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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 8/27/12)
VH1: Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Reunion Part 1 (Premiere) at 8pm
TV ONE: Essence Music Festival at 8pm
ABC FAMILY: The Secret Life of the American Teenager (Finale) at 8pm
This Wednesday, HGTV debuts a new primetime series, Buying and Selling at 9p featuring identical twins, Drew and Jonathan Scott who also star in Property Brothers. In their new series, Jonathan will renovate a home to sell while Drew will help the seller’s find a new property, oversee the sale of the renovated home and help them buy a new house. A third season of Property Brothers will premiere on HGTV in January. Buying and Selling and Property Brothers are both produced by Cineflix.
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Last Thursday, GSN debuted new original series The American Bible Challenge which has delivered the network’s highest audience ever with 2.3 million total viewers for the night and 1.7 million total viewers for the premiere episode at 8p. Hosted by Jeff Foxworthy, The American Bible Challenged is produced by RelativityREAL for GSN.
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Also on Thursday, USA Network aired back-to-back season finales of Burn Notice and Suits. At 9p, Burn Notice tallied 5.0 million total viewers; 1.9 million A25-54; and 1.7 million with A18-49 while Suits at 10p, attracted 4.5 million total viewers; 2.0 million with A25-54; and 1.9 million among A18-49.
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Production has begun on TLC’s new series Cheer Perfection about the world of competitive cheerleading. Cheer Perfection aired as a special on July 11 which pulled in 1.1 million total viewers. TLC has ordered eight one-hour episodes slated to premiere in December. Authentic Entertainment, behind Toddlers & Tiaras and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is producing the series.
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FOX’s American Idol is close to signing rapper Nicki Minaj and country star Keith Urban as judges for season 12, per THR. Both Minaj and Urban have been in talks for weeks with American Idol producers and FOX. Minaj could make a reported $8 million with additional allowances for wardrobe, hair and makeup while Urban could close a deal for $3 to $4 million. Country star Brad Paisley is apparently not in contention for the third judges’ seat since he was asking for the same salary as Minaj. Nothing is official from FOX though deals are expected to be signed soon.
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NBC’s upcoming series Hannibal cast Hettienne Park in a recurring role as Beverly Katz, a crime scene investigator whose specialty is fibers.
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Also for NBC, the potential spin-off of The Office cast Matt Jones (Breaking Bad) to play Rain Wilson’s mysterious cousin Zeke. The spin-off is titled The Farm and centers on Dwight (Wilson) as a beet farmer running a bed and breakfast inn. The project is being served up as a potential back-door pilot to run as an episode of The Office this fall. Thomas Middleditch has also been cast as Dwight’s crazy brother, Jeb; Majandra Delfino as Dwight’s younger sister, Frannie; and Blake Garrett as his nephew, Cameron. If The Farm is ordered to series, Jones would become a series regular.
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Former House star Robert Sean Leonard will appear in a five-episode run on TNT’s series Falling Skies. Leonard will play Roger Kadar, PhD, a talented though obsessive scientist who runs Charleston’s power grid from an underground bunker, living with his pet rats and scientific equipment. Also, Gloria Reuben will star in a five-episode gig as Tom Mason’s (Noah Wyle) aide.
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TV Land’s two new pilots have added more cast members to its rosters. I’m Not Dead Yet (wt) will star Ben Falcone as Sandy Lazarus, a driving instructor who after learning he has a potentially fatal heart condition begins speaking his mind and living life to the fullest. Adding to this cast list is Missi Pyle as Sandy’s wife and Elliott Gould as his father. Production on I’m Not Dead Yet begins next month. Jay Mohr will star in TV Land’s second pilot, Brothers-in-Law (wt) along with Josh Cooke, Ellen Woglom, Geoff Pierson and Kelen Coleman. Brothers-in-Law centers on the family dynamic between Neil (Cooke) and his wife Cheska (Coleman) as they adjust to Van (Mohr), the odd fiancé of Cheska’s twin sister Maddie (Woglom). Pierson plays family patriarch, Tom who forms an instant bond with Van which makes Neil jealous and annoyed. This pilot will tape at the end of this month.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Actress Rosemary Rice, best remembered for her role on an early TV family drama, Mama, died August 14 at her home in Stamford, CT at the age of 87. Ms. Rice starred as eldest daughter, Katrin on the program that broadcast live on CBS in the early days of television from 1949-1957. The television series also starred Dick Van Patten as the brother, Nels. Mama was recorded on kinescopes which were, for the most part, destroyed though Ms. Rice kept several for herself which she later donated to the broadcasting museum (now the Paley Center for Media) for an exhibit in 1985. Survivors of Ms. Rice include a son and a daughter; a brother; and three grandchildren.
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Expendables 2 – $13.5 million
The Bourne Legacy – $9.3 million
ParaNorman – $8.5 million
The Campaign – $7.4 million
The Dark Knight Rises – $7.2 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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