FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ BROADWAY

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 3/14/13)
WE: Braxton Family Values (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY FIT & HEALTH: Funeral Boss (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Frenemies: Loyalty Turned Lethal (Finale) at 10pm

Fans of USA Network‘s Psych will get the chance to determine the show’s ending via a live interactive event to mark the show’s 100th episode on Wednesday, March 27 at 10p. The multi-platform experience kicks off on March 13 across web, social and mobile with a Psych-themed interactive countdown calendar, custom polls, trivia and challenges across all the show’s social channels. “This is a great example of how USA can event-ize a broadcast and take fan engagement to new heights before, during and after the show,” said Alexandra Shapiro, executive vice president, marketing & digital.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family presents the Season 3 finale of Pretty Little Liars, followed by a sneak peek of the full first episode of Twisted, the new drama series set to premiere this summer, on Tuesday, March 19. Pretty Little Liars airs at 8p, followed by Twisted at 9p. Avan Jogia, who plays Danny Desai on Twisted, will answer fan questions live via Twitter on Tuesday, March 19during the show’s East Coast feed at his handle @ATJogia.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV is set to debut an all-new Thursday night lineup with the series premieres of The Show With Vinny and Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous. Vinny Guadagnino, formerly of Jersey Shore, tackles late night with The Show With Vinny. The new talk show takes celebrities into Guadagnino’s family home in Staten Island, NY. It will premiere on Thursday, May 2 at 10p. Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, a half comedy starring Bo Burnham as a teenager who opts to pursue fame and stardom instead of attending college, will premiere Thursday, May 2 at 10:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In celebration of General Hospital‘s 50th anniversary, SOAPnet is airing a 50-hour marathon of classic episodes from the series, beginning Friday, March 29 at 10p and running through Monday, April 1 at 12a. Events kick off with the very first episode from 1963 and will include shows from every decade, leading up to special 50th anniversary episode on General Hospital airing Monday, April 1 at 2p on ABC and 9p and 12a on SOAPnet.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oxygen has renewed Bad Girls Club for an 11th season. In addition, the network has ordered an all-star challenge version of the series: Bad Girls All Star Battle. The latter will reunite 14 of the more popular cast members from the show’s previous ten seasons.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Dermot Mulroney has been tapped to star in NBC‘s untitled conspiracy thriller by Rand Ravich. He’ll play Bill Gibson, a former CIA analyst.
(Source: Cynopsis)

John Stamos has landed a recurring guest-starring role in season three of USA‘s Necessary Roughness. He’ll play Connor McClane, the founder a sports and entertainment management company.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Abbie Cornish has been cast as the female lead in Discovery Channel‘s first scripted mini-series Klondike (wt). Cornish is known for her roles in Sucker Punch, Bright Star and Limitless.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Soccer player Brandi Chastain, a two time Women’s World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist, has joined the cast of the ABC reality series Splash.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Plays by Edward Albee, August Wilson, Martha Clarke & more for the 2013-2014 Broadway Season.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/168016/plays-by-edward-albee-august-wilson-martha-clarke-more-on-tap-for-signature-theatres-2013-14-season/

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