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SPEED: Pumped! (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: Big Shrimpin’ (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Undercover Boss (Finale) at 9pm
Third time is a charm apparently for Ricky Gervais as he will return as host for the Golden Globes in January said the Hollywood Foreign Press Association through its blog yesterday. The HFPA voted to keep Gervais as host for a third time when the Golden Globes air on NBC January 15.
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The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Kim Zolciak will have her dream wedding and the preparations leading up to it documented in Bravo’s new series Don’t Be Tardy for the Wedding. During the most recent season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, viewers witnessed Zolciak and Kroy Biermann, the Defensive End for the Atlanta Falcons, move into a luxurious home together and the birth of their son, KJ. In the new series, Zolciak works with celebrity event planner Colin Cowie to design her wedding with the auspicious date of 11/11/11. Don’t Be Tardy for the Wedding is produced by True Entertainment for Bravo.
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Supermodel Beverly Johnson will be featured in a new docu-series, Beverly’s Full House premiering on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network next February. The series follows Johnson at home in Palm Springs, CA as she reunites with her adult daughter Anansa, a plus-size model, her son-in-law David, a former NFL player and their newborn baby. Despite a past strained relationship between mother and daughter, Anansa and her family move into Johnson’s home to get ahead financially and to work on their relationship. Beverly’s Full House is produced by Good Clean Fun for OWN.
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Cable’s longest-running animated series South Park got an extension to remain on Comedy Central for three more seasons. The new deal between Trey Parker and Matt Stone with Comedy Central assures the series will serve up original episodes through 2016, marking its 20th season. The duo’s current deal takes South Park through 2013. Parker and Stone will continue their present duties with the show as writers, directors and editors. South Park just wrapped its 15th season last night which averaged more than 3.5 million total viewers per episode. Comedy Central first premiered South Park on August 13, 1997.
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Yesterday NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution updated its clearance status for new national syndicated daytime talk show Steve Harvey that is premiering in fall 2012. The one-hour talk show produced by Endemol USA and hosted by TV personality/comedian/radio show host and author, Steve Harvey has been sold in more than 70% of the US representing 40 of the top 50 markets. Steve Harvey was sold to station groups including NBC Owned Television Stations, Fox Television Stations, CBS Television Stations, Hearst Television, Cox Communications, Capitol Communications Company, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Local TV and Lin Television. Recent station groups picking up the talk show in the last week are Gannett, Gray, Post Newsweek, Weigel and Young among others.
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A spin-off series of Mob Wives is in the works at VH1. The network is in pre-production on the new series Mob Wives: Chicago slated to air next spring. Casting for the four main cast members is underway and VH1 ordered 10 episodes. The sophomore season of the original Mob Wives is due to premiere on January 1 and VH1 is bumping up its order from 10 eps to 12. The first season of Mob Wives, airing last April through June, averaged 1.3 million viewers per episode. Weinstein Co., Electus, Left/Right and JustJenn Productions are behind Mob Wives.
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BROADWAY
Newsises is heading to Broadway for a limited run starting on March 15 2012.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/newsies/buzz/158597/extra-extra-newsies-heading-to-broadway-for-limited-engagement/
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