FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 11/25/13)
E!: Fashion Police: American Music Awards (Premiere) at 9pm
MTV: Generation Cryo (Premiere) at 10pm
SMITHSONIAN: Seriously Amazing Objects (Premiere) at 8pm
Katie Couric is preparing to leave ABC News. Couric was named a special correspondent there as part of the deal with ABC’s syndicated programming unit to produce her daytime talk show, Katie, now in its second season. After getting limited exposure on the net, Couric is working on a deal to move to Yahoo, which has a news partnership with ABC – and where she already hosts news blog Katie’s Take. The future of Katie is uncertain. The show is averaging 2.2 million viewers, down eight percent from last season.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox announced changes to its winter premiere schedule. The Following returns for its second season Sunday, January 19 at 10p, following the NFC Championship game. The next night, another episode of The Following follows the season finale of Sleepy Hollow airing at a special time, 8p. Legal drama Rake, originally scheduled for the post-NFC game slot, premieres instead on Thursday, January 23 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Tuesday nights are getting a makeover on Fox, too. The week after The Mindy Project airs its winter finale on January 28 at 9:30p, Brooklyn Nine-Nine slides into the 9:30p slot, after New Girl at 9p. Glee returns with new episodes, moving to Tuesdays at 8p on February 25, replacing Dads (nowhere to be found after February 11, despite a full-season order) and the relocated Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The Mindy Project returns with back-to-back new episodes Tuesday, April 1, then is back in its 9:30p slot the following week.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Good Morning America‘s Amy Robach plans to return to the air on Monday, December 2. The corresponded underwent a bilateral mastectomy after a televised mammogram to raise awareness about testing revealed a tumor. The surgery exposed a second malignant tumor, but “My prognosis is good,” Robach said in a message to co-workers, “and I couldn’t be more excited to get back to work.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
EPIX and joint venture partner Paramount Pictures launched a nationwide search for the next Ron Burgundy, ahead of the release of Paramount’s Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Contestants upload an audition on www.iamronburgandy.com; the winner will have the opportunity to act as anchor for EPIX at the movie’s NYC premiere on December 15.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Another Anchorman 2 publicity stunt: Ron Burgundy/Will Ferrell is joining Canadian cable sports channel TSN. “This is going to end terribly,” said “Burgundy” in a statement.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FX is preempting Sons of Anarchy on Tuesday, November 26 “due to the holiday week.” The outlaw motorcycle drama returns December 3 at 10p; season six finale airs December 10 from 10p-11:50p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
One person in Gilad’s Bodies in Motion: 30th Anniversary first appeared on the show at 10 years old. “She’s now closing in on 40 and the mother of two boys,” says trainer Gilad Janklowicz. “When you work out together as intensely as we have you become a strong united family.” Premiere episode airs on Discovery Fit & Health Monday, December 2 at 6a.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC is showing the love for upcoming The Bachelor. Sunday-at-8p specials will precede the dating competition’s Monday airings, starting the night before Juan Pablo‘s January 8 debut as Bachelor number eighteen, with The Bachelor: Countdown to Juan Pablo. Sunday, January 12 brings The Bachelor: Behind the Scenes, and the 19th brings The Bachelor: Bachelor Love Stories. Icing on the cake? The Bachelor: Sean and Catherine’s Wedding, airs live on Sunday, January 26.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Internet sensations-turned-reality-TV-stars Golden Sisters share their irreverent reflections on the most talked-about stories of the year on OWN‘s Golden Sisters 2013 Countdown: Best Pop Culture Moments. The LMNO Cable Group production airs Friday, December 27 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Nickelodeon greenlit Instant Mom for a second season, and added six more episodes to season one. The family comedy has averaged 1.2 million total viewers since its September 29 premiere Sundays at 8:30p on Nick at Nite, and its launch on Nick Jr.‘s NickMom comedy block was the block’s highest-rated premiere in W18-49 and total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has been added to the cast of Starz drama Power, in the recurring role of a friend to a wealthy New York nightclub owner. The CBS Television Studios drama is currently in production for a 2014 debut.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show) has been cast in HBO dark comedy pilot The Brink, reports Deadline. Project stars Jack Black and Tim Robbins.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Michelle Forbes (The Killing) will guest on Fox‘s upcoming Rake, reports The Wrap. The series stars Greg Kinnear as a criminal defense lawyer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Beth Riesgraf (Leverage) has been cast in USA drama Complications, says the Hollywood Reporter. Also added to the Fox Television Studios project, starring Jason O’Mara (Terra Nova), are Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl) and Lauren Stamile (Burn Notice).
(Source: Cynopsis)
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
http://abc.go.com/shows/american-music-awards/winners
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – $161.1 million
Thor: The Dark World – $14.1 million
The Best Man Holiday – $12.5 million
Delivery Man – $8.2 million
Free Birds – $5.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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