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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 11/5/12)
RLTV: A Taste of History (Premiere) at 1pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Silicon Valley Start -Ups (Premiere) at 10pm
HBO: Witness (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Jesse James Outlaw Garage (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Dangerous Grounds (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Behind The Music: T.I. (Premiere) at 10pm
OXYGEN: Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too (Premiere) at 11pm
UNIVISION: Abismo De Pasion (Finale) at 8pm
TRAVEL: Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Finale) at 9pm
FOX revealed the two-hour finale for series Fringe in its fifth and final season will conclude on January 18 at 8p-10p. This will also mark the series’ 100th episode. Fringe is from co-creator and executive producer J.J. Abrams who created the series with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Fringe is produced by Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In other news from FOX, the network has cut its episode order for midseason comedy, The Goodwin Games nearly in half. Citing a lack of room on its schedule, FOX trimmed the original 13-episode order to seven episodes. Recently, FOX upped the episode orders for its other sitcoms Raising Hope, New Girl and The Mindy Project all to 24 eps while the first season comedy Ben and Kate was approved for 19 eps.
(Source: Cynopsis)
All day today, the Disney/ABC Television Group will host a Day of Giving to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy with donations going to the American Red Cross. The call-to-action event will include network and syndicated programming over various dayparts including News, Daytime, Primetime and Late-Night. Good Morning America will kick off the Day of Giving by dedicating the full 8a hour to raising money for Sandy relief efforts. Other network and syndicated programming participating in the Day of Giving includes LIVE with Kelly and Michael, The View, General Hospital, Katie, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, plus ABC Owned Stations and local ABC affiliates will integrate Day of Giving messaging into their local news throughout the day, in addition to World News with Diane Sawyer, Dancing with the Stars and Nightline along with cable networks ABC Family and SOAPnet as well as Radio Disney, Disney Stores and DisneyStore.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)
On the heels of canceling its cop drama Common Law, USA Network has canceled another series, Fairly Legal. The second season of Fairly Legal debuted with 3.5 million total viewers on March 16 though declined to just under 2.5 million viewers by the end of the run. USA also has decided to not move forward with an additional order for Political Animals. The limited series event starring Sigourney Weaver from Greg Berlanti and Laurence Mark was originally ordered straight to series with the option for a potential additional order. The planned six-episode miniseries debuted in mid-July with 2.6 million total viewers with the finale attracting 2.3 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC predicts a fourth season is in store for its reality series Long Island Medium which just concluded its third season on Sunday. The series follows Long Island mom Theresa Caputo who also possesses the ability to connect with the dead. TLC ordered 30 half-hour episodes for season four set to premiere in March 2013. Long Island Medium is produced by Magilla Entertainment for TLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Wreck-It Ralph – $49.1 million
Flight – $25 million
Argo – $10.2 million
The Man With The Iron Fists – $8.2 million
Taken 2 – $6 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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