FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 1/11/12)
CW: One Tree Hill (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Are You There, Chelsea? (Premiere) at 8:30 pm
CBS: People’s Choice Awards 2012 at 9pm
MTV: True Life: I Can’t Please My Parents (Premiere) at 8pm
MTV: True Life: I’m a Chubby Chaser (Premiere) at 9pm
MTV: The Challenge: Battle Of The Exes – The PreGame (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: Only In America With Larry The Cable Guy (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: American Restoration (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Ghost Hunters (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Face Off (Premiere) at 10pm
UNIVISION: Dale Con Ganas (Give It Your All) (Premiere) at 10pm
Showtime has renewed its baseball docu-series The Franchise for a second season though the team to be featured has not yet been announced. During its first season the San Francisco Giants were spotlighted and over eight episodes the series averaged 651,000 viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS’ revamped CBS This Morning made its debut Monday morning and delivered a +5% ratings increase compared to the previous Mondays in December (excluding holidays), based on preliminary Nielsen live plus same day ratings for January 9.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sunday’s second season premiere of Downton Abbey on PBS averaged 4.2 million viewers according to Nielsen Fast National data. The second season debut exceeded the average for the season one premiere by +18% based on metered market averages. New episodes of Downton Abbey continue on PBS Sundays through February 19.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Making it official, The CW is picking up the original Canadian drama The L.A. Complex from Bell Media with six one-hour episodes. The drama is about six young performers pursuing careers in Hollywood while living in the same apartment-style motel for displaced dreamers. The CW will launch the US premiere of The L.A. Complex this spring while the series debuted in Canada via CTV and MuchMusic on Tuesday.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS Television Distribution (CTD) announced a two-year renewal for daytime syndicated talk show Rachael Ray through the 2013-2014 season. The strip is airing on stations from station groups including ABC Owned Television Stations, CBS Television Stations, Gannett Broadcasting, Cox Television, Meredith Broadcasting, Media General, Post-Newsweek, Hearst Television, Allbritton Communications, LIN Television Corporation, Scripps Media and more. Rachael Ray is distributed and produced by CBS Television Distribution in association with Harpo Productions, Scripps Networks and Watch Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 1/8/12)
1) Adele – 21 – 124,498 (After 46 weeks – 5,948,126)
2) Drake – Take Care – 42,184 (After 8 weeks – 1,288,958)
3) Black Keys – El Camino – 41,902 (After 5 weeks – 470,723)
Other Debuts
7) SafetySuit – These Times – 26,368
POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $54 million.
Powerball is played in 41 states.
CASTING CALL
ABC’s upcoming daytime program The Revolution is looking for women who have the “winter blues” and are dealing with less energy during the winter months. The show’s experts would like to help those who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). If this describes you, please send an email right away to: barbarastein@earthlink.net
(Source: Cynopsis)
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