FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/27/14)
E!: Fashion Police: Grammy Edition (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: The Following (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Hotel Impossible (Premiere) at 10pm
DISNEY XD: Kickin’ It (Finale) at 8:30pm
Showtime is playing offense, scheduling new episodes of Shameless, House of Lies and Episodes opposite the Super Bowl – a sked adjustment announced just nine days before the Sunday, February 2 game. “The strength and performance of our three winter shows has been remarkable,” said EVP of program planning, scheduling and research Kim Lemon. “We’ve looked at the competitive landscape, and we have an opportunity to be one of the few scripted alternatives on Super Bowl Sunday.”
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Michelle Obama plans to sit on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon guest couch on Thursday, February 20, the week Fallon takes over from Jay Leno as host on the NBC late night talker. The First Lady will be in NYC, where the show has relocated, for a DNC lunch, reports The NY Post.
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While the Tonight Show transition seems to be going smoothly this time around, Leno told CBS‘s 60 Minutes that leaving was “not my decision,” acknowledging, however, that Fallon “is really good. So you go with the new guy. Makes perfect sense.” A Matt Lauer interview with both hosts airs on NBC‘s Today this morning.
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NBC‘s The Blacklist boosted its January 20 viewership by 5.43 million in Live+3 ratings (8.83 million to 14.26 million), to set a new DVR playback record. Among A18-49, it was a 70 percent jump, from 2.3 to 3.9.
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Viacom announced the formation of a group to coordinate program acquisitions for its U.S. networks, including MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, BET, Centric, Comedy Central, TV Land and Spike TV. “Synchronizing our program buying activities across the Viacom portfolio will afford us the opportunity to further integrate our businesses and forge innovative partnerships,” said COO Rich Eigendorff.
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TLC‘s Hoarding: Buried Alive returns from its season five hiatus with the story of a man who, a year after selling his home, can’t bear to dispose of the cluttered house’s contents for the new owners. The docu-series charts his progress, with 30 days to go till deadline, on Wednesday, February 5 at 9p.
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What do people really think about Kim Kardashian? The reality star finds out on Oxygen Media‘ Celebrities Undercover, exec produced by talk show host Wendy Williams. Stars mask their identities with prosthetic makeup to find out what friends and fans have to say in the hidden camera series, debuting Tuesday, March 18 at 10:30p.
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A series of E! specials, Beyond Candid with Giuliana, feature television personality Giuliana Rancic in Monday-at-10p sit-downs with Demi Lovato (February 3), Melissa Joan Hart (February 17) and Elisabeth Hasselbeck (February 24). “I am of the mind that behind every person there is a great story to tell,” said Rancic.
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A&E‘s Bates Motel returns for season two with the introduction of Norma’s (Vera Farmiga) brother. The season one premiere of the drama, coming back Monday, March 3 at 9p, drew 3 million total viewers and 1.6 million A25-54, making it the most-watched original drama in key demos in the net’s history.
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Sharon Stone will star in TNT pilot Agent X. Stone plays the country’s Vice President in the drama project from Beacon Pictures.
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Robin Williams reunites with Pam Dawber when his Mork & Mindy (1978-82) co-star guests on The Crazy Ones, as a free-spirited author who goes on a date with Williams’ character. Comedy airs Thursdays at 9p on CBS.
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Kathleen York (The West Wing) and Kristen Connolly (House of Cards) join the cast of NBC pilot Tin Man, about a robot accused of murdering the man who created him.
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Miro Sorvino will star opposite John Simm in BBC America sci-fi drama Intruders, reports Deadline.
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Ian Kahn (Parenthood) will play George Washington in AMC‘s Turn. Historical spy thriller premieres Sunday, April 6 at 9p.
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The premiere of Fox dark comedy Rake, starring Greg Kinnear as a self-destructive lawyer, opened Thursday to 7.1 million total viewers and a modest 1.7/5 in A18-49, according to Nielsen.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC comedies The Michael J. Fox Show and Sean Saves the World trading time slots on Thursday scrambled the numbers, but didn’t change the net result: Michael J. Fox’s Nielsen numbers went up a tenth from last week among A18-49, to .7/2, but Sean dropped a tenth, to .7/2.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox had better luck swapping Friday’s Raising Hope and new comedy Enlisted, according to early Nielsen numbers. With 8p lead-in Bones up 20 percent to 1.8, Enlisted jumped to a 1.0 A18-49, from .6 the week prior, and Raising Hope was up a tenth, to .8.
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Actor Luis Avalos died on January 22. He was 67, and had recently suffered a heart attack. Avalos appeared in numerous TV shows, including E/R, Full House and NYPD Blue, but was perhaps best known as a cast member on PBS children’s educational show Electric Company.
(Source: Cynopsis)
GRAMMY AWARDS
Here is the winners list.
http://www.grammy.com/nominees
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Ride Along – $21.1 million
Lone Survivor – $12.6 million
The Nut Job – $12.3 million
Frozen – $9 million
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – $$8.8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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