Archive for June, 2014

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ MEGA MILLIONS

June 3, 2014

FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news

ON TELEVISION (TUES. 6/3/14)
A&E: Storage Wars (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Shipping Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
COOKING: Man Fire Food (Premiere) at 8pm
CW: Famous in 12 (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: Siberian Cut (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: I Hate My Yard (Premiere) at 10pm and 10:30pm
HISTORY: Top Gear (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Swamp Murders (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Cry Wolfe (Premiere) at 10pm

NBC released its fall premiere dates, with Sunday Night Football kicking things off with a special Thursday game on September 4. The Biggest Loser debuts ahead of the official fall season, too, on Thursday, September 11, but comedy premieres, along with Grimm and Constantine, hold off until October; State of Affairs arrives in November. The Voice launches Monday, September 22, the first day of the season, followed by The Blacklist; Parenthood starts its sixth and final season Thursday, September 25. Full fall schedule is here.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Andy Cohen (Watch What Happens Live) and Warner Horizon Television are developing reality show, I Slept with a Celebrity, featuring guests “dishing about how their walk with fame led to a walk of shame,” reports Variety. Cohen would exec produce the project, currently making the rounds.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Soup will air live on Wednesdays this month, starting tomorrow, June 4 at 10p. The E! snarkfest went live for the first time for its 500th episode in August; result was the highest ratings of the year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NCIS: Los Angeles‘s Barrett Foa plays social media reporter for The 68th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8 at 8p. Among his 15 challenges for the night: Take a selfie onstage, find Aladdin’s lamp and make a wish, and photobomb cast members.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Led by First Lady Barbara Bush, 41 people tell stories about President George H.W. Bush in CNN documentary 41On41, premiering Sunday, June 15 at 9p. Participants include Fox News president Roger Ailes, former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, former SNL alum (and Bush imitator) Dana Carvey, and Presidents Obama, Clinton and George W.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC NewsPeacock Productions signed a deal with forensic mind reader (with a flair for comedy) Colin Cloud to develop a series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MeTV is running a tribute to Ann B. Davis, who died June 1 at 88. The first of four Alice-centered Brady Bunch episodes starts at 12p on Sunday, June 8, with a Love Boat ep featuring Davis airing at 2p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CMT is counting down to the 2014 CMT Awards on Wednesday, June 4 with a one-hour special that reveals the six finalists for the Video of the Year at 7a, and Inside Fame: Florida Georgia Line at 11a offering a look at one of the night’s performers. Red carpet coverage starts live at 7p, featuring a performance by a country star, followed by the main event at 8pm.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime’s summer premieres include Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex (Sunday, July 13 at 9p and 10p), and documentary specials David Beckham Into the Unknkown on Friday, June 13 at 9p and cocktail-centric Hey Bartender on Thursday, June 26 at 8:25p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new season of OWN‘s Oprah: Where Are They Now? kicks off with updates on stars of The Love Boat, Charo and Full House‘s Dave Coulier on Sunday, June 8 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The CW announced premiere dates for iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party (Wednesday, July 9 at 8p), the 2014 Young Hollywood Awards (Monday, July 28 at 8p) and the cycle 21 premiere of America’s Next Top Model on Friday, August 22 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV docu-series Virgin Territory, exploring the stories of young adults who have not had sex (“some who are hanging on to their v-card for as long as possible and others who are desperately hoping to lose it”) premieres Wednesday, June 16 at 11p. Trailer is here.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Struggling exercise businesses are turned around in Spike TV‘s Gym Rescue, launching 3 eps Sunday, August 10 at 9p. The Kinetic Content production was shot in Florida and Colorado.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jason Ritter (Parenthood) will guest on season four of HBO‘s Girls.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Two-time Emmy winner Gina Tognoni (One Life to Live, Guiding Light) has been cast as Phyllis on The Young and the Restless.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E!‘s Total Divas hit a season high with its season two finale, delivering 1.6 million total viewers, 961,000 among A18-49, 656,000 in A18-34 and 618,000 W18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $34 million

You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

www.NYLottery.org

 

