – Turtleneck & Chain – 67,572
Other Debuts
4) Christina Perri – Lovestrong – 58,405
5) Tyler The Creator – Goblin – 45,127
7) Cars – Move Like This – 36,058
14) Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin’ – 21,228
23) Matthew Morrison (from Glee) – Matthew Morrison – 16,217
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