FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 11/6/13)
ABC: The 47th Annual CMA Awards at 8pm
ID: Elder Skelter (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV2: Guy Court (Premiere) at 11pm
REELZ: Beverly Hills Pawn (Premiere) at 9pm
FXX: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Premiere) at 10pm
History is remaking 1977 mini-series Roots. The original show, based on Alex Haley‘s novel, shattered ratings records, with the finale attracting 100 million viewers. Mark Wolper, son of late Roots executive producer David L. Wolper, will exec produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs, stars of CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, will host the 40th annual People’s Choice Awards. Robin Williams, who won his first People’s Choice trophy in 1979 as Favorite Actor in a New TV Series for Mork & Mindy, was nominated the same category, for The Crazy Ones, this time around. Voting opened yesterday for show, airing Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 9p on CBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Anchorman character Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), is proving a very effective pitchman for Dodge Durango. Chrysler reported a 59 percent surge in Durango auto sales after the ads – which have gotten more than seven million hits on YouTube – broke October 5. Icing on the cake? According to Automotive News, Chrysler didn’t pay Ferrell for the ads – they’re part of the promotion for his new movie, Anchorman 2, out December 20.
(Source: Cynopsis)
History will tell the greatest story ever told all over again. The Bible, the five-part mini-series that premiered in April 2013 and averaged a whopping 11.4 million viewers per episode, will encore beginning Monday, November 11 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
News net HLN has made major tweaks to its daytime lineup. Like sister net CNN, HLN has suffered in the ratings; EVP and GM Albie Hecht, who joined the net six weeks ago, described the changes in a memo to his staff, obtained by Medialite, as part of a effort to “re-position the brand.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Rapper Pitbull (aka Armando Christian Perez) will host the 2013 American Music Awards. “He’s the perfect choice to celebrate the universal language of music,” said AMA producer Larry Klein. The Dick Clark Productions airs live from LA Sunday, November 24 at 8p on ABC.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MTV has a little something extra in store for U.S. viewers of the 2013 MTV EMAs, airing live from Amsterdam Sunday, November 10. Starting at 3p, hosts Darren Criss (Glee), rapper Cher Lloyd and Andrew Schulz (Guy Code) will break into MTV programming live with red carpet and backstage updates, then a preview of the upcoming music video from rapper Future, featuring Miley Cyrus, will kick off an expanded broadcast from NYC at 7p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Trip to Bountiful has come full circle. Originally written for a 1953 television production by Horton Foote, the show moved to Broadway, was a 1985 film, and now an adaptation of the 2013 Broadway revival is headed for Lifetime. The play’s Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams will be joined by Blair Underwood (Ironside) and Keke Palmer (CrazySexyCool) in the Ostar Productions project.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The CW is developing a drama based on DC Comics hero the Hourman, says the Hollywood Reporter. The net also has a back-door pilot for DC’s The Flash, spinning off its Arrow.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Moving into live rounds on Monday, NBC‘s The Voice hit a season low 3.6 rating/9 share in A18-49, according to Nielsen’s primetime nationals. The Blacklist also dropped to a season low, with 2.9/8, but the net still handily won the demo for the night.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS‘s How I Met Your Mother jumped four-tenths to 3.4/9 in A18-49 Monday, enough to beat The Voice in its time period for the first time. Returning Mike & Molly earned 2.6/7, down almost 20 percent from a year ago but up 37 percent from its season finale.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Kim Kardashian got the ring, but newsmags got the ratings the week of October 21. Entertainment Tonight had its best HH rating performance (3.8) since February sweeps. Inside Edition got an 11 percent bump to reach a season-high 3.1. Access Hollywood had its best ratings since April (1.8), and TMZ was up 19 percent with 1.9. But it wasn’t just gossip fueling the numbers: game shows Wheel of Fortune (7.0 HH) and Jeopardy (6.1 HH) also hit season highs.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Warner Bros. talker Bethenny gained 33 percent among W25-54 the week of October 21, earning a .8 in the demo. In HH, Bethenny was second among freshman talk shows, with .9 versus 1.1 for Sony Pictures Television‘s Queen Latifah. CTD‘s Dr. Phil took the top spot overall (again) with a 3.0.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 11/3/13)
1) Arcade Fire – Reflektor – 139,637
2) Katy Perry – Prism – 91,559 (After 2 weeks – 377,903)
3) Kelly Clarkson – Wrapped In Red – 69,706
Other Debuts
4) Robertsons – Duck The Halls: A Rob – 69,162
6) Thomas Rhett – Thomas Rhett – 36, 253
7) Toby Keith – Drinks After Work – 35,355
10) Linkin Park – Recharged – 32,610
16) Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio 2 – 15,188
19) Susan Boyle – Home For Christmas – 11,873
21) Seether – Seether: 2002-2013 – 10,570
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