NOTORIOUS B.I.G.’S SON CHRISTOPHER WALLACE JR. GRADUATES FROM HIGH SCHOOL

June 2, 2014

NOTORIOUS B.I.G.’S SON CHRISTOPHER WALLACE JR. GRADUATES FROM HIGH SCHOOL
http://www.tmz.com/2014/06/02/notorious-big-son-high-school-graduate/

 

GIULIANA & BILL RANCIC REVEAL SURROGATE’S MISCARRIAGE

June 2, 2014

GIULIANA & BILL RANCIC REVEAL SURROGATE’S MISCARRIAGE
http://www.accesshollywood.com/giuliana-and-bill-rancic-reveal-surrogates-miscarriage-we-were-devastated_article_94960

ARMIE HAMMER & WIFE ELIZABETH CHAMBERS ARE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD

June 2, 2014

ARMIE HAMMER & WIFE ELIZABETH CHAMBERS ARE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD
http://www.accesshollywood.com/armie-hammer-and-wife-elizabeth-chambers-expecting_article_94961

CHRIS BROWN RELEASED FROM LOS ANGELES JAIL

June 2, 2014

CHRIS BROWN RELEASED FROM LOS ANGELES JAIL
http://www.accesshollywood.com/chris-brown-released-from-los-angeles-jail_article_94946

ANN B. DAVIS (THE BRADY BUNCH) HAS DIED

June 2, 2014

ANN B. DAVIS (THE BRADY BUNCH) HAS DIED
http://www.accesshollywood.com/the-brady-bunchs-ann-b-davis-dies-at-88_article_94935

 

JUSTIN BIEBER APOLOGIZES FOR RACIST JOKE WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER

June 2, 2014

JUSTIN BIEBER APOLOGIZES FOR RACIST JOKE WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER
http://www.accesshollywood.com/justin-bieber-apologizes-for-racist-joke-i-was-a-kid-didnt-understand-how-words-can-hurt_article_94931

LEE CHAMBERLIN (ELECTRIC COMPANY) HAS DIED

June 2, 2014

LEE CHAMBERLIN (ELECTRIC COMPANY) HAS DIED
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Actress-and-Playwright-Lee-Chamberlin-Passes-Away-at-76-20140529#.U4pXqV5YX1p

CELEBRITY NEWS: JUNE 2, 2014

June 2, 2014

CELEBRITY NEWS: JUNE 2, 2014
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Morena Baccarin (V) – 35 years old
Justin Long – 36 years old
Nikki Cox (Unhappily Ever After) – 36 years old
Dominic Cooper (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) – 36 years old
Zachary Quinto (Heroes) – 37 years old
Wayne Brady (The Wayne Brady Show) – 42 years old
Wentworth Miller (Prison Break) – 42 years old
B-Real (Cypress Hill) – 44 years old
Andy Cohen (Watch What Happens Live) – 46 years old
Dana Carvey (formerly of Saturday Night Live) – 59 years old
Dennis Haysbert (24) – 60 years old
Cornel West (Author) – 61 years old
Jerry Mathers (Leave It To Beaver) – 66 years old
Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones) – 73 years old
Stacy Keach (Mike Hammer, Private Eye) – 73 years old

 

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

June 2, 2014

FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news

ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 6/2/14)
A&E: Longmire (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: Mistresses (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Ladies of London (Premiere) at 10pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: Buying the Beach (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: American Restoration (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: I (Almost) Got Away With It (Premiere) at 10pm
SUNDANCE TV: The Writers Room (Finale) at 11pm

The Arsenio Hall Show will not make it to a sophomore season, despite a renewal by CBS Television Distribution in February. “While there are many loyal fans of the show, the series did not grow its audience enough to continue,” said a statement from CBSTVD. “When I started this adventure… we all knew it would be a challenge,” said Hall. “I’m gratified for the year we’ve had.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tyra Banks (America’s Top Model) is promising to “shake up daytime TV” with a new lifestyle show. Disney-ABC‘s Summerdale will produce along with the former Victoria’s Secret angel; Disney-ABC Domestic Television will distribute. Banks’s first talk effort, The Tyra Banks Show, ran from 2005-2010.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Wendy Williams Show will remain in production through June and July for the second year, announced Debmar-Mercury, to grab young viewers home from high school and college with fresh episodes. The talker, with a median age of 48, achieved its best metered market May sweep performance ever in share, with a season-to-date gain of 19 percent in HH (to 1.4) and W25-54 (to 1.06).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actor/country music legend Kris Kristofferson (A Star Is Born) will play President Andrew Jackson in History event series Texas Rising. The eight-hour mini, co-produced by A+E Studios and ITV Studios America and produced by Thinkfactory Media, premieres in 2015.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AMC sci-fi pilot Galyntine signed Peter Fonda (Easy Rider) as a series regular, breaks the Hollywood Reporter. Ridley Scott‘s Scott Free will produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)

