FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS/ CASTING CALL

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 12/6/12)
HGTV: Selling New York (Premiere) at 6:30pm
WE: Mary Mary (Premiere) at 10pm
WE: Tamar & Vince (Finale) at 9pm

Style Media is teaming with Grammy Award winner and fashionista Rihanna in a new one-hour competition series Styled to Rock.  Rihanna will serve as star and executive producer on the show that searches for America’s next groundbreaking designer.  The 10-episode series will premiere in 2013 and will follow 12 aspiring designers who are hand-selected by Rihanna.  Designers interested in representing the future of fashion can apply to be considered for the competition series at Style’s website: StyleNetwork.com/StyledtoRock.  Styled to Rock is produced by Shed Media US, Overbrook Entertainment and Marcy Media Films.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bobby Flay offers viewers a triple dose in the New Year on Food Network and Cooking Channel and via online.  Bobby Flay Fit is a seven-episode digital series based on Flay’s philosophy that it takes only one week to develop healthier habits of eating in moderation and exercise which launches January 14 via FoodNetwork.com.  New five-episode series Bobby’s Dinner Battle premieres January 16 at 10p on Food Network where Flay chooses three teams of excellent home cooks from each city: Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Northern New Jersey and New York City.  Each team will have a limited budget and three hours to turn out a three-course dinner party for Bobby, their competitors and special guests.  Brunch @ Bobby’s returns to Cooking Channel for a third season on January 3 at 930p as Flay shares his passion for brunch and entertaining during 14 all-new episodes.  All three series are produced by Rock Shrimp Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season two of Showtime’s documentary series Inside Comedy makes a comeback starting February 11 at 11p.  The ten, half-hour episodes from David Steinberg and Steve Carell will feature a new lineup of comedy legends including Drew Carey, Robert Klein, Steve Martin, Martin Mull and Robert Schimmel along with previously-announced entertainers Judd Apatow, Carol Burnett, Jim Carrey, Louis C.K., Susie Essman, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Bill Maher, Mike Myers, Bob Newhart, Ben Stiller, Lily Tomlin, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Betty White among others.  Carell and Steinberg serve as executive producers along with Vance DeGeneres and Charlie Hartsock for Carousel Productions; Alan Zweibel is consulting producer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Weekly primetime talk show Kathy hosted by Kathy Griffin returns to Bravo’s lineup on January 10 at 10p.  On Thursdays, Kathy will be joined again by her mother, Maggie and her assistant, Tiffany as well as celebrities, a group of friends, co-workers and ordinary people dishing on the week’s pop culture headlines.  Kathy is produced by Donut Run and Embassy Row for Bravo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family has set the season two premiere of Switched at Birth for January 7 at 8p and the winter premiere of Bunheads at 9p.  Leading up to the new season of Switched at Birth, ABC Family will air a marathon of episodes from 11a to 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday February 10, 2013 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
http://www.grammy.com/nominees

CASTING CALL
HGTV’s House Hunters Renovation is currently casting for season two of the reality show highlighting the emotional experience of house hunting and purchasing a property in the Los Angeles, Orange or Ventura counties (properties that fall within the 30-mile studio zone).  Producers are looking for couples or families that meet their criteria  those who are purchasing a property and planning to renovate in the LA, Orange and Ventura county area.  The application can be found at: http://www.pietown.tv/Shows/hhreno.html or send an email directly to Andrea Martin at: andrea_martin@pietown.tv.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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