FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/13/14)
ABC FAMILY: Switched at Birth (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC FAMILY: The Fosters (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: Fashion Police: Golden Globes (Premiere) at 9pm
FX: Archer (Premiere) at 10pm
FX: Chozen (Premiere) at 10:30pm
ID: Murder Comes To Town (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO.: Duck Quacks Don’t Echo (Premiere) at 10pm
NUVO TV: Dexter (Premiere) at 9pm
SCIENCE: Beyond The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (Premiere) at 10pm
SPORTSMAN: Shark Commanders (Premiere) at 7pm
SYFY: Lost Girl (Premiere) at 8pm
SYFY: Being Human (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Bitten (Premiere) at 10pm
DISNEY XD: Lab Rats (Finale) at 9pm
TNT: Major Crimes (Finale) at 9pm
UNIVISION: Marido en Alquiler (Finale) at 8pm
Limited series The Assets was more limited than planned – ABC has yanked the eight-ep spy drama after just two airings. The show’s Thursday, January 2 premiere had a .7 rating in A18-49, falling to a .6 and 2.9 million viewers in week two. Go-to fill-in Shark Tank encores will take its place for three weeks, starting January 16.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The White House responded on Friday to a petition denouncing a segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live in October, in which a child jokes about killing Chinese people to erase the U.S. debt (and for which Kimmel and ABC apologized). “The Federal government cannot force ABC to remove this show,” said the administration’s statement. “The First Amendment of the Constitution protects free speech.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
The 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards, honoring diversity in the arts and celebrating the promotion of social justice through creative endeavors, has 21 categories for television nominees. BET scored the most noms (19), followed by CBS (16) and ABC (15). Outstanding comedy series nods went to Real Husbands of Hollywood, Modern Family, The Game, House of Lies and The Soul Man. Drama nods went to Scandal, Grey;s Anatomy, Boardwalk Empire, Treme and The Good Wife. Awards will be telecast on TV One Saturday, February 22 at 9p.
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Speaking of the Image Awards Not only did BET‘s first original scripted series, Being Mary Jane, get off to an impressive ratings start with an average 3.3 million viewers tuning in Tuesday to the Mara Brock Akil drama, on Friday the show received three NAACP Image Award nominations (Brock Akil’s The Game received five nods). Mary Jane airs Tuesdays at 10p.
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Ahead of its Kitten Bowl, a Super Bowl counter-programming event, Hallmark has launched Feline Fantasy League. The app, housed on Hallmark Channel USA’s Facebook page, offers a live kitten cam, digital interactive playing cards and adoption stories. Kitten Bowl airs Sunday, February 2 at 12p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
More special FX: the net is sponsoring a contest for aspiring rappers, now through Wednesday, January 15, in support of tonight’s 10:30p launch of animated comedy Chozen, about “a gay white rapper fresh out of prison.” Winner gets the chance to record tracks in an NYC music studio.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ahead at NBC: New comedy About a Boy scored an after-the-Olympics preview on Friday, February 21 at 10:30p, before it settles into its enviable post-The Voice time slot Tuesday, February 25 at 9p. Growing Up Fisher, to air Tuesdays after Boy, will also get an Olympic-size boost, Sunday, February 23 at 10:30p. Believe and Crisis launch on the net Sunday, March 16 at 9p and 10p, with American Dream Builders joining the Sunday lineup on March 23 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Upcoming MTV2 series Jobs That Don’t Suck, with comedian Andrew Schulz showcasing young Americans who managed to get rich doing what they love, is set to premiere in April, following the season four premiere of Guy Code.
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Former NFL star Boomer Esiason and Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest) host interactive special Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials 2014. The top three results from viewer voting in categories like Beer, Car, Soft Drink and Sexy will be revealed, as well as behind-the-scenes looks at how spots were made; voting for the top spot will continue during the live broadcast, Wednesday, January 29 at 8p on CBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Documentary American Masters – Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, about the activist and author of The Color Purple, premieres Friday, February 7 at 9p on PBS (check local listings).
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV One is expanding its Unsung franchise with Unsung Hollywood, featuring portraits of stars like Pam Grier (Jackie Brown) and comedian Dick Gregory, and behind-the-scenes stories of shows like Cooley High and What’s Happening!!. Show premieres Wednesday, February 26 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season four of Awkward returns to MTV with a one-hour premiere on Tuesday, April 15 at 10p, leading into the series premiere of Faking It at 10:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
AMC announcements: The final season of the net’s Mad Men launches Sunday, April 13 at 10p. Season three of the net’s unscripted series Small Town Security and season two of Freakshow launch in May. The Walking Dead, television’s highest-rated series, returns for its fifth round in October (hit companion series The Talking Dead was also picked up), followed by Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul in November.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FX set the cast for upcoming drama series Hoke. Joining actor/producer Paul Giamatti will be Oona Chaplin (Game of Thrones), John Carroll Lynch (Do No Harm), Robert Wisdom (The Wire), Jordi Molla (The Heart of the Sea) and Tammy Blanchard (Life with Judy Garland). Production begins this spring.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Chace Crawford will appear on the 100th episode of Glee, reports E!. Fox series airs Tuesdays at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Condola Rashad, Broadyway star (Romeo and Juliet) and daughter of Phylicia Rashad and Ahmad Rashad will co-star in 13-ep Fox series Hieroglyph, reports Deadline.
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Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect) will co-star with Jack Whitehall in ABC pilot An American Education, reports Deadline. The comedy is based on BBC series Bad Education.
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Michelle Forbes (Chicago Fire) landed an arc on season two of BBC America‘s Orphan Black. Series returns Sunday, April 19.
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Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly) will host Saturday Night Live on February 1. It will be her third appearance on the late-night comedy sketch show.
(Source: Cynopsis)
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
Here is the winners list.
http://www.goldenglobes.com/golden_globe_winners
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Lone Survivor – $38.5 million
Frozen – $15 million
The Wolf of Wall Street – $9 million
American Hustle – $8.6 million
The Legend of Hercules – $8.6 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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