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Everything may be big in Texas including how many chefs are competing on the ninth season of Bravo’s Top Chef: Texas. Twenty-nine chefs, nearly double the previous seasons, will become chef’testants on the show though only 16 will head to Texas to compete in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio, when the new season opens November 2 at 10p. Padma Lakshmi is returning as host and head judge along with Chef Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons and the threesome will be joined by chef and restaurateur Emeril Lagasse and Chef Hugh Acheson as judges. Many celebrities will make appearances throughout the season including Charlize Theron, Pee-wee Herman, Cat Cora and Patti LaBelle among others. Magical Elves produces the series.
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TV veteran Florence Henderson co-hosts a new cooking-themed show on RLTV titled Good Food, Good Deeds beginning September 29 at 8p. The network is teaming with the Meals On Wheels Association of America to present a series where a celebrity guest fills in as a Meals On Wheels volunteer. The show also features Henderson and co-host nutritionist Joy Bauer in the kitchen preparing a tasty healthy meal with Bauer further giving tips on foods to buy and how to make meals that are easy and delicious. Future celebrity guests include Linda Gray, Mariette Hartley and Bob Eubanks.
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A second season of The Will: Family Secrets Revealed is on tap starting October 19 at 9p on Investigation Discovery. Prior to the new season debut on October 19, the network will air the one-hour special The Will: Outrageous Final Wishes at 8p. The series explores the hidden agendas and contentious stories involving families receiving an inheritance from a rich and sometime famous relative. The new season examines the disputed wills of Howard Hughes to Conway Twitty. The ten-episode season is produced by CMJ Productions II Inc. for ID.
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Yesterday it was reported the Federal Trade Commission granted Time Warner Cable early antitrust approval to purchase Insight Communications. In August, TWC announced its intentions to buy Insight from the Carlyle Group for $3 billion in cash to expand its presence in the Midwest.
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NBC’s Parenthood added Alexandra Daddario (White Collar) to its cast list for this current third season beginning with episode 8, cites TVLine. Daddario will play Rachel, the new receptionist at Adam (Peter Krause) and Crosby’s (Dax Shepard) new business. Parenthood airs on NBC Tuesdays at 10p.
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Despite ABC not announcing a return date for its comedy Cougar Town, the show is bulking up its cast roster with Susan Blakely playing Claire, the mother of Christa Miller’s cranky character Ellie, per TVLine.
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