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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 6/4/12)
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: Master Chef (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives Of New York City (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Blood, Lies & Alibis (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Are You Normal, America? (Premiere) at 9pm
SUNDANCE: Push Girls (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC FAMILY: The Secret Life Of The American Teenager (Finale) at 8pm 

Beginning June 9, truTV will air a replay of all four half-hour episodes of HBO’s new reality series 24/7 Pacquiao/Bradley.  truTV will air the four installments at 4p back-to-back before the welterweight title match between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. takes place in Las Vegas with the telecast airing on HBO Pay-Per-View later on June 9.  This marks the first time truTV has aired HBO’s 24/7 series.
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The premiere of Mountain Men on HISTORY last Thursday at 10p drew 3.9 million total viewers; 1.9 million with A25-54; as well as 1.6 million among A18-49.  Mountain Men is produced for HISTORY by Warm Springs Productions and airs on Thursdays at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On the heels of HISTORY’s ratings success with miniseries, Hatfields & McCoys, actress Charlize Theron and her production company, Denver and Delilah Productions, as part of an overall deal with ABC Studios, is shopping a TV series described as a contemporary-retelling of the feuding families.  Theron is working on the project with producers Dawn Olmstead and Beau Flynn and will soon present their version to ABC.  John Glenn is writing the project and at this point Theron will serve as a producer. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC’s Saturday Night Live is losing another regular as Andy Samberg said on Friday in an interview with the New York Times that he will not be returning in the fall.  Samberg has been on SNL since 2005 known best for creating viral videos.
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For the ninth season of NBC’s The Office a bigger role is in store for Catherine Tate which gives her a regular role on the series.  During the last two seasons she has appeared on the sitcom in more than 10 episodes. 
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The seventh season of Showtime’s Dexter has added Swedish actress Katia Winter in a major recurring role playing a Russian stripper who works at a Miami club.  Dexter is set to premiere season seven September 30 at 9p and production is underway in Los Angeles. 
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Richard Dawson, the British-born former host of the game show, Family Feud, remembered for his catchphrase “The survey says” and the many kisses he gave female contestants, died Saturday night at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.  He was 79.  Mr. Dawson was also well-known for his role as the Cockney POW Cpl. Peter Newkirk on the 1960s CBS comedy series Hogan’s Heroes.  Mr. Dawson helmed the game show Family Feud that ran initially on ABC from 1976 to 1985 which earned him a Daytime Emmy Award in 1978 as best game show host.  Family Feud was so successful at its zenith, it became the #1 daytime show and the #1 syndicated show, airing 11 times each week (5 times in daytime).  When Family Feud ended in 1985, executive producer Howard Felsher estimated Mr. Dawson had kissed around 20,000 women which, at the time, prompted Mr. Dawson to say, “I kissed them for luck and love, that’s all.”  His frequent kisses also earned Mr. Dawson the nickname “The Kissing Bandit.”  Mr. Dawson had achieved much fame and popularity that he was considered as a replacement by NBC on The Tonight Show for when Johnny Carson retired.  He subbed on Tonight for a week and the show saw a ratings rise but Mr. Carson decided not to retire.  In 1981 while on Family Feud, Mr. Dawson met contestant Gretchen Johnson when she appeared on the show with her family.  They dated for several years, got married and had a daughter, Shannon in 1990.  Previously, he had been married to British actress Diana Dors from 1959-1966 which produced two sons, Greg and Mark.  Later in 1987, Mr. Dawson appeared in the Stephen King film, The Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger, playing the host of a deadly TV show set in a totalitarian future.  In 1994, Mr. Dawson returned to host a syndicated version of Family Feud, replacing comedian/host Ray Combs which became the final season of the show’s second run (1988-1995).  Survivors include his wife, Gretchen and daughter, Shannon; sons Greg and Mark; and four grandchildren. 
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Emmy Award-winning character actress Kathryn Joosten, best known for her television roles as Karen McCluskey on ABC’s Desperate Housewives and as the loyal secretary Mrs. Landingham on NBC’s The West Wing, died Friday.  She was 72.  Ms. Joosten portrayed the no-nonsense Dolores Landingham on The West Wing for three seasons and was mourned after her character was killed off in a fatal off-screen collision with a drunk driver.  In 2004, she became a series regular on Desperate Housewives.  Ms. Joosten’s road to becoming an actress began late for Hollywood’s standards as she decided to pursue her lifelong dream of acting following her divorce in 1980.  She took acting classes from the famous Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and took bit parts in community stage productions.  Ms. Joosten then moved to Los Angeles in 1995 and landed smaller television roles on shows such as Family Matters, Roseanne and NYPD Blue which led to her role on The West Wing and later to Desperate Housewives where her character, the testy Karen McCluskey uttered some of the dramedy’s best lines.  Ms. Joosten earned her two Outstanding Guest Actress Emmys in 2005 and 2008 from her work on Desperate Housewives.  She was preparing for the fifth season of Desperate Housewives when she found out in August 2009 the cancer she had previously battled had returned. 
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Dee Caruso, one-half of the comedy writing team who worked on such television classics as Get Smart and The Monkees, died May 27 at his Brentwood home in Los Angeles at the age of 83.  In recent years, Mr. Caruso served as professor of screenwriting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television for more than twenty years.  Mr. Caruso and his writing partner, Gerald Gardner were the head writers for the 1960s spy spoof series Get Smart.  Mr. Caruso and Mr. Gardner also wrote 22 episodes of The Monkees as well as for other classic television series The Red Skeleton Hour, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Bill Cosby Show, What’s Happening!! and Gilligan’s Island among other shows.  The pair also wrote for several films and telefilms.  Mr. Caruso is survived by his wife of 47 years, Sandra. 
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Radio and television voice talent, Dick Beals has died in Southern California at the age of 85.  Mr. Beals was the original voice of the iconic animated character, Gumby in the late 1950s television program, The Gumby Show.  Mr. Beals also was the voice of Speedy in the well-known Alka-Seltzer TV commercials and was also the voice pitchman for more than 3,000 commercials for such products as Oscar Mayer and Campbell’s Soup.  Mr. Beals was a sought-after voice talent when child-like voices were needed as he suffered from a glandular condition that kept his voice the same since elementary school. 
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MTV MOVIE AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2012/winners.jhtml

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Snow White And The Huntsman – $56.3 million
Men In Black 3 – $29.3 million
Marvel’s The Avengers $20.3 million
Battleship – $4.8 million
The Dictator – $4.7 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
LOGO TV is now casting men and women, age 18+ for the second season of Bad Sex.  If your sexual behavior is destroying your relationship, marriage, job or life or jeopardizing the life of someone you love, the show wants to hear from you.  If selected, you will get to meet with well-known sex therapist Christopher Donaghue on your road to recovery.  Send an email to sexRxcasting@gmail.com .
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