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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 9/12/13)
ABC: Rookie Blue (Finale) at 10pm
USA: Burn Notice (Finale) at 9pm
USA: Graceland (Finale) at 10pm

AMC and Sony Pictures Television have struck a deal for a Breaking Bad spinoff. A prequel, the one-hour drama will focus on Saul Goodman (working title: Better Call Saul). Breaking Bad’s series finale airs Sunday, September 29 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NCIS EP Gary Glasberg promised a “pretty damn heart-wrenching” farewell for Ziva David, the popular character played by Cote De Pablo, who quit the show. In an open letter to fans, Glasberg said of upcoming season eleven, “Prepare yourselves for a moment in television history. Images that will end up in the archives.” NCIS returns to CBS Tuesday, September 24 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CNBC offers a peek inside mansion gates in Secret Lives of the Super Rich. Robert Frank reports, with an assist by NYC super broker Dolly Lenz, on mega-mansions, yachts and Ferraris, and an over-the-top wedding for a wealthy groom and his Playboy playmate. Eight-ep series debuts Wednesday, September 25 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Target is getting in the digital video game, aiming for a more family-friendly offering than what’s available now. Deals are in place with major studios like Disney and Warner Bros., as well as TV networks, but keeping it simple may be the key: the retailer’s research shows half its customer base has never downloaded or streamed video entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Killing is most sincerely dead. AMC canceled the Fox Television Studios drama after season two, then brought it back, but said it won’t invite the show back for a fourth go-round. While the 2011 series premiere drew 2.7 million viewers, the season three finale earned 1.5 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Reality show Alaskan Women Looking for Love relocates six women frustrated with the dating pool up north to sunny Miami Beach. Six-part fish-out-of-water series debuts on TLC Sunday, October 6 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox is bringing back So You Think You Can Dance for an eleventh season, exec producer and judge Nygel Lythgoe announced on the dancing competition’s season finale Tuesday night. (Winners: Fik-Shun and Amy Yakima.)
(Source: Cynopsis)

The season nine wedding of Bones‘ Dr. Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Special Agent Booth (David Boreanz) won’t include Deschenal’s sister Zooey (New Girl), who has guested as Brennan’s cousin. But it will include her husband, David Hornsby (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), reports E!. Ep will air later this fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Syfy drama Defiance has added William Atherton (Centennial) and Anna Hopkins (Circle of Friends) to its season two cast. Atherton will play jaded Earth Republic official Viceroy Mercado; Hopkins joins the show as fearless soldier Jessica Rai. Sophomore season launches in June, 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Michelle Monaghan (Source Code) joins HBO drama pilot Open, from Ryan Murphy Productions and Fox 21. Monaghan also stars in the net’s eight-ep True Detective, debuting in January 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Covert Affairs has enlisted Jonathan Togo (CSI: Miami) for season four. Togo will play family man Nelson Smith. The USA spy drama ends a ten-ep run on Tuesday, September 17 at 9p, returning for six more on Thursday, October 17.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Caitriona Balfe (Super 8) has won the female lead in Starz‘ adaptation of best-selling book series Outlander, from Sony Pictures Television. Starz placed a 16-ep order for the drama.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The week of August 26 was good for for syndicated entertainment magazines, bolstered by interest in Miley Cyrus‘s VMA antics and the Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones breakup. Access Hollywood was up 13 percent week to week with a 1.7 rating. Extra bounced up 7 percent, to 1.5, and leader Entertainment Tonight drew 3.4, up 6 percent.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Becoming Dr. Ruth starring Debra Jo Rupp is coming to Broadway on Tuesday October 29, 2013.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/171677/lets-talk-about-sex-tickets-now-on-sale-for-becoming-dr-ruth-starring-debra-jo-rupp/

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