FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 4/2/12)
FOX: Bones (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD: Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION: Alaska: Ice Cold Killers (Finale) at 10pm
Oprah’s Lifeclass: The Tour (Oprah Winfrey will be at Radio City Music Hall tonight with Tony Robbins). It will air live at 8pm on OWN.
On Friday evening, Current TV unveiled a new weeknight show in the 8p hour, Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer which replaces Countdown with Keith Olbermann that held the time period since June 2011. Olbermann, who was hired in February 2011 as an anchor and chief news officer will no longer be part of Current TV and the network’s founders former Vice President Al Gore and Joel Hyatt released this statement to viewers late on Friday afternoon:
“Current was (sic) founded on the values of respect, openness, collegiality, and loyalty to our viewers. Unfortunately these values are no longer reflected in our relationship with Keith Olbermann and we have ended it.”
Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer features former Governor Spitzer as he offers his opinions on daily news events and with guests, discusses, analyzes and debates current topics. Viewpoint will be flanked nightly by The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur at 7p and The War Room with Jennifer Granholm at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dermot Mulroney, most recently seen on FOX’s comedy New Girl will next appear on HBO’s Enlightened starring Laura Dern as Amy. Mulroney will play the recurring character Jeff Flender, an investigative reporter and a love interest for Amy. Production on the second season of Enlightened begins later this spring. Molly Shannon was also recently added to the cast as Eileen, the loyal executive assistant to the CEO of Abaddonn, the company Amy works for and is trying to ruin.
(Source: Cynopsis)
British actor Ben Cross (Star Trek, Chariots of Fire) is joining Cinemax’s drama Banshee from Alan Ball. Cross will play Mr. Rabbit, an Ukrainian gangster who has been hunting down Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), a criminal who takes over the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, PA. Ryann Shane (Lights Out) is also joining the drama playing Deva Hopewell, the goth-rebel teenage daughter of Lucas’ old flame, Carrie (Ivana Milicevic) and her DA husband Gordon (Rus Blackwell).
(Source: Cynopsis)
VH1’s first one-hour scripted series Single Ladies added Ricky Whittle (BBCA’s Hollyoaks) to the cast in a recurring role for the second season. Whittle will play Charles, a world traveler, journalist and amateur musician. Production has begun in Atlanta on the second season and VH1 will debut Single Ladies this summer. Queen Latifah produces the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TBS’ comedy series Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse tapped Bobbi Kristina Brown (Whitney Houston’s daughter) in a recurring role. No details have been announced on Brown’s role or when she will begin taping.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Hunger Games – $61.1 million
Wrath Of The Titans – $34.2 million
Mirror Mirror – $19 million
21 Jump Street – $15 million
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – $8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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