FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 4/4/12)
NBC: Betty White’s Off Their Rockers (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Best Friends Forever (Premiere) at 8:30pm
CW: One Tree Hill (Series Finale) at 8pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Real Vice: Miami (Finale) at 10pm
MILITARY: Combat Tech (Finale) at 10pm
CBS made contract extension deals with David Letterman and Craig Ferguson to continue as hosts for their respective late night shows, Late Show and The Late Late Show through 2014. Worldwide Pants, Inc. produces both series. With this new agreement, Letterman who began in late night in 1982, will become the longest-running late night talk show host in television history, going past Johnny Carson’s 30-year record. Additionally, the deal allows The Late Late Show to move to a larger stage at CBS Television City in Los Angeles and CBS will co-produce the series with Worldwide Pants, Inc.
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The 66th Annual Tony Awards will have Neil Patrick Harris returning as host of the awards show broadcasting live from The Beacon Theater in New York June 10 at 8p on CBS. This marks Harris’ third time as host of the Tony Awards. Harris will also act as a producer along with executive producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment.
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A Windy City version of The Style Network’s Jerseylicious franchise will launch this summer as Chicagolicious on June 3 at 9p. In the new 10-episode version, viewers will meet Al Johnson who owns the glamour and beauty shop AJ’s of Chicago who has a celebrity clientele including Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett and Iman. Chicagolicious will premiere following the premiere of Jerseylicious on June 3. Endemol USA is producing Chicagolicious.
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The season two premiere of Game of Thrones on HBO posted series high ratings on Sunday with 3.9 million total viewers, up +74% from its first season debut last year. Combining all three Sunday airings, Game of Thrones brought in 6.3 million total viewers for the night.
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Director/actor Robert Redford and producing partner Laura Michalchyshyn have established Sundance Productions, a new production company concentrating on television and multi-media content. The new entity will focus on creating, developing and producing fiction and non-fiction programming to be distributed via broadcast and cable TV, digital platforms and channels. One of the original programs Sundance Productions has on the docket is the documentary All The President’s Men Revisited. The two-hour documentary special was commissioned by Discovery Channel worldwide. Redford would narrate and serve as EP along with Andy Lack and Michalchyshyn. A January 2013 premiere is planned.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 4/1/12)
1) Madonna – MDNA – 358,653
2) Lionel Richie – Tuskegee – 198,892
3) Adele – 21 – 121,234 (After 58 weeks – 8,490,379)
Other Debuts
4) Shinedown – Amaryllis – 105,773
8 ) Used – Vulnerable – 31,522
14) Mars Volta – Noctourniquet – 20,894
16) Meshuggah – Koloss – 18,341
17) All-American Rejects – Kids In The Street – 18,003
27) My Darkest Days – Sick & Twisted Affair – 13,014
33) Youthful Praise – After This – 11,938
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