FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/23/12)
OXYGEN: Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Bizarre Foods America (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: Unsung: Freddie Jackson, Melba Moore, and M’Lissa Morgan (Premiere) at 10pm

In Unchained Reaction, a new six-episode series for Discovery Channel, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters will executive produce and serve as judges. The series will follow two diverse teams as they compete while building an elaborate chain reaction contraption. Unchained Reaction, produced by Discovery Studios and BermanBraun will premiere on Discovery Channel in March.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season three of Treme will premiere on HBO later this year. The series had not been included in HBO’s spring scheduling plans. Treme’s second season debuted to 605,000 viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Anne Heche (Men in Trees, Hung) makes a comeback to series television as producer and star of NBC’s comedy pilot Save Me. Heche will play a woman who, following an accident, believes she is channeling God.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Still in its first season, ABC’s Revenge adds Courtney B. Vance to the cast playing a high-powered defense attorney.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Underworld Awakening – $25.4 million
Red Tails – $19.1 million
Contraband – $12.2 million
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – $10.5 million
Haywire – $9 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

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