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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/23/12)
ABC: The Middle (Finale) at 8pm
ABC: Modern Family (Finale) at 9pm
ABC: Don’t Trust The B—- in Apartment 23 (Finale) at 9:30pm
ABC: Revenge (Finale) at 10pm
FOX: American Idol (Season Finale Part 2) at 8pm
NBC: Betty White’s Off Their Rockers (Finale) at 8pm
NBC: Law & Order: SVU (Finale) at 10pm
TRU TV: South Beach Tow (Finale) at 9:30pm
With 14 half-hour episodes, Lifetime’s upcoming new docu-series follows the everyday life of single mom, Bristol Palin when Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp premieres on June 19 at 10p with back-to-back episodes. Lifetime will schedule double episodes each Tuesday. The docu-series is produced by Associated Television International.
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Long-running reality television series, Dog the Bounty Hunter has been canceled by A&E Network. The series completed its eighth season last week featuring Duane “Dog” Chapman and his family crew tracking down criminals in Hawaii and in his home state of Colorado.
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Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control device for Zenith Electronics, died Sunday at a suburban Chicago hospital at the age of 96. Mr. Polley created his Flash-Matic in 1955, which pointed a beam of light at photo cells in the corners of the TV screen which activated the picture and sound and also changed channels. Throughout Mr. Polley’s 47-year career as an engineer, he earned 18 US patents. Mr. Polley along with his fellow Zenith engineer Robert Adler, were honored in 1997 with an Emmy for their work in pioneering TV remotes.
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On the heels of NBC’s Smash finishing its first season, it was revealed several series regulars will not be returning for the second season. Raza Jaffrey (Dev) and Jaime Cepero (Ellis) will not be reprising their roles along with Brian d’Arcy James (Frank) and recurring guest Will Chase (Michael Swift).
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Jason Gedrick (Iron Eagle, Stacking) will join Showtime’s drama series Dexter for the seventh season. Gedrick will appear in a multi-episode run playing the manager of a Miami gentlemen’s club that becomes linked to a high-profile murder case. Production on Dexter commences this month in Los Angeles and the seventh season debuts on Showtime September 30 at 9p.
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E! has re-upped its contract with E! News Anchor/Managing Editor Giuliana Rancic, extending their agreement with her through April 2015. The terms of the new deal has Rancic continuing as Anchor and serving as Managing Editor of E! News for the next three years as well as hosting duties for the network’s Live From the Red Carpet events. Rancic will also continue to co-host the weekly comedy series Fashion Police and serving as host for other specials. Furthermore, E! will have first-look rights to Rancic’s ideas for series, specials and other scripted and non-scripted projects.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 5/20/12)
1) Adam Lambert – Trespassing – 77,052
2) Adele – 21 – 63,058 (After 65 weeks -9,150,779)
3) Carrie Underwood – Blown Away – 53,779 (After 3 weeks – 440,897)
Other Debuts
5) Tenacious D – Rize Of The Fenix – 44,380
7) Beach House – Bloom – 40,823
8 ) Glee Cast – The Music: The Graduation – 39,218
16) Santana – Shape Shifter – 20,811
17) Garbage – Not Your Kind Of People – 19,281
18) Willie Nelson – Heroes – 16,898
19) Godsmack – Live & Inspired – 16,501
24) Best Coast – Only Place – 13,806
33) Hot Water Music – Exister – 10,403 3
7) Shadows Fall – Fire From The Sky – 10,134
42) Krizz Kaliko – Kickin & Screamin – 9,487
44) Lisa Marie Presley – Storm & Grace – 9,379
POWERBALL
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