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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 9/5/13)
ID: Double Cross (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Forbidden (Premiere) at 10pm
NAT. GEO.: Yukon Gold (Premiere) at 7pm
OWN: The Customer Is Always Right? (Premiere) at 10pm
WE TV: Tamar And Vince (Premiere) at 9pm
FX: Wilfred (Finale) at 10pm
GAC: Farm Kings (Finale) at 9pm

Showtime may be fretting about its Homeland season 3 premiere leaking online, but ABC has a different strategy – purposely making three of its new series available ahead of their broadcast launches. The net is premiering The Goldbergs, Trophy Wife and Back in the Game on demand via watchABC.com, and the watchABC app for smart phone and tablets, through Tuesday, September 17. Broadcast bows aren’t until Tuesday, September 24 for Goldbergs and Wife (9p and 9:30p) and Wednesday, September 25 at 8:30p for Game.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In a Wednesday appearance, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves confirmed on CNBC that digital rights played a big part in the dispute with Time Warner Cable that led to a month-long blackout for over three million TWC subscribers. “One of the things we were fighting for is the ability to slice and dice our content all over the place,” said Moonves. “To put it on Netflix, to put it on Amazon, to let people binge view.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV announced launch dates for two new docu-series designed to appeal to millennials. Big Tips Texas, from Breitenbach Creative + Media, explores the lives of waitresses in a Texas bar trying to make their dreams a reality, while Never Nominated‘s Scrubbing In follows twentysomething nurses who relocate to California. Tips debuts Wednesday, October 9 at 10p; Scrubbing bows Thursday, October 24 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO has nabbed U.S. TV rights for Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus from documentary filmmaker Madeline Sackler (The Lottery). “After working on this film in secret because of censorship in Belarus,” said Sackler, “we are very excited to be sharing it with audiences on HBO.” Movie premieres Sunday, September 8 at the Toronto Film Festival.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Premium entertainment net Epix is launching a series, Personal with Bill Rhoden, featuring intimate interviews with athletes and sports enthusiasts. Co-exec producer is Seth G. Abraham. Series, produced by Starship SA, LLC, premieres in early 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO has renewed drama The Newsroom, according to its Emmy-nominated star. “It’s official. #Newsroom is coming back for a Season 3,” tweeted Jeff Daniels on Tuesday. Series averaged 2 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jodie Foster is directing a season two ep of Netflix drama House of Cards, reports Vulture. The Oscar winner also directed an episode of Orange Is the New Black for the streaming service.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Blue, starring Julia Stiles (The Bourne Ultimatum) as a single mom/secret escort, is in production for season three on YouTube channel WIGS. Eric Stoltz (Mask) will join the cast, as well as Stiles’ real-life sister, Jane O’Hara (Law & Order) playing her on-screen sib. The top scripted drama on YouTube, with over 26 million views, Blue also became available on Hulu.com in June.
(Source: Cynopsis)

When Style brings back Jerseylicious for a sixth season, the gang will journey outside the salon to soak up sun in Asbury Park. It appears they’ll have an eager audience – wedding pics of the show’s Tracy and Corey got over a million page views on StyleNetwork.com, according to Omniture. Series returns Sunday, October 6 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Dancing With the Stars has twelve new celebs ready to salsa. Valerie Harper, Leah Remini (King of Queens), Jack Osbourne (media personality/son of Ozzy), NFL’s Keyshawn Johnson, Nicole Polizzi (Jersey Shore), singer Christina Milan, Amber Riley (Glee), Elizabeth Berkley Lauren (Saved By the Bell), comedian Bill Engvall, Disney‘s Corbin Bleu, Brant Daugherty (Pretty Little Liars) and “Science Guy” Bill Nye will all be on hand for season 17 of the BBC Productions competition, premiering Monday, September 16 at 8p on ABC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills, 90210) will play a casino mogul on the 300th ep of CSI. Former cast member Marg Helgenberger will also guest. The CBS procedural returns for season 14 on Wednesday, September 24 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cop drama Motive has added Warren Christie (Alphas) to its season two cast as the homicide department team commander. The Canadian series from Foundation Features and Lark Productions airs on ABC, where it wrapped up season one on August 30, and CTV in Canada.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Graham McTavish (24) and Gary Lewis (Billy Elliot) have been cast in upcoming Starz drama Outlander. Series begins filming in Scotland this fall, for a 2014 premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox has handed a script commitment to Ellen DeGeneres‘ A Very Good Production and Warner Bros TV for a sitcom based on the life of syndicated TV’s Judge Greg Mathis. The show is about a judge who rose from the streets to turn his life around.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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