FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/14/14)
ABC: Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown at 8pm
(SATURDAY 2/15/14)
PIVOT: Chance of a Lifetime (Premiere) at 10am
TRAVEL: Ghost Adventures (Premiere) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 2/16/14)
NAT. GEO.: Wicked Tuna (Premiere) at 9pm
UNIVISION: Nuestra Belleza Latina (Premiere) at 8pm
DISNEY: Good Luck Charlie (Finale) at 8pm
HGTV: Hawaii Life (Finale) at 9pm and 9:30pm
Comcast struck a deal on Thursday to buy Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion or $158.82 per share, roughly what TWC had demanded. Combined, the company would have almost 30 percent of the U.S. pay TV market. As for regulatory issues, “We believe this transaction is approvable,” said Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts. “It is pro-consumer, pro-competitive, and strongly in the public interest.” As for broadcast and cable nets, BTIG media analyst Richard Greenfield predicts “one-time pain they will suffer as a result of the step-down in fees as Time Warner Cable deals reset to Comcast’s terms,” but adds that at the end of the day, a Comcast/TWC combo, “will still need to reach agreements with the major networks their subscribers demand.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
The sixth and final season of Lucasfilm‘s Star Wars: The Clone Wars will be available on Netflix starting Friday, March 7. The first five seasons, which aired on Cartoon Network, can also be binge-watched on the streaming service, along with director’s cut eps. Disney canceled the show last year after its acquisition of Lucasfilm, but advised fans to “stay tuned” for more content.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC‘s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Trailer Park: Welcome to Myrtle Manor return with fresh eps in new time slots on Thursday, January 16. Boo Boo bows at 9p, with the net promising a family road trip “that will go down in reality television history,” while Manor moves in at 10p, as residents feud over the trailer park’s sexy new handyman.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Academy Awards Show host Ellen DeGeneres told her audience on Thursday that her talk show the day after the March 2 Oscars telecast will air live. “I will be delirious from staying up all night long. Not really sure what condition I’ll be in,” the host warned. “I may be in my pajamas. I sleep naked.” Ellen’s on a roll: The Ellen DeGeneres Show delivered a 3.3HH rating the week beginning January 27, its best in series history.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The CW issued early renewals to five series: Arrow for season three, The Vampire Diaries for a sixth run and Supernatural for a tenth season, as well as freshman dramas The Originals and Reign. Shows on the bubble? Hart of Dixie, The Tomorrow People, Beauty & the Beast and The Carrie Diaries.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bravo Media launched the first annual Real Housewives Awards, honoring “the most unforgettable, dramatic and watercooler moments” from the franchise. Fans can vote on categories like Best Fight Locale and Most Memorable Outfit at bravotv.com/rhawards, or access the Bravo app from now until March 21. Winners will be announced Sunday, March 23 throughout the evening’s lineup.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Jim Parsons hosts the first post-Olympics Saturday Night Live show on March 1. It will be the Big Bang Theory Emmy winner’s debut on the NBC late-nighter; musical guest is Beck.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lifetime‘s Drop Dead Divas returns for a sixth and, the net announced, final season with a two-hour premiere event. Colin Egglesfield (The Client List), Virginia Williams (How I Met Your Mother) and Corbin Bleu (High School Musical) will guest on the opener, Sunday, March 23 at 9p; Rick Springfield (“Jessie’s Girl”) will turn up later in the season and perform. Divas had been dropped after season five, too, but got a reprieve.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sting: The Last Ship, featuring the musician playing songs from his new album and upcoming Broadway musical, airs Friday, February 21 at 9p on PBS (check local listings).
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES! plans a tribute to the late Shirley Temple Black, who passed away Monday at age 85, with a marathon of the iconic former child star’s films. 1940’s The Blue Bird leads the slate at 8a on Sunday, February 16.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bravo relives its franchises’ most memorable getaways in Bravo’s Top Ten Vacations, featuring Housewives aplenty, on Wednesday, February 19 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The war between lobster hunters and thieves determined to pillage their catch is chronicled in Sportsman‘s new docuseries, Bahama Lobster Pirates. (At least they don’t have to shovel snow.) Premiere is Saturday, February 15 at 8:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MTV celebrates the Olympics in its second retro theme week. On “Retromania: Team USA”, the music net has current and former athletes revisiting their favorite pop culture moments. Every day from February 17-February 21, the segments will run as interstitials between programming.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lifetime‘s retrospective special, Army Wives: A Final Salute airs Sunday, March 16 at 9p. Plans for the two-hour show were announced when Army Wives was canceled after seven seasons in September.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season five of Food Network‘s Worst Cooks in America debuts Monday, February 17 at 9p, featuring stuffed French toast, spice-infused grilled chicken and… rock climbing!
(Source: Cynopsis)
Arts net Ovation is partnering with Red Bull Media to broadcast a global breakdancing competition. The Red Bull BC One Final has its television premiere Saturday, February 22 at 12p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Juliette Lewis has been cast opposite Ryan Phillippe in ABC drama pilot Secrets & Lies. Lewis will play a detective on a murder case in the ABC Studios/Kapital Entertainment project.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Vivica A. Fox (Indpendence Day) and Mark McGrath (The Neighbors) join the cast of Syfy sequel Sharknado 2: The Second One. Kelly Osbourne, Judd Hirsch, Andy Dick and Judah Friedlander will cameo in the TV movie from The Asylum, scheduled to surface in July.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Krista Allen (Baywatch) announced via Twitter that she landed a guest spot on ABC‘s Mistresses, posting, “Ohhhhh… This is gonna be fun!”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Music notes: U2 will perform Oscar-nominated “Ordinary Love,” which the group wrote for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, on the Academy Awards Show Sunday, March 2 on ABC. It will be the first time the band performs the song live. Karen O will perform her nominee, “The Moon Song,” from Her.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Oprah Winfrey presents a tribute to Nelson Mandela during the 45th NAACP Image Awards, airing Saturday, February 22 at 9p on TV One.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Jay Leno’s last week as Tonight Show host averaged 8.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen, the most since 1993, when Cheers went off the air. Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night handed NBC it biggest week since 1992, with an average 4.2 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dexter is killing it in the ratings for NUVOtv. The net reports the show increased its A18-49 audience by 221 percent over year ago time periods, leading to gains of 33 percent in the demo versus its 2013 overall primetime average. In December, NUVOtv announced it had acquired the rights to air the Showtime hit in its first syndication window on basic cable.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
RoboCop – Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Abbie cornish, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jay Baruchel, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jackie Earle Haley, Aimee Garcia
Endless Love – Alex Pettyfer, Gabriella Wilde, Robert Patrick, Anna Anger, Bruce Greenwood, Rhys Wakefield, Dayo Okenlyl, Emma Rigby, Joely Richardson
Winter’s Tale – Colin Farrell, Matt bomer, Eva Marie Saint, Russell Crowe, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly, Jessica Brown Findlay
About Last Night – Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall, Joy Bryant, Christopher McDonald, Paula Patton, Adam Rodriguez
Adult World (Limited Release) – Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, John Cusack, Armando Riesco, Cloris Leachman, Shannon Woodward
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