FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/10/11)
OWN: The Rosie Show (Premiere) at 7pm
OWN: Oprah’s Lifeclass (Premiere) at 8pm
E!: Kim’s Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event Part 2 (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Scare Tactics (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: Bath Crashers (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: Kitchen Crashers (Premiere) at 9:30pm
HBO: Bored To Death (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: Enlightened (Premiere) at 9:30pm
DISCOVERY: American Guns (Premiere) at 10pm
NAT. GEO WILD: Swamp Men (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: Hairy Bikers (Premiere) at 11pm
LOGO: The A-List: Dallas (Premiere) at 11pm
BRAVO: Most Eligible Dallas (Finale) at 10pm
“Five” debuts tonight on Lifetime at 9pm. Jennifer Aniston, Alicia Keys, Demi Moore, Patty Jenkins, and Penelope Spheeris direct five short stories on how Breast Cancer can impact people.
Returning sitcom Rules of Engagement moves to Thursday nights beginning October 20 at 830p on CBS coinciding with the series’ sixth season premiere. Starting October 15, frosh comedy How To Be A Gentleman flips to Saturdays at 830p. CBS also announced it has halted production on further episodes of How To Be A Gentleman and the remaining seven episodes will air on Saturday nights sandwiched between repeats of Two and a Half Men and CSI: Miami. In the meantime, an encore of The Big Bang Theory will air this Thursday at 830p following a new episode of the sitcom at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The longest-running scripted show in television history, The Simpsons was renewed by FOX through season 25. Currently in its 23rd season, The Simpsons will be back for a 24th and a 25th season totaling 559 episodes. After the MLB American League Championship Series and World Series games, The Simpsons will resume on FOX with all-new episodes starting October 30 at 8p with a special Halloween episode. The Simpsons is a Gracie Films Production in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Late last week, FOX also gave So You Think You Can Dance a ninth season renewal saying the dance competition show will return next summer. FOX did not, though, indicate who will be part of the show’s judges panel.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CEO Bob Iger will be staying with the Walt Disney Co. through June 2016 as part of the company’s succession planning process. Iger’s title will be further enhanced next March when he also becomes Chairman following the retirement of present Chairman John E. Pepper. Further, Disney has started planning for Iger’s replacement, establishing the timeframe as March 31, 2015 when a new CEO will be announced.
(Source: Cyopsis)
A multi-year licensing deal was reached between Netflix Inc. and AMC Networks Inc. involving AMC’s original series The Walking Dead. As of last Friday, season one of The Walking Dead will be available to Netflix members in the US and Canada. Other seasons of The Walking Dead in addition to other future AMC and Sundance Channel shows will be available via instant streaming to Netflix members just before the premiere of the seasons. Netflix also licensed non-exclusive rights in the US to specific scripted and unscripted shows which will be available just prior to the following season premiere. This programming will come from AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WE tv and will include such series as IFC’s Portlandia and The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret; WE tv’s Braxton Family Values, My Fair Wedding and Bridezillas; and Sundance Channel’s All On the Line with Joe Zee and Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Former All My Children cast member Melissa Claire Egan (Annie Novak McDermott Lavery Chandler) is moving to another daytime soap, taking on a role with CBS’ The Young and the Restless. Egan will play a mysterious woman named Chelsea who is connected to Billy’s arrest in Myanmar. Egan’s contract role begins November 11.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Katreese Barnes, the former Emmy Award-winning Musical Director on NBC’s Saturday Night Live becomes Musical Director/Band Leader for The Rosie Show on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network when the new daily talk show opens tonight at 7p. In her new role, Katreese will compose original music for The Rosie Show and lead a five-person band.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Real Steel – $27.3 million
The Ides Of March – $10.4 million
Dolphin Tale – $9.2 million
Moneyball – $7.5 million
50/50 – $5.5 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
CASTING CALL
The producers of series 30 for 30 on ESPN and a major cable network are looking for backyard builders to appear in a new competition show. If you think of yourself as a modern-day MacGyver, or if you are constantly in your garage building your latest creation or if you dream you can design the next great invention that will change the world, now is your chance to compete with other brilliant minds for a large cash prize. Interested candidates should send their name, contact number, location, a recent photo along with a brief paragraph about yourself and your expertise to: jamiecastsreality@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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