FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/19/14)
TV ONE: Unsung: Nile Rodgers & Chic (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: Super Fun Night (Finale) at 9:30pm
FUSE: Insane Clown Posse Theater (Finale) at 11:30pm
CBS is developing another CSI spinoff, set in Quantico, VA. A backdoor pilot will air as an episode during the show’s current 14th season, with a focus on technology. CSI: New York was canceled last year after ten seasons; CSI: Miami went off the air in 2012 after nine.
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Satan, played by an actor who bore a resemblance to President Obama, will not make it to the big screen. History Channel miniseries The Bible, from 20th Century Fox with producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, was crafted into a film called Son of God that won’t include the character that stirred controversy. Insisting any resemblance was unintentional, Downey said in a statement, “We cast Satan out. It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the devil is on the cutting room floor.”
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Among the celebs popping by The Tonight Show on Monday to pay off a $100 “bet” that Jimmy Fallon would never get to be host of the talker (Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey, Rudy Giuliani, Lady Gaga to name a few, plus Stephen Colbert, who shouted “Welcome to 11:30, bitch,” before snapping a selfie) was Joan Rivers. The caustic comic had been banned from Tonight Show since 1986, when she left her role as permanent guest host to star in a competing show on Fox, The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers. “It’s about time!” said Rivers in a statement. “I’ve been sitting in a taxi outside NBC with the meter running since 1987.”
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Vice President Joe Biden will stump for health care on ABC’s The View on Tuesday, February 25 at 11a, as part of the talk show’s “Red, White & View” campaign. The segment will air live.
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The OWN documentary series about Lindsay Lohan premieres Sunday, March 9 at 10p. Announced in July while Lohan was in rehab, Lindsay tracks the recovery of the troubled star.
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Former Good Morning America forecaster Sam Champion launches his new Weather Channel show, AMHQ with Sam Champion, on Monday, March 17 at 7a – St. Patrick’s Day. Segments will include live reporting from New York and the Chicago River, dyed green annually for the big day.
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MTV is offering three follow-up docs with former Teen Moms on Sunday, February 23. Being Farrah, focused on controversial porn vet Farrah Abraham, airs at 8p, followed by Being Catelynn, about adoption advocate Catelynn Lowell at 9p and Being Amber, which shares the struggles of rehabilitated convict Amber Portwood at 10p.
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Showtime renewed drama Shameless for season five and comedy House of Lies for season four. Shameless, averaging 5.5 million weekly viewers across platforms, airs Sundays at 9p; House of Lies airs at 10p. Episodes had already won a Sunday renewal.
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TLC‘s 19 Kids & Counting launches season eight on Tuesday, April 1 at 8p. A book by the four eldest Duggar daughters, Growing Up Duggar, will be released March 4.
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Add Oscar winner Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables) to the list of presenters on hand for the Academy Awards Show, airing on ABC Sunday, March 2 at 8p.
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HGTV’s new series, The Jennie Garth Project, is in production, following the actress as she renovates her home. “I’m tired of over-paying people to do things,” said the former Beverly Hills, 90210 star. “I can do it myself.” Series from Departure Films is scheduled to premiere in June; Garth’s comedy with Tori Spelling, Mystery Girls, got the green light from ABC Family last month.
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VH1 picked up Naked Dating (wt), a relationship series “free of pre-conceived notions, stereotypes – and clothes.” The show, from Lighthearted Entertainment, “will be edited according to network standards,” promises VH1. But it’s not really about the nudity. “On the surface this show appears very provocative, but at its heart is a sweet show about people looking to make a real and lasting connection with someone,” Susan Levison, VH1 EVP, Original Programming & Production. ”The ‘naked’ will get your attention, but storytelling will keep you coming back.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
NUVOtv struck a co-production partnership with music video and entertainment platform Vevo for new music/pop culture trends show The Collective, Powered by Vevo, premiering Thursday, March 6 at 8p. After its NUVOtv premiere, each ep will air exclusively across Vevo’s free apps and Vevo.com.
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Kal Penn (House) has been cast in CBS‘s Battle Creek, from Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad) and David Shore (House). Sony Pictures Television and CBS Television Studios are producing.
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Rose McIver (The Lovely Bones) will star as Cathy in Lifetime‘s Flowers in the Attic sequel, Petals in the Wind, says the Hollywood Reporter. McIver replaces Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) as an older version of the character; Heather Graham and Ellen Burstyn will return. Flowers delivered Lifetime a sweet 6.1 million viewers on January 18.
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James Brolin (Marcus Welby, M.D.) will guest on the season finale of Hallmark Channel original series When Calls the Heart, as a judge, on Saturday, March 29 at 9p. Brolin starred in hit Hallmark original movie Christmas with Tucker.
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Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) will star in a Fox comedy pilot from Ricky Blitt, playing the bright but underachieving stepson of Jane Kaczmarek (The Middle).
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AMC‘s The Walking Dead scared up an average 8.7 million viewers among A18-49 Sunday night, enough to place NBC‘s Olympics coverage second in the demo. But the Games brought home gold with total viewers, delivering 21.3, versus an average 13.3 for Dead.
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Jimmy Fallon‘s debut as host of The Tonight Show delivered 11.3 million viewers and an average 3.8 among A18-49 night, beating Conan O’Brien’s 2009 premiere as host by over two million in viewers, and tying in the demo.
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Actress Mary Grace Canfield died February 15 of lung cancer. She was 85. Canfield, who appeared on numerous television shows, was best known for playing handywoman Ralph Monroe on Green Acres.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/16/14)
1) Eric Church – Outsiders – 287,668
2) Various Artists – Frozen – 100,184 (After 12 weeks – 1,051,694)
3) Various Artists – Now 49 – 77,329 (After 2 weeks – 176,214)
Other Debuts
13) Glitch Mob – Love Death Immortality – 21,766
25) Crosses – +++ – 13,956
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