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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 1/24/13)
LIFETIME: Project Runway (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: House of Bryan (Premiere) at 9:30pm
ABC: Last Resort (Finale) at 8pm

The second time around the Inauguration festivities didn’t draw as many viewers for President Obama. About 20.6 million people watched his Inauguration on TV on Monday, with 18 networks airing live coverage from about 10 am to 4:30p, Nielsen said, for a 14.0 household rating. That compares to nearly 38 million viewers watching the event back in 2009, representing a 46% dip. However, that’s about the same drop-off that George W. Bush’s second term inauguration saw as well, Nielsen added. An interesting tidbit – President Nixon is the only president in recent history to see an increase in second term inaugural viewing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX tweaked its Tuesday night lineup as special one-hour episodes of Raising Hope air from 8-9p on January 29, February 5 and February 26 followed by New Girl at 9p and The Mindy Project at 930p.  On February 12, FOX airs encores of Raising Hope and New Girl leading up to President Obama’s State of the Union Address live at 9p.  Then February 19, the lineup is Raising Hope at 8p, New Girl encore at 830p, New Girl new episode at 9p and The Mindy Project at 930p.  American Idol will air a two-hour live episode on March 5 at 8p and then on March 12, FOX brings back a new season of Hell’s Kitchen at 8p followed by New Girl at 9p and The Mindy Project at 930p.  On March 28, FOX airs a one-hour live American Idol at 9p and a one-hour season finale of Raising Hope at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comedian, author, radio and talk show host, Steve Harvey is set to host the 44th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS airing live on NBC February 1 at 8p from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.  Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah, Wanda Sykes and Tony Goldwyn will also be part of the awards show along with Dennis Haysbert who serves as the in-show announcer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The sixth season of AMC’s Emmy-winning drama Mad Men kicks off April 7 at 9p with a two-hour premiere. The show will resume its regular 10p time slot the following week.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime’s seventh season of Army Wives is slated to premiere on March 9 at 9p, followed by the second season of The Client List. The newest season of Army Wives brings four new characters to the cast including singer/songwriter and actress Ashanti, as well as Torrey DeVitto, Elle McLemore, and Emmy-nominee Jesse McCartney. The new season is comprised of 13 episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Aiming to build out its programming, TV One adds the half-hour sitcom Family Time to its Friday night comedy block on January 25 at 9p with two back-to-back episodes. Its regular time slot will be at 7:30p on Fridays starting February 1. The show focuses on a working class African American family who wins a scratch-off lottery ticket.
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1 lands Train to headline a special pre-Super Bowl concert slated to air on February 1 at 9p. VH1’s Best Super Bowl Concert Ever will be hosted by LIVE with Kelly & Michael co-host Michael Strahan and Big Morning Buzz Live host Carrie Keagan.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oxygen launches its new supermodel competition series The Face on February 12 at 9p. Supermodel coaches Naomi Campbell, Karolina Kurkova and Coco Rocha guide 12 hopefuls.
(Source: Cynopsis)

As awards season kicks into high gear, E! is slated to begin its red carpet coverage for the upcoming SAG Awards on January 27 from 6p to 8p, hosted by Giuliana Rancic and Ross Mathews, who’ll be joined by Kelly Osbourne reporting on fashion.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN’s Emmy-winning series Super Soul Sunday returns for a new season on February 3 at 11a with three back-to-back episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lance Armstrong’s confessional interview with Oprah Winfrey drew more than 28 million viewers globally across platforms, OWN said. Specifically, OWN said that 12.2 million people tuned into the telecasts on-air in the United States, with another 15 million watching around the world in 18 countries, and about 800,000 unique viewers watching the two-part interview streamed online. The second half of the interview was the highest rated Friday telecast in OWN history across key demos, the network said.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New series Upload with Shaquille O’Neal premieres February 21 at 1030p on truTV.  The weekly show watches as Shaq and his comedic friends, co-hosts Gary Owen and Godfrey look for the funniest videos online and add their commentary to them.  The trio also makes their own viral videos, pull pranks and parody today’s pop culture stories.  truTV ordered 10 episodes which is produced by FishBowl Worldwide Media and Shaq Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

 

 

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