FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 1/12/12)
NBC: 30 Rock (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: Rob! (Premiere) at 8:30pm
VH1: Critics’ Choice Movie Awards at 8pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Snakeman Of Appalachia (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: The Finder (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Sins & Secrets (Premiere) at 9pm
This spring a new PBS series hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of celebrity guest pairings. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. premieres nationally airing on Sundays March 25 through May 20 at 8p (check local listings). In the 10-part one-hour series, examples of the guest pairings include jazz musicians Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis; spiritual leaders Angela Buchdahl, Yasir Qadhi and Rick Warren; education leader Geoffrey Canada and media star Barbara Walters among others. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is filmed on location across the US and is a production of Kunhardt McGee Productions, Inkwell Films and WNET in association with Ark Media.
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A seventh season is on tap for USA Network’s series Psych starring James Roday and Dule Hill who announced the pickup via the show’s social media outlets earlier this week. Psych will return with 16 episodes later this year.
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Univision reports the first week of its new novela La Que No Podia Amar (The One That Couldn’t Love) delivered an average audience of 4.4 million total viewers; 2.4 million with A18-49; and 1.4 million among A18-34 in the 9p time period.
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On Tuesday, the fifth season premiere of The Game at 10p on BET attracted 5.3 million total viewers. The Game’s season debut also became cable’s #1 scripted series telecast among A18-49 this season and the #1 cable sitcom debut this season with households, total viewers and A18-49. The sophomore season premiere of Let’s Stay Together also on Tuesday at 11p posted 3.5 million total viewers.
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The return of Lifetime’s docu-series Dance Moms on Tuesday at 9p attracted an average of 2.5 million total viewers, a 150% increase over the freshman season premiere last year. The opening episode also delivered 1.2 million with A18-49; 1.0 million with A25-54; and 997,000 W18-49. The second season debut of Dance Moms has become the series’ most-watched telecast ever and Lifetime’s best ever Tuesday season launch with total viewers.
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Original series Shipping Wars debuted on A&E Network Tuesday with an average of 3.0 million total viewers over two back-to-back episodes airing at 9p and 930p, according to Nielsen Fast Nationals. The double episodes also averaged 1.6 million viewers among A18-49 and A25-54. Shipping Wars is produced by Megalomedia for A&E.
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In a soap opera-like twist of fate, four of ABC’s One Life to Live characters will move from the fictional town of Llanview to Port Charles, the home of ABC’s sister soap General Hospital. Michael Easton (John), Kristen Alderson (Starr), Kassie DePaiva (Blair) and Roger Howarth (Todd) will all have their current OLTL characters integrated into the plots on General Hospital. All four actors will begin taping their General Hospital scenes this month. OLTL airs its finale on ABC this Friday.
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BROADWAY
William Shatner To Star In A One-Man Broadway Show.
http://www.accesshollywood.com/william-shatner-to-star-in-a-one-man-broadway-show_article_58875
Porgy & Bess opens on Broadway tonight with Audra McDonald & Norm Lewis.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/porgy-and-bess/buzz/159288/porgy-and-bess-starring-audra-mcdonald-and-norm-lewis-opens-on-broadway/
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