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FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 1/11/13)
CINEMAX: Banshee (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Pretty Bad Girls (Finale) at 9:30pm
PBS: The Mind of a Chef (Finale) at 10:30pm

(SATURDAY 1/12/13)
ABC: The 2013 Miss America Competition at 9pm
FOOD: Barefoot Contessa (Premiere) at 11am
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Deadly Sins (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Staten Island Law (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
WE: Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
DIY: The Bronson Pinchot Project (Premiere) at 11pm

(SUNDAY 1/13/13)
E!: Live From The Red Carpet: The 2013 Golden Globe Awards at 6pm
NBC: The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at 8pm
OWN: Oprah’s Lifeclass: Rick Warren (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: Girls (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: Enlightened (Premiere) at 9:30pm
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Wicked Tuna (Premiere) at 9pm
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Mudcats (Premiere) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Shameless (Premiere) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: House of Lies (Premiere) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Californication (Premiere) at 10:30pm
TRUTV: Container Wars (Premiere) at 10:30pm

Britney Spears is apparently departing from FOX’s The X Factor after serving only one season as judge.  Nothing official has been stated by the network or series creator/EP  Simon Cowell.  Judge L.A. Reid also previously announced his exit so the series will have two judge seats to fill for season three.  The X Factor is produced by FremantleMedia North America and SYCOtv.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tuning in on New Year’s Eve, ABC reports its annual broadcast of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Part 1 (1130p-1235a) attracted an average audience of 22.2 million total viewers and posted a 7.7/26 among A18-49, based on Live + Same Day National Program Ratings.  Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Part 2 (109-207a) pulled in an average audience of 6.4 million total viewers and delivered a 2.5/12 with A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Starting next Monday evening at 8p the MLB Network introduces a new series Costas at the Movies, hosted by Bob Costas.  The series features half-hour episodes offering an in-depth look at a baseball-themed movie with interviews with the directors and actors which will be followed by the night’s featured film.  A new Costas at the Movies episode and a featured film will air each Monday from January 14 through February 11 at 8p.  The upcoming schedule includes Cobb on Monday; Bad News Bears on January 21; A League of Their Own on January 28; Eight Men Out on February 4; and The Natural on February 11.
(Source: Cynopsis)

DIY Network brings back a third season of The Vanilla Ice Project hosted by pop star-turned-home renovator, Rob Van Winkle, a.k.a. Vanilla Ice on January 27 at 10p.   The new 13-episode season will be preceded by a new one-hour special, Ice My House on January 20 at 11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Switching from the swimming pool to the world’s best golf courses, Michael Phelps, the most-decorated Olympian of all time will next try to improve his golf game on The Haney Project.  The fifth season of the series is set to premiere on Golf Channel February 25 at 9p.  Over eight weekly, one-hour episodes, fans will watch as Phelps works with celebrated golf coach Hank Haney in addition to being joined by famous friends, his longtime swim coach Bob Bowman and his mother Debbie Phelps.  The series will also be paired with interview series Feherty which also is premiering on February 25 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New daytime talk show Steve Harvey from NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution has been renewed in national syndication for a second season.  This news comes after host Steve Harvey was chosen by the 2013 People’s Choice Awards as Favorite New Talk Show Host.  The one-hour talk show is currently sold in 98% of the US including all of the NBC Owned Television stations.   Many markets are upgrading Steve Harvey since its debut and those include Detroit, Phoenix, Portland, OR, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, Austin, Buffalo, Fresno, Fort Myers, Tucson, Honolulu, Des Moines, Madison, Tri Cities and Burlington among many others.  Furthermore, NBCUniversal is presently extending the show with stations nationwide for 2014-16.  Steve Harvey is produced by Endemol USA and the show is taped before a live studio audience at the HD NBC 5 studios in Chicago.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Gangster Squad – Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Emma Stone, Michael Pena, Anthony Mackie
A Haunted House  – Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins, Cedric The Entertainer, Nick Swardson, David Koechner
Quartet (Limited Release) – Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon, Pauline Collins

