FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/22/12)
SYFY: Ghost Hunters International (Premiere) at 9pm
USA: Royal Pains (Finale) at 10pm
NBC is placing Community back on its schedule starting March 15 and also released the premiere dates of three other new series: Bent starring Amanda Peet will debut March 21 at 9p from Universal Television and Rosalita Productions; Betty White’s Off Their Rockers after its sneak preview last month will officially open April 4 at 8p; and new female buddy sitcom Best Friends Forever, headlined by Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham from Universal Television and American Work will also launch on April 4 at 830p. With the return of Community, NBC is retooling its Thursday night lineup beginning March 15 with Community, 30 Rock, The Office and Up All Night. Parks and Recreation will be off for a six-week hiatus after its March 8 episode airs, coming back April 19 at 930p following Up All Night’s 24-episode first season run. In other NBC scheduling news, Rock Center with Brian Williams will move to 10p on Wednesdays beginning March 7 for five weeks and then return to the 9p slot on April 11. Law & Order: SVU also is back with new episodes at 10p starting April 11 until its season finale on May 23.
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Comcast is partnering with GMC TV and entrepreneur/NBA Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson to launch a new African American network called Aspire. The network will showcase a combination of original and acquired programming including movies, documentaries, short films, music, comedy, visual and performing arts as well as faith/inspirational programs. Johnson will serve as Chairman of Aspire and he was awarded one of four, new and minority-owned and operated independent networks from Comcast. ASPIRE will go live this June and will be based in Atlanta. Comcast’s agreements for the other three networks include the previously-announced Revolt from Sean “Diddy” Combs and MTV veteran Andy Schuon; El Rey Network, serving the US-born Latino market from Robert Rodriguez, FactoryMade Ventures CEO John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa; and BabyFirst Americas from Constantino Schwarz.
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New original Lifetime drama series, The Client List, starring and executive produced by Jennifer Love Hewitt will premiere April 8 at 10p. Cybill Shepherd, Loretta Devine and Colin Egglesfield also star in the series that is based on the 2010 Lifetime original movie of the same name. The network ordered ten episodes of The Client List produced by Fedora Films and Jaffe/Braunstein in association with Sony Pictures Television.
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The second season premiere of E!’s Khloe & Lamar at 10p on Sunday drew in close to 2.6 million total viewers as well as 1.8 million A18-49 viewers. At 1030p, the second season of Ice Loves Coco opened with 1.9 million total viewers and 1.3 million among A18-49.
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Jeanne Tripplehorn, last seen on HBO’s Big Love, landed a multi-episode role on the comedy New Girl on FOX. Tripplehorn will play the ex-wife of Russell (Dermot Mulroney); Russell is the love interest of Jess (Zooey Deschanel).
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/19/12)
1) Adele – 21- 729,900 (After 52 weeks – 7,352,609)
2) Various Artists – Now 41 – 94,489 (After 2 weeks – 236,223)
3) Various Artists – 2012 Grammy Nominees – 84,821 (After 4 weeks – 222,088)
POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $60 million.
Powerball is played in 41 states.
CASTING CALL
The CW’s new show OH SIT! produced by The Gurin Company (The Singing Bee, Shark Tank), is casting now for the musical chairs-style game show for adults. If you are in the greater Los Angeles area and interested in applying for the game show to compete for a large cash prize, please visit http://ohsitcasting.com for more information.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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