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Craig Ferguson is leaving The Late Late Show when his contract is up in December. “CBS and I are not getting divorced,” he said in a statement, “we are ‘consciously uncoupling.'” Ferguson, who has hosted the late-nighter since 2005, scored a multi-million dollar payout when CBS decided to replace The Late Show‘s David Letterman with Stephen Colbert. Ferguson had already made plans to move on to syndicated Celebrity Name Game in fall 2014, and produce I F***ing Love Science for Science Channel.
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is strengthening its bench with stand-up comedian and Saturday Night Live writer Michael Che as a correspondent. Che’s first special is coming up, on Comedy Central Monday, June 9.
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CBS announced season finale storylines for shows wrapping up in May. Some highlights: Gretchen has a big surprise for Two and a Half Men‘s Alan on their wedding day (Thursday, May 8 at 9p; Brad Paisley guests); Mark Harmon goes home after the death of his father, who had been played by Ralph Waite (the episode, on Tuesday, May 13 at 8p, is a tribute to the late actor); Sheldon considers a big move on The Big Bang Theory (Thursday, May 15 at 8p); the final teams dash through Las Vegas on The Amazing Race (Sunday, May 18 at 8p), and the winner is crowned on Survivor (Wednesday, May 21 at 8p).
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Fox is planning a live, three-hour production of Grease (wt: Grease Live), with Paramount TV, for 2015. “Its iconic characters and addictive songs make it the perfect fit for Fox,” said Shana C. Waterman, SVP of event series for Fox. “We’re going to give it the kind of star power and production quality to make every Sandy, Danny, Rizzo and Kenickie out there want to get up and sing along.”
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Nickelodeon celebrates Mother’s Day with a special episode of Instant Mom featuring four memorable TV mothers. Marion Ross (Happy Days), Florence Henderson (The Brady Bunch), Meredith Baxter (Family Ties) and Jackee (Sister, Sister) appear Thursday, May 8 at 8p to dole out advice.
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Season five of Fox‘s Masterchef debuts Monday, May 26 at 8p. The cooking competition will feature a diverse crew of 30, including an ad exec, a high school student and a church music director.
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Life with La Toya is back for a sophomore run on Saturday, June 7 at 10p, with two back-to-back eps on OWN.
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E! offers tours of four luxe homes on the market in a new A-List Listings. Half-hour special, featuring houses owned by celebs including Queen Latifah and Oliver Stone, airs Thursday, May 8 at 8p.
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Season two of ASPiRE‘s Exhale returns Wednesday, May 7 at 8p, for more candid discussions about topics relevant to the lives of African-American women.
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SundanceTV is bringing back original scripted series The Red Road for a second season. Six fresh eps launch in 2015.
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Sarah Silverman will recur on season two of Showtime drama Masters of Sex. Production is underway for a Sunday, July 13 premiere.
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Jake Weber (Medium) has joined AMC‘s Hell on Wheels as a series regular. Drama returns this summer for season four.
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John Oliver‘s Last Week Tonight got off to a solid start, delivering 1.1 million viewers to HBO on Sunday, and 1.4 million counting a second showing – a 51 percent lift over the timeslot average. But the big news was the net’s Game of Thrones, averaging a series-high 6.9 million viewers at 9p.
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