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POWERBALL
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CELEBRITY NEWS: JANUARY 10, 2013
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Cash Warren (Jessica Alba’s husband) – 34 years old
Evan Handler (Sex And The City) – 52 years old
Janet Jones (Dance Fever, Wayne Gretzky’s wife) – 52 years old
Pat Benatar (Rock Singer) – 60 years old
George Foreman (Boxer, George Foreman Grill) – 64 years old
Rod Stewart – 68 years old
Frank Sinatra Jr. – 69 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 1/10/13)
BRAVO: The Millionaire Matchmaker (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Kathy (Premiere) at 10pm
WEATHER: Deadliest Space Weather (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: 1600 Penn (Premiere) at 9:30pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Law on the Border (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Property Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: Rehab Addict (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Frenemies: Loyalty Turned Lethal (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
LIFETIME: Double Divas (Premiere) at 10pm

ABC touts Jimmy Kimmel Live surged to nearly 3.1 million viewers this past Tuesday night, the first day in its new 1135p time slot, making it the show’s second-most-watched telecast ever.  JKL increased over its season average in its previous 12a time slot by +59% in total viewers (3.097 million vs. 1.942 million) and by +33% in A18-49 (887,000 vs. 667,000).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Celebrating its 12,000th episode this Friday, NBC’s Days of Our Lives was renewed through September 2014.  From Sony Pictures Television, Days first premiered as a half-hour daytime drama in 1965.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In a new series TLC explores the world of celebrity ex-wives and ex-girlfriends when Starter Wives Confidential premieres January 29 at 10p.  Each one-hour episode shares the lives of seven women who supported their former husbands/boyfriends before the guys achieved fame and wealth.  The cast includes Zakia Baum, ex-girlfriend of Jermaine “Maino” Coleman; Cheryl Caruso, ex-wife of mobster Phillip Caruso; Josie Harris, ex-girlfriend of Floyd Mayweather; Monica Joseph-Taylor, ex-wife of Aston “Funkmaster Flex” Taylor; Liza Morales, ex-girlfriend of Lamar Odom; Tashera Simmons, ex of Earl “DMX” Simmons; and Shaniqua Tompkins, ex-girlfriend of Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.  Starter Wives Confidential is produced by NOLA for TLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix’s Television Critics Association’s winter press tour said the return of Arrested Development will premiere in May.  Netflix original series order was 10 episodes though that got bumped up to 14 episodes.  The ensemble cast from the original FOX series will be returning and guest stars inked for the relaunch include Liza Minnelli, Conan O’Brien, John Slattery, Chris Diamantopoulos, Isla Fisher and Terry Crews.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Syfy’s series Total Blackout hosted by Jaleel White will be back with its second season starting January 15 at the special time of 1030p which follows the 90-minute season four premiere of Face Off at 9p.  Total Blackout will move to its regular 10p time slot on January 22.  Total Blackout is a production of FremantleMedia North America.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TBS ushered in a new season of Cougar Town Tuesday night that attracted more than 2.2 million total viewers, 1.3 million among A18-49 and 613,000 with A18-34 based on Live + Same Day.  Cougar Town airs Tuesdays at 10p exclusively on TBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New one-hour daily talk show Bethenny hosted by Bethenny Frankel has been cleared in more than 97% of the US following its six-week test on select FOX-owned stations.  The FOX-owned stations will be launch partners for the show with its stations representing 37% of the country alone with the other 60% in clearances comprised of ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates and from station groups such as NBC, Hearst, Gannett, Sinclair, Cox, Lin, Raycom, Post-Newsweek, Media General, Allbritton, Gray, Northwest and Journal among others.  Bethenny, from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution ran its test from June 11 to July 20 on six Fox Television Stations: WNYW/New York, KTTV/Los Angeles, WTXF/Philadelphia, KDFW/Dallas, KSAZ/Phoenix and KMSP/Minneapolis.  The series increased the May 2012 time periods in all six markets in both Women 25-54 (+140%) and A25-54 (+133%).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former co-host of BET’s 106 & Park Rocsi Diaz was named Weekend Co-Anchor and Daily Correspondent of Entertainment Tonight from CBS Television Distribution.  Rocsi will co-anchor the weekend show with Rob Marciano.  Rocsi also produced and hosted a radio show for Westwood One network, Rocsi on the Radio and is a contributor to Latina Magazine.
(Source: Cynopsis)