CELEBRITY NEWS: SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity
Columbus Short (“Stomp The Yard”) – 29 years old
Allison Sweeney (The Biggest Loser) – 35 years old
Carter Oosterhouse – 35 years old
Jimmy Fallon – 37 years old
Sanaa Lathan (“Love & Basketball”) – 40 years old
Jeremy Irons – 63 years old
Adam West (Batman) – 83 years old
James Lipton (Inside The Actor’s Studio) – 85 years old.
FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVSION (MONDAY 9/19/11)
ABC: Rachael Ray (Premiere) at 10am
CW: Dr. Drew’s Life Changers (Premiere) 3pm
ABC: Dancing With The Stars (Premiere) at 8p
ABC: Castle (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: How I Met Your Mother (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: Two And A Half Men (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: 2 Broke Girls (Premiere) at 9:30pm
CBS: Hawaii Five-O (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: The Sing-Off (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: The Playboy Club (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Show House Showdown (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: American Underworld (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: Fashion Police: 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards at 10pm
BRAVO: Watch What Happens: Live At (Premiere) at 11pm
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen (Finale) at 8pm
SYFY: Eureka (Finale) at 8pm
A&E: Intervention (Finale) at 10pm
Following up on its recent pick-up of summer hit series Switched at Birth, ABC Family announced it is adding another season of Make It or Break It and approving a back-order of The Lying Game. Fueled by the launch of original series Switched at Birth and the return of Pretty Little Liars and The Secret Life of the American Teenager, ABC Family posted its largest summer audience ever in primetime with 1.48 million total viewers; 705,000 with A18-49; and 431,000 with A18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The 1980s cult favorite Beauty and the Beast TV series that starred Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton is getting dusted off by CBS Television Studios for The CW. The updated version will be modernized and the love story will gain a procedural element. Jennifer Levin and Sherri Cooper are writing the script and will serve as executive producers. The original Beauty and the Beast series ran on CBS from 1987 to 1990. ABC is also developing a pilot based more on the public domain fairy tale story.
(Source: Cynopsis)
63RD ANNUAL EMMYAWARDS – WINNER’S LIST
http://www.emmys.com/sites/emmys.com/files/63rdPrimetimeEmmy
Winners.pdf
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Lion King (3D) – $29.3 million
Contagion – $14.5 million
Drive – $11 million
The Help – $6.4 million
Straw Dogs – $5 million
I Don’t Know How She Does It – $4.5 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
GAVIN DEGRAW TALKS ABOUT HIS NYC ASSAULT
http://www.accesshollywood.com/gavin-degraw-on-his-nyc-assalt-i-got-dinged-up-and-i-lived-through-it_article_53699
JANUARY JONES GIVES BIRTH TO A BOY
http://www.accesshollywood.com/its-a-boy-for-mad-mens-january-jones_article_53617
CELEBRITY NEWS: SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity
Nick Jonas – 19 years old
Madelin Zima (The Nanny) – 26 years old
Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) – 30 years old
Amy Poehler – 40 years old
Marc Anthony – 43 years old
Molly Shannon – 47 years old
Richard Marx – 48 years old
David Copperfield – 55 years old
Mickey Rourke – 59 years old
B.B.King – 86 years old
Lauren Bacall – 87 years old
FIRST LOOK
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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.
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $65 million
Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $20 million.
Powerball is played in 41 states.
FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 9/13/11)
CW: 90210 (Premiere) at 8pm
CW: Ringer (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: ABC News Special: Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words at 9pm
BLOOMBERG TV: TechStars (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: Parenthood (Premiere) at 10pm
UNIVISION: Aqui y Ahora (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: I Hate My Bath (Premiere) at 10:30pm
NBC: It’s Worth What? (Finale) at 8pm
TLC: Big Sexy (Finale) at 10pm
NBC News’ upcoming new primetime magazine show has been dubbed Rock Center with Brian Williams. The weekly, one-hour live program will premiere this season and be helmed by anchor/managing editor Brian Williams and feature Harry Smith, Kate Snow and other correspondents and anchors of NBC News.
(Source: Cynopsis)
This Sunday, The Style Network launches a limited four-episode reality series, Momster of the Bride highlighting moms and daughters navigating the ups and downs of planning a wedding. Two back-to-back episodes will debut this Sunday at 10p and 1030p. Another episode will air on September 25 with the final one airing October 2 at 10p. Momster of the Bride is from Screen Door Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sunday’s fourth season finale of Sunday Best on BET at 8p attracted 2.1 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
As ABC’s daytime drama All My Children nears its end on September 23, one of its original cast members, Mary Fickett died last Thursday at the age of 83. Ms. Fickett played nurse Ruth Brent Martin on the soap and in 1973 won the first ever Emmy Award granted to an actress in a daytime drama following her character’s passionate anti-Vietnam War speech. ABC released a statement yesterday regarding the passing of Ms. Fickett. “We at ABC were very saddened to learn about the passing of one of All My Children’s original cast members,Mary Fickett, who portrayed beloved nurse Ruth Brent Martin from 1970-1995 and again from 1998-2000. As we honor All My Children’s 41 years on ABC,we cannot help but recognize and remember Mary’s wonderful depiction of Pine Valley’s revered Ruth. Ruth’s marriage to chief of staff Dr. Joe Martin provided the bedrock upon which the town of Pine Valley was built. Their marriage was always a stabilizing force that represented ‘home’ for many. In memoriam, the network will dedicate the September 21 episode to Mary, which specifically focuses on the Martins. We extend our deepest sympathy and thoughts to Mary’s family and longtime fans.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Prolific producer Shonda Rhimes sold another drama project to ABC under her Shondaland banner. The one-hour project from ABC Studios is about a young, idealistic and newly out of work defense lawyer who attempts to start his own firm along with an eccentric group of lawyer misfits. The young lawyer realizes he might have been fired from his old job because he got too close to a deadly cover-up. Jenna Bans (Off the Map, Grey’s Anatomy) is the writer and an executive producer along with Rhimes and Betsy Beers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In other ABC news, the network handed a put-pilot commitment for a multi-camera comedy starring Jim Belushi. Belushi would star in and executive produce the project titled You Won’t Even Know I’m Here. Diane English (Murphy Brown) is on board to write the project from ABC Studios. The plot centers on a co-dependent father (Belushi) and his teenage daughter’s relationship. Brillstein Entertainment Partners is also involved to executive produce with Belushi.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Making it official, The CW picked up the prequel series project to Sex and the City titled The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell which relates the high school years of Carrie Bradshaw. Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz are producing the project with Amy Harris tapped to write.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $54 million
Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
CLIFF ROBERTSON HAS DIED
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Cliff-Robertson-Dies-1037203.aspx?rss=breakingnews
AMY SMART MARRIES CARTER OOSTERHOUSE
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20527298,00.html
JAIME FOXX TO HOST MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE CONCERT
http://www.accesshollywood.com/jamie-foxx-to-host-michael-jackson-tribute-concert_article_53381
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