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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/24/14)
NAT. GEO.: None of the Above (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO.: The Numbers Game (Premiere) at 9:30pm
TRAVEL: Bizarre Foods America (Premiere) at 9pm
TRU TV: Safecrackers (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC FAMILY: The Fosters (Finale) at 9pm
MTV: Teen Wolf (Finale) at 10pm
The heated morning show battle has made its way into the kitchen. NBC‘s Today launches “Fresh Cooks Live: Today’s Spring Cookalong” this morning, a week-long, multiplatform series spanning TV, Today.com and social media, with interactive, live-streamed cooking demonstrations. This morning’s chef: YouTube hit Laura Vitale.
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HBO doc The Case Against 8, about the Supreme Court case that overturned California’s Proposition 8, is getting a June 6 theatrical release ahead of its television premiere on Monday, June 23. “We feel it’s important to bring the story of the men and women behind this roller-coaster battle to screens across the country,” said Sheila Nevins, president, HBO documentary films.
(Source: Cynopsis)
USA ordered 10 eps each of medical dramas Rush, from Fox 21, and Complications, from Fox TV Studios. The net will have 12 series on the air this year, “more hours of programming than ever before,” said net president Chris McCumber.
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ABC is bringing former Bachelor and Bachelorette stars, along with host Chris Harrison, back for summer event series, Bachelor in Paradise. Contestants take another stab at looking for love – this time in an isolated “romantic paradise” – starting Monday, May 19 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The spring finale of ABC Family‘s The Fosters, about a lesbian couple raising five children (one biological, two adopted, two fostered), airs tonight at 9p. The show was a natural fit for exec producer Joanna Johnson, she says. Married to a woman and with two adopted children, Johnson tells Cynopsis that when word of the project first leaked, “I started getting all these texts from people saying, ‘I know what show you should be doing.’ I loved the script, and saw magic in the pilot.” And it focuses on challenges any family might face. “Raising kids,” says Johnson, “is a great equalizer.”
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Spike TV ordered another round of Bar Rescue. The latest batch of original episodes, part of season three, launched Sunday, March 9 and has averaged 1.8 million viewers, improving the timeslot by 173 percent in A18-49. Twenty more eps are on tap from Eyeworks USA; season four bows in fall 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)
USA renewed White Collar for a six-episode sixth season. The net would not confirm speculation that it will be the drama’s last.
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NBC reality competition Last Comic Standing returns to NBC Thursday, May 22 at 9p. New judges Roseanne Barr (Roseanne), Keenan Ivory Wayans (In Living Color) and Russell Peters (Notorious), and new host JB Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm) are onboard for season eight.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CMT has picked up a sophomore season of Party Down South, premiering Thursday, June 5 at 10p. The reality show, from 495 Productions, was the net’s highest-rated original series ever.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Alfre Woodard will play the president in NBC drama pilot State of Affairs. Katherine Heigl stars as the U.S. leader’s legal briefer.
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Leah Renee (The Playboy Club) landed a role in NBC pilot Mission Control, exec produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Renee plays a bombshell secretary.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Vanessa Aspillaga (Law & Order) will guest on upcoming Starz dance drama Flesh and Bone, premiering in 2015.
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With NCAA basketball taking over for CBS‘s Big Bang Theory-led Thursday, the top program of the night among A18-49 was ABC‘s Scandal (2.9 rating/9 share). The net’s Grey’s Anatomy (2.4/7) and Fox‘s American Idol (2.0/6) were the only other shows to crack a 2.0 rating; CW‘s Reign, at .7/2, had a 40 percent bump week over week.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC won Friday night in A18-49 (1.6/5) and total viewers (6.8 million), according to fast nationals. The net’s Shark Tank (2.0/7) was again the top program of the night in the demo. The premiere of CW‘s Whose Line Is it Anyway? at 8p delivered .6/2 among A18-49 and 1.91 million viewers, topping Fox’s Rake (.5/2 and 1.92 million viewers) in the demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)
On its third outing, Food Network‘s Beat Bobby Flay pulled a .6 A25-54 to rank eighth among ad supported cable networks. To date, the series is averaging .6 A25-54/641,000 for its 10p premieres, up 50 percent over year-ago.
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Actor James Rebhorn died March 21 from melanoma. He was 65. In addition to memorable work onstage and in films, Rebhorn played dozens of roles on television, including the father of Claire Danes’ character on Homeland, and Special Agent Reese Hughes on White Collar.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV news producer Adrian “Clem” Taylor died March 21 of pancreatic cancer. He was 60. Taylor spent nearly 20 years at CBS News, the last four at 60 Minutes, winning the Peabody Award in May 2013 for the 60 Minutes segment, “Joy in the Congo.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Divergent – $56 million
Muppets Most Wanted – $16.5 million
Mr. Peabody And Sherman – $11.7 million
300: Rise of an Empire – $8.67 million
God’s Not Dead – $8.6 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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