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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/22/12)
NATIONAL GEO WILD: Dangerous Encounters Backyard Monsters (Premiere) at 8pm
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Abandoned (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Dirty Jobs Down Under with Mike Rowe (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: NY Med (Finale) at 10pm
A shift is happening in late-night on ABC beginning January 8 as Jimmy Kimmel Live will move to 1135p. This move will put Jimmy Kimmel Live in direct competition against The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC and CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman. ABC’s Nightline will then shift to 1235a. The moves are also timed to happen following promotions included in ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest and ESPN’s Bowl Championship Series which concludes with the National Championship Game on January 7. In addition, Nightline will expand its programming with a move into primetime on Friday nights at 9p starting March 1. The ABC News series, What Would You Do? will also have a spot on the network’s schedule.
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Also for ABC, it is being reported Michael Strahan will become the new co-host of LIVE! working with Kelly Ripa. Strahan is expected to keep his role with Fox NFL Sunday, according to The Los Angeles Times. The morning show on ABC has been without a permanent co-host for Ripa since Regis Philbin left the show in November 2011. Strahan has been one of the numerous guest co-hosts since then. ABC has not made this news official.
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NBC’s comedy series The Office will end after the upcoming ninth season said executive producer Greg Daniels yesterday. Daniels headed the series during its first five seasons and will return as showrunner for the final season. Daniels further said the final season will have “familiar faces coming back” as well as two new characters in Jake Lacy and Clark Duke and a conclusion that will answer the series-long questions. The Office’s final season debuts September 20 at 9p.
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Veteran actor, Dick Van Dyke will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award for his career achievements and humanitarian accomplishments. Van Dyke will be presented with this award at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards airing live on TNT and TBS January 27 at 8p. A winner of five Emmys, a Tony Award and a Grammy, Van Dyke is best known as star of the 1960s comedy series The Dick Van Dyke Show and the film classic Mary Poppins.
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Later this fall, VH1 brings back a trio of installments of its original music franchise, VH1 Storytellers which profiles artists and features their live performances. Spotlighted artists during three back-to-back nights include Taylor Swift on November 11 at 11p; Alicia Keys on November 12 at 11p; and Pink on November 13 at 11p.
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A fourth season of Debmar-Mercury’s The Wendy Willliams Show will launch in national syndication September 10 in hi-def. In store for the show’s new season are set enhancements using Williams’ signature colors of pink and purple. The daytime talk show also received market upgrades in San Francisco, Miami, Denver, Kansas City, Fresno and Greenville, SC/Asheville, NC.
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New reality series R&B Divas on TV One delivered the most-watched original premiere in the history of the network on Monday. The debut episode posted a 0.76 rating and 479,000 viewers among A25-54 as well as close to 900,000 total viewers. R&B Divas, produced by Thinkfactory Media airs on Mondays at 10p.
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Also on Monday, VH1’s season finale of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta delivered a series high rating with the A18-49 viewers at 2.4. The 8p season ender also drew 3.7 million total viewers at 8p and the 10p encore brought in another 1.8 million total viewers for a combined total of 5.5 million viewers for the night.
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The summer finale of Bunheads aired Monday on ABC Family and attracted 1.5 million total viewers; 750,000 with A18-49 and 577,000 among W18-49.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/19/12)
1) 2 Chainz – Based On A T.R.U. – 146,626
2) Various Artists – Now 43 – 75,179 (After 2 weeks – 186,600)
3) Rick Ross – God Forgives I Don’t – 43,406 (After 3 weeks – 322,161)
Other Debuts
4) Insane Clown Posse – Mighty Death Pop – 40,662
10) Yellowcard – Southern Air – 23,293
13) Slightly Stoopid – Top Of The World – 20,774
14) Tamela Mann – Best Days – 20,606
15) In This Moment – Blood – 20,187
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