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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 6/5/14)
CMT: Party Down South (Premiere) at 10pm
DA: Unsealed: Conspiracy Files (Premiere) at 8pm
GSN: It Takes A Church (Premiere) at 9pm
SPORTSMAN: America Unplugged (Premiere) at 8pm
HBO: 24/7 Cotto/Martinez (Finale) at 8:30pm

Showtime renewed Penny Dreadful for a season two, with an expanded episode order of ten. The horror thriller, averaging 4.8 million viewers since launch, is the net’s most-watched new show ever on-demand.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Will Arnett (Arrested Development) is back on Netflix, voicing a has-been sitcom star – and horse – in the animated adult comedy BoJack Horseman “who has been trying to find his way through a muddle of self-loathing, whisky and failed relationships.” Amy Sedaris plays his ex in the 12-ep series, launching Friday, August 22 at 12:01a.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Logo TV added the Brooklyn Nets’ Jason Collins and Netflix series Orange Is the New Black to the list of honorees included in a one-hour event focusing on pioneers in the fight for LGBT equality. Trailblazers premieres Thursday, June 26 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family is developing Rated P for Parenthood with Kelly Ripa (LIVE with Kelly and Michael) and husband Mark Consuelos‘s (Alpha House) Milojo Productions and Jamie Denbo, reports Deadline. The family comedy is based on an off-Broadway musical that ran in 2012.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bravo‘s Top Chef Duels premieres Wednesday, August 6 at 10p. The new franchise spin-off brings back faves for “a gastronomic battle royale of epic proportions.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

R&B Divas LA returns for season two on TV One Wednesday, July 16 at 10p. Original cast members Chante Moore, Lil’ Mo, Claudette Ortiz and Michel’le will be reunited on the Thinkfactory Media production, joined by new cast members Chrisette Michele and Leela James.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The day after the start of the World Cup in Brazil, Showtime looks at a soccer sensation through a different lens with David Beckham Into the Unknown. The documentary, chronicling the retired superstar’s journey into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, premieres Friday, June 13 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Steve Carell (The Office) guests on the season three premiere of AXS TV‘s Tom Green Live on Thursday, June 12 at 9p, following the series premiere of MOCKpocalypse at 8:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ASPiRE marks Black Music Month with ASPiRE Jam Session, exclusive musical vignettes from artists including R&B singer Joe, soul’s Avery*Sunshine and rapper Mr. Sho’Nuff throughout the month of June.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The lineup for the new season of Who Do You Think You Are? on TLC includes Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family), Lauren Graham (Parenthood), Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Rachel McAdams (The Notebook) and Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City). The series digging into celebs’ family histories bows Wednesday, July 23 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A&E and The Hollywood Reporter are teaming for a four-part The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables series leading up to the Emmy Awards. First up: the Drama Actor Roundtable Sunday, June 8 at 8a.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The U.S. premiere of Autopsy: The Last Hours Of… airs on Reelz Wednesday, June 4 at 8p. The documentary series uses autopsy evidence to explain the sudden deaths of celebs including Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Richard Kind (Spin City) has been cast in Amazon pilot Red Oaks, exec produced by Steven Soderbergh and project director David Gordon Green.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New NBC medical drama The Night Shift was just .1 off its premiere last Tuesday, according to Nielsen. ABC‘s Celebrity Wife Swap jumped three tenths, to 1.5/5, for its season finale, while the premiere of CW social experiment Famous in 12 drew a scant .2/1 in the demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS Television‘s Judge Judy was the number one syndicated show in the May sweep, with a 7.3 HH rating – up 9 percent versus May 2013 for Her Honor’s best May sweep showing in six years.  Dr. Phil won the talk show race for the 8th sweep in a row, with 3.4, up 13 percent.
(Source: Cynopsis)

 

 

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