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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 6/12/14)
AXS TV: MOCKpocalypse (Premiere) at 8:30pm
AXS TV: Tom Green Live (Premiere) at 9pm
GAC: Junk Gypsies (Premiere) at 9pm

A year after an admitted racial slur caused her fall from grace and the loss of numerous sponsorships, not to mention her Food Network show, Southern chef Paula Deen is on the comeback trail with her own digital network. Paula Deen Ventures plans to launch paid subscription-based Paula Deen Network in September. “Y’all can get my recipes, tips and cooking anytime you want,” said Deen in a statement. Sign-up for the service is at PaulaDeen.com.
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Starz gave an early pick-up to Power, which debuted to 462,000 viewers Friday and delivered over 2 million viewers over the weekend. How will the soph season measure up? “Viewers may be loving the start of season one now,” said exec producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, “but season two will blow them away.”
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Some Sharknado with your sunscreen? Merchandise from beach towels to boxer shorts will be available at over 1000 retail outlets, including Wal-Mart, Spencer’s and Hot Topic, featuring the Syfy TV-movie brand; The Asylum and licensing agency Earthbound LLC announced over 20 merchandising partners and licensees have been secured. Sharknado 2: The Second One premieres Wednesday, July 30 at 9p.
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The Paley Center for Media will screen a preview of Investigation Discovery‘s OJ: The Trial of the Century Twenty Years Later on Thursday, June 12 at its Beverly Hills location, part of an event exploring the media’s role in the circus. On hand will be journalist and broadcaster Larry King, along with legal experts. The event will be livestreamed at www.PaleyCenter.org; OJ airs on ID Thursday at 9p.
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Jenna Hager Bush‘s Father’s Day-themed Today interview with President Obama airs this morning on NBC. Advice from the leader of the free world: “Don’t just spend time with your kids because it’s good for the kids. Understand there’s nothing that’s going to be more precious in your life.”
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Nick Lachey will return as host of VH1 daily morning show Big Morning Buzz Live. The former boy bander stepped in for original host Carrie Keagan in March, but had not committed past the spring finale.
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Grumpy Cat’s getting her own Lifetime TV movie, reports Deadline. Live action Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever will “poke fun” at the network’s stereotypically sentimental offerings, said VP original movies Arturo Interian, who told Deadline his teenage daughters gave him the idea for the project.
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Fusion is launching three original series this summer. Drug Wars, exploring counter-narcotics operations, premieres Thursday, July 17 at 10p; The Dukes of Two Square, about a pair of ambitious street artists, debuts Wednesday, July 30 at 10p and Rootas, offering a tour through the edgy side of Latin America, launches in August.
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It’s all about the animals in Nat Geo WILD‘s upcoming specials slate. Wonder of Dogs bows Saturday, June 14 at 10p; two-part Kingdom of the Apes premieres Sunday, July 13 at 9p; Secret Life of Cats debuts Sunday, September 21 at 10p and Giant Pandas (awww!) arrives Sunday, September 28 at 10p.
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Gene Wilder (Blazing Saddles) plays guest programmer on TCM, along with host Robert Osbourne, on Tuesday, June 17. The line-up, starting at 8p: Random Harvest (1942), The Merry Widow (1934), Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Dark Victory (1939).
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A&E‘s Wahlburgers’ Summer Special, featuring a Wahlberg family reunion, premieres Sunday, June 29 at 10p.
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The BET Awards, airing live on Sunday, June 29 at 8p, will be preceded by three days of concerts, seminars, social events and celeb appearances at the BET Experience at L.A. LIVE. Details and ticket info here.
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The Juice, multiplatform brand Veria Living‘s flagship live talk show, welcomes two new faces. Veteran comic Chuck Nice and OB/GYN and women’s health expert Dr. Evelyn Minaya are onboard as recurring hosts.
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Oprah Winfrey gets Knots Landing stars Joan Van Ark and Donna Mills to open up about plastic surgery on Oprah: Where Are They Now?, airing Sunday, June 15 at 9p. Also getting the O treatment: Candy Spelling and Antonio “I never considered myself a sex symbol” Sabato Jr.
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Comcast will make every 2014 FIFA World Cup match available in Spanish via its new Instant On Demand. All 64 matches will also be available for live streaming in English and Portuguese, with select matches streamed in Korean.
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Street Outlaws returns to rev up Discovery for “Motor Mondays” on June 23 at 9p. The Pilgrim Studios production follows extreme street racers.
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HGTV‘s Cousins Undercover is back for round two Wednesday, June 25 at 8p. The sophomore season features two episodes with military families surprised on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with home renovations. It was announced during Upfronts season that DeGeneres is producing a furniture design show for HGTV.
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Rob Lowe (Parks and Recreation) is back for one last appearance on Showtime‘s Californication as Eddie Nero on Sunday, June 15 at 9:30p. Series finale is June 29.
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Former Spice Girls member Melanie B. has been added to the judging panel of UK’s The X Factor, alongside Simon Cowell. The reality vet has served on the Australian version of X Factor, was a judge on season eight of America’s Got Talent and was runner up on season five of Dancing with the Stars.
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ABC won the week of June 2-8 in broadcast, with a big assist from the first two games of the NBA finals. According to Nielsen, the net averaged a 2.3 rating/8 share among A18-49, versus 1.6/5 for NBC, 1.0/4 for Univision and .9/3 for CBS and Fox. HBO‘s Game of Thrones boasted the week’s highest rating: 3.7/11.
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For the first time ever, the week of June 2, HGTV was the top rated cable network among W25-54 (.77 rating) and in the top five among P25-54 (.55 rating), with over 21.8 million viewers watching the network in primetime. The season two premiere of Brother vs. Brother, along with Flip or Flop, Fixer Upper and Beachfront Bargain Hunt led the ratings charge.
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The season finale of Telemundo‘s La Voz Kids delivered over 2.6 million viewers Sunday night, 1.2 million in the A18-49 demo, ranking the kids competition number one among all Spanish-language programs for the night.
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Three sister nets are celebrating Tuesdays: Discovery‘s 9pm premiere of Deadliest Catch scored 2.58 among M25-54 and 1.68 among M18-49, OWN‘s 9pm premiere of The Haves and Have Nots earned 1.87 among W25-54, and TLC‘s 10pm premiere of The Little Couple earned 2.06 among W25-54 and 1.74 among W18-49.
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