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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 9/16/11)
ABC: 20/20 (Premiere) at 10pm
HBO: Real Time With Bill Maher (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: Karaoke Battle USA (Finale) at 9pm

(SATURDAY 9/17/11)
HGTV: HGTV’s Great Rooms (Premiere) at 6pm
HGTV: Color Splash (Premiere) at 9:30am
WEATHER: Weathering Disaster (Premiere) a 8pm
OWN: Confronting (Premiere) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 9/18/11)
TV ONE: Will To Live (Premiere) at 8pm
STYLE: Momster Of The Bride (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Hoarding: Buried Alive (Finale) at 9pm
HISTORY: Top Gear (Finale) at 10pm

Soon after retiring from NBC News’ Today in June, Meredith Vieira takes on a new role as special correspondent for the network’s upcoming primetime newsmagazine show, Rock Center with Brian Williams. Vieira will contribute reporting for the weekly show in addition to reporting for Today, NBC Nightly News and other NBC News programs as well as contribute to special network programming such as the 2012 London Olympic Games. NBC News President Steve Capus revealed the news stating Vieira’s new position is effective immediately.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sunday on HBO was packed with finales starting with the fourth season ender of True Blood drawing in 6.2 million total viewers for the night, with 5.1 watching at 9p and another 1.1 million tuning in for the 1115p episode. Curb Your Enthusiasm tallied its most-watched series finale since 2004 with 2.0 million viewers at 10p and another 406,000 watched the 1245a episode for a combined total audience of 2.4 million for the night. Then the series finale of Entourage delivered the most-watched episode of the season with 2.6 million viewers at 1030p and another 528,000 tuning in at 1215a for a combined 3.1 million total viewers for the night.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX is keeping Jennifer Lopez close at hand by granting a script commitment with penalty for a family dramedy project from her and showrunner Silvio Horta. Sony Pictures Television is producing the potential series about a Latino family with a batch of sisters who lead interconnected love lives. Horta will write and be one of the executive producers along with Lopez and her Nuyorican Productions’ producing partner Simon Fields.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new fashion-themed show heads to Lifetime as the network approved a ten-episode unscripted competition series, 24 Hour Catwalk. TV personality Alexa Chung hosts the one-hour show where four talented designers will be given the opportunity to compete and create their own collection in only one day. After a first cut challenge and elimination, two will remain and each will be challenged with creating a themed collection for their own runway show. The show’s judges include designer Cynthia Rowley, New York Times author/fashion editor Derek Blasberg and publicist James LaForce. 24 Hour Catwalk is produced by Jane Street Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Michael J. Fox is reprising his role on CBS’ The Good Wife during the new season in multiple episodes, reports TVLine. Fox plays Alicia’s nemesis Louis Canning who in the last season offered her a full partnership in his new law firm though she declined the offer. The Good Wife premieres September 25 at 9p on CBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On the cusp of its summer season finale, CBS renewed Big Brother for a 14th edition slated to air next summer. The most recent edition of Big Brother has tallied the highest ratings and audience delivery since 2004 with 8.11 million total viewers, a 3.1/9 rating/share among A18-49 and a 2.5/9 rating/share with A18-34. Big Brother is from Fly on the Wall Entertainment, in association with Endemol USA.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Matchmaker Siggy Flicker is featured in a new relationship reality show set in New York on VH1 titled Why Am I Still Single? debuting October 16 at 9p. In each episode, Siggy helps two clients (one male, one female) improve their dating skills which may lead them to finding true love. The series is from Left/Right.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Three more renewal orders were granted by USA Network for its original series Covert Affairs for a third season, a fourth season for Royal Pains and a second season to Necessary Roughness. USA Network handed 16-episode orders to each series and this news follows the renewal orders for White Collar, Suits, In Plain Sight and Burn Notice. Universal Cable Productions produces Covert Affairs and Royal Pains while Necessary Roughness is a co-production of Sony Pictures Television and Universal Cable Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Style Network is rewarding its summer hit series, Tia & Tamera by giving it a second season renewal. The August 8 launch of Tia & Tamera, starring sisters, Tia Mowry Hardict and Tamera Mowry-Housley, became Style’s most-watched series launch with an average of 750,000+ total viewers and after five weeks the show is remaining stable with 755,000 total viewers as well as 490,000 with A18-49 and 410,000 with W18-49. Production on season two will begin yet this year. The series is produced by Good Clean Fun.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Eleven new episodes of the half-hour series Life After premieres on TV One September 28 at 10p. The series is a hybrid biography and intimate confessional where a celebrity shares the turning points in their life that has forever changed them. Some of the celebrities profiled in the new season of Life After include Jackee, Danielle Spencer, Christopher Williams, AJ Johnson and Kim Coles among others. K2 Pictures produces the series for TV One.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The original series in the TLC franchise, Say Yes to the Dress is back for a seventh season starting October 7 at 9p. The half-hour series offers a behind-the-scenes look at prestigious bridal salon Kleinfeld Bridal. The new season opens with a visit from Kelly Ripa who offers her help as a bridal consultant for a day at Kleinfeld. Say Yes to the Dress is produced by Half Yard Productions for TLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/11/11)
1) Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV – 218,761 (After 2 weeks – 1,184,103)
2) Adele – 21 – 121,334 (After 29 weeks – 3,419,261)
3) George Strait – Here For A Good Time – 91,414

Other Debuts
15) Hugh Laurie – Let Them Talk – 19,645

MOVIES
Drive – Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Christina Hendricks
I Don’t Know How She Does It – Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Curtin
Straw Dogs – James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, James Woods, Dominic, Purcell
The Lion King (in 3D) – Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane

Sunday September 18, 2011
Eighth Ave. Fall Festival – on 8th Ave. from 42nd to 57th St.

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