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E!: Botched (Premiere) at 9pm
FX: Tyrant (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Abby’s Studio Rescue (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Cake Boss: Next Great Baker (Premiere) at 9pm
TRU TV: Motor City Masters (Premiere) at 10pm
USA: Covert Affairs (Premiere) at 10pm
Gordon Ramsay announced on his web site that he’s ceasing production of Kitchen Nightmares, which just wrapped season seven on Fox. “It’s time to call it a day,” said Ramsay, who’s hardly cutting ties with the net – Hell’s Kitchen, Hotel Hell, MasterChef and MasterChef Junior are still on Fox’s sked.
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President Bill Clinton will honor Edie Windsor and Roberta Kaplan on the one-year anniversary of declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, for Logo TV‘s event honoring pioneers who have broken new ground for LGBT civil rights. Trailblazers premieres Thursday, June 26 at 9p.
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Music Choice is celebrating Pride Week on Music Play this week with artists including Jared Leto, Lance Bass, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Neon Hitch and Adam Lambert talking about what Pride means to them; teens from The Gay Center in New York join the conversation to share their views on LGBT rights.
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Barbara Walters‘ previously announced interview with Peter Rodger, father of Santa Barbara shooting suspect Elliot Rodger, will air on ABC‘s 20/20 Friday, June 27 at 10p. That morning, the broadcast legend will promote the 20/20 interview during her first guest appearance on The View since “retiring” from her morning perch in May.
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A sickening stiletto obsession. Twisted rituals. “Bondage that goes beyond”… yup, it’s a new show on ID! Dark Temptations explores freaky fetishes starting Wednesday, July 2 at 10p.
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TCM honors Ruby Dee on Saturday, June 28 with double feature The Edge of the City at 4:15p, followed by A Raisin in the Sun at 5:45p. Dee died June 11 at age 91.
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Bravo‘s Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles is back in “the city that started it all” for season seven. Agents Josh Altman and Josh Flagg are joined by two new faces in a red-hot market starting Wednesday, August 20 at 9p.
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Lifetime‘s Project Runway returns Thursday, July 24 at 9p. Guest judges on lucky season 13 include Julie Bowen (Modern Family), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Shay Mitchell (Pretty Little Liars) and Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn.
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Syfy‘s Independence Day Twilight Zone marathon runs Friday, July 4 from 8a-8p, then for good measure on Saturday, July 5 from 12-4a.
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AXS TV‘s “5th of July Comedy High-Five” features five hours of the net’s Gotham Comedy Live stand-up show, starting with Tommy Davidson (In Living Color) at 3p.
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An offer you can’t refuse: PBS is running a “Gangster Night” primetime programming block Tuesday, July 22. Al Capone: Icon airs at 8p, followed by the premiere of History Detectives Special Investigations‘ “Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa?” at 9p.
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Before the premiere of his Fox midseason comedy Last Man on Earth, Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte will voice King Toot on a fall episode of The Simpsons.
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Caterina Scorsone has been upped to series regular for season 11 of ABC‘s Grey’s Anatomy. Scorsone, who played the role of Derek’s younger sister on Private Practice, joined Grey’s in a recurring capacity during season 10.
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On a night of stiff competition, the premiere of ABC‘s Rising Star averaged a 1.5 rating/5 share in the A18-49 demo, according to Nielsen fast nationals. A special edition of America’s Got Talent on NBC won 9p-11p with 2.1/6. Star led the night on Twitter, though, with 129,071 tweets, holding its audience throughout its two-hour bow.
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TNT‘s The Last Ship sailed off with a 1.2/4 rating/4 share among A18-49 for its debut on Sunday, the top cable launch this summer. In its wake at 10p was the return of Falling Skies for season four, delivering 1.0/3 in the demo.
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Sunday’s U.S.-Portugal nail-biter on ESPN was the most-watched U.S. soccer match ever, delivering 18.2 million viewers, and the most-watched sports event ever on the net excluding football. With 6.5 million of its own viewers, Univision scored the most eyeballs it’s ever drawn for a U.S. match.
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Crooner/comedian Steve Rossi died June 22 of cancer. He was 82. As half the comedy duo Allen and Rossi with Marty Allen, Rossi made numerous variety show appearances, including twice sharing the bill with the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show.
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