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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 4/7/14)
AMC: Windtalkers (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: House Crashers (Premiere) at 11pm
FOOD: Kitchen Casino (Premiere) at 9pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Kimberly’s Simply Southern (Premiere) at 4pm
ID: Stalked: Someone’s Watching (Finale) at 10pm
SYFY: Bitten (Finale) at 8pm
SYFY: Being Human (Finale) at 9pm
SYFY: Lost Girl (Finale) at 10pm
That How I Met Your Mother series finale that had some viewers of the CBS comedy up in arms? There’s another option. In a series of tweets, co-creator Carter Bays revealed an alternate ending that will be included in the DVD series. “We chose the ending we chose and we stand by it,” he tweeted. “But we loved the other version too.” DVD collection comes out this fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NUVOtv reached an agreement to buy music net Fuse from Madison Square Garden Co. Said Jennifer Lopez, NUVOtv shareholder and chief creative officer, “Music is my first love so the acquisition of Fuse is near and dear to my heart. It’s exciting that between NUVOtv and Fuse we’ll have the ability to deliver a broad array of terrific content both from a Latino perspective and across multiple genres, including music, to a broader audience.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
The plot of Tuesday’s ABC‘s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be impacted by a big screen revelation in Disney-America‘s Captain America: The Winter Soldier this weekend. ABC teased the twist on Facebook.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox cut Glee‘s season order from 22 episodes to 20, citing a production hiatus due to the sudden death of actor Cory Monteith. Despite soft ratings (.9 A18-49 and 2.6 million viewers on Tuesday), the show has been renewed for season six.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In the wake of David Letterman‘s announcement that he’s leaving CBS‘s Late Show, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a top ten list celebrating the talk show host. Number one: “He inspired the first top ten list by a New York State Governor.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC‘s new summer series Sing Your Face Off premieres Saturday, May 31 at 9p. Two back-to-back eps of the talent competition air in the slot each week. Bet Your Baby bows the same night, at 8p, for all-original programming on Saturdays.
(Source: Cynopsis)
With Astronaut Wives bumped from summer to midseason, ABC changed premiere dates for returning Rookie Blue and new series The Quest. Blue comes back Thursday, June 19 at 9p (from July 17) and Quest debuts Thursday, July 31 at 8p (from June 19).
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Dr. Phil Show airs its 2000th episode tomorrow, April 8. Among the guests are a boy who appeared the first season when he was four and weighed 150 pounds, and a season two guest who was the subject of the first live drug intervention on television. The spin-off of The Oprah Winfrey Show premiered in September 2002.
(Source: Cynopsis)
DB Woodside (Parenthood) and Brendan Hines (Betrayal) will join USA drama Suits in a multi-episode arc when the series returns this summer for its season four.
(Source: Cynopsis)
BBC Two confirmed via Twitter that Benedict Cumberbatch will star in the net’s Richard III, exec produced by Sam Mendes.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The night David Letterman announced his retirement, CBS‘s Late Show ratings topped the competition in the 56 metered markets with a HH 3.2/8. Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon scored 2.4/6 on NBC, and ABC‘s Jimmy Kimmel Live came in third with 2.4/6.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Cooking Channel had its own most-watched quarter since launching in 2010, with a 9 percent increase in total views and 6 percent increase in A25-54. Total day viewership was up 6 percent, averaging 29 million P2+ viewers versus year-ago.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HGTV was the most watched cable network on weekends among P25-54 and W25-54 in 1Q14, attracting an average of 14 million viewers Saturday and Sunday between 7a-6p, and ranked as the number 1 cable network on weekends among upscale P25-54 and W25-54.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $96.2 million
Noah – $17 million
Divergent – $13 million
God’s Not Dead – $7.7 million
The Grand Budapest Hotel – $6.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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