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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 2/11/14)
ABC FAMILY: Twisted (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Shahs of Sunset (Finale) at 9pm
FOX: Dads (Finale) at 8pm
Cable news net HLN, known for its coverage of high-profile crime cases, is rebranding as “the first TV network for the social media generation,” announced its president, Albie Hecht, on Monday. “Just as MTV was adopted by a disconnected target audience that was underserved by television, HLN will be the first TV home to embrace the social media generation.” The plan: curate trending news and viral events across all platforms, with headlines “ripped from the most ‘plugged-in’ sites and blogs.”
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Guests for the first week of the Jimmy Fallon iteration of NBC‘s Tonight Show include Will Smith, Jerry Seinfeld, Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Kristen Wiig, Tim McGraw, Will Ferrell, First Lady Michelle Obama and Justin Timberlake.
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Modern Family exec producer Dan O’Shannon is leaving the ABC hit comedy at the end of the season for a three-year deal to develop projects at CBS Television Studios, reports Deadline.
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A&E placed an order for 18 more Wahlburgers. The reality series featuring Mark, Donnie and Paul Wahlberg and their Boston burger business is averaging 3.5 million viewers in its freshman run, after a premiere that delivered 3.3 million. The show airs Wednesdays at 10:30p.
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Saturday Night Live alum Fred Armisen, who once played drums with Blue Man Group in Chicago, is joining NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers as the band leader, with his 8G band. “Fred will curate and lead the band, and continue to run it even when he’s off shooting Portlandia,” tweeted Meyers on Monday. IFC sketch comedy Portlandia returns for season four Thursday, February 27 at 10p.
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Jimmy Kimmel will try to grab some of those late night headlines by revealing the name of the cover model for Sports Illustrated’s 50th Swimsuit issue Thursday, February 13 on Jimmy Kimmel Live; the model will pay a visit to the show in person on Monday, February 17. NBC talker airs at 11:35p.
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HGTV debuts two real estate shows next month. Flip It to Win It, tasking experts with renovating, then flipping auctioned homes for top dollar, premieres Tuesday, March 4 at 11p. In New House, New Life, bowing Thursday, March 6 at 11p, urbanites swap the city for greener pastures. “Programs that showcase real people as they contemplate taking risks in the real estate market continue to be very popular with audiences,” said Steven Lerner, SVP, programming and development, HGTV and DIY Network.
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Psychosexual thriller Penny Dreadful, starring Josh Hartnett and Timothy Dalton, premieres Sunday, May 11 at 10 on Showtime. The net debuts climate change documentary Years of Living Dangerously Sunday, April 13 at 10p.
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Nurse Jackie comes back for season six on Showtime Sunday, April 13 at 9p, followed by the premiere of the seventh and final season of Californication at 9:30p.
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Music net Fuse is holding a screening for the first two episodes of the new season of Funny Or Die’s Billy on the Street in NYC on Tuesday, March 4 at 7p. Tweets and photos from the audience will be displayed on the Beacon Theatre screen. Season three of the comic game show premieres Wednesday, March 12 at 11p.
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Kevin Alejandro (True Blood) has been cast in ABC drama pilot Clementine, opposite Sarah Snook as the psychic title character.
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Actor/producer Anthony Anderson (The Departed) will host the 45th NAACP Image Awards, joining a roster of presenters that includes Tyler Perry, Arsenio Hall, Gabrielle Union and Lou Gossett Jr. Two-hour show airs Saturday, February 22 at 9p on TV One.
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The Producers Guild of America announced Monday that its 2015 awards will take place in Saturday, January 24 in LA. This year’s honors were on January 19.
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OWN acquired the rights to adapt the dishy (wild parties! Elvis Presley!) memoir of 1960s singer Darlene Love. To be exec produced by Oprah Winfrey and Morgan Neville, with Love serving as an exec producer, it will be the net’s first original movie.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Food Network is sending Guy Fieri and Alton Brown back into the kitchen for sophomore runs. Season one of Guy’s Grocery Games averaged a .7 A25-54 rating Sundays at 8p; Brown-hosted Cutthroat Kitchen averaged .8 in the demo at 10p.
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The Winter Olympics scored a 14.4/22 household rating and 26.3 million viewers for NBC Sunday night, up from the 14.3/23 rating/26.4 million viewers in the time slot for the far more time-zone-friendly Vancouver Games in 2010.
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The mid-season premiere of its fourth season brought AMC‘s The Walking Dead 15.8 million total viewers and 10.9 million A18-49 on Sunday. In the demo, it was the number one telecast of the night, Olympics included.
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