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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/14/12)
BRAVO: Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis (Premiere) at 9pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: South Park (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: Restuarant Stakeout (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Monster Man (Premiere) at 11pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Dark Minds (Finale) at 10pm
SYFY: Face Off (Finale) at 10pm
Oprah Winfrey reeled in big ratings Sunday night with her Oprah’s Next Chapter interview show featuring Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina, older brother Michael and sister-in-law Patricia. According to OWN, the Oprah’s Next Chapter episode scored its highest ratings ever with 3.5 million viewers tuning in. The episode bested the previous network high of 1.6 million viewers for Oprah’s Next Chapter featuring Pastor Joel Osteen on Jan. 8.
(Source: USA Today)
Former The Bachelor star Emily Maynard will become ABC’s next The Bachelorette when the reality series opens a new eighth cycle on May 14. The show is doing something a bit different for this new upcoming season by moving production to Maynard’s hometown of Charlotte, NC to accommodate her life as a single mom.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A third season of ABC’s The Bachelor Pad has been ordered by the network, reports EW. The Bachelor Pad will be back on ABC this summer. The second season of the series averaged 7.10 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Crime-fighting series America’s Most Wanted received an order for 20 more episodes from Lifetime Networks. America’s Most Wanted featuring John Walsh airs weekly on Lifetime Fridays at 9p and is produced by Walsh Productions and is distributed by Twentieth Television, Inc.
(Source: Cynopsis)
New episodes of Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids debuts on TLC beginning April 13 at 9p. The series goes behind-the-scenes at the bridesmaid’s salon at Bridals by Lori in Atlanta. Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids is produced by NorthSouth Productions for TLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Halogen TV will now premiere its new series Roadworthy: The Invisible Children Tour on April 15 at 9p. The 10-part series, produced by Halogen TV, documents the stories of Ugandan children who have been exploited and forced into combat as child soldiers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FX’s series premiere of The Ultimate Fighter Live last Friday at 9p attracted 1.28 million total viewers; 953,000 with A18-49; and 538,000 with A18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO’s original film Game Change about the 2008 presidential bid of Sen. John McCain tallied 2.1 million viewers for its premiere over the weekend, making it the network’s most-watched original film in close to eight years. Totaling its four weekend airings, Game Change drew a gross audience of 3.6 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Even before its theatrical release on March 23, ABC Family has acquired the rights to the first film in The Hunger Games franchise from Lionsgate Entertainment. The film will be available to ABC Family 30 months from the release making it an estimated fall 2014 premiere. The deal may also include the film sequel, Catching Fire which is slated for a November 22, 2013 theatrical release. hange drew a gross audience of 3.6 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Discovery Channel says it has severed its relationship with Bear Grylls, host of Man vs. Wild and has canceled all current productions with the adventurer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Producers of Spartacus: Vengeance and its network Starz has cast Australian television actor Todd Lasance to play a young Julius Caesar and British television actor Simon Merrells to portray wealthy Roman general Marcus Crassus.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Two more actors have joined ABC’s drama pilot Devious Maids from Marc Cherry: Mariana Klaveno (True Blood) and Grant Show (Melrose Place). Show will play a successful soap star Spence Davis while Klaveno will play his wife, a beautiful, selfish actress.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC’s pilot Scruples based on the novel by Judith Krantz has added Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill) to its cast, per TVLine. Murray will play a fashion photographer-turned-creative director named Spider.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Tempestt Bledsoe, the former child star on The Cosby Show will be back on NBC in the Untitled Jimmy Fallon Project, reports TVLine. The plot is about three 30-something guys (played by Anthony Anderson, Jesse Bradford and Zach Cregger) who enjoy parenting even though they haven’t grown up themselves. Bledsoe will play the wife of Anderson’s character.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/11/12)
1) Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball – 195,974
2) Adele – 21 – 194,643 (After 55 weeks – 8,090,330)
3) Various Artists – Now 41 – 152,347 (After 5 weeks – 487,628)
Other Debuts
8 ) Luke Bryan – Spring Break 4…Suntan City – 29,996
9) Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself – 29,936
20) Every Time I Die – Ex Lives – 14,024
35) Various Artists – Footloose Soundtrack – 9,622
38) Big Time Rush – Big Time Movie Soundtrack – 9,347
45) Fireflight – Now – 8,494
46) Idina Menzel – Live Barefoot At The Symphony – 8,255
57) Flame – 6TH – 7,406
63) Demi Lovato – Unbroken – 6,887
POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $50 million.
Powerball is played in 41 states.
CASTING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting launches the national search for America’s real Modern Family. A major television network is looking for the nation’s most entertaining, multi-generational and/or extended multi-cultural families. Doron Ofir Casting is seeking diverse families with varied dynamic personalities, real drama with comic relief mixed in. Casting applications can be found at: www.MyModernFamilyCasting.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A major broadcast network, production company, A. Smith & Co. and MysticArt Pictures are searching nationally for single men and women who will be flown to Hollywood for the chance to prove that have what it takes to date a star for a project called Star Date. Applicants must be 21 and over, single, male or female, confident, charismatic, beautiful and bold. Apply online at: www.mysticartpictures.com. Questions can be emailed to: stardatecasting@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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