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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 7/18/13)
LIFETIME: Project Runway (Premiere) at 9pm
NUVO TV: A Step Away (Premiere) at 9pm
NUVO TV: House of Joy (Premiere) at 10pm
AMC: Showville (Finale) at 10pm
HISTORY: Swamp People (Finale) at 10pm
WE TV: House of Curves (Finale) at 10pm

While some were analyzing why the social media mania that attended the first airing of Syfy‘s Sharknado on July 11 (5,00 tweets a minute) didn’t translate into monster ratings (the TV-movie had a so-so 1.4 million viewers – but let’s see what happens for its encore tonight at 7p), we were wondering: Sharknado? Why? Screenwriter Thunder Levin lets Cynopsis in on a little secret. “Syfy already had the title, and I had to craft a script around it,” says Levin. “I started with the thought, ‘What would happen if LA were hit with a hurricane?’ The streets here flood if it rains for five minutes so we’d be completely unprepared. And then I added sharks. And tornadoes.”  Mystery solved!
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO is adding another sitcom to its stable, with an order for Togetherness. The half-hour show stars Brett Pierson, Melanie Lynskey (the memorable Rose on Two and a Half Men), Amanda Peet and Steve Zissis, who will also write and serve as a consulting producer. Production begins in early 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Asiana Airlines, which threatened to sue San Francisco’s KTVU-TV for using racial slurs in misreporting the names of the pilots in the July 6 Boeing 777 crash that killed three people, has backed down, saying it will not take legal action after all.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC announced its premiere schedule, which has Dancing With the Stars, now just airing Mondays, bowing on September 16 at 8p. Debuting on Friday, September 20 are Last Man Standing at 8p, The Neighbors at 8:30 and Shark Tank at 9p. Then it’s on to official premiere week, with a new Castle on Monday, September 23 at 10p. Tuesday, September 24 brings the freshman drama Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at 8p, sitcoms The Goldbergs at 9p and Trophy Wife at 9:30p, and drama Lucky 7 at 10p. The Middle at 8p and new sitcom Back in the Game at 8:30p are lead-ins on Wednesday, September 25 for a one-hour season premier of Modern Family (new comedy Super Fun Night premieres at 9:30p on October 2), and Nashville at 10p. Grey’s Anatomy gets a two-hour premiere on Thursday, September 26 at 9p; Scandal returns for Thursday’s 10p hour on October 3, while new drama Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is introduced at 8p on October 10. Sunday, September 29 ushers in Once Upon a Time at 8p, followed by Revenge at 9p and a new soap, Betrayal at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TVGN is gearing up for fall with a mix of reality shows and celeb vehicles. Mother of All Talent tracks a mother/daughter duo who run a talent agency for kids (overbearing mother? Check), while Tequila Sisters follows the soapy doings of a Hispanic family living in Southern California. On the star spectrum, Wendy Williams brings her signature brand of outrageous to The Wendy Williams Project (working title), a series documenting the trials and triumphs the talk show host faces making her Broadway debut in Chicago. And the net is banking on country singer John Rich being charismatic enough to pull off John Rich Project (working title), “part talk, part reality and all parts Nashville.” All four shows premiere this fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)

As if there wasn’t enough to marvel at ComicCon, Adult Swim and State Farm have partnered for events to “boost the convention experience,” including a contest that rewards fans for dressing up as their favorite Adult Swim character (details at adultswimpresents.com). Not in San Diego this week? No problem  fans can also submit selfies.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rookie Blue took to Twitter yesterday to announce its renewal for a fifth season on ABC. “Season 5 confirmed! A big huge Thank You to all our amazing fans who made this happen! You renewed the blue!” read the show’s tweet.
(Source: Cynopsis)

They really like her! The Meredith Vieira Show has been sold to the NBC Owned Television Stations, representing over 27% of the nation’s homes. The one-hour chatfest with the empathetic host will be produced in an NYC studio made to look like her home, and offer “insightful stories that make viewers laugh, learn and feel inspired.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Conan O’Brien sidekick Andy Richter takes over the spotlight in Step Up, a new game show in the works at Endemol USA. The comedian will act as host for contestants trying to climb a pyramid for cash. Endemol also developed Deal or No Deal.
(Source: Cynopsis)

More Sharknado news! Syfy has greenlit a sequel, to be produced by The Asylum and scheduled for 2014. The working title is Sharknado 2; fans will determine the subtitle by tweeting suggestions to @SyfyMovies using #Sharknado. Work that social media, Syfy!
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nelson Franklin has signed on to CBS’s new sitcom, The Millers, about Nathan Miller (Will Arnett), a reporter whose divorce inspires his father (Beau Bridges) to leave his wife of 43 years. Franklin plays Adam, Nathan’s brother-in-law.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The show must go on. Glee is looking for singer/actors to fill two new roles: a “cute and quirky” twentysomething named Jenny, and an African-American student. Calls for both parts went out the week before Corey Monteith’s tragic death on July 13 at age 31; the show is proceeding with casting.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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