FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/7/14)
NBC: XXII Winter Olympics (Opening Ceremony) at 7:30pm
FOOD: Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: Texas Flip And Move (Premiere) at 11pm
NBC: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (Finale) at 12:35am
(SATURDAY 2/8/14)
TLC: Untold Stories of the E.R.: Sex Edition (Premiere) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 2/9/14)
CBS: The Beatles: The Night That Changed America – A Grammy Salute (Premiere) at 8pm
AMC: The Walking Dead (Premiere) at 9pm
AMC: Talking Dead (Premiere) at 10pm
AMC: Comic Book Men (Premiere) at 12midnight
WEATHER: Coast Guard Cape Disappointment: Pacific Northwest (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: The Curse of Oak Island (Finale) at 10pm
NBC has pulled The Michael J. Fox Show off its schedule. The comedy, which earned a .7 rating/2 share and 2.2 million total viewers on January 23, will be replaced by Hollywood Game Night starting February 27, after the Olympics. Seven eps already shot have yet to air. But Fox isn’t out of a job – he’s returning to CBS‘s The Good Wife, where he earned three Emmy nominations guest starring as attorney Louis Canning.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Former Clinton aide James Carville has joined Fox News Channel as a contributor. “James’ successful and storied career in politics over several decades is an enormous asset,” said the net’s VP of programming Bill Shine. Carville and wife Mary Matalin left CNN shortly after Jeff Zucker took charge early last year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MTV released Miley Cyrus: MTV Unplugged & Uncensored through its digital and mobile platforms, and the MTV App and MTV Artists App, the first time the net has released an uncensored version of its Unplugged series. The premiere of Miley Cyrus: MTV Unplugged on January 29 averaged one million total viewers and set a new digital record for the franchise, with more than 1.7 million streams in the first 24 hours.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In honor of Black History Month, Revolt is airing Brooklyn Boheme, about the black arts movement in Fort Greene from the mid-1980s through the 1990s. The documentary, originally aired on Showtime, will premiere on Revolt Sunday, February 9 at 8p, with encore airings throughout the month.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC ordered 35 more episodes of Sex Sent Me to the ER, featuring real-life stories of romance gone wrong. Over its first four episodes, the series averaged 1.9 million P2+ viewers and was the number one premiere among ad-supported cable on Saturday night in all key women demos. Encores air Saturdays at 10p, with new eps slated to launch this spring.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hank Azaria (Huff) and Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks) will guest on season two of Showtime drama Ray Donovan. Production is underway in LA for a summer 2014 premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Zachary Knighton (Happy Endings) has been cast in upcoming Fox comedy Weird Loners, about people bonding in a Queens, New York townhouse.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Mistresses gets a little soapier with the addition of General Hospital vet Jason Gerhardt. The actor will play a potential love interest for Alyssa Milano‘s character, reports TVLine, when the drama returns this summer for season two.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Kimberly Williams-Paisley (According to Jim) will recur on Two and a Half Men as a love interest for Alan, reports Deadline. Another Jim alum, Courtney Thorne-Smith, also recurs on Men, as Alan’s ex girlfriend. CBS comedy airs Thursdays at 9:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
John Benjamin Hickey (The Big C) will star in upcoming WGN America drama Manhattan, about the mission to build the first atomic bomb. Daniel Stern (Home Alone) will co-star in the series from Skydance Television/Tribute Studios/Lionsgate Television, set to debut in July.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Peter Facinelli (Nurse Jackie) will head the cast of the pilot for NBC thriller Odyssey, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
(Source: Cynopsis)
On Tuesday, ABC Family‘s Pretty Little Liars was TV’s number one telecast at 8p for its 29th consecutive original telecast in F12-34 (1.3 million/2.9 rating) and 20th consecutive week in W18-34 (826,000/2.4 rating). At 9p, the winter finale of Ravenswood got a 27 percent bump in total viewers (to 1.4 million) versus last week, and 28 percent in A18-49 (to 647,000).
(Source: Cynopsis)
During its final week hosted by Jay Leno, The Tonight Show delivered 5 million total viewers (highest since March 2010) and 1.4 million A18-49 (highest since November 2010).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Wednesday’s American Idol saw its first boost of the season. At 3.9 among A18-49, the Fox singing competition was up a tenth versus last week, according to Nielsen, adding 600,000 more viewers for 13.3 million total.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CW’s The Tomorrow People tied its series low on Wednesday with .5. The drama loses its Arrow lead-in in March, when post-apocalyptic drama The 100 snatches its timeslot. Tomorrow moves to Mondays starting March 17.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The 200th episode of CBS‘s Criminal Minds on Wednesday drew 12.8 million total viewers and saw a healthy 27 percent uptick in A18-49, to 2.8.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
The LEGO Movie (Animated) – Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Channing Tatum, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie
The Monuments Men – George Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, John Goodman
Vampire Academy – Zoey Deutch, Danila Kozlovsky, Lucy Fry, Gabriel Byrne, Sarah Hyland, Joely Richardson, Cameron Monaghan, Sami Gayle, Claire Foy, Ashley Charles
Cavemen (Limited Released) – Skylar Astin, Camilla Belle, Alexis Knapp, Chad Michael Murray, Dayo Okeniyi
A Fantastic Fear of Everything (Limited Release) – Simon Pegg, Amara Karan, Paul Freeman, Crispian Mills
Love and Air Sex (Limited Release) – Zach Cregger, Sara Paxton, Ashley Bell, Michael Stahi-David
The Pretty One (Limited Release) – Zoe Kazan, Jake Johnson, John Carroll Lynch, Frankie Shaw, Ron Livingston, Sterling Beaumon, Dale Raoul
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $107 million
You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $247 million.
Powerball is played in 43 states.
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