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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 8/15/13)
AMC: Owner’s Manual (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Mysteries At The Museum (Premiere) at 9pm
WE TV: L.A. Hair (Finale) at 9pm
As its debut date approaches, FOX Sports 1 is still trying to work out a distribution deal with Time Warner Cable. While a TWC spokesman said on Tuesday the two were “in talks,” time is running out before the channel’s Saturday, August 17 launch.
(Source: Cynopsis)
That launch is naturally being eyed by the biggest names in the television sports world, many of whom were on hand for Wednesday’s Cynopsis Sports Summit in NYC. “It’s not easy,” said Jon Miller, president of programming for NBC Sports and NBCSN of the distribution and rights skirmishes FOX Sports 1 is facing. “Multiple battles have to be waged, and the consumer conditioned to come. But they’re starting with a variety of assets with a strong following.” Tracy Dolgin also took the high road with the soon-to-be rival, pointing to the value of having another player in the field. “The world can coexist with multiple sports systems,” said the YES Network president and CEO. “This is the reason people are going to stick with cable – it’s good for the industry.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Among Hallmark‘s fall offerings is The Hunters, a movie about parents who raid museums to protect fairy tale artifacts, and the children who scour the world to save Mom and Dad when they disappear. Victor Garber and Michelle Forbes star – and Garber tells Cynopsis he had a “great time” working on the project. “It was challenging and fun to enter into a world of myths and fantasy,” said the film/Broadway/TV vet. “Fortunately the director and the very talented cast were on the same page, so we had a lot of laughs, and worked very hard.” Movie premieres Friday, October 25 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Oxygen Media is running a series on Instagram featuring 15-second videos of never-before-seen content from the net’s original shows. Wednesday, Oxygen’s Daily Oxygram launched with footage from the new season of Bad Girls Club: Miami. “As storytellers, we want to give our fans the ability to enjoy BGC any way they choose and on any platform,” Daniel Tibbets of Bunim/Murray Productions, which produces BGC, tells Cynopsis. “A platform like Instagram is best experienced on your phone,” adds the svp of digital media. “While time viewing on the phone continues to increase at a considerable rate, the enjoyment of short-form, or in this case ultra-short-form, video content is the most relevant way to deliver these storylines to our viewers.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Twice as many households as last year have a streaming media device, according to research group Parks Associates. The firm found in a study of 100,000 broadband households that of the 14% of homes that have a device, 37% opt for Roku, versus 24% for Apple.
(Source: Cynopis)
Good luck with that: GSN is launching a half-hour game show, Mind of a Man, in which female contestants get an assist from a celeb panel to try and figure out what men are thinking about when it comes to dating, marriage, etc. The net ordered 40 episodes of the series, set to premiere in late 2013 from Never Nominated Productions; Mark Cronin will exec produce. “The great thing about this show is that it has big, big laughs coupled with insightful take away information,” Amy Introcaso-Davis, GSN’s EVP, Programming and Development, tells Cynopsis. “MIND OF A MAN is a contemporary spin on the classic celebrity panel game, and a hilarious show for the Twitter and Facebook era.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Discovery Fit & Health two-parter Pregnant Behind Bars explores the challenges faced by expectant women doing hard time. Series premieres Thursday, August 22 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Great American Country Network and Special Olympics Pennsylvania are asking viewers of tonight’s episode of Farm Kings, about a Pittsburgh-area farm family, to check in on the series web site (http://GACtv.com/farmkings). For each check-in, the network will donate $1, up to $5000 to the sports organization.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Adam Ferrara has been upped to series regular on Nurse Jackie. Ferrara plays the love interest of Edie Falco on the Showtime dramedy, heading into season six in April.
(Source: Cynopsis)
British actor Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-Man) has been cast in Showtime pilot Trending Down, described as “a blistering attack on our youth-obsesses culture.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC is developing Sparks, a drama based on the case files of neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks (Awakenings). Glenn Gordon Caron (Medium) and Michael London (Milk) will exec produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Andy gets to be the boss! Office alum Ed Helms will exec produce a sitcom for ABC, from writer Mike Arnold. Series is about a big-city attorney’s rocky adjustment to small-town life.
(Source: Cynopsis)
E! added six more episodes to surging WWE reality series Total Divas, about pro female wrestlers. The July 28 debut drew 1.3 million viewers; last Sunday’s ep reached 1.7 million. The series finale is Sunday, September 15, but the new eps will start airing Sunday, November 17 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
BROADWAY
Emmy Winner Tom Skerritt To Make His Broadway Debut in John Grisham’s “A Time To Kill”
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/171168/emmy-winner-tom-skerritt-to-make-his-broadway-debut-in-john-grishams-a-time-to-kill/
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