FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 10/26/13)
BRAVO: Styled To Rock (Premiere) at 8pm
CINEMAX: Strike Back: Origins (Premiere) at 10pm
COOKING: Come Date With Me (Premiere) at 10pm
CW: The Carrie Diaries (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Grimm (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: Dracula (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Craft In America (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Secret Princes (Premiere) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 10/27/13)
DIY: Uncondemned (Premiere) at 7pm
HUB: Spooksville (Premiere) at 10pm
NAT GEO WILD: The Monster Project (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Edward Norton, Musical Guest: Janelle Monae at 11:30pm
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: Gay In Hollywood (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Deadly Affairs (Finale) at 10pm
WE TV: David Tutera: Unveiled (Finale) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 10/28/13)
A&E: The Governor’s Wife (Premiere) at 10pm
DISNEY: Austin & Ally (Premiere) at 8:30pm
DIY: Million Dollar Contractor (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Secrets of the Tower of London (Premiere) at 8pm
SMITHSONIAN: Civil War 360 (Premiere) at 8pm
WEATHER: Prospectors (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding (Finale) at 8pm
Murder, She Wrote has sprung back to life on NBC. Octavia Spencer will step into Angela Lansbury‘s shoes as an amateur snoop in a pilot for the procedural, reports Deadline; Universal TV is producing. The original Murder lasted 12 seasons.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC is bringing back the American Comedy Awards, broadcast by ABC from 1987-2000, and Comedy Central in 2001. The reboot will be produced by Don Mischer Productions, to air in May 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Arrested Development actors will reunite for an appearance on Bravo‘s Inside the Actors Studio. Host James Lipton – who appeared on Arrested as Warden Gentiles – will interview six cast members and creator Mitch Hurwitz for a show airing Thursday, November 7 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Two new categories have been added to the Daytime Emmys: Entertainment News, for programs like Extra which haven’t had a category to call their own, and one for Outstanding New Approaches to Drama Series, for soaps with fewer than 35 original episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TNT has ordered eight episodes of reality series Wake Up Call. The Electus production features Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson motivating people facing harsh situations. TNT and TBS SVP, Unscripted Development David Eilenberg said the project is a “natural successor” to Johnson reality competition The Hero, which wrapped on TNT in August.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MTV is splitting the weekend with a “Brofest” marathon on Saturday, featuring guy-centric programming like Ridiculousness and True Life Presents: My Dad Is a Bro, and a “Girl Code” marathon Sunday, with season one of the series airing from 12p-9p. Season two of Girl Code premieres Wednesday, October 30 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
OWN presents Oprah’s Next Chapter: Gay Hollywood on Sunday, October 27 at 9p, followed by documentary Bridegroom at 10p. Gay Hollywood features actors sharing their experiences being gay; Bridegroom documents the problems faced by a man without the legal protections of marriage who lost his partner.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Documentary series Rebel Music will debut on MTV‘s 24-hour college channel mtvU on Monday, November 18 at 9p. The 30-minute series about young people using music and art to spark change in the world will “remind people of the power of the combination of music, art and activism,” said executive producer/activist Shepard Fairey.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV One announced that News One Now, a morning news program hosted by Roland Martin analyzing politics, entertainment and sports from an African American perspective, will premiere Monday, November 4 at 9a. “When the grab for news is as competitive as it is now,” chairman Alfred Liggins tells Cynopsis, “TV One is proud to super-serve African American viewers with the information and perspective that resonates with them the most.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
One Direction and Florida Georgia Line have been added as performers at the 2013 American Music Awards. The Dick Clark Productions‘ trophy fest airs Sunday, November 24 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Pioneering sportscaster Bill Mazer died on October 24. He was 92. Mazer covered sports for over 60 years, primarily in New York, including 20 as a sports anchor and host of WNEW-TV’s weekend roundup, “Sports Extra.” Mazer was nicknamed “The Amazin'” for his extensive knowledge of sports trivia.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll
The Counselor – Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, Dean Norris, John Leguizamo, Natalie Dormer, Goran Visnjic
NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday October 26, 2013
Astor Place Festival – on Astor Place from Lafayette St. to Broadway
Lexington Ave. Fall Festival – from 42nd to 57th St.
39th Annual Americana Jazz Festival – on 52nd Street from 5th to 7th Ave.
Sunday October 27, 2013
Sons of Italy Festival – on Liberty St. from Broadway to Trinity Pl.
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