FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/19/12)
CBS: Survivor: Philippines (Premiere) at 8pm
TRU TV: South Beach Tow (Premiere) at 9:30pm
TRU TV: Operation Repo (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: The Real World/Road Rules Challenge (Premiere) at 10pm
USA: Royal Pains (Finale) at 9pm
CBS: Big Brother (Finale) at 9;30pm
The 64th Annual Primetime Emmy® Awards telecast nabs additional presenters for the show this Sunday including Zooey Deschanel, Tina Fey, Melissa McCarthy, Emily Van Camp, Jon Cryer, Kerry Washington, Claire Danes, Jeremy Davies, and Martha Plimpton. The telecast, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, begins at 8p on ABC. The new presenters join previously announced presenters Louis C.K., Ricky Gervais, Ginnifer Goodwin, Mindy Kaling, Jim Parsons and Amy Poehler.
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TV star Scott Baio, best known for playing Chachi, lands a new prime-time home headlining a family comedy he’ll also executive produce called See Dad Run premiering on Nick at Nite on October 14 at 8 p. He plays an actor, who starred as a popular TV dad for ten years, and then becomes a stay at home father so his soap star wife can take her turn in front of the camera. The pilot debuts October 6 at 9 p. Baio played Chachi on Happy Days and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi, but he also earned kudos in a recurring role on the award-winning Arrested Development. Executive producers Nat Bernstein and Mitchel Katlin serve as showrunners.
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Showtime nabs record ratings for boxing this weekend, with the championship bout between Canelo Alvarez and Josesito Lopez on September 15 garnering more than 1 million viewers, the network said. That’s the second highest rating for a boxing event on Showtime since 2007.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The 21st season of NBC’s Dateline returns September 28 with correspondent Josh Mankiewicz slated to watch the first episode in a viewer’s home and live tweet during the broadcast, in a mixture of social media and viewer interaction. A Twitter campaign to host Mankiewicz in a viewer’s home began September 18.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Billy Baldwin is cast as a firefighter in the original Hallmark Channel movie Be My Valentine slated to run on Sunday Feb. 9 at 9p. He also played a firefighter in the popular film Backdraft.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/16/12)
1) Dave Matthews Band – Away From The World – 265,961
2) Little Big Town – Tornado – 112,758
3) Bob Dylan – Tempest – 109,545
Other Debuts
4) Avett Brothers – Carpenter – 97,847
5) XX – Coexist – 73,337
6) ZZ Top – La Futura – 30,795
10) Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra – Theatre Is Evil – 23,754
19) DMX – Undisputed – 17,245
22) Fifty Shades of Grey – The Classical Album – 16,287
38) Daddy Yankee – Prestige – 8,171
43) Pet Shop Boys – Elysium – 7,005
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