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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 3/9/12)
NBC:Who Do You Think You Are?: Jerome Bettis (Premiere) at 8pm
FX: The Ultimate Fighter (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Ghost Adventures (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: On Death Row (Premiere) at 10pm
IFC: Portlandia (Finale) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 3/10/12)
ANIMAL PLANET: Must Love Cats (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Jonah Hill, Musical Guest: The Shins at 11:30pm
SCIENCE: Oddities (Finale) at 9pm & 9:30pm
SCIENCE: An Idiot Abroad: The Bucket List (Finale) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 3/11/12)
COOKING: David Rocco’s Amalfi Getaway (Premiere) at 1:30pm
FOX: Bob’s Burgers (Premiere) at 8:30pm
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Wild Justice (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: Oprah Talks To Whitney Houston’s Family (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Shahs Of Sunset (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Coming Home (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Hoarding: Buried Alive (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: My Strange Addiction (Finale) at 10pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Finding Bigfoot (Finale) at 10pm

A new singing competition series, Duets is set to premiere this summer on ABC. Kelly Clarkson, Lionel Richie, Jennifer Nettles and Robin Thicke will travel across the country seeking undiscovered talent. Each star will select two singers to be become duet partners. The duet partners will be on stage each week and perform in front of a live studio audience until in the end only one duet act wins a recording contract. Duets is a production of Keep Calm and Carry On Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Daily daytime talk show The Talk was renewed for a third year by CBS for the 2012-2013 broadcast season keeping its current hosts, Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Aisha Tyler in place. The new season will kick off in September. Nationally, The Talk is averaging 2.16 million viewers in its present second season and posting a 1.0/6 rating/share with W25-54 and a 0.8 rating with W18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New weekly late-night talk show Kathy starring reality star/comedian/actress Kathy Griffin opens on Bravo April 19 at 10p. Kathy will air on Thursdays and cover the latest news and celebrity gossip in addition to Griffin sharing her unique stories in front of a studio audience. Embassy Row produces Kathy for Bravo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Beginning April 20, CMT debuts two new series and brings back music competition show The Singing Bee at 8p for a fourth season. The Singing Bee hosted by Melissa Peterman is produced by The Gurin Company and JUMA Entertainment. Half-hour reality series Melissa & Tye starring Melissa Rycroft and her husband Tye Strickland debuts at 9p. Melissa & Tye is from Ryan Seacrest Productions. Then at 930p, new reality series Jennie Garth: Little Bit Country premieres starring former Beverly Hills 90210 star Jennie Garth as she and her family moves to a seven-acre farm in the countryside of Central California. Jennie Garth: Little Bit Country is produced by Electus and 5×5. All three shows will air on Friday nights.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Joseph Varet and Morgan Hertzan, co-founders of LXTV made a deal to acquire lifestyle network Plum TV, currently reaching 5 million affluent viewers in eight markets. This purchase of Plum TV follows a bankruptcy auction in the Southern District of New York. Hertzan and Varet will serve as Co-Presidents with Hertzan based in New York and Varet in Los Angeles. Plum TV will operate as a national network with the goal to expand distribution via digital, television and out-of-home media. The focus of Plum TV will remain on home, travel, food and wellness. Plum TV is presently distributed on cable systems in Miami, Aspen, Vail, Telluride, the Hamptons, Sun Valley, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, via PlumTV.com and on Plum TV’s on demand iPhone app.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s comedy pilot American Judy starring Judy Greer tapped Ken Marino (Party Down) to co-star as her husband, Dean.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Beginning next week on Thursday’s episode, fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger will appear on FOX’s American Idol as an image advisor to the contestants. Hilfiger will offer advice to the finalists on how to transform their style into pop star status.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fresh off her co-starring role in George Clooney’s film The Descendants, Amara Miller joins NBC’s White House comedy pilot, 1600 Penn. Miller will play Marigold, the tough youngest daughter of the POTUS (Bill Pullman) and half of a pair of 13-year old twins.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager adds Cierra Ramirez as a new series regular, cites THR. Ramirez will play Kathy, a new freshman who enrolls at Grant High who is six months pregnant and wants to give up her baby for adoption. Ramirez joins the production this week.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
John Carter – Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong
Silent House – Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross, Hayley Murphy
A Thousand Words – Eddie Murphy, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Washington, Clark Duke, Allison Janney
Friends With Kids (Limited Release) – Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd
The Decoy Bride (Limited Release) – Alice Eve, David Tennant
Playback (Limited Release) – Johnny Pacar, Christian Slater, Jonathan Keltz
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (Limited Release) – Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked

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(Source: Cynopsis)

A major cable network is seeking expats for a popular documentary series. The show is looking for people who are moving or have moved from one country to another who would like their journey re-created. Expats can be from anywhere in the world, but cannot have moved to the US or Canada. Submit your name, contact info and a description of your move to expatcasting@gmail.com ASAP.
(Source: Cynopsis)