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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 10/3/13)
A&E: Beyond Scared Straight (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: Scandal (Premiere) at 10pm
ANIMAL PLANET: North Woods Law (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: The Millers (Premiere) at 8:30pm
CNBC: America Greed: The Fugitives (Premiere) at 10pm
CW: Vampire Diaries (Premiere) at 8pm
CW: The Originals (Premiere) at 9pm
E!: Society X with Laura Ling (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Welcome To The Family (Premiere) at 8:30pm
NBC: Sean Saves The World (Premiere) at 9pm
NUVO TV: A Step Away (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: This Old House Hour (Premiere) at 8pm

CBS got the biggest haul at the 34th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Tuesday night with 12 trophies, six of which went to the net’s 60 Minutes. PBS won nine awards, HBO took home six, CNN had three, National Geographic Channel and NBC each earned two. ABC nabbed one.
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Take that, Twitter: This week, Facebook started providing data to the major networks about actions on its site, including likes, comments and shares about television episodes, to try and attract more TV advertisers. Data is collected anonymously and shown in aggregate to protect users’ privacy.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Wilfred was renewed for a fourth season, moving from FX to younger-skewing FXX for a final ten episodes in 2014. According to Variety, FX president John Landgraf wanted to give the show enough notice to tie up storylines.
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A Director’s Guild of America report released yesterday said almost three quarters of primetime TV directors in the 2012-13 season were Caucasian males. Caucasian females accounted for 12 percent of the group, minority males 13 percent and minority females 2 percent – down from 4 percent the year before.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC has canceled summer series Camp. The September 11 finale drew 3.2 million viewers.
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Bob Newhart will reprise his Emmy-winning role, Professor Proton, on CBS‘s The Big Bang Theory. Bill “The Science Guy” Nye, who just exited ABC‘s Dancing With the Stars, is along for the ride, playing Proton’s rival. Episode airs Thursday, November 7 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Amber Tamblyn‘s five-ep arc on CBS’s Two and a Half Men has turned into a regular gig, reports Deadline. Season eleven of the sitcom airs Thursdays at 9:30p.
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David Tennant (Dr. Who) has been cast Detective Inspector Alec Hardy in the Fox event series adaptation of Broadchurch. Tennant also played the role in season one of BBC America‘s hit U.K. version (casting for season two hasn’t been announced). Tennant will use an American accent for the U.S. version, expected to air during the 2014-2015 season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Julie White (Go On) will have a major recurring role on season six of Showtime‘s Nurse Jackie. White will play an AA sponsor for Jackie (Edie Falco) when the series returns in 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

David Harewood (Homeland) has been cast in HBO pilot, The Money, about a powerful media mogul, says the Hollywood Reporter.
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Kevin James inked a deal with Lionsgate to develop projects for movies and television, including a sitcom the King of Queens alum will star in and exec produce.
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SNL alum Will Forte snagged a pilot production commitment from Fox for The Last Man On Earth. The sitcom, from Lord Miller, is about two strangers who have to get along to save the human race.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
After Midnight with Fantasia Barrino, Dule Hill and Adriane Lenox begins on Broadway on Friday October 18, 2013.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/172089/lets-go-swingin-meet-fantasia-dule-hill-adriane-lenox-the-musicians-of-broadways-after-midnight/

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