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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 11/7/13)
DISCOVERY FIT & HEALTH: Urban Suburban (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Reno vs. Relocate (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Million Dollar shoppers (Premiere) at 10pm
SCIENCE: Mega Shredders (Premiere) at 8pm
SUPERCHANNEL: Skins (Finale) at 10pm
WE TV: Tamar & vince (Finale) at 9pm

The FCC wants TBS to fork over a $25,000 fine for an April Conan promo that included a mock emergency alert warning. “It is inexcusable to trivialize the sounds specifically used to notify viewers of the dangers of an incoming tornado or to alert them to be on the lookout for a kidnapped child,” said FCC Enforcement Bureau Acting Chief Robert H. Ratcliffe. Turner said it has since changed its review practices.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Dan Rather, who covered President John F. Kennedy’s assassination for CBS in 1963 before becoming the net’s lead anchor for 24 years, will be sharing his story with Tom Brokaw on NBC November 22, the 50th anniversary of the event that rocked the nation. Rather, who exited CBS in 2006 over a dispute about a story about George W. Bush’s military service, has said he wasn’t asked to participate in the net’s anniversary coverage.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WE tv has enlisted Traci Braxton, star of its Braxton Family Values, in the net’s efforts to support the Foundation for Women’s Cancer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV Land is launching new comedy Kirstie with two back-to-back episodes. In the premiere, diva Maddie Banks (Kirstie Alley) meets the son she gave up for adoption. The cast includes Alley’s former Cheers co-star Rhea Perlman and Michael Richards (Seinfeld). Premiere is Wednesday, December 4 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

American Horror Story: Coven has been renewed by FX for a fourth season. Now in its third run, the horror drama is averaging 7.74 million total viewers and 5.45 in A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV Land‘s The Exes is coming back for an extended season three. After the comedy’s summer airing scored 9 percent above the prior year’s average in the A25-54 demo and had a 21 percent increase in total viewers, the net ordered 10 more episodes, which launch Wednesday, December 11 at 10:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Justified starts its season five on FX Tuesday, January 7 at 10p. The net’s highest-rated comedy, Archer, will also start its fifth season, but is moving from a Thursday slot to Mondays at 10p, starting January 13.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix is launching the sophomore season of Lilyhammer on Friday, December 13. All eight eps of the mob drama will be available for streaming.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Joel Johnstone (Newsroom) has joined the cast of Lifetime backdoor pilot Deliverance Creek, says the Hollywood Reporter. The Warner Horizon Television drama is set at the end of the Civil War.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TBS has picked up a pilot from Steve Carell and his wife, Nancy. Tribeca, from Carell’s Carousel Television, is a satire of procedurals that will be written and exec produced by the couple.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox is developing a buddy comedy from Conan O’Brien, reports Variety. The Conaco project is about the rocky road to success, told from the perspectives of two old men.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Last week’s preemptions for The X Factor didn’t hold down Fox’s Tuesday comedies. Dads, 1.4/4 in the A18-49 demo, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 1.6/4, held steady with their last original eps, according to Nielson, and New Girl (2.0/5) and The Mindy Project (1.5/4) both got ratings bumps to beat ABC comedies The Goldbergs (1.5/4) and Trophy Wife (1.1/3) in their time slots.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The return of The Real Housewives of Atlanta for season six on Sunday delivered 3.1 million viewers and 1.9 million A25-54, reports Bravo, making it the top show in ad-supported cable during the 8p hour in all key demos.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
First Date to with Zachary Levi & Krysta Rodriguez to end Broadway run in January 2014.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/172897/the-bailout-modern-musical-comedy-first-date-to-end-broadway-run-in-2014/

Circus-Cabaret Show La Soiree officially open Off-Broadway today
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/172873/step-right-up-step-right-up-circus-cabaret-show-la-soiree-officially-opens-off-broadway/

Il Divo: A Musical Affair opens on Broadway, featuring Heather Headley.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/172891/can-you-feel-the-love-tonight-il-divo-a-musical-affair-opens-on-broadway-featuring-heather-headley/

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