FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 8/6/12)
VH1: Pop Up Video (Premiere) at 12pm
DIY: Yard Crashers (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (Premiere) AT 10pm
BRAVO: Miss Advised (Finale) at 10pm
TLC: Four Houses (Finale) at 10pm
DIY: House Crashers (Finale) at 11pm

TLC and Discovery Fit & Health go back to school in the new series, High School Moms that debuts on TLC this Sunday at 8p with an encore airing on Discovery Fit & Health August 16 at 8p. The six-part series goes inside Florence Crittenton High School in Denver that caters to teen moms or moms-to-be as they balance schoolwork and diapers. High School Moms is produced for both TLC and Discovery Fit & Health by Rize USA.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In another new series, TLC will go inside the religion and lifestyle of the Amish/Mennonites when Breaking Amish premieres September 9 at 10p. The series follows five young people who have chosen to leave their Amish/Mennonite communities to pursue their dreams of a new life in New York City. The nine-episode series is produced by Hot Snakes Media for TLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Logo examines adoption on a different level with the new docu-series The Baby Wait from DiGa’s Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley, the television producers and MTV execs behind Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant among other series. The Baby Wait focuses on the adoption journey with emphasis on the period where the birth mom has the option to take her child back from the prospective adoptive family. Each episode follows a new adoption case offering perspectives from the birth mom and the adoptive couple. The one-hour six-episode series premieres October 30 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A second season of docu-series Be Good Johnny Weir debuts on Logo September 17 at 10p. The series tags along with Johnny Weir, the three-time US National Figure Skating Champion and World Medalist in ten half-hour episodes. The series is produced and co-financed by Original Media.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV approved a second season of Snooki & JWoww and the network also set the sixth season premiere of Jersey Shore on October 4 at 10p. MTV will also bow the new scripted series Underemployed on October 16 and new docu-series Catfish on November 12 that is paired with the second season of World of Jenks. MTV further renewed the hidden-camera series Money From Strangers for a second season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Dark Knight Rises – $36.4 million
Total Recall – $26 million
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days – $$14.7 million
Ice Age: Continental Drift – $8.4 million
The Watch – $6.4 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

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