FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 9/27/12)
NBC: 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony st 7:30pm
(SUNDAY 9/29/12)
ANIMAL PLANET: Hillbilly Handfishin’ (Premiere) at 8pm
SMITHSONIAN: The Real Story (Premiere) at 9pm
SPIKE: Bar Rescue (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Gator Boys (Finale) at 9pm
PBS: Inspector Lewis (Finale) at 9pm
Beginning this fall, Norah O’Donnell will become Co-Host of CBS This Morning joining Charlie Rose and Gayle King. O’Donnell has been CBS News’ Chief White House Correspondent since June 2011. CBS News Chairman and 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager said, “This is a very exciting development for our morning program and for all of CBS News. Norah is an accomplished reporter with all the skills for the job. She’s a hard worker who knows her story and, as she has shown time after time at the White House, she can think on her feet on live television.” Erica Hill who has been a co-host of CBS This Morning and assisted with its launch is in discussions with CBS News about a new role. O’Donnell will additionally continue as the primary substitute anchor for Face the Nation and will also continue to report for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms.
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Former CBS News anchor Katie Couric will be launching her new daytime talk show, Katie in national syndication September 10. The one-hour show, distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television has been cleared in 95% of the US and will broadcast live from New York City in front of a live studio audience. Couric additionally serves as executive producer along with Jeff Zucker. At the TCA press tour yesterday in Los Angeles, Couric also revealed her show will feature a theme song, This Day composed by Sheryl Crow and her collaborator Jeff Trott and also performed by Crow.
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Lifetime’s upcoming new series The Week the Women Went has moved its premiere date to August 14 at 10p following Dance Moms. Jeff Foxworthy narrates the five-episode series that explores what happens in an American town when all the women leave and the men have to run the households, businesses and community. BBC Worldwide Productions is producing. In addition, the recently-announced new docu-series Prom Queens will rejoin Lifetime’s schedule at a later date. The Week the Women Went was previously scheduled to bow on August 15 and Prom Queens on August 14.
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Bravo Media renewed weekly primetime talk show Kathy for a second season starring Kathy Griffin and featuring a panel of guests and celebrities dishing on the week’s hot topics and public figures. Kathy is produced by Donut Run and Embassy Row for Bravo.
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Programming note: TV One will pay tribute to the late actor Sherman Hemsley with two consecutive Friday nights filled with episodes of The Jeffersons featuring Hemsley’s role as George Jefferson. Starting tonight, TV One will air The Jeffersons episodes at 8p to 12a and again on August 3 from 8p to 11p.
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Cast members of ABC’s sitcom Modern Family, including those who are embroiled in a lawsuit against the show’s production company as part of the current contract renegotiations that happened earlier this week, were all together at yesterday’s scheduled table read. The first cast gathering for season four was supposed to take place on Tuesday but was moved to Thursday because of the contract talks. The move on the actor’s part was reportedly viewed as a good-faith gesture and talks between the actors’ representatives and 20th Century Fox Television will likely resume later this week.
(Source: Cynopsis)
John Noble, star of FOX’s Fringe is receiving medical treatment which has resulted in production on the fifth and final season being delayed. Production is likely to be picked back up on August 7 and this temporary halt should not interrupt the show’s premiere date.
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CBS added Kal Penn (How I Met Your Mother, House) as the co-lead for the half-hour comedy pilot Ex-Men from How I Met Your Mother EP Rob Greenberg.
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After six years, Eric Dane who plays Dr. Mark Sloan (aka McSteamy) is leaving ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy to pursue other opportunities. Dane has play Dr. Sloan since the show’s second season will depart Grey’s Anatomy during the upcoming ninth season. He will return for several episodes to close out his character’s story line.
(Source: Cynopsis)
AMC’s Mad Men cast member Elisabeth Moss who plays Peggy will return for the sixth season, reports TVLine. Show creator Matt Weiner confirmed Moss has not left the show despite character Peggy leaving Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce during season five.
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The second season of American Horror Story on FX added Jenna Dewan to play opposite Adam Levine. The pair will form The Lovers, a couple central to the show’s plot during season two.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
The Watch – Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Will Forte
Step Up Revolution – Ryan Guzman, Kathyrn McCormick, Misha Gabriel, Peter Gallagher, Stephen “Twitch” Boss
Killer Joe (Limited Release) – Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Thomas Haden Church, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon
Ruby Sparks (Limited Release) – Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Elliot Gould, Chris Messina, Annette Bening
NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday July 27, 2012
Grand Central Carnival – 41st St. from Lexington Ave. to 3rd Ave.
Saturday July 28, 2012
Festival of The Americas – 6th Ave. from 42nd to 56th St.
Sunday July 29, 2012
Madison Ave. Summer Fair – from 42nd to 57th St.
Columbus Ave. Fair – from 66th to 72nd St.
Broadway Summerfest (Queens) – on Broadway from Steinway St. to 47th St.
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