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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 1/17/13)
FOX: American Idol (Part 2) (Premiere) at 8pm
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: Lance Armstrong at 9pm
FX: Anger Management (Premiere) at 9pm
FX: Archer (Premiere) at 10pm
FX: Legit (Premiere) at 10:30pm
FX: Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bel (Premiere) at 11pm
AXS TV: Gotham Comedy Live (Premiere) at 10pm
TBS: King of the Nerds (Premiere) at 10pm
USA: Suits (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Haven (Finale) at 8pm & 9pm
LIFETIME: Project Runway All Stars (Finale) at 9pm
After four seasons, Lifetime has canceled Drop Dead Divas. The one-hour drama was created by Josh Berman and premiered to 2.8 million viewers in July 2009. Its recent fourth season averaged 2.3 million viewers.
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The series premiere of BET’s Real Husbands of Hollywood on Tuesday at 10p drew 4.1 million viewers. Combining the 11p encore airing, Real Husbands of Hollywood tallied a total of 6.5 million total viewers for the night. The second new series, Second Generation Wayans debuted at 1030p and attracted 3.4 million total viewers and when combined with its 1130p encore, the program totaled 4.7 million total viewers for the night. All together, BET’s new Tuesday night block amassed more than 11 million total viewers.
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Also on Tuesday, Investigation Discovery’s new series REDRUM set a new record and has given ID its biggest night in history among A25-54 (511,000) and W25-54 (329,000) and other demos. The premiere episode totaled 1.415 million total viewers.
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The season three premiere of MTV2’s Guy Code broke network records Tuesday night by posting a 0.5 rating with P12-34 becoming the highest rated and most watched original season debut in network history. The telecast also delivered 323,000 viewers among P12-34. The show also posted a 0.8 rating with M12-34.
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PBS’ Downton Abbey is retaining Maggie Smith in her role as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham at least through the next fourth season. Season three is currently airing on PBS in the US on Sundays at 9p.
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Bravo Media has approved a new series, Extreme Guide to Parenting (wt) following parents who practice unique styles of raising their children. Each episode will take an honest look inside two separate households with different forms of parenting. The series is produced by Punched In The Head with Craig D’Entrone and Amelia D’Entrone serving as EPs.
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Conrad Bain, best known for playing a rich businessman who adopts two little boys from Harlem in the sitcom Diff’rent Strokes has died at the age of 89. Mr. Bain is also remembered for playing Dr. Arthur Harmon, the blundering next-door neighbor on the CBS sitcom Maude. Throughout his career, he had also appeared in a number of television commercials and his other TV series credits include Studio One in Hollywood, The Defenders, Dark Shadows and Grandpa Goes to Washington among more recent appearances in the Diff’rent Strokes spinoff The Facts of Life, The Love Boat and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air among many others. Mr. Bain also appeared on stage, in telefilms and theatrical movies including Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), Jump (1971), A Fan’s Notes (1972) and Postcards From the Edge (1990) as well as other titles. Mr. Bain is survived by his wife, Monica Sloan; three sons; one daughter; and a brother.
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CASTING CALL
TLC and production company Stiletto Television is looking for more fabulous cougars for their docu-series, Extreme Cougar Wives. If you are a woman 50+ years old with an outgoing personality and amazing energy who is happily in love (or looking for love) with a much younger man, then the producers want to hear your love story. If you or someone you know is an extreme cougar please send an email to Rachel Macy, Casting Producer at: extremecougarwives@gmail.com or call 310-957-5757 ext 263. With your email include your contact information, a brief bio and a recent phone. Deadline is February 22.
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