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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 1/6/12)
HERE! TV: For & Against (Premiere) at 12pm
TLC: Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
SYFY: Merlin (Premiere) at 10pm
IFC: Portlandia (Premiere) at 10pm
IFC: The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret (Premiere) at 10:30pm
(SATURDAY 1/7/12)
ANIMAL PLANET: My Cat From Hell (Premiere) at 8pm
NATIONAL GEO CHANNEL: Ultimate Factories (Premiere) at 8pm
NATIONAL GEO WILD: Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan (Premiere) at 8pm
NATIONAL GEO WILD: Philly Undercover (Premiere) at 10pm
VELOCITY: Shooting Stars (Premiere) at 8pm
VELOCITY: Saw Dogs (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Charles Barkley, Musical Guest: Kelly Clarkson at 11:30pm
(SUNDAY 1/8/12)
ANIMAL PLANET: Gator Boys (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: Ax Men (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: Cajun Pawn Stars (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
NBC: The Firm (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Masterpiece!: Downton Abbey (Premiere) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: Shameless (Premiere) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: House Of Lies (Premiere) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Californication (Premiere) at 10:30pm
VERIA LIVING: The List (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Watch What Happens: Live (Premiere) at 11pm
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: Joel Osteen (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Oprah Presents Master Class: Jane Fonda (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: All-American Muslim (Finale) at 10pm
A new Discovery Channel series, All Star Dealers delves into vintage and valuable baseball memorabilia. All Star Dealers premieres January 24 at 8p and features Richie Russek and his two sons, the owners of Grey Flannel Auctions. The threesome sort through hundreds of items they receive each day in hopes of finding real historic treasures. Fly on the Wall Productions produces the series for Discovery Channel.
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The Style Network wants to help viewers get organized in the New Year with its new docu-series The Amandas which airs starting January 30 at 8p. Amanda LeBlanc heads a team of young organizers to create functional living spaces. The Amandas is produced by Pink Sneakers Productions.
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This year VH1’s schedule will not include Dr. Drew Pinsky’s shows Celebrity Rehab and the spin-off Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House. Criticism aimed at both shows surfaced last year following the deaths of two former celebrity participants including actor Jeff Conaway and musician Mike Starr. VH1 may bring back the shows at some future point and will launch a series titled Relationship Rehab which focuses on repairing struggling relationships.
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The nation’s first over-the-air broadcast TV network for African-Americans, Bounce TV is launching its first big on-air promotion campaign this month under the umbrella TV Our Way. The campaign is designed to reinforce the network’s programming aim of African-American programming for an African-American audience and will highlight Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union and Regina Hall, the stars of the upcoming Screen Gems/Rainforest Films motion picture Think Like a Man. The trio of stars taped promotion segments for the campaign in addition to Bounce TV’s tribute to Black History Month in February. In addition, Hart taped promos for the network’s new Brown Sugar Saturday Night weekly primetime franchise which begins this Saturday showcasing popular African American movies from the 1970s such as Shaft, Cleopatra Jones, The Mack and Super Fly.
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For the eighth consecutive year, Animal Planet presents its cute alternative to the Super Bowl when Puppy Bowl VIII returns on February 5 from 3p to 5p. The network teams with Petfinder.com and uses puppies from animal shelters across the nation for its canine gridiron action. This year, Puppy Bowl adds Dan Schachner as “The Ref” who calls the plays and penalties on the field. Also new for this year, there will be a piggy pep squad and viewers can follow Meep the Bird tweets. Jill Rappaport also offers sideline analysis and game commentary and the Bissell Kitty Half-Time Show is back featuring playful kitties and lots of confetti.
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A&E Network delivered 2.9 million total viewers and 1.7 million among A18-49 and A25-54 for the eighth season debut of Dog the Bounty Hunter.
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At the end of 2011, FX picked up the rights to several more theatrical movies giving the network the commercial television rights to Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and We Bought a Zoo. FX additionally acquired the movies The Sitter, Puss in Boots, Real Steel, Immortals, Paranormal Activity 3 and A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas. FX’s recent acquisitions will premiere on the network beginning in 2013 and early in 2014.
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MOVIES
The Devil Inside – Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Suzan Crowley, William Brent Bell
Beneath The Darkness (Limited Release) – Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller, Aimee Teegarden, Stephen Lunsford, Devon Werkheiser
Roadie (Limited Release) – Ron Eldard, Jill Hennessy, Lois Smith, Bobby Cannavale, David Margulies
Today’s Jackpot is $25 million
Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $44 million.
Powerball is played in 41 states.
CASTING CALL
A major cable network and Emmy Award-winning producers are casting moms and single daughters nationwide for a new docu-series titled Matchmaking Mother. The show is looking for dynamic, outgoing upscale moms who want to marry off their single daughters. Interested applicants should send an email immediately to: ProposalCasting@gmail.com and include names, contact info, state/city, photos and a brief description about you.
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A major cable network and Emmy Award-winning producers are casting for adult women between the ages of 30 and 45 who were teen moms for a new docu-series titled I Was a Teen Mom. The show is looking for dynamic women who had to grow up fast while raising a child and did not have a life of their own. Interested applicants should send an email immediately to: CastingTeenMom@gmail.com and include names, contact info, state/city, photos and a brief description about you.
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ABC’s upcoming new daytime show The Revolution is casting for a segment and needs people who are in a sexual rut and want help from an expert. Those interested should apply immediately to: barbarastein@earthlink.net.
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Sammi Mendenhall Casting is casting in the NY Tri-State area for baby boomers for a billboard campaign. The baby boomers must be retiring in January, February or March. If interested send an email to: producer@mendenhallmedia.com or call 347-449-4303. Please include your location, retirement date, contact number and a recent photo in a jpeg file.
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