FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 12/11/13)
NBC: Kelly Clarkson’s Cautionary Christmas Music Tale (Premiere) at 10pm
A&E: Rodeo Girls (Premiere) at 11pm
FUSE: Insane Clown Posse theater (Premiere) at 11:30pm
GAC: Highway cowboys (Premiere) at 8:30pm
PALLADIA: The Live Room (Premiere) at 8pm
TV LAND: The Exes (Premiere) at 10:30pm
Bette Midler will play Mae West in a project in development at HBO, reports Deadline. It seems bound for TV – not only is Midler attached, but William Friedkin is on board to direct and exec produce, and Harvey Fierstein to write.
(Source: Cynopsis)
During A&E‘s Duck Dynasty Christmas Special tonight, the net will kick off its collaboration with Twitter Amplify with content across social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram rolling out quote cards and memes in real time, and a “Retweet to Win” sweeps. Holiday ep airs tonight, December 11 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC docuseries Escaping the Prophet follows the efforts of social activist and former FLDS member Flora Jessop as she works to free families from the secretive polygamist group. The Screaming Flea production launches its six-episode run Tuesday, January 7 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
E!‘s Giuliana Rancic sits down with NeNe Leakes (Real Housewives of Atlanta) to talk about the reality star’s troubled childhood, remarriage to her ex-husband and rise to TV stardom on E! Entertainment Special: NeNe Leakes, airing Monday, December 16 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Kathy Griffin will set a Guinness World Record for “Most Stand-Up Specials By a Comedian” with her 20th televised special, Kathy Griffin: Record Breaker. Show airs on Bravo Wednesday, December 18 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Epix announced the premiere date for documentary Who the F*** is Arthur Fogel?, about the man who helped revolutionize the music industry. Maybe you haven’t heard of him but “He’s a touring genius,” according to Madonna, one of the music stars in the program, premiering Wednesday, January 29 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Turner Classic Movies honors Eleanor Parker with a 14-hour marathon of seven of the late actress’s films, including Of Human Bondage and The Woman in White, beginning at 6a on Tuesday, December 17. Parker, who played the baroness in 1965’s Sound of Music, died December 9 at 91.
(Source: Cynopsis)
OneRepublic has been set to perform at the 40th annual People’s Choice Awards. Live show airs on CBS Wednesday, January 8 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedy Central renewed Tosh.0 for seasons seven, eight and nine. The viral video show, now in its fifth season and set to premiere its sixth on Tuesday, February 18, is the top entertainment series on TV among M18-24 on Tuesday nights, averaging 3.0 million viewers and a 2.2 rating in A18-49 season-to-date.
(Source: Cynopsis)
My 600-lb Life returns to TLC to document the journeys of morbidly obese people as they change their lives through gastric bypass surgery. Season two of the eight-part series from Megalomedia premieres Tuesday, January 7 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC greenlit four-hour miniseries Rosemary’s Baby. The Lionsgate project, based on the 1967 horror novel by Ira Levin, was put in development in July.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Cult fave Happy Endings, canceled by ABC in June after three seasons, will air in reruns on VH1. A marathon of all 57 episodes of the Sony Pictures Television production starts New Year’s Eve at 8p, and will be available on VH1’s TV Everywhere app. The comedy takes its place in the Wednesday lineup starting January 8, from 7p-9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Law & Order: SVU‘s Dann Florek (Donald Cragen) is leaving the show. “Friday was the last day 4 Cragen/Florek,” tweeted Florek on December 9. “But he’ll live on in syndication land 4 evah!” Florek had been with the procedural since its 1999 launch.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Megan Mulally will guest on freshman comedy Sean Saves the World, starring Mulally’s Will & Grace “poodle” and partner in crime, Sean Hayes, reports TVLine. The actress will play the sister of Hayes’ character. NBC series airs Thursdays at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedian Kevin Pollak (Million Dollar Money Drop) will join freshman comedy Mom in January as Anna Faris‘ father, per the Hollywood Reporter. Mom airs on CBS Mondays at 9:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Judith Light (Who’s The Boss?) will guest on Fox comedy Raising Hope. Light will play Virginia’s (Martha Plimpton) boss in an ep debuting in early 2014, says the Hollywood Reporter. Hope airs Fridays at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Patrick Heusinger (Revolution) landed the lead in NBC pilot Tin Man, reports Deadline. Heusinger will play a fugitive robot on the crime thriller.
(Source: Cynopsis)
UP original movie Marry Me for Christmas, starring Malinda Williams (Soul Food) and Brad James (For Better or Worse) premieres Saturday, December 14 at 7p, with encores at 9p and 11p. The Swirl Films flick airs the next day on ASPiRE at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 12/8/13)
1) Garth Brooks – Blame It All On My Roots – 146,267 (After 2 weeks – 309,871)
2) One Direction – Midnight Memories – 117,068 (After 2 weeks – 664,358)
3) Kelly Clarkson – Wrapped In Red – 111,964 (After 6 weeks – 441,860)
Other Debuts
4) Britney Spears – Britney Jean – 106,865
13) Jake Owen – Days of Gold – 39,428
15) Original TV Soundtrack featuring Carrie Underwood – Sound of Music – 37,601
23) Jenni Rivera – 1969-Siempre En Vivo – 24,070
26) Sevyn Streeter – Call Me Crazy – 17,098
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