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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 12/16/13)
VH1: T.I. and Tiny: Holiday Hustle Special (Premiere) at 8pm
HGTV: House Hunters: Where Are They Now? (Premiere) at 10pm
TRU TV: Lizard Lick Towing (Premiere) at 9:30pm

Matthew Perry is bringing The Odd Couple back to television. The Friends alum will write and exec produce, as well as star as Oscar Madison, in the CBS Television Studios project, which nabbed a script plus penalty commitment from CBS. Perry’s NBC comedy, Go On, was canceled in May.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Responding to criticism about the absence of African-American female cast members, Saturday Night Live has been holding auditions for several weeks to remedy the problem, reports the New York Times. Creator and exec producer of the NBC late night sketch show, Lorne Michaels, told the paper on Thursday that he is committed to hiring at least one new performer by early January.
(Source: Cynopsis)

More drama behind the scenes at NBC‘s midseason entry, Believe: Exec producer Dave Erickson is being replaced by Jonas Pate (Deception). Original showrunner Mark Friedman departed in July. No premiere date has been set.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Like another American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson will stretch her acting wings on television. But unlike Carrie Underwood on Sound of Music Live!, Clarkson will play herself, singing on ABC‘s Nashville with the show’s Sam Palladio and Clare Bowen, Billboard was first to report. Nashville airs Wednesdays at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Adam Sandler will guest on the special Super Bowl night episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine on February 2. Sandler, who is friends with Brooklyn star Andy Samberg, will play himself. The Fox comedy airs Tuesdays at 8:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Daytime’s Steve Harvey features a sit-down with President Obama at the White House on December 20. Topics on the syndicated ep, produced by Endemol, include fatherhood and the First Family’s plans for the holidays.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Suburgatory star Cheryl Hines is jumping to the The Crazy Ones for a guest spot, reports TVLine. Crazy Ones airs Thursdays at 9p on CBS; third season of Suburgatory returns Wednesday, January 15 at 8:30 on ABC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nia Long has joined the cast of The Divide, WE tv‘s first scripted series. Production is underway in Toronto for eight one-hour eps to premiere in 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Portia de Rossi (Arrested Development) will guest in a three-ep arc on NBC‘s Sean Saves the World as Sean’s ex-wife, reports EW.com. Sean airs Thursdays at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Homeland‘s Morena Baccarin (Jessica) and Morgan Saylor (Dana), original cast members in the Showtime drama, will not be regulars when it returns for season four. Though Baccarin earned an Emmy nomination for the show’s second season, neither actress got much play in season three, which wrapped up Sunday.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In a serenade showdown Thursday night, it was NBC‘s The Sing-Off by a tenth in A18-49 at 8p, over Fox‘s The X Factor  which dipped two tenths to 1.2 A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC scored with a pair of winter finales. Grey’s Anatomy grew 17 percent  week to week, and Scandal beat its year-ago winter finale by 33 percent.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC ranked number one on Friday among A18-49 for the second week in a row, per preliminary Nielson numbers. Shark Tank was again Friday’s top program in the demo, with 2.0/7. The net’s 20/20 was up 27 percent week to week in A18-49, with 1.4/5.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Holiday specials of ABC Family comedies Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy ranked as cable’s number one telecasts in their time periods on December 11 across W18-34 with, respectively, 379,000/1.1 and 414,00/1.2; in W18-49 with 567,000/.9 rating and 560,000/.9 rating, and in Female 12-34 with 445,000/1.0 rating and 485,000/1.1 rating.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – $73.7 million
Frozen – $22.2 million
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas – $16 million
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – $13.2 million
Thor: The Dark World – $2.7 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo) 

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