FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 2/6/12)
RLTV: Your Life Redefined (Premiere) at 11:30am
NBC: Smash (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Love & Hip Hop (Finale Re-cap) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: First Week In (Finale) at 9pm & 10pm
TV ONE: Unsung: Millie Jackson (Premiere) at 10pm

Midseason drama series The Firm has been moved by NBC from Thursdays to Saturdays at 9p beginning February 11. In its place on Thursdays at 10p, NBC will premiere new drama Awake beginning March 1 and until then the network will air repeats of Grimm. In its most recent airing, The Firm delivered a 0.8 rating with A18-49 as well as 3 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX is adjusting its schedule by creating a two-hour comedy block on Tuesdays starting March 6 by moving I Hate My Teenage Daughter to the night. On Tuesdays, Raising Hope will open primetime at 8p followed by I Hate My Teenage Daughter at 830p, New Girl airs at 9p and the second season premiere of resurrected comedy Breaking In will return and air at 930p. Glee will rejoin FOX’s schedule with new episodes on April 10.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A sixth season of Sons of Anarchy has been approved by FX and apparently the network is considering adding a seventh season. Series producers 20th Century Fox Television and FX Productions finalized a new three-year deal with Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter to remain in charge of the series and to allow him to develop shows for other networks.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC gave a pilot order for a multi-camera called The Smart One executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres and starring Portia De Rossi. Don Todd is the writer on the project about a brilliant and successful woman who reluctantly goes to work for her less smart though more popular sister. De Rossi will play one of the sisters. Warner Bros. Television and A Very Good Production are producing with Lauren Corrao also serving as executive producer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX’s The X Factor inked a deal with L.A. Reid to remain with the show as judge.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The drama pilot Last Resort created by Shawn Ryan for ABC added Andre Braugher in the lead role. Braugher will play the captain of the nuclear submarine in the project. For the ABC comedy pilot titled How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, former Scrubs star Sarah Chalke was cast to play Polly, a recently divorced single mom who moves in with her eccentric parents.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season three of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire is adding Bobby Cannavale to play Gyp Rosetti, a charming though ruthless gangster who takes on Nucky (Steve Buscemi) for control of the bootleg business.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Charlie Sheen’s upcoming comedy Anger Management on FX has cast Shawnee Smith to play Sheen’s ex-wife Jennifer. Selma Blair was also cast to play Sheen’s therapist, Kate. Production on the sitcom begins in March and FX has plans to premiere Anger Management this June.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Chronicle – $22 million
The Woman In Black – $21 million
The Grey – $9.5 million
Big Miracle – $8.5 million
Underworld Awakening – $5.6 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

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