FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 1/25/12)
FOX: Touch (Premiere, Series Preview) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Dark Minds (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: The Challenge: The Battle Of The Exes (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Toddlers & Tiaras (Finale) at 10pm
RLTV, the cable network targeting persons 50+ will team with NBC News to co-produce a new show hosted by journalist and author Jean Chatzky titled Cash Call With Jean Chatzky. The new weekly half-hour program will premiere February 28 at 8p exclusively on RLTV. Cash Call With Jean Chatzky is a live consumer finance show offering practical advice on how to manage money. Chatzky, who is the financial editor for NBC News’ Today Show and the author of seven books, will be joined by other financial experts as she takes calls, answers emails, Skypes and Tweets with viewers around the country.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The recently-debuted primetime series, Oprah’s Next Chapter on OWN is expanding to two nights airing on Sundays and Mondays during February. In the series, Oprah Winfrey has in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, leaders and real-life families. The second part of her interviews will air on Mondays beginning January 30 at 10p. The upcoming schedule includes Oprah interviewing Sean Penn in Haiti on January 29 at 9p followed by Hope in Haiti on January 30 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FOX Television Stations and Warner Bros. are teaming to premiere a six-week preview of the new talk show Bethenny hosted by author/entrepreneur and reality star, Bethenny Frankel. The preview will kick off this summer and the daily one-hour talk show will air on select FOX-owned stations in markets including New York and Los Angeles. Bethenny will be broadcast from Burbank and will highlight Bethenny’s perspective on pop culture and current events as well as relationships, beauty, fitness and lifestyle segments. Telepictures Productions is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)
After NBC aired the special airing of G4’s American Ninja Warrior finale last summer, NBC and G4 are continuing and expanding their partnership on the series for 2012. This summer, G4 will air the preliminary rounds and NBC is set to air the preliminary finals in addition to the grand finale. The new season of American Ninja Warrior marks the first time the competition is being held entirely in the US. A. Smith & Co. Productions returns to produce the fourth season of American Ninja Warrior with the company founders Arthur Smith and Kent Weed serving as executive producers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ben Stiller is turning his attention to HBO where he will star, direct and executive produce a new comedy pilot called All Talk. Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer is behind the project which is described as “politically, religiously, culturally, intellectually and sexually irreverent” and is about the dramas of a Jewish family in Washington, D.C. Alan Alda is presently in negotiations to star in the series. Production on the pilot is tentatively slated for this fall. Stiller and Foer in addition to Scott Rudin and Eli Bush will all serve as EPs.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 1/22/12)
1) Adele – 21 – 95,144 (After 48 weeks – 6,147,317)
2) Kidz Bop Kids – Kidz Bop 21 – 58,704
3) Black Keys – El Camino – 29,341 (After 7 weeks – 536,315)
Other Debuts
7) James Fortune & Fiya – Identity – 17,823
11) Attack Attack! – This Means War – 16,765
25) Ani DeFranco – Which Side Are You On? – 10,949
26) Anthony Green – Beautiful Things – 10,711
37) Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur – 8,456
44) Martina McBride – Hits & More – 7,497
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $120 million.
Powerball is played in 41 states.
CASTING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting is casting for the VH1 docu-series, Rehab with Dr. Drew chronicling the emotional and physical struggles involving addition. VH1 in association with Irwin Entertainment and Doron Ofir Casting is currently searching for those struggling with substance addition and not ready to give up hope. Participants will be given the opportunity to enroll in a no-cost, 30-day treatment program designed to help them break free of their addiction and take the first steps toward recovery. If you are dealing with the disease of addiction and are ready to transform your life, please apply online for this show at: http://www.rehabcasting.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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