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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 1/30/14)
CNN: The Sixties (Premiere) at 9pm
USA: White Collar (Finale) at 9pm

NBC‘s low-rated Thursday comedy Sean Saves the World has ceased production, 14 episodes into its 18-ep order. Last Thursday, the show earned a .7/2 rating; an SNL clips show airs in its time slot tonight. “Looking forward to Obama’s minimum wage increase to $10/hr,” tweeted series star Sean Hayes after the news broke.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E! late night talk show Chelsea Lately will simulcast on radio’s Raw Dog SiriusXM Comedy Hits channel starting Tuesday, February 18. President of E! Suzanne Kolb cited the net’s “ongoing efforts to provide fans new ways to engage with our shows across all platforms” as the reason for the move. The 11p show will also be available through the SiriusXM app and online at siriusxm.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E! is also teaming with Bud Light for Super Bowl party coverage. The net will report from the Bud Light Hotel (aka a 4028-person Norwegian Getaway cruise ship, docked along NYC’s West Side), offering fans a multi-platform experience covering concerts, celebrity interviews and “the hottest parties.” Said Blaise D’Sylva, VP of sports, media and entertainment marketing, Anheuser-Busch, “Our partnership with E! will allow us to take the Bud Light Hotel experience and share it with fans across the country.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

The music of Bob Dylan will be featured in a Super Bowl commercial for Chobani, and the man himself will appear in an ad for Chrysler, according to the Hollywood Reporter. While the music legend is hardly high profile, he has appeared in commercials before, for brands including Pepsi, Cadillac and Victoria’s Secret.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SodaStream wasn’t happy about editing its Super Bowl ad, which included a mention of rival (and Super Bowl halftime sponsor) Pepsi. “This is the kind of stuff that happens in China,” SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum told USA Today, after being asked to cut the Pepsi reference. Silver lining? The controversy has pushed viewing of the uncut ad on the company’s YouTube site through the roof.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In a new survey from research firm Leger, 71 percent of people polled said they planned to watch the Super Bowl – and one quarter are more interested in the commercials than the game. Nearly one-quarter of the 1000 respondents predict Budweiser will have the best ad. (Spoiler alert? click here.)
(Source: Cynopsis)

CNN is airing a special, Jay Leno: Mr. Comedy, the week before the Tonight Show host ends his NBC run. The special highlighting the comic’s “amazing life and success” airs Friday, January 31 at 10p; Leno bids adieu Thursday, February 6.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lance Bass, an exec producer and creator of upcoming Lifetime series Celebrity Home Raiders, tells Cynopsis he got the inspiration for the show from his boy band days. “We were digging around the storage facilities for *NSYNC and found tons of stuff that the group had used on tour over the years,” Bass says. “I thought, ‘Wow, I wonder what this stuff is worth!’ which led me to think about items and memorabilia my friends might have saved, and how we could potentially raise money for charity by auctioning things off.” The show from DiGa Vision and Leftfield Pictures – premieres Thursday, March 6 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season two of E!‘s Total Divas returns Sunday, March 16 at 9p. The Bunim-Murray production averaged 836,000 viewers A18-49 and 1.3 million total viewers in its first go-round.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mark Wahlberg will host the 27th annual Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards Saturday, March 29 at 8p. Last year’s fanfest delivered 5.8 million viewers; past hosts trying to dodge the slime included Jack Black, Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nominees were announced for the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw led the pack with seven nods; American Idol judge Keith Urban scored six. The show, hosted by Luke Bryan and Lambert’s husband, The Voice host Blake Shelton, airs on CBS Sunday, April 6 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC ordered The Winklers to series. The Walcott Company comedy, from Phil Rosenthal (Everybody Loves Raymond), Max Winkler, the son of Happy Days star Henry Winkler, and Rob Reinis, is based on the Winklers’ lives.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime had its best January delivery in six years among total viewers. The premiere of original movie Flowers in the Attic did its part, drawing 6.1 million viewers, according to Nielsen, to make it ad-supported cable’s number one telecast of the night and most-watched original movie since November 2012.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Bryan Cranston is headed to Broadway in All The Way.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/174308/hes-on-broadway-bitch-emmy-winner-bryan-cranston-on-going-from-drug-dealer-to-president/

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