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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/5/12)
WEATHER: Ice Pilots (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Love Broker (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: Unsung: David Ruffin (Premiere) at 10pm

FOX is airing the drama The Finder’s first season finale episode this Thursday prior to giving the series a month-long hiatus. FOX will then move The Finder to Fridays beginning April 6 at 8p. Upcoming new reality series Hotel Hell starring chef Gordon Ramsay which was originally scheduled to bow April 6 will now premiere this summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Later this spring, USA Network debuts its new 12-episode series Common Law on May 11 at 10p following Fairly Legal which is back starting March 16 for its second season. USA had previously slated Common Law to open in January though in December announced it would move the premiere date to this summer. The one-hour Common Law stars Michael Ealy, Warren Kole, Jack McGee and Sonya Walger and will run through August 10. The series is from CBS Television Studios and Junction Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Docu-sitcom Leave It To Niecy, starring actress/comedienne Niecy Nash opens on TLC March 25 at 10p. The eight episode half-hour series will combine storytelling aspects of the traditional sitcom genre combined with a non-scripted reality show following Nash in her personal life with husband Jay Tucker, her three kids and her opinionated mother. Leave It To Niecy is produced by Shed Media US for TLC. Last June, TLC aired the two-hour special Niecy Nash’s Wedding Bash which drew in close to 5 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

To honor the late Davy Jones, former lead singer of The Monkees, GSN will air an encore of Jones’ appearances on The Newlywed Game this Tuesday at 7p. The episode features Jones and his real-life wife, Telemundo actress Jessica Pacheco that originally aired on January 21, 2010.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Many of the cast members of PBS’ Downton Abbey have been signed for a fourth and a fifth season, reports TVLine. Those who have apparently extended their contracts include Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), Elizabeth McGovern (Cora), Hugh Bonneville (Robert), Joanne Froggatt (Anna) and Brendan Coyle (Bates). The cast member’s original contracts carried them through the third season which is currently in production. Downton Abbey has not been officially renewed beyond the third season which is set to debut in the US next January. The season two finale which aired in February attracted 5.4 million total viewers and tallied the best audience in three years for PBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Making a comeback to sitcom TV, Leah Remini (CBS’ The King of Queens, CBS’ The Talk) landed a role on ABC’s comedy White Van Man. The plot is about a guy (Kyle Bornheimer) who is forced to put his dreams on hold to run the family handyman business from his father Tony (J.K. Simmons). Remini will play Tony’s sister Terry who keeps the lead character in line when he tries to sneak out to go to work again. ABC Studios is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Friday Night Lights star Matt Lauria is joining ABC’s period drama pilot Gilded Lilys from Shonda Rhimes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Alex O’Loughlin is taking a leave of absence from production on CBS’ Hawaii Five-O. The actor’s representative made this statement: “Alex is taking a short break from Hawaii Five-0 to receive supervised treatment for prescription pain medication due to a recent shoulder injury.” CBS Television Studios also said in a release: “We respect and support Alex’s decision. Everyone at CBS Television Studios and Hawaii Five-O wishes him well and we look forward to his return.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

In addition to Jessica Lange, Zachary Quinto will also return for the second season of FX’s horror anthology series American Horror Story.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The lead for BET’s pilot Single Black Female snagged Gabrielle Union. The project is from The Game producers Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil centered on the host of a popular Atlanta-based talk show (Union).
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – $70.7 million
Project X – $20.8 million
Act Of Valor – $13.7 million
Safe House – $7.2 million
Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds – $7 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

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