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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/9/12)
BBC AMERICA: White Heat (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Around The World In 80 Plates (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: CSI (Finale) at 10pm
Two more series were picked up by NBC for this fall: White House sitcom pilot 1600 Penn received a series order for 13 episodes starring Bill Pullman as the President of the US and Jenna Elfman as the First Lady and stepmother to the POTUS’ children. 1600 Penn was created and also stars Josh Gad who plays the president’s out-of-control eldest son. NBC also approved the comedy Animal Practice (formerly titled Animal Kingdom) about a curmudgeonly veterinarian who loves animals but usually dislikes their owners. Justin Kirk and Tyler Labine star in Animal Practice.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TNT is moving forward with a new medical drama series from producer David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope) titled Monday Mornings. The series is based on the book by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, M.D., a practicing neurosurgeon and CNN’s chief medical correspondent. The drama’s ensemble cast includes Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina, Jamie Bamber, Jennifer Finnigan, Bill Irwin, Keong Sim, Sarayu Rao and Emily Swallow. TNT has ordered 10 episodes for the first season and has slated the series to premiere in summer 2013. Monday Mornings, produced by TNT Originals and David E. Kelley Productions, is set at the fictional Chelsea General Hospital in Portland, OR and follows the lives of doctors as they confront personal and professional losses. Kelley and Gupta both serve as executive producers on the series and Bill D’Elia was an EP on the pilot episode as well as the director; Kelley also penned the pilot. In addition, TNT is working with Turner Broadcasting System International, Inc. to produce this global series. Monday Mornings will air on TNT as well as Turner networks worldwide and will be distributed by TBS International outside the US and Canada.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Independent producer and distributor Entertainment Studios, Inc. finalized the cast for its new sitcom, Mr. Box Office debuting this fall. The pilot episode is now complete starring Bill Bellamy, Jon Lovitz, Vivica A. Fox, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Rick Fox, Gary Busey and Tim Meadows. Entertainment Studios ordered 104 episodes of the comedy about a big movie star (Bellamy) who is sentenced to community service teaching English at an inner-city high school in South Central L.A. Production on the full series will begin this summer for its planned fall 2012 launch.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 5/6/12)
1) Carrie Underwood – Blown Away – 267,338
2) Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts – 109,794
3) Various Artists – Now 42 – 94,698
Other Debuts
5) B.O.B. – Strange Clouds – 76,360
9) Smash Cast – The Music Of Smash – 39,465
10) Marilyn Manson – Born Villian – 38,136
11) Various – Avengers Assemble – 27,096
19) George Harrison – Early Takes V1 – 18,092
20) Santigold – Master Of My Make Believe – 17,520
33) Rufus Wainright – Out Of The Game – 11,594
37) Don Omar – Don Omar Presents: MTO2 New Generation
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