FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ BROADWAY

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 10/10/13)
ABC: Once Upon A Time in Wonderland (Premiere) at 8pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Alaska Gold Diggers (Premiere) at 8pm
HISTORY: Pawn Stars (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Million Dollar Shoppers (Premiere) at 10:30pm
SUPERCHANNEL: Skins (Premiere) at 10pm
TRU: World’s Dumbest (Premiere) at 8pm
ID: Wicked Attraction (Finale) at 10pm

A&E is rebranding with a new on-air look and the tagline “Be original.” “Our new tagline embodies who we are and not just what we do,” said GM and EVP of A&E Network David McKillop. “From Duck Dynasty to Bates Motel, we are 100 percent original with the most unique characters and content on television.” The new brand identity launches Wednesday, December 11 during the 10p Duck Dynasty Christmas special.
(Source: Cynopsis)

American Idol is looking for a new tagline, too – and it’s using social media to find it. Votes on Twitter and Facebook will determine the official line that will be used to promote the Fox singing competition’s 13th season, premiering in January.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Google is providing more information to people searching for TV shows, said a Google+ post on Tuesday, like the date a show’s new season starts or when an episode airs. “Click on the episode title and you’ll see relevant results,” advised the post.
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1 is relocating Mob Wives spin-off Miami Monkey from Sundays to Thursdays, starting tonight. The reality show follows party girl Big Ang as she opens a Miami outpost of her Staten Island bar, The Drunken Monkey. Ep airs at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

It’s a date: The 68th Annual Tony Awards will air Sunday, June 8, 2014, live from Radio City Music Hall, broadcast on CBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fusion, the upcoming news and pop culture net geared toward young English-speaking Latinos, announced a daily program, The Morning Show, hosted by Globo journalist Pedro Andrade, Univision reporter Mariana Atencio and comedian Yannis Pappas. CEO Isaac Lee says the talker will spark “lively conversations around the latest trending topics.” Show premieres at 7a on Tuesday, October 29, one day after the net’s TV launch.
(Source: Cynopsis)

@midnight debuts on Comedy Central Monday, October 21, part of the net’s late-night block expansion. The comedy competition will air at… midnight.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV One sitcom Love That Girl! returns for season four on Friday, October 11 at 9:30p, before moving to its regular Friday 9p timeslot.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CMT dating show Sweet Home Alabama returns for a fourth season, with eleven city slickers and eleven country boys bunking together in Fairhope, AL as they compete for the heart of a southern belle. Series premieres Friday, November 15 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox has ordered eight episodes of comedic competition Slide Show from Steve Carell and Shine America. The format, a hit on France’s TF1, has celebs facing off in silly challenges on a tilted set. “Slide Show is the most ridiculously fun and out-there thing I’ve seen in quite a while,” said Fox Entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly), her husband, Ben Falcone, and actor Larry Dorf have sold a comedy to Fox, reports Deadline. The show, to be produced by Warner Bros. TV, is about two men who become stepbrothers when their parents get married.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
A Night with Janis Joplin, Starring Mary Bridget Davies as the Rock ‘N Roll Icon, Opens on Broadway tonight.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/172235/a-night-with-janis-joplin-starring-mary-bridget-davies-as-the-rock-n-roll-icon-opens-on-broadway/

 

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