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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 11/1/12)
ABC: The 46th Annual CMA Awards at 8pm
SHOWTIME: The Reality Show (Premiere) at 11:30pm
TLC: Little Shop Of Gypsies (Finale) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Gigolos (Finale) at 11pm

In January, PBS’ American Experience premieres a three-part series, The Abolitionists airing on PBS stations in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.  The series tells the intertwined stories of five heroes of the original Civil Rights Movement, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Angelina Grimke, Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Brown.  The Abolitionists stars Richard Brooks, Neal Huff, Jeanine Serralles, Kate Lyn Sheil and T. Ryder Smith and will premiere as a special presentation in three parts on American Experience January 8-22 at 9p on PBS (check local listings).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Beginning next Monday, RLTV premieres A Taste of History, a series that examines America’s culinary roots.  Hosted by Chef Walter Staib, the series revisits our country’s founding and its founders through the foods they ate and the recipes they used.  Chef Staib is a master at open-hearth cookery and demonstrates for viewers how to prepare 18th century dishes and also visits historic locations from Jefferson’s Monticello to Rittenhouse in Philadelphia and Colonial Williamsburg.  Starting Monday, RLTV will air back-to-back episodes of A Taste of History weekdays at 1p and 130p.  Then beginning November 7, additional episodes will also air on Wednesdays at 8p and 830p, repeating at 11p and 1130p. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Winter premiere dates for several USA Network series have been set: Suits returns with six all-new episodes to conclude its second season on January 17 at 10p; the Winter season premiere of White Collar with six all-new episodes opens January 22 at 10p to wrap its fourth season; and Necessary Roughness is back with five all-new episodes starting January 23 at 10p to finish off its second season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Style Media approves a fifth season of docu-soap, Jerseylicious.  The next season will premiere during first quarter 2013 with 14 all-new episodes produced by Endemol USA.  The fourth season of Jerseylicious was Style’s number one show among W18-49, averaging 508,000 total viewers in premiere episodes. 
(Source: Cynopsis) 

The Weather Channel continued to deliver high viewership as Hurricane Sandy raged on Monday.  The network’s average audience on Monday was 2.035 million total viewers, making it TWC’s third highest 3a-3a Total Day average in the network history with total viewers and HH.  Also on Monday, TWC delivered 800,000 A25-54 viewers Total Day, which is the highest rated day of the year for this target demo. 

Last Friday’s season premiere of Gold Rush on Discovery Channel at 9p posted a 2.43 rating among A25-54; a 3.27 with M25-54; and 4.45 million total viewers.  The series debut of Jungle Gold at 10p delivered a 1.5 with A25-54; 2.0 with M25-54; and 2.76 million total viewers, making it the network’s highest-rated series premiere this year in key demos and the fifth highest series premiere overall for the network.  New episodes of Gold Rush and Jungle Gold continue on November 2 beginning at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX Television Stations (FTS) and Debmar-Mercury forged a deal which brings the Charlie Sheen-starring comedy series, Anger Management to FOX Television Stations for an off-net syndication launch in September 2014.  Produced by Lionsgate Television, Anger Management will air on the following FOX-owned duopolies: WNYW-WWOR/New York, KTTV-KCOP/Los Angeles, WFLD-WPWR/Chicago, KDFW-KDFI/Dallas, WTTG-WDCA/Washington DC, KRIV-KTXH/Houston, KSAZ-KUTP/Phoenix, KMSP-WFTC/Minneapolis and WOFL-WRBW/Orlando.  FX will continue to hold exclusive cable rights to reruns of Anger Management beginning in fall 2014. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
In November and December, GSN will host a nationwide search for contestants for its original series, The American Bible Challenge hosted by Jeff Foxworthy.  The second season of the show will premiere in 2013.  Casting session are presently underway in Los Angeles through December 1 and will also visit Memphis on November 15; Nashville and Detroit on November 17; and Atlanta and Dallas on December 1.  Produced by RelativityREAL, additional casting information and applications for season two can be found at GSNTV.com, call323.860.6703 or send an email to: biblechallenge2012@gmail.com for further instructions on how to apply.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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