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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/25/12)
BRAVO: Top Chef Masters (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Jimmy Fallon’s Primetime Music Special at 10pm
MTV: Wake Brothers (Premiere) at 11pm
TRAVEL: Baggage Battles (Finale) at 10pm
Yesterday, five of the show’s six adult actors of ABC’s Modern Family have filed a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court against 20th Century TV in connection with the renegotiations and all have seeked to void their contracts. Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara – have all filed. The move comes in the middle of a salary standoff that has already delayed today’s scheduled table read that would have marked the start of the fourth season of Modern Family, one of TV’s top-rated comedies.
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USA Network’s WWE Monday Night Raw, airing each Monday night, 52 weeks a year, ran its 1000th episode this week and also debuted a third weekly hour (now airing from 8-11p). On Monday, WWE Monday Night Raw averaged more than 6.0 million viewers (6.04m) for the three-hour period and also attracted 2.7 million among A25-54.
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VH1 continues in the scripted drama series category by approving a scripted series titled Bounce starring Dean Cain, Kimberly Elise and Charlotte Ross. Bounce is about the lives of the Los Angeles Devils, the top dance team in professional basketball. The series will also feature newcomers Taylour Paige and Logan Browning in starring roles. James LaRosa created the series and is writing the script and he also serves as EP along with Maggie Malina. Production will kick off in 2013. Producing Bounce are Bryan Johnson and The Film Syndicate and In Cahoots Media.
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Production on the new 29th season of Jeopardy! began yesterday at Sony Pictures Studios with host Alex Trebek back at work. Last month, Trebek was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. following a mild heart attack. Jeopardy! will bow its new season on September 17.
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Chord Overstreet is rejoining FOX’s Glee during season four as a series regular reprising his role as Sam Evans. Overstreet’s character will remain at McKinley High while other characters take on the Big Apple. Glee premieres its new season on September 13 at 9p.
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Michael Trucco will be back on CBS’ How I Met Your Mother this fall, per TVline. Trucco will once again portray the guy who Robin is attracted to and referred to two seasons ago a “Crush.” He will appear in multiple episodes of the sitcom.
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Yesterday, New York’s Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation that will increase the current incentives offered by the state to persuade more film post-production activity. “New York State’s program of incentives to attract film and television productions to New York has been a tremendous success, generating billions of dollars in economic impact and supporting hundreds of thousands of hires,” Governor Cuomo said. “However, there is potential for this industry to make new investments in communities across the state and in doing so, help make New York the television and film capital of the world. With this legislation, New York is inviting producers, directors, and editors from across the nation to bring their post-production work right here to the Empire State. The new New York supports business and this law is a clear sign that the state stands ready to help enterprises that are looking for new places to invest, expand, and create jobs. I thank the sponsors for their hard work on this new law.” Since 2004 when New York began offering tax credits to the film and television industry, producers have spent more than $7 billion in New York.
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Sherman Hemsley, 74, remembered for his starring role as George Jefferson in the sitcom The Jeffersons died at his home in El Paso, TX. Mr. Hemsley gained recognition when he joined Norman Lear’s show All in the Family in 1973 and after two seasons his character, George Jefferson was spun-off to helm his own show, The Jeffersons which also starred Isabel Sanford. The Jeffersons was on the air for a decade, from 1975 to 1985. Mr. Hemsley went on to play the role of a devilish church deacon in the sitcom Amen and was a voice talent in the puppet sitcom Dinosaurs. Mr. Hemsley was not married nor did he have any children.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 7/22/12)
1) Nas – Life Is Good – 148,716
2) Zac Brown Band – Uncaged – 78,260 (After 2 weeks – 312,750)
3) Kidz Bop Kids – Kidz Bop 22 – 63,687
Other Debuts
7) Dark Knight Rises Soundtrack – 32,931
10) Pierce The Veil – Collide With The Sky – 26,942
17) Hellyeah – Band Of Brothers – 19,181
19) Old Crow/Medicine Show – Carry Me Back – 17,020
20) Matisyahu – Spark Seeker – 16,462
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