FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ MOVIES/ NYC STREET FAIRS/ MEGA MILLIONS/ POWERBALL

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 5/16/14)
SCIENCE: Where The Wild Men Are (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: Barbara Walters: Her Story (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: Shark Tank (Finale) at 8pm
CW: Hart of Dixie (Finale) at 9pm
FOX: Kitchen Nightmares (Finale) at 9pm

(SATURDAY 5/17/14)
CMT: CMT Hot 20 Countdown (Premiere) at 11am
NBC: Saturday Night Live  (Season Finale) – Host: Andy Samberg, Musical Guest: St. Vincent at 11:30pm

(SUNDAY 5/18/14)
HGTV: Living Country (Premiere) at 2pm and 2:30pm
ABC: 2014 Billboard Music Awards at 8pm
CBS: The Amazing Race (Finale) at 8pm
CBS: The Good Wife (Finale) at 9pm
CBS: The Mentalist (Finale) at 10pm
FOOD: America’s Best Cook (Finale) at 9pm
LMN: Those Who Kill (Finale) at 10pm

Neil Patrick Harris was approached by CBS CEO Les Moonves about doing a late night show, the How I Met Your Mother star told Howard Stern on Wednesday. Describing it as a very preliminary conversation, before David Letterman announced his retirement from Late Show, Harris said he wasn’t interested  but would like to host a variety show.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FX canceled Legit after two seasons, as well as animated Chozen, launched in January.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN announced a docuseries centered on Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by the NFL. The Pilgrim Studios production will follow the former University of Missouri player as he works to earn a spot on the St. Louis Rams.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Among the guests popping by to say goodbye to Barbara Walters on her last episode as co-host of ABC‘s The View (taped yesterday): Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV, Palladia and VH1 will cover this weekend’s 2014 Hangout Music Festival with an “unmatched and customized music experience,” said Viacom Music Group. Palladia air will The Killers’ entire live performance on Saturday, May 17 at 10p, with VH1 simulcasting the first three songs. On Sunday, May 18, MTV will air a 30-minute highlight special at 7p. Fans can go also go online, on their phones and on social platforms for live and on-demand performances, interviews and backstage coverage.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comedian Chris Rock will host the 2014 BET Awards, airing Sunday, June 29 on BET. “The BET Awards is like a party where nothing is off limits,” said Rock, who hosted the Academy Awards in 2005. “My peers have done the show; now it’s my turn.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Flex & Shanice, a one-hour special focused on actor Flex Alexander and his wife, 90s pop singer Shanice and their family, premieres Saturday, May 31 at 10p on OWN.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds) and Donald Sumpter (Game of Thrones) have joined the cast of SundanceTV miniseries One Child, a BBC Drama production for BBC Two, co-produced with SundanceTV.
(Source: Cynopsis)

T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy) landed the male lead opposite Mena Suvari in Amazon Studios pilot Hysteria, from Shaun Cassidy, Alcon Entertainment and Universal Television. Knight plays a man on death row.
(Source: Cynopsis)

John Barrowman has been upped to series regular for season three of CW‘s Arrow. Barrowman plays Macolm Merlyn in the comic book drama.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) will play an empress in Netflix drama Marco Polo. The 10-ep series premieres in late 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Godzilla – Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn, Bryan Cranston
Million Dollar Arm – Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Bill Paxton, Suraj Sharma, Lake Bell, Madhur Mittal, Pitobash, Alan Arkin, Bar Paly, Allyn Rachel, Tzi Ma, Al Sapienza
The Immigrant (Limited Release) – Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Dagmara Dominczyk, Jicky Schnee, Yelena Solovey, Maja Wampuszyc, Ilia Volok

NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday May 16, 2014
Bowling Green Park Fair – at Broadway and Whitehall St.

Saturday May 17, 2014
Graham Ave. Fiesta (Brooklyn) – on Graham Ave. from Boerum St. to Broadway
Lower Third Ave. Spring Festival – on 3rd Ave. from Astor to 14th St.
9th Ave. Food Festival – from 42nd to 57th St.

Sunday May 18, 2014
Fabulous 5th Ave. Festival – on 5th Ave. from St. John to 12th St.
52nd St. Spring Fair – on 52nd St. from 6th to 7th Ave.
9th Ave. Food Festival – from 42nd to 57th St.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $136 million

You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $100 million.

Powerball is played in 43 states.

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