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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 8/20/13)
PBS: The Life of Muhammad (Premiere) at 8pm
TLC: Who Do You Think You Are?: Chris O’Donnell (Premiere) at 9pm
MTV: Catfish: The TV Mid-Season Reunion (Premiere) at 10pm
A&E: Storage Wars New York (Finale) at 9pm
CBS announced it settled a dispute through arbitration with producers of ABC‘s short-lived reality show The Glass House, which the net alleged was a copy of Big Brother. “CBS will receive financial compensation as part of the settlement,” said a network statement. “The producers have admitted that one of them used confidential Big Brother manuals in the production of The Glass House, and they have expressed regret for using this material. In addition, those involved have pledged not to misappropriate CBS secrets in the future.”
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Ken Howard was elected the first president of SAG-AFTRA; he had served as co-president with Roberta Reardon since the unions merged in 2012. Though Howard defeated Esai Morales handily, 16,396 votes to 9,850, less than 21% of the over 165,000 guild members voted.
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A Cablevision power outage in southwestern Connecticut on Sunday had so many people calling 911 that the Fairfield police department had to post a message on its Facebook page urging frantic viewers to settle down. The outage was “neither an emergency or a police related concern,” the men in blue warned anxious fans of AMC‘s Breaking Bad and WWE pay-per-view Summer Slam, adding that misuse of the system could lead to arrest. Power was restored by 11p.
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BET Networks will mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington D.C. with live all-day coverage. Contributors will report from along the march’s route, and interview renowned civil rights activists. Ed Gordon anchors the event. 50: The March and the Movement airs Saturday, August 24 at 11a.
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TV One docu-series Life After, about turning points in celebrities’ lives, returns for season five with a new batch of stars reinventing themselves and their careers. Series comes back Wednesday, September 11 with back-to-back eps starting at 8p.
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History greenlit a four-hour miniseries about Houdini, to star Adrian Brody (The Pianist) as the magician and Kristen Brody (House of Cards) as his wife, Bess. Production begins in the fall.
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Fox has acquired a drama about a political “hactivist” forced to work for the government. Creators Paul Lovett and David Elliot wrote the big screen’s G.I. Joe.
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NBC handed The Big C chief Jenny Bicks, free now that her show ended its four-season Showtime run, a put pilot commitment for a sitcom about a beached mermaid who works in a bar. 20th Century Fox will produce.
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X-Factor judge Demi Lovato will recur on season five of Glee as a friend of Rachel and Santana’s. The singer will perform on the show with eighth season American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert. Glee returns Thursday, September 26 at 9p; Lovato’s first ep airs October 3.
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Nickelodeon alum Matthew Gumley (Supah Ninjas) has been added to the cast of USA‘s Divide and Conquer. Gumley will play Ben, a boy who wants his parents to leave him alone, in the comedy pilot from Universal Cable Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sarah Clarke (24) has been tapped for a lead role in AMC pilot Line of Sight, about a safety inspector who survives a mysterious crash.
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Dana Davis (Franklin & Bash) and Peter Macon have been cast in Syfy pilot High Moon, about earthlings who colonize the moon only to find new life forms.
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Reruns of ABC‘s The Middle start airing on ABC Family Monday, September 16, with an 8-hour marathon from 11a-7p. Series regular timeslot begins Tuesday, September 17 at 5p.
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Going Gaga: The MTV VMAs opens with Lady Gaga performing Applause, the single from upcoming album ARTPOP. Show airs live Sunday, August 25 at 9p.
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Actor Lee Thompson Young was found dead on Monday morning. He was 29. Thompson had roles on Scrubs, FlashForward and Smallville, and played Det. Barry Frost on Rizzoli & Isles. His manager Jonathan Baruch said in a statement that Young had taken his own life, adding, “Lee was more than just a brilliant young actor, he was a wonderful and gentle soul who will be truly missed.”
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