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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 8/2/12)
CNBC: Crime Inc. (Premiere) at 8pm

After airing two episodes of its dating show, 3 which delivered low ratings, CBS canceled the show. The network will air drama repeats at 9p on Sundays starting next week until The Good Wife debuts its new season on September 30. 3 premiered on July 26 with a preview episode drawing 2.4 million viewers and a 0.8 rating among A18-49 before moving to its Sunday slot this past weekend which declined further to 1.8 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FX and producer Ryan Murphy unveiled yesterday the title of the new chapter of American Horror Story as American Horror Story: Asylum. The plot is set in 1964 and stars headlining the next installment include Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Zachary Quinto, James Cromwell and Joseph Fiennes. Principal photography commenced on July 17 and it will premiere in October. Twentieth Century Fox Television is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Starring comedian and radio host, Rickey Smiley, TV One premieres The Rickey Smiley Show September 18 along with an all-star cast including Ray J, J. Anthony Brown, Lil JJ, Roz Ryan, Noree Victoria and Demetria McKinney. The show is based loosely on the life of Rickey Smiley, a local DJ based in Atlanta who is a single father to three children. The series is produced by Bobbcat Films for TV One.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The second season of HBO’s comedy Girls from Lena Dunham will debut in January along with Enlightened helmed by Laura Dern. Both series will have 10 episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New bridal series, I Found the Gown unveils its first episodes on TLC August 24 at 10p and 1030p. The eight-episode series is about brides as they shop for their dream dresses at the Boston-based bridal outlet VOWS. I Found the Gown is produced by Half Yard Productions, producers of the network’s Say Yes to the Dress franchise.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Melanie Griffith was cast in a multiple episodes for the third season of Raising Hope on FOX. Griffith will play Sabrina’s (Shannon Woodward) mother. In addition, Griffith’s real-life mother, Tippi Hedren will guest star in the season three premiere of Raising Hope as Sabrina’s dead grandmother, Nana.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Will & Grace star, Sean Hayes is joining NBC’s second season comedy Up All Night as Ava’s (Maya Rudolph) former accompanist. He will appear in multiple episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter and political activist, Eugene Luther Gore Vidal died at the age of 86 Tuesday night at his home in the Hollywood Hills. Mr. Vidal was a contemporary to other literary greats such as Norman Mailer and Truman Capote and was also a major celebrity who became a fixture on talk shows and gossip columns. His works include hundreds of essays and best-selling novels such as Lincoln, Myra Breckenridge, The City and the Pillar and the Tony-nominated play, The Best Man which is currently experiencing a popular revival on Broadway. Mr. Vidal additionally wrote for television and was best known for penning the play Visit to a Small Planet for the Goodyear Television Playhouse in 1955. A year before in 1954, he wrote Dark Possession, a Studio One drama starring Geraldine Fitzgerald. CBS’ Studio One was an anthology series presenting a different drama each week.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comedy writer from TV’s Golden Age, Sidney Reznick, died last Friday in Los Angeles, five days before his 93rd birthday. Mr. Reznick was a staff writer for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and he was on stage when Tiny Tim (known for the song Tiptoe Through the Tulips) wed Victoria Mae Budinger (aka Miss Vicki) on the late-show in December 1969. In 1957, Mr. Reznick created the comedic game show Sez Who? and also was on the staff of I’ve Got a Secret in the 1960s and wrote episodes of the television shows Beetle Bailey, Love, American Style, The Love Boat and The Odd Couple. He also wrote jokes for the likes of Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope and early in his career worked in radio with Al Jolson, Ethel Merman and Steve Allen among others. Mr. Reznick is survived by his sons, Bruce and Robert and two grandchildren.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Broadway will dim it’s lights for Gore Vidal (writer of “The Best Man” currently on Broadway).
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/163209/broadway-to-dim-lights-in-honor-of-gore-vidal-late-writer-of-the-best-man/

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