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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 6/18/14)
VELOCITY: Extreme Auto Hunters (Premiere) at 10pm and 10:30pm
ABC FAMILY: Melissa & Joey (Finale) at 8pm
ABC FAMILY: Baby Daddy (Finale) at 8:30pm
TRAVEL: Trip Flip (Finale) at 9:30pm
FX is offering NYCers “random acts of upgrade” today through Tuesday, June 24, when drama series Tyrant, featuring a family’s opulent lifestyle, premieres. “Upgraders” are being deployed city-wide to pluck commuters from buses for chauffeured SUV rides, and exchange tuna salad picnics for gourmet fare. LA’s not left out in the cold – Spike TV has a free food truck circling the City of Angles with treats like pork s’mores, promoting its new series Frankenfood, out Sunday, June 22 at 10p. Keep an eye out, people….
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Being the wind beneath the next American Idol winner’s wings could mean big bucks. Each contestant in season 14 of the Fox singing competition will have the chance to name a “True Believer,” someone who encouraged them to try out; whoever gave the winner the nudge takes home $50,000. Official rules here.
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Logo TV‘s landing A-listers for its first Trailblazers event series, honoring pioneers in the battle for LGBT civil rights. Added to the lineup are Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Demi Lovato, Pete Wentz and A Great Big World. Among the highlights: pop star Sia will perform her hit, “Chandelier”, backed by the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus at NYC’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
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The condition of Tracy Morgan, badly injured in a six-vehicle accident on June 7, has been upgraded from critical to fair. “His personality is certainly starting to come back as well,” said the 30 Rock star’s publicist.
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Pretty Little Liars and The Vampire Diaries lead the first wave of Teen Choice 2014 nominees, with five nods each. Fans ages 13-19 can start voting at www.theteenchoiceawards.com for the awards, handed out on Fox Sunday, August 10 at 8p.
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Former backup dancer/new mom/wife of Channing Jenna Dewan-Tatum (Witches of East End) is a guest judge on Fox competition series So You Think You Can Dance, tonight at 8p.
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MyNetworkTV announced AMC zombie drama The Walking Dead will debut Wednesday nights come fall; another new addition, CBS procedural The Mentalist, is slated for Thursdays.
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Electus Digital‘s rap competition series Road to Total Slaughter will launch on Fuse this summer, says the Hollywood Reporter. After each premiere episode of the reality show, co-produced by Eminem‘s Shady Films and Electus’s WatchLOUD.com, an extended version plus bonus footage will be posted on WatchLOUD.com.
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Jack Coleman is the first original Heroes cast member to hop aboard NBC‘s mini-series follow-up, Heroes Reborn, announced in February. Show launches in 2015.
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Laura Mennell (Alphas) joins the season five cast of Syfy’s Haven in a recurring role as an epidemiologist. Filming is underway in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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ESPN‘s broadcast of the USA/Ghana soccer match Monday night averaged a 7.0 overnight rating, the highest ever for a men’s World Cup match on ESPN or ESPN2.
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Ladies night: With The Bachelorette and Mistresses‘ one-two punch, ABC was first for the night among A18-34 and all key Women demos (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54). But Fox‘s MasterChef, up two tenths to 1.8/6, was tops in the A18-49 demo, while Bachelorette slipped a tenth to 1.7/5.
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A week after beating Wheel of Fortune for the first time in almost ten years for the top game show slot, Jeopardy had to settle for a tie, matching Wheel’s 6.1 rating the week ending June 8.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 6/15/14)
1) Jack White – Lazaretto – 137,732
2) Miranda Lambert – Platinum – 62,303
3) Various Artists – Frozen – 50,240
Other Debuts
12) Passenger – Whispers – 18,774
13) O.A.R. – The Rockville LP – 17,895
14) Rebelution – Count Me In – 17,208
17) Hell Yeah – Blood For Blood – 16,782
20) First Aid Kit – Stay Gold – 14,559
21) Tesla – Simplicity – 3,568
25) Ricky Dillard & New G – Amazing – 10,758
28) The Amity Affliction – Let The Ocean Take Me – 10.040
29) Colbie Caillat – Gypsy Heart Side A – EP – 9,849
30) Word Alive – Real – 9,816
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