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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 7/15/13)
FOX: Kris (Premiere) at 11am
FOX: The Real (Premiere) at 12pm
TBS: Deon Cole’s Black Box (Finale) at 10pm
A whole lotta Hoopla over Hulu: After months of heated speculation, the owners of Hulu have decided not to sell the online video service after all. NBCUniversal, 21st Century Fox and the Walt Disney Company will instead make a $750 million investment in the service that keeps them solidly in the ever-evolving streaming video game. “Disney and its partners are committing resources to enable Hulu to achieve its maximum potential,” said Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Twitter feeding frenzy for Syfy‘s July 11 premiere of cheesetastic TV-movie Sharknado in which sharks fall from the sky and swim through the streets of LA – didn’t translate into boffo ratings, which were a respectable but unremarkable 1.4 million Total Viewers. But could the 387K social media explosion reel in new eyeballs? The net is betting on it with an encore broadcast of the original movie on Thursday, July 18 at 7p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The trial of George Zimmerman for killing Trayvon Martin dominated cable news since it began on June 24, and ended with a not-guilty verdict that had emotions running high. As Americans (mostly peacefully) protested in the streets Saturday night after the verdict was announced, celebs from Mia Farrow to Miley Cyrus took to Twitter to express their sadness and outrage. Staunch conservative Ann Coulter expressed the other side with: “Hallelujah!”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hours after Bay Area outlet KTVU apologized for falsely reporting the names of the pilots in the July 6 Asiana Airlines crash, the National Transportation Safety Board issued its own mea culpa on Friday, admitting that a summer intern at the agency had mistakenly confirmed the offensive names to KTVU. “Captain Sum Ting Wong” – really? “Appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such a serious error is not repeated,” said a statement from the NTSB.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV Land has partnered with MatchingDonors.com to raise awareness about the urgent need for organ donors. The issue is explored on the Wednesday, July 17th episode of Hot in Cleveland, when actress Victoria Chase (Wendie Malick) decides to donate a kidney to a sick child.
(Source: Cynopsis)
It’s been exactly ten years since the Fab Five on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003-2007) started their makeover magic, one slovenly hetero at a time. Bravo is marking the occasion with an all-day marathon today “best-of” eps will include the series premiere and finale, from 6a to 5p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Oprah‘s on a roll. After nabbing Lance Armstrong and Rihanna for mid-scandal sit-downs, the talk show queen has signed up Lindsay Lohan for an August interview (the troubled star has to finish up her rehab stint in Betty Ford first, which should be around July 31st), as well as an eight-part documentary series to run in 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bill Cosby is Far From Finished, if the name of his upcoming TV concert is any indication. The beloved comedian’s special his first since 1983 – airs on Comedy Central on Sunday, November 24.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Greg Grunberg and Diane Farr have been cast as the leads in USA Network’s comedy pilot, Divide & Conquer, as a couple with very different approaches to parenting. The show is being written and executive produced by The Office‘s Peter Ocko.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The long-lost son of Revenge‘s devious Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe) gets a face! Victoria saw Patrick on last season’s cliffhanger of the ABC drama, but the audience didn’t. Now Smallville’s Justin Hartley has been cast for a multi-episode arc in season three, in a role sure to shake up the Hamptons haves and have-nots.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Vampire Diaries gets new blood for season five, when Kendrick Sampson (Greek) and Olga Fonda (How I Met Your Mother) join the CW drama in recurring roles. Sampson plays Jesse, a student at Whitmore College, while Fonda is a mysterious European beauty named Nadia.
(Source: Cynopsis)
She couldn’t rescue Save Me, but NBC hasn’t given up on Anne Heche. The actress has been signed for multiple episodes on The Michael J. Fox Show, playing a news anchor at the station where her rival, Fox, has returned to work as a correspondent. The anticipated new series premieres Thursday, September 26 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
An autopsy is scheduled for today for Cory Monteith, who was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room on Saturday. The Glee star was 31. Monteith had been battling drug addiction since his teens, and completed a stint at an addiction treatment facility in April. The fifth season of Fox‘s Glee is scheduled to premiere September 19. “We are deeply saddened by this tragic news,” Fox said in a statement. “Cory was an exceptional talent and an even more exceptional person.” Monteith also had a role in the upcoming film, All the Wrong Reasons.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Despicable Me 2 – $44.7 million
Grown Ups 2 – $42.5 million
Pacific Rim – $38.3 million
The Heat – $14 million
The Lone Ranger – $11.1 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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