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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 2/20/14)
ABC: The Taste (Finale) at 8pm
WE TV: Braxton Family Values (Finale) at 9pm
WE TV: SWV Reunited (Finale) at 10pm

The Voice coach CeeLo Green announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that he will not be returning to the NBC singing competition. “I’m not coming back at all,” said Green. “I just don’t want to wear out my welcome there.” While Green was not scheduled to be a coach for this season, he has appeared on four past seasons. Usher and Shakira, who replaced Green and Christina Aguilera for season four but not season five, return with Adam Levine and Blake Shelton for season six premiering Monday, February 4 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

During this week’s American Idol live shows (Tuesday and Wednesday at 8p), Fox made it harder for fans to skip certain commercials, with live behind-the-scenes footage from the stage and judge’s table airing alongside the ads airing during four ad breaks.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Country music net CMT wants to rope in new talent with a casting website. Submissions can be made here for anyone wanting to flaunt their “country swagger”; VP of casting Zena Van Ackeren will serve as administrator for the site.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ITV continues its acquisitions spree with the announcement Wednesday that it has acquired a majority stake in independent producer DiGa Vision (Teen Wolf), launched in 2011 by former MTV execs Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley. “They have developed a brilliant understanding of pop culture and really know what appeals to the key teenage and young adult demographic – which is supported by their online, mobile and social media strategy,” said Paul Buccieri, managing director, ITV Studios International and president and CEO, ITV Studios US Group.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Getting On is getting a sophomore run on HBO. The net ordered six more eps of the hospital comedy starring Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne) and Niecy Nash (Reno 911), which ended its first critically acclaimed run in December.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TLC brings back a second season of America’s Worst Tattoos with back-to-back eps on Thursday, March 27 at 10p. Bad ink includes an Ace Ventura stamp and a pink elephant.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Medical documentary series Sydney ER returns to Discovery Fit & Health for a second season on Friday, March 7 at 9p. The premiere episode of the Eyeworks Australia production chronicles the case of a hip hop artist who was stabbed in the chest.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season three of Bravo‘s Million Dollar Listing New York launches Wednesday, April 2 at 9p. Season two of the real estate reality show averaged 1.4 million total viewers, up 23 percent from its first go-round. The net’s Married to Medicine comes back for season two on Sunday, April 6 at 9p, after racking up over 1.9 million total viewers during its first run.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jada Pinkett Smith (The Matrix) has been cast as a sadistic gangster boss in Fox drama project Gotham, based on DC Comics characters. Ben McKenzie stars as Detective James Gordon.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Debra Messing (Will & Grace) will star in NBC pilot The Mysteries of Laura. The drama from Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions and Kapital Entertainment is based on a Spanish series about a female homicide detective.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Judd Hirsch (Taxi) will co-star in ABC pilot Forever, as the best friend of an immortal medical examiner, from Lin Pictures in association with Warner Bros. Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow) will star in Fox hip hop drama Empire, reports Variety. The Butler’s Lee Daniels will direct, and Danny Strong write.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) will star in ABC pilot Selfie, about a self-obsessed twentysomething.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Wendell Pierce (The Wire) joins season two of Showtime drama Ray Donovan, in the recurring role of a down-on-his-luck parole officer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ryan McPartlin (Passions) will appear on new USA series Playing House as a hunky officer. The Universal Cable Productions show premieres this spring.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
The Bridges of Madison County opens tonight on Broadway with Kelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/174608/happy-opening-night-to-sexy-farmhouse-lovers-kelli-ohara-and-steven-pasquale-and-the-entire-cast-of-the-bridges-of-madison-county/

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