FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 1/22/13)
MTV: Friendzone (Premiere) at 6pm
ABC: The Taste (Premiere) at 8pm
FX: The Ultimate Fighter (Premiere) at 8pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Wild Deep (Premiere) at 9pm
BBC AMERICA: Ramsay Behind Bars (Premiere) at 9pm
BBC AMERICA: Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Edge of America (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
DIY: I Hate My Kitchen (Premiere) at 10pm
OWN: Our America with Lisa Ling (Premiere) at 10pm
USA: White Collar (Premiere) at 10pm
ONCE TV MEXICO: Del Mundo Al Plato (Premiere) at 11pm
TLC: Totally T-Boz (Finale) at 8pm
ABC: Private Practice (Series Finale) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Nightmare Next Door (Finale) at 10pm
NBC: Parenthood (Finale) at 10pm
Series The Devils Ride returns to Discovery Channel starting February 18 at 10p. The series goes inside the world of motorcycle clubs and specifically the Laffing Devils, a club involved in a biker war on the streets of San Diego with the group called Sin Mob. The Devils Ride is produced for Discovery by Bischoff Hervey Entertainment.
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The final season of The Secret Life of the American Teenager bows on ABC Family March 18 at 8p preceded by an all-day marathon beginning the same day at 11a.
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New competition series King of the Nerds launched on TBS last Thursday night and attracted more than 1.2 million A18-49 viewers and 586,000 among A18-34 based on Live + Same Day as well as 2.0 million total viewers. King of the Nerds airs exclusively on TBS Thursdays at 10p and is produced by Electus and 5X5 Media.
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Jerry Bruckheimer’s upcoming thriller pilot Hostages, ordered by CBS, will have Toni Collette in the lead role. Collette (United States of Tara) stars as Ellen, a Washington, D.C. surgeon who becomes embroiled in a political conspiracy after being chosen to operate on the POTUS. Her family is taken hostage and it’s up to her to save their lives. Hostages is based on an Israeli format by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon and Rotem Shamir though it was never produced. For the CBS version, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. Television are producing with Jeffrey Nachmanoff involved as writer and director. Jonathan Littman, Givon, Shamir and Chayim Sharir join Bruckheimer and Nachmanoff as EPs.
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Rosemarie DeWitt is departing HBO’s Newsroom. The actress had been cast in a recurring role for the second season of Aaron Sorkin’s drama, playing Rebecca Halliday, a litigator who defends the fictional Atlantis Cable News channel when it becomes involved in a wrongful termination lawsuit. DeWitt’s role will be recast and any scenes involving DeWitt will also be reshot.
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Two are joining HBO’s True Blood: former Friday Night Lights alum Jurnee Smollett becomes a series regular for the upcoming sixth season playing Nicole, a goody-goody who has a positive rosy outlook on life. 90210’s Amelia Rose Blaire will play Willa, the daughter of Louisiana Governor Truman Burrell (Arliss Howard) who has clashed with her father over vampire rights. True Blood is set to debut season six in June.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TNT’s Franklin & Bash added Heather Locklear as a series regular for the third season. Locklear will play Rachel King, a new partner at the law firm where Jared Franklin (Breckin Meyer) and Peter Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) work at.
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GSN tapped musician and producer Kirk Franklin to be a co-host for the second season of The American Bible Challenge. The one-hour series will still have Jeff Foxworthy as host when it premieres March 21 at 8p. The series is produced by RelativityREAL.
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CASTING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting is working with the producers of Big Brother on a new summer competition adventure show. The producers are gathering a cast for the inaugural season of this recreation/survival series and are seeking people with big personalities and who are great storytellers. The requirements include: people must be at least 25 and appear under 40, have a fun, competitive personality and ready to go to an idyllic location to participate in a series involving mental, social and physical challenges. More information and how to apply can be found at: www.tugofwarcasting.com.
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