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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 3/27/14)
FOX: Surviving Jack (Premiere) at 9:30pm
ID: Evil Twins (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: America’s Worst Tattoos (Premiere) at 10pm
TRU TV: Impractical Jokers (Premiere) at 9:30pm

The day after news broke that Showtime’s Shameless had switched to the comedy category for the 2014 Emmys came word that HBO’s True Detective is gunning for trophies in the ultra-competitive drama field. With a new cast and premise next season, the show is eligible for the less-crowded mini-series category – but with positive buzz and star Matthew McConaughey red-hot after an Oscars win, why not swing for the fences?
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox announced more 2014 premiere dates. On deck: the spring premiere of The Mindy Project Tuesday, April 1 at 9p; the launch of Kitchen Nightmares’ season six on Friday, April 11 at 9p; new unscripted series Riot on Tuesday, May 13 at 9p; season five launch of Masterchef on Monday, May 19 at 8p; new drama Gang Related Thursday, May 22 at 9p; dating show I Wanna Marry “Harry” Tuesday, May 27 at 8p; season eleven bow of So You Think You Can Dance on Wednesday, May 28 at 8p and the season two opener of Hotel Hell, Monday, July 21 at 9p. MIA: freshman comedy Enlisted.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Speaking of I Wanna Marry “Harry”: the secret’s finally out about the Fox reality show, which has twelve American women competing for a Prince Harry lookalike they think is the real deal. Deadline reports the project’s premise was kept hush-hush as the women worked their wiles on “Harry,” aka commoner Matthew Hicks, on an estate in Berkshire.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC picked up action series Taxi Brooklyn for a summer run. The 12-ep series from EuropaCorp Television stars Chyler Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy).
(Source: Cynopsis)

BBC America zombie series In the Flesh returns for a six-part season two Saturday, May 10 at 10p. The drama, a co-production with BBC Drama Production North, tells the story of a teenager with PDS (Partially Deceased Syndrome).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ricky Martin, Luis Fonsi and the “Mother of all bands” Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga join previously announced performers for the 2014 Billboard Latin Music Awards presented by State Farm. Telemundo will broadcast the awards show live from Miami on Thursday, April 24 at 7p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comedy special Dennis Miller: America 180 makes its TV premiere on EPIX Friday, June 13 at 8p. Produced by New Wave Entertainment, the show was taped at the Barclay Theatre in Irvine, CA.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix acquired the rights to Print the Legend, about the battle for dominance in the field of 3D printing. The documentary took home an award at the 2014 SXSW film festival.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former chef’testants from Bravo’s Top Chef offer cooking demonstrations and other activities on four Celebrity Cruises vacations as part of the “Top Chef at Sea” experience. First stop: Bermuda, setting sail July 27.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Perrey Reeves (Entourage) will recur on USA’s Covert Affairs when it returns for season five this summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS saw bumps for its three dramas on Tuesday: NCIS (2.5 rating A18-49) and NCIS: Los Angeles (2.4 A18-49) were up a tenth, while Person of Interest (2.0 in the demo) got a three tenths lift. Fox’s New Girl (1.2), however, saw a season low.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The season three finale of MTV’s Teen Wolf drew 2.3 million total viewers and a 2.0 P12-34 rating, the show’s highest-rated episode since the January premiere. The season is the highest rated to date and was Monday’s number one cable program with teens, reports the net. This season, ratings grew 50 percent with +3 day playback to average a 2.7 rating among P12-34 and 3.1 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season four of Downton Abbey delivered an average 13.2 million viewers counting Live+7 viewing, up from 11.5 million for season three. The average audience for the third season of Sherlock grew to 6.6 million viewers, from 4.4 million in season two.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TBS’s freshman sitcom Ground Floor delivered 1.8 million viewers this quarter, boasts the net, and ranked as one of basic cable’s Top 10 new originals with key demos, averaging 1.1 million A18-49 and 640,000 A18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On Tuesday, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge became Syfy’s highest-rated unscripted premiere among A25-54 (628,000) since July 2013. The reality competition averaged 1.2 million total viewers and 585,00 A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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