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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 3/15/12)
ABC: Missing (Premiere) at 8pm
VH1: Behind The Music: Pitbull (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: First Week In (Premiere) at 9pm & 10pm
A&E: The First 48: Missing Persons (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: Sweet Genius (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: Jersey Shore (Finale) at 10pm
In one fell swoop, CBS renewed 18 series for its 2012-2013 broadcast season. The renewals include four comedies: How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls and Mike & Molly. Also in the comedy category, CBS and Warner Bros. Television are in preliminary talks about future seasons of Two and a Half Men. CBS’ renewed dramas consist of NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Hawaii Five-O, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Person of Interest, The Mentalist, Blue Bloods and The Good Wife. Returning reality series include: The Amazing Race, Undercover Boss and the previously renewed Survivor. Newsmagazine shows 60 Minutes and 48 Hours Mystery will also rejoin the network’s schedule in the fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Following the death of three horses during filming, HBO has pulled its series LUCK starring Dustin Hoffman. The premium network released this statement yesterday:
“It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series LUCK. Safety is always of paramount concern. We maintained the highest safety standards throughout production, higher in fact than any protocols existing in horseracing anywhere with many fewer incidents than occur in racing or than befall horses normally in barns at night or pastures. While we maintained the highest safety standards possible, accidents unfortunately happen and it is impossible to guarantee they won’t in the future. Accordingly, we have reached this difficult decision.We are immensely proud of this series, the writing, the acting, the filmmaking, the celebration of the culture of horses, and everyone involved in its creation.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
The next family to have their own reality TV show is the Eastwoods. E! is going inside the lives of Dina Eastwood, wife of film star Clint Eastwood and their daughters Francesca age 18 and Morgan age 15 in the series Mrs. Eastwood & Company. The half-hour 10-episode series, from Bunim-Murray Productions, follows Dina, Francesca and Morgan as well as the six members of the all-male South African vocal group Overtone that is managed by Dina. Mrs. Eastwood & Company premieres May 20 on E!.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC heads to the Little Italy area of the Bronx for its latest reality series, Mama’s Boys of the Bronx following five Italian-American guys who are 30-something, handsome, employed and still living with their mothers. The eight-part series, from Red Line Films for TLC, opens April 9 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
An eighth season of Weeds with thirteen half-hour episodes launches July 1 at 10p on Showtime and season two of Episodes debuts directly after at 1030p. Production on Weeds begins next month while the nine half-hour episodes of Episodes recently completed production in London and Los Angeles.
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TV personality Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos will serve as EPs on the six-episode series Cheer for CMT. The one-hour Cheer looks at the competitive world of cheerleading by following coach Patty Ann Romero as her elite squad participates in cheerleading championships. Ripa and Consuelos are EPs via their company Milojo Productions. Cheer will premiere on CMT in September as a companion series to the network’s Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team which returns for a seventh season. Albert Bianchini and Julia Silverton also serve as EPs on Cheer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
White House comedy pilot 1600 Penn for NBC tapped Jenna Elfman to play the wife of the president, per TVLine. Bill Pullman headlines the comedy pilot playing the POTUS and father to a dysfunctional family that also includes Josh Gad, Brittany Snow and Amara Miller.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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