FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/29/12)
DISCOVERY: Sons of Guns (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Undercover Princesses (Premiere) at 10pm
USA: Psych (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Top Chef (Finale) at 10pm
The 14th season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars unveiled a celebrity cast of twelve including former Melrose Place star, Jack Wagner; Melissa Gilbert, best known for her role in the TV series Little House on the Prairie; Sherri Shepherd, current co-host on ABC’s The View; Jaleel White, best remembered playing Steve Urkel on the sitcom Family Matters; tennis star Martina Navratilova; TV host Maria Menounos; Motown Grammy Award-winner Gladys Knight; opera singer Katherine Jenkins; Disney star Roshon Fegan; NFL Super Bowl champ Donald Driver; singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw; and telenovela actor William Levy. Dancing with the Stars premieres its 14th season March 19 at 8p on ABC.
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FOX has re-tooled its spring schedule by now premiering the new Kiefer Sutherland drama Touch on March 22 at 9p following the American Idol results show at 8p. An encore of the Touch preview episode will air March 15 at 9p. Starting April 2, Bones will move to a new night and time at 8p followed by House at 9p with all-new episodes. A retrospective special of House looking back at the series’ eight seasons is scheduled for May 21 at 8p and the series finale will follow at 9p. FOX’s 25th Anniversary Special, celebrating the shows and stars of the network’s 25-year history, will air April 22 at 8p over two hours. Additionally, The Finder will air its spring finale on March 8 at 9p and will be back later in the season with all-new episodes. A two-hour season finale of Alcatraz will air March 26 at 8p.
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National music TV network Fuse, part of The Madison Square Garden Company, has ordered 12 additional episodes of the game show/comedy series Funny or Die’s Billy On The Street. Starring comedian Billy Eichner, the series hits the streets of New York as Eichner tests people on their knowledge of music and pop culture trivia.
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On March 25, TLC brings back its series Long Island Medium for a second season featuring Long Island mom-turned-medium Theresa Caputo. TLC ordered 14 30m episodes for the second season. Long Island Medium is produced by Magilla Entertainment for TLC.
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Alan Ball, creator of HBO’s True Blood is stepping down in his role as the series’ daily showrunner. According to a statement released by HBO yesterday, Ball intended to take a more supervisory role on True Blood if HBO extended the series to a sixth season. Ball is still busy as his crime drama Banshee received a series order of 10 episodes from Cinemax. In addition, Ball has the one-hour medical drama Wichita in development at HBO.
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In other HBO news, Michael Mann, the EP/director of the network’s series Luck will continue working with the network for a limited docu-series titled Witness chronicling war photographers. The four-episode series will follow combat photographers documenting conflict in Mexico, Brazil, Uganda and Libya. Mann will partner with documentary director David Frankham.
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For the first time the role of Sherlock Holmes’ sidekick Dr. Watson will be portrayed by a woman. Lucy Liu landed the role on CBS’ pilot Elementary playing opposite Jonny Lee Miller as the famous detective Holmes in a modern-day take set in New York City. Liu is currently appearing on TNT’s Southland. CBS TV Studios is producing Elementary.
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Former Charlie’s Angels co-star Rachael Taylor landed a co-starring role on ABC’s drama pilot 666 Park Avenue. Taylor will play Jane married to Henry (Dave Annabele), the couple who is hired to manage an historic apartment building in New York City filled with supernatural occurrences. Lost’s Terry O’Quinn will play the owner of the building. Warner Bros. Television is producing.
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Academy Award-winner Cuba Gooding Jr. was tapped for the lead role in FOX’s Greg Berlanti legal drama pilot Guilty. The drama is about William “Billy” Remz (Gooding), an ethnically questionable defense attorney who has been stripped of his license to practice law after being falsely convicted of fraud. Remz uses his untraditional ways to solve cases he’s been banned from handling. If this pilot is ordered to series, this project marks Gooding’s first foray into regular series television. Gooding joins previously-announced Eva Amurri Martino who will play Lily, another attorney who works closely with Billy.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/26/12)
1) Adele – 21 – 296,549 (After 53 weeks – 7,649,158)
2) Fun. – Some Nights – 69,540
3) Tyga – Careless World – 61,231
Other Debuts
5) Chiddy Bang – Breakfast – 30,615
8 ) Sleigh Bells – Reign Of Terror – 27,473
12) Chieftains – Voice Of Ages – 18,462
40) Act Of Valor Soundtrack – 10,343
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