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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/12/14)
FUSE: Funny or Die’s Billy on the Street (Premiere) at 11pm
HGTV: Property Brothers (Premiere) at 9pm
TV ONE: Unsung Hollywood: Gary Anthony Williams (Premiere) at 10pm
TBS: Men At Work (Finale) at 10:30pm
Now this is how you reach Millennials. A deadpan President Obama was interviewed by Zach Galifianakis on the comedian’s mock talk show, Between Two Ferns. (Galifiniakis: “Which country were you rooting for in the Winter Olympics?” Obama: “Seriously? I’m the President of the United States.”) In a hilarious six-minute clip on Funny or Die the two get around to the purpose of the President’s visit – Healthcare.gov – but not before Obama notes that running for a third term would be as bad an idea as doing Hangover 3.
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Lifetime has partnered with LeanIn.Org to create a PSA for a LeanIn/Girl Scouts “Ban Bossy” public service campaign, encouraging girls to take leadership roles. Spots on the net feature Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Beyonce, Jennifer Garner, NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, Jane Lynch, Diane von Furstenberg, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria Chavez. BBDO New York was the campaign’s pro bono creative agency partner.
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Sean Combs made a $200 million offer for cable’s Fuse, owned by Madison Square Garden Co., reports Bloomberg. Combs’s plan: convert Fuse into Revolt TV, the music net he launched last year. Fuse reaches 74 million homes, while Revolt is available in about 23 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)
OWN acquired film rights to the Sue Monk Kidd bestseller, Invention of Wings, about 19th century abolitionist sisters. Oprah Winfrey hosts Kidd on OWN’s Super Soul Sunday April 13 at 11a.
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E!‘s Fashion Police serve their own version of March madness with “Fash Fabness.” For three Fridays at 9p, starting March 14, the picky posse will celebrate trend-setting athletes like Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski and New York Giant Victor Cruz.
(Source: Cynopsis)
With a 3.8/10 rating among A18-49, the premiere of ABC‘s Resurrection Sunday tied with NBC‘s September premiere of hit drama The Blacklist. In total viewers (13.9 million), the show is ABC’s most-watched Sunday drama debut since Brothers & Sisters premiered in September 2006.
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Leading into its series finale on March 31, Monday’s How I Met Your Mother took a surprise slide, down 15 percent in total viewers (7.7 million) and 18 percent among A18-49 (2.7). The good news for CBS: Intelligence was up 20 percent in viewers (to 6.5 million) and got a one-tenth lift among A18-49 (to 6.5).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Spike TV‘s Bar Rescue drew 1.4 million total viewers on Sunday, up 21 percent from the season three premiere in October 2013. In its time period among basic cable nets, the series ranked number three with M18-49 and number four in P18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/9/14)
1) Rick Ross – Mastermind – 178,880
2) Pharrell Williams – G I R L – 112,029
3) Various Artists – Frozen – 99,814 (After 15 weeks – 1,332,038)
Other Debuts
4) Lea Michele – Louder – 59,820
5) Eli Young Band – 10,000 Towns – 35, 947
10) Ashanti – Braveheart – 27,628
13) David Nail – I’m A Fire – 23,434
15) American Authors – Oh What A Life – 22,152
16) Drive By Truckers – English Oceans – 18,014
22) KB – 100-EP – 14,202
25) Thirty Seconds To Mars – Love Lust Faith + Dreams – 13,548
34) Real Estate – Atlas – 9,571
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