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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 6/18/12)
JLTV: JLTV World News (Premiere) at 7pm
BOUNCE TV: Family Time (Premiere) at 9pm
BOUNCE TV: Uptown Comic (Premiere) at 9:30pm
VH1: Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta (Premiere) at 8pm
LOGO: RuPaul’s Drag U (Premiere) at 9pm
NICK AT NITE: Hollywood Heights (Premiere) at 9pm
SCIENCE: Danger By Design (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: The Glass House (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Miss Advised (Premiere) at 10pm
In another week, Discovery Channel premieres a new six-episode series, Mobster Confessions that chronicles stories of Mafia members who offered firsthand testimonies of their experiences working with America’s most notorious underground families. Mobster Confessions debuts June 25 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Last Thursday’s season finale of Don’t Be Tardy for the Wedding on Bravo chalked up series highs with 2.35 million total viewers and 1.31 million among A18-49, based on Nielsen data. True Entertainment produces the series for Bravo.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS is dusting off the game show format Win, Lose or Draw, giving a pilot order to Ryan Seacrest’s production company for a remake titled Draw Something. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, Ryan Seacrest Productions and Embassy Row, the game show pilot project is based on the popular mobile and tablet game from Zynga where celebrities and ordinary people play in front of a live audience to win cash prizes. The pilot will also include an interactive element allowing viewers to play along at home for prizes. Seacrest, Michael Davies and Ryan Seacret Productions’ CEO Adam Sher will all serve as EPs on the pilot which ended up at CBS following a bidding war. A host for the pilot will be determined soon.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Broadway rising star Jeremy Jordan is joining NBC’s Smash for its second season as a series regular. Jordan, who gained recognition for his role on Broadway’s Newsies, will play an attractive Brooklyn-born singer with a self-destructive streak on NBC’s musical drama series.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FX’s American Horror Story has cast former MTV’s Skins star Britne Oldford for the upcoming second season, reports TVLine. Oldford will play the recurring role of Alma though no description of the character was made available.
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On Friday, Nicole Scherzinger related via Twitter that she will next appear as a judge for the new season of X Factor in the UK. Scherzinger, who was a judge during season one of The X Factor on FOX in the US, will be replacing former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland on the original UK version of the competition series. Simon Cowell’s production company Syco Entertainment produces the show.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedian and actress, Yvette Wilson died last Thursday at the age of 48. Los Angeles-born Ms. Wilson was best known for her roles on the television comedies Moesha and its spinoff program The Parkers. Ms. Wilson began her entertainment career as a stand-up comedian and went on to land her first acting roles in the 1993 ABC sitcom Thea and in the feature films House Party 3, Friday and Poetic Justice. On the popular sitcom UPN sitcom Moesha, that launched in 1996 and starred the R&B singer Brandy, Ms. Wilson played the role of Andell Wilkerson, owner of the hangout The Den. Ms. Wilson was on Moesha for five seasons and then joined The Parkers for five more seasons.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Madagscar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – $35.5 million
Prometheus – $20.2 million
Rock Of Ages – $15.1 million
Snow White And The Huntsman – $13.8 million
That’s My Boy – $13 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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