FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 11/16/11)
A&E: Lady Hoggers (Premiere) at 10:30pm
A&E: American Hoggers (Finale) at 10pm
COMEDY: South Park (Finale) at 10pm
COMEDY: Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time (Finale) at 10:30pm
CBS News made it official yesterday by announcing plans to revamp its mornings with a new morning show premiering January 9. The untitled new show will air from 7a to 9a hosted by new additions Charlie Rose and Gayle King along with current The Early Show co-anchor Erica Hill. Chris Licht was tapped as Executive Producer and will continue as VP/Programming in charge of CBS News broadcasts and developing new opportunities across all platforms. Furthermore, John Miller will join the morning program as Senior Correspondent while Rebecca Jarvis will become the Business and Economics Correspondent and Jeff Glor, presently The Early Show news anchor will serve as Special Correspondent. The program will debut in a newly-built studio at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.
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After giving freshman drama series Prime Suspect a chance to gain viewers through double airings each week, NBC said it is closing down production on further episodes beyond the 13-episode order. Prime Suspect, starring Maria Bello is not officially canceled though the series did not have a spot on the network’s midseason schedule and in its current Thursday 10p slot, NBC will replace it with The Firm which begins its regular run on January 12. Produced by Universal Television, Prime Suspect has been averaging a 1.6/4 rating/share among A18-49 and 5.8 million total viewers.
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Couponing goes to a new level in a new competition series on TLC titled Extreme Couponing All-Stars bowing December 27 at 10p. The seven-episode series will pit dedicated couponers in competition against each other to see which one can save the most on $500 worth of merchandise that is donated afterwards. The half-hour series will air on Tuesdays at 10p and ends with a one-hour finale episode that will watch as three top shoppers battle it out in one store. Sharp Entertainment produces this new series as well as Extreme Couponing which is currently airing on Wednesdays at 10p and ends its season on November 23.
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Chelsea Handler signed a new multi-year deal with E! Entertainment that keeps her as host and executive producer of her late night series Chelsea Lately through 2014. Handler’s new agreement also allows her to develop and produce shows for E! and NBCUniversal through her production company, Borderline Amazing Productions as well as After Lately which is back for a second season on E! starting November 27.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 11/13/11)
1) Mac Miller – Blue Slide Park – 144,237
2) Michael Buble – Christmas – 122,893 (After 3 weeks – 352,593)
3) Various Artists – Now 40 – 119,076
Other Debuts
9) Romeo Santos – Forumla Vol. 1 – 62,074
10) Il Divo – Wicked Game – 61,056
13) Disturbed – Lost Children – 43,220
21) Tech N9ne Collabos – Welcome To Strangeland – 26,222
23) Greatest Video Game Music – Greatest Video Game Music – 23,777
28) Noel Gallagher – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – 18,704
36) Keith Sweat – Til The Morning – 14,423
POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $46 million.
Powerball is played in 41 states.
CASTING CALL
Univision Network announced multiple city auditions for the sixth season of its reality series Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty). The audition tour will be graced by the show’s host Giselle Blondet and the fifth season winner Nastassja Bolivar. Auditions will be held in nine cities in the US and Puerto Rico starting with Miami on December 1; Puerto Rico on December 7; Chicago on January 11; New York on January 18; Fort Worth on January 22; Houston on January 25; Phoenix on January 28; Los Angeles on January 31; and Cabazon, CA on February 1 (dates subject to change). Interested female candidates must be between 18 to 27 years old the day of audition, fluent in Spanish and if chosen as a finalist, must be available to reside in Miami during the length of their participation in the show. For full details on eligibility requirements for the auditions, please visit www.NuestraBellezaLatina.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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