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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/7/14)
ASPIRE: Exhale (Premiere) at 8pm
DIY: Rescue My Renovation (Premiere) at 8pm
ID: Dead of Night (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Most Infamous (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Hollywood Exes (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Flipping Out (Finale) at 10pm
CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Finale) at 10pm
FXX: Ali G. Rezurection (Finale) at 10:30pm
LIFETIME: Preacher’s Daughters (Finale) at 9pm
OXYGEN: The Face (Finale) at 8pm
ABC demonstrated its faith in Jimmy Kimmel as a weapon in the late night war with a two-year contract extension. In the face of fierce competition, JKL is up 16 percent in total viewers this season and up 13 percent among A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC yanked Believe and Crisis from the May sweep lineup for Sunday, May 18, slotting a Women of SNL special instead. The midseason dramas scored 1.0 in the A18-49 demo on Sunday.
(Source: Cynopsis)
After the first iHeartRadio Music Awards helped boost NBC‘s Thursday A18-49 average by over 50 percent, to 1.7/5 on May 1, the net signed with Clear Channel Media for a 2015 telecast.
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CBS Cares and the National Stroke Association have teamed for PSA storytelling messages to raise awareness of the risk factors associated with strokes. “We learned that every 40 seconds someone in the United States experiences a stroke, often when doing very ordinary things,” said Matthew Margo, SVP, program practices, CBS. “So we wanted to portray that experience for our audience and emphasize that strokes can happen to anyone, anywhere, even at a family event, and to illustrate that they are preventable.” The campaign runs through May.
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Country star Brad Paisley will take a judge’s chair on ABC‘s upcoming singing competition Rising Star, reports Deadline. Auditions are underway for the series, based on the red-hot Israeli format, premiering Sunday, June 22 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Buzzed-about pilot Gotham got the go-ahead at Fox. The Batman prequel stars Ben McKenzie (Southland) as Detective Gordon.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Spike Lee‘s 1986 movie She’s Gotta Have It is being adapted as a TV series for Showtime, with Lee onboard to direct and write.
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Starz ordered a third season of historical fantasy Da Vinci’s Demons. John Shiban (The X Files) hops aboard as exec producer, with series creator David S. Goyer retaining that title.
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USA has ordered a pilot presentation from Billy Eichner (Billy on the Street) and head writer Julie Klausner (Mulaney), says the Hollywood Reporter, about best friends who hate everyone but each other. Amy Poehler will exec produce the comedy, Difficult People, from Universal Cable Productions.
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Animal Planet‘s Treehouse Masters returns with new eps Friday, May 30 at 10p. In season one, the building series delivered 1.3 million P2+ across its premieres, making it the net’s second-most-watched series in 2013.
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WE tv’s first original scripted drama, The Divide, bows Wednesday, July 16 at 9p with a two-hour premiere, taking its regular 10p slot on July 23. The series, written by Richard LaGravenese (Behind the Candelabra), explores morality and racism in the justice system.
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UP celebrates Mother’s Day with original movie My Mother’s Future Husband, Sunday, May 11 at 7p. Lea Thompson (Caroline in the City) stars as a widow whose teenaged daughter is determined to play matchmaker.
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TLC holds its third “Tweet to Win Live” event for the season finale of Long Island Medium on Sunday, May 18. Viewers get a chance for a reading from Theresa Caputo by tweeting with the hashtag #LongIslandMedium 8p-11p; finale airs at 9p. At 10p, as part of TLC’s “Family Reunion” specials, Quints By Surprise: The Five Turn Five catches up with the Jones family.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill) and Sarah Lancaster (Chuck) star in Looking for Mr. Right, premiering on Hallmark Channel Saturday, June 7 at 9p. Also coming up on Hallmark Channel: Fourth of July dramedy When Sparks Fly, on Saturday, June 28 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark Movie Channel‘s The Memory Book premieres Saturday, July 26 at 9p, offering the tale of a photographer looking for love. Megan Ory (Intelligence), Luke Macfarlane (Brothers and Sisters) and Adrienne Barbeau (Maude) star.
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Arts net Ovation proves it’s no snob with hour-long special One Man’s Trash, which has artists competing to turn junkyard finds into treasures. “It’s fascinating to see what someone with artistic ability can do in a competitive environment,” said Ovation SVP of programming and production, Scott Woodward. Show airs Wednesday, May 21 at 10p.
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ABC talent competition Sing Your Face Off debuts Saturday, May 31 at 9p. Sebastian Back (Skid Row), Landry Fields (Toronto Raptors), comedian Jon Lovitz, China Anne McClain (How to Build a Better Boy) and Lisa Rinna (Days of Our Lives) will be physically transformed and trained to perform as music icons in the series, based on the Endemol global hit, Your Face Sounds Familiar.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Miley Cyrus and Ricky Martin have been added to the lineup at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. Presenters include Jordin Sparks, Kelly Rowland, Kendall Jenner, Mark Cuban and Wiz Khalifa. Show airs Sunday, May 18 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Timothy Busfield (Thirtysomething) will play Benjamin Franklin when Fox‘s Sleepy Hollow returns for season two, reports EW.com.
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Nick Sandow and Selenis Leyva have been upped to series regulars on Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, just renewed for season three.
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Daman Wayans Jr. will return for season four of Fox‘s New Girl, this time as a series regular. Wayans, who was in the comedy’s pilot but joined now-canceled Happy Endings instead, recurred on New Girl in season three.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO had a up night: Game of Thrones hit a series-high 7.2 million viewers at 9p on Sunday, and 8.6 million for the night. Freshman Silicon Valley averaged a best-yet 1.8 million at 10p, and Veep drew a season-high 1 million viewers at 10:30p. Late night’s Last Week with John Oliver found 1.2 million viewers, an 8 percent pop from its premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The launch Monday night of Fox event series 24: Live Another Day drew a solid 2.6/8 rating among A18-49, close to the 2.8/8 it earned for its finale in May, 2010.
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The week ending April 27, which included the first two weekdays of May sweep, Dr. Phil (3.3) was ahead in the talk show race by the largest margin in 11 weeks, up 6 percent week-over-week and up 10 percent versus year ago. Most daytime strips were steady or down slightly from the week prior as seasonal PUT levels declined.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FX‘s Louie returned (finally!) for season four Monday night and delivered 941,000 viewers, down from 1.4 million for the season three opener, but 19 percent above its season three average, and 635,000 among A18-49, up 26 percent.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 5/4/14)
1) Various Artists – Frozen – 106,041
2) Lindsey Stirling – Shatter Me – 56,038
3) Ray Lamontagne – Supernova – 39,817
Other Debuts
4) Passion – Passion: Take It All (LIVE) – 30,321
8) Timeflies – After Hours – 19,585
10) WhiteChapel – Our Endless War – 16,109
11) Jim Gaffigan – Obsessed – 13,726
17) Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks Volume 10 Bonus Disc – 12,391
21) Miss May I – Rise of The Lion – 10,489
22) Rodrigo Y Gabriela – 9 Dead Live – 10,469
23) Pixies – Indie Cindy – 10,307
29) JohnnySwim – Diamonds – 9,176
30) Old 97’s Most Messed Up – 9,052
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