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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 11/21/13)
SUPERCHANNEL: Peaky Blinders (Premiere) at 10pm
A&E: Beyond Scared Straight (Finale) at 10pm
DIY: Leave It To Bryan (Finale) at 9pm
HBO: 24/7 Pacquiao/Rios (Finale) at 10pm
USA: Covert Affairs (Finale) at 10pm

There’ll be a familiar voice in Sochi: Bob Costas will anchor NBC‘s primetime coverage of the Olympics for a record tenth time, as well as the net’s late night coverage. Costas has served as primetime anchor at every Olympics on NBC since 1992. The 2014 Winter Games begin Thursday, February 6, 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TiVo announced the results of a study measuring how effective fall season TV promos were in driving tune-in. The winner: ABC‘s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Data from 48,000 TiVo subscribers indicated the premiere was watched by 27 percent of viewers who saw three or more promos for the show, followed by CBS‘s The Crazy Ones (25.3 percent promo conversion rate), Fox‘s Sleepy Hollow (20.4 percent) and Fox‘s Brooklyn Nine-Nine (20.3 percent).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Shonda Rhimes has a book deal. The creator of Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal has signed with Simon & Schuster to write a memoir, scheduled for a 2015 release. “I have made a lot of mistakes as a single mother,” said Rhimes, “and I did all of it while running a bunch of TV shows. So I’m going to write about that.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Anderson Cooper has inked a new agreement that will keep him at CNN through the 2016 presidential election. The anchor’s 8p show, Anderson Cooper 360, is up 28 percent for the year in A25-54, averaging 211,000 viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

USA canceled Necessary Roughness. The show debuted to over 4.5 million viewers in 2011, but by the time it ended its third season in August, the sports drama was averaging about 2.5 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The day after Howard Stern announced on his radio show that he’d made up his mind to return to the America’s Got Talent judge’s panel, NBC announced Heidi Klum, Mel B and Howie Mandel will also be back for the hit summer talent competition, as well as host Nick Cannon. In its eighth season, Talent averaged a 3.3 rating in A18-49 and 12 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New music net Revolt rings in the season with Mary J. Blige, as “The queen of hip-hop soul” offers her take on Christmas classics in a special hosted by Queen Latifah. A Mary Christmas: A Revolt Presentation premieres Thursday, November 28 at 8p, with encores later that night and through the weekend.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV‘s Girl Code will call on young people to “GYT” (Get Yourself Tested for HIV and STDs) in a new episode Wednesday, November 27 at 10p. World AIDS Day is December 1.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS announced it’s airing back-to-back episodes of The Crazy Ones on Thanksgiving, from 8:31p-10:01.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Brad Paisley will be on hand to perform, and receive the Video Visionary Award on the American Country Awards. The Fox special airs Tuesday, December 10 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Christina Aguilera and A Great Big World join Ariana Grande as performers on the 2013 American Music Awards. The Dick Clark Productions event airs on ABC Sunday, November 24 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Joan Rivers and the Fashion Police crew will keep a close eye on the DCP music fest for E!‘s Fashion Police: 2013 American Music Awards. Kelly Osbourne, Giuliana Rancic and Hillary Scott help Joan recap of the best and the worst looks of the big night on Monday, November 25 at 9p and 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Laurence Fishburne is attached to star in The Right Mistake, an HBO series in development from the Matrix actor’s Cinema Gypsy Productions and Fox Television Studios, reports Deadline. The drama is based on novels by Walter Mosley featuring the character Socrates Fortlow, an ex-con Fishburne also played in a 1998 HBO movie.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC‘s Tuesday special, David Blaine: Real or Magic?, delivered a season high for the net in the 9:30-11p time period, with a 2.6 rating/7 share in A18-49. At 8p, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. saw its first uptick week to week, to 2.4/7 in A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CW‘s iHeartRadio event with Lady Gaga drew a scant .3/1 rating in A18-49, not a helpful lead-in for Supernatural, down 17 percent to .9/3 on Tuesday.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical begins preview performances on Broadway tonight.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/173215/broadway-feels-the-earth-move-under-its-feet-as-beautiful-the-carole-king-musical-begins-performances/

The Commons of Pensacola will open Off-Broadway with Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker tonight.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/173201/mtcs-the-commons-of-pensacola-starring-blythe-danner-sarah-jessica-parker-opens-off-broadway/

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