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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 10/29/13)
COOKING: Restaurant Redemption (Premiere) at 8pm
MTV: Girl Code (Premiere) at 11pm
NAT. GEO.: Doomsday Preppers (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO.: Life Below Zero: The Thaw (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Naked Vegas (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Little People, Big World (Premiere) at 9pm
OXYGEN: My Big Fat Revenge (Finale) at 9pm
Ellen Degeneres has a comedy in development at NBC. The project tells the story of a lesbian character who gets pregnant by her straight male best friend. Liz Feldman (2 Broke Girls) will write the script and exec produce with DeGeneres and A Very Good Production‘s Jeff Kleeman.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Samsung and the NBA entered into a comprehensive marketing and technology partnership. Fans will get custom content, and NBA refs will be provided with the electronics company’s tablets, and use Samsung technology courtside to review plays. Samsung will also partner on marquee events like NBA Summer League.
(Source: Cynopsis)
USA Network launched an anti-hunger campaign yesterday with Feeding America to support food banks over the holiday season. PSAs will guide viewers to Modern Family web sites, where they’ll be encouraged to contribute, with the net matching donations up to $30,000. Modern Family reruns started airing on USA in September.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Country singer Garth Brooks will wrap up three years of headlining in Las Vegas with live concert special on CBS. The show, which pays tribute to Brooks’ musical influences, airs Friday, November 29 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
More country music news: Kenny Rogers is set to receive the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 47th Annual CMA Awards. Three-hour show airs on ABC Wednesday, November 6 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
John Leguizamo is taping a special for HBO based on his one-man show, Ghetto Klown. The comic’s fifth show for HBO, from Rebel Productions, Insurgent Films and Silver Lining Entertainment will air in 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Cinemax is bringing back Strike Back for a 10-ep fourth season, but it will be the action drama’s last. The Cinemax/HBO and Sky series wraps in 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Janet Montgomery (Made in Jersey) will star in WGN America‘s Salem. The drama makes its debut in 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lee Tergesen (Oz) will guest on season two of Fox drama The Following, says the Hollywood Reporter, playing a family man who may not be all he appears. Drama returns Monday, January 20 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Azura Skye (American Horror Story) and Benjamin Arthur (Less Than Kind) have been added to the cast of Canada’s Global Television sitcom, Working the Engels. The Halfire-CORE Entertainment/Shaw Media production, starring comedienne Andrea Martin, is shooting in Toronto.
(Source: Cynopsis)
David Arquette will play a serial killer in a TV biopic, reports Deadline. Canadian Keith Hunter Jesperson will get the Lifetime treatment in a Happy Face/Front Street Pictures production set to start taping in November.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dexter, which ended its eight-season run last month on Showtime, is about to spring to life on Netflix. The streaming service struck a licensing agreement with CBS to offer the first four seasons of the serial killer drama starting October 31; seasons 5-8 will be available starting January 1, 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Meredith Vieira Show has been sold in 60 percent of the country, with NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution striking deals for the daytime talker with station groups including Hearst Television, LIN Media and Sinclair Broadcast Group, as well as NBC Owned Television Stations. “Meredith has ongoing genuine relationship with the daytime viewer,” said NBCU president Ed Swindler. “Her authentic, fun and down-to-earth style creates an instant connection with the daytime audience.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
A half-hour strip game show from Courteney Cox and David Arquette‘s Coquette Productions is scheduled for a fall 2014 launch. Hosted by The Late, Late Show‘s Craig Ferguson, the FremantleMedia North America/Debmar-Mercury production will feature celebs teamed with contestants to identify famous names.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The World Series is scoring nicely for Fox, with Sunday’s Game 4 – the most-watched since 2009 – averaging a 4.4 rating/11 share in A18-49 and 15.4 million viewers, per early Nielsen numbers. That’s likely not enough to overpower the NFL in the demos, though. NBC‘s Sunday Night Football averaged a 5.6/12 in A18-49 and 14.9 million viewers in preliminary numbers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC‘s scripted dramas fared just fine against the sports competition Sunday night. According the early numbers, Once Upon a Time (2.2/5 A18-49 and 7 million viewers) and Betrayal (1.0/3 A18-49 and 3.4 million viewers) rose a tenth of point week to week in the young demo, while Revenge held steady with 1.5/3 in A18-49 and 5.6 million viewers. At 7p, America’s Funniest Home Videos rose three tenths, to 1.4.4 and 6.1 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
But… no one could beat The Walking Dead in the A18-49 demo on Sunday night. The AMC zombie drama averaged a 6.8 rating and 12.9 million total viewers for its 9p telecast.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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