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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 5/27/14)
ABC: Extreme Weight Loss (Premiere) at 8pm
DFA: 20/20 Mysterious Minds (Premiere) at 10pm
ESQUIRE: Boundless (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: Sinister Ministers: Collared (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Little Women: LA (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: America’s Got Talent (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: The Night Shift (Premiere) at 10pm
OWN: The Haves and the Have Nots (Premiere) at 9pm
SCIENCE: Alien Encounters (Premiere) at 10pm
BBC AMERICA: Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (Finale) at 10pm
ID: Secret Lives of Stepford Wives (Finale) at 8:30pm
LIFETIME: Tru Tori (Finale) at 10pm
PBS: Coming Back with Wes Moore (Finale) at 8pm
TBS canceled ratings-challenged late-nighter The Pete Holmes Show after two seasons. “We recognize Pete as one of the most relevant comedians working today,” said the net. “We loved the show and gave it two chances, we just couldn’t draw the audience needed to justify a third round.” But no hard feelings. “I got to work everday in a magical chocolate factory of joy,” Holmes posted on Facebook Friday night. “It was a great experience from start to finish, and I have nothing but love and thanks for all involved.” Show ends Wednesday, June 18.
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CBS is running new eps of 48 Hours on Mondays at 10p through June 16. The newsmag will continue to air on Saturdays, with updated reruns.
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Netflix is in talks with the creators of Wet Hot American Summer to adapt the 2001 summer camp comedy into a series, reports Variety. Original cast included Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler and David Hyde Pierce.
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Quentin Tarantino wants to add footage to his 2012 movie, Django Unchained, and turn it into a four-hour mini-series for cable, the director told an audience in Cannes. “People roll their eyes at a four-hour movie,” said Tarantino, “but a four-hour miniseries that they like, they are dying to watch all four parts.”
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Sneak peek: Fox released the trailer for fall drama Red Band Society, exec produced by Steven Speilberg and starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer.
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Former Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” anchor Norm Donaldson isn’t being shy about his desire to replace the departing Craig Ferguson as host of CBS‘s Late Late Night. “It would be so cool to get that job,” Donaldson told the New York Times. And a Twitter campaign is getting attention. “You want to be part of the conversation,” Donaldson told the Times. “If it takes walking up to the table where the conversation is taking place, I don’t think that’s so terrible.”
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Tween dream Justin Bieber will appear on Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance to introduce a new element to the show: competing dance crews. Viewers vote via Twitter; winner gets to perform on the season finale. Two-hour season premiere is Wednesday, May 28 at 8p.
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Starz drama Power premieres Saturday, June 7 at 9p. Exec producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson penned the title theme, “Big Rich Town”; music video is here. The net’s Outlander, based on Diana Gabaldon’s best-sellers, bows Saturday, August 9 at 9p.
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It didn’t give away much, but BBC America‘s trailer for season eight of Dr. Who, with Peter Capaldi stepping in as the 12th Doctor, did reveal an August premiere. Capaldi replaces Matt Smith.
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Hallmark‘s Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove returns for season two Saturday, July 19 at 8p.
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Epix airs a week’s worth of late-night comedy specials during “Serious About Comedy” week Monday, June 16-Sunday June 22. Among the jokers: Tom Papa, Dennis Miller and Jenny McCarthy.
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Catherine Dent (The Shield) has been cast in AMC pilot Galantine, playing the survivor of a global disaster. Shooting starts next month in Utah.
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Mark Pellerino (Lost) nabbed the lead in upcoming A&E supernatural drama The Returned, from A+E Studios and FremantleMedia North America.
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NBC‘s Last Comic Standing returned Thursday for the first time since 2010 to a 1.7/6 share among A18-49, enough to win the 10p timeslot. Four years ago, it premiered to 2.0/6.
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Actor Matthew Cowles died May 22. He was 69. In addition to roles on stage (Sweet Bird of Youth) and screen (Shutter Island), Cowles won two Emmys for his memorable role as Billy Clyde Tuggle on All My Children. Cowles was married to Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) since 1983.
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