India Ennega (Treme) joins Mark Pellegrino (Lost) in A&E‘s upcoming The Returned, an adaptation of the French series, from A+E Studios and FremantleMedia.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Keith Powell (30 Rock) will recur on the third and final season of HBO‘s The Newsroom.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mark L. Young (We’re the Millers) joins HBO‘s The Comeback, a return of the 2005 Lisa Kudrow comedy, in a recurring role. Show bows this fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Richard E. Grant (Girls) has been cast in USA event series Dig, premiering in fall 2014. He joins Jason Isaacs (Awake) and Anne Heche (Save Me).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jim Rash (Community) and Nat Faxon (Ben and Kate) will guest on upcoming USA comedy, Benched, premiering in 2015.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E!‘s Keeping Up with the Kardashians returns Sunday, June 8 at 9p for season nine, followed by the series premiere of real-life soap Escape Club at 10p. Plastic surgery show Botched bows Tuesday, June 24 at 9p, with #Rich Kids of Beverly Hills heading back for season two in August.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Thursday premiere of NBC‘s Undateable at 9p and 9:30p earned a 1.3/4 rating among A18-49, outscoring fellow originals Gang Related, on Fox at 9p (1.0/3) and ABC‘s Black Box at 10p (.8/2). Good sign: The comedy held onto its audience for its second ep.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC News finished the May sweep number one in the A25-54 news demo with World News, Good Morning America (also tops in total viewers) and This Week (the first sweep win in the demo in over 20 years). Nightline won in total viewers, beating NBC in a sweep for the first time.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC‘s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon was up 34 percent among A18-49 versus last year’s May sweep, averaging 1.1. ABC‘s Jimmy Kimmel Live averaged .6 (down 5 percent), and Late Show with David Letterman scored .5 in the demo (down 13 percent). In total viewers, Kimmel got the biggest boost, up 8 percent to 2.7 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AMC‘s Mad Men leaped 87 percent from Live+Same Day viewership of 1.9 million for its mid-season finale, to 3.6 million in Live + 3. Among A18-49, the jump was a whopping 116 percent, to 1.84 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS‘s daytime shows all finished the season boasting year-to-year growth, with the best season in viewers ever for Let’s Make a Deal 1, up 13 percent to 3.03 million, Let’s Make a Deal 2, up 12 percent to 3.5 million and The Talk, up 16 percent to 2.78 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The premiere of NBC pirate drama Crossbones earned a 1.1 rating among A18-49 Friday night and almost 5 million total viewers, according to early numbers. That’s the same rating Hannibal hit in its February premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tuesday’s 19 Kids & Counting on TLC scored its highest ratings ever, with series best HH (2.2), W25-54 (2.1), P25-54 (1.3) and P2+ delivery (2.8 million viewers). TLC was the number one cable net for the night among W25-54.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bravo had its most-watched May ever, averaging 858,000 total viewers, according to Nielsen. Year-to-date, Bravo is the number 9 ad-supported cable entertainment net among P18-49, and the number one most affluent and educated in the demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The second season premiere of Telemundo‘s El Senor de los Cielos averaged 2.2 million total viewers and 1.4 million A18-49. It’s the first time the net aired a telenovela for more than one season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actress Ann B. Davis died June 1 after a fall. She was 88. Davis was best known for her portrayal of housekeeper Alice Nelson on The Brady Bunch.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Maleficent – $70 million
X-Men: Days of Future Past – $32.6 million
A Million Ways To Die In The West –  $17.1 million
Godzilla – $12.2 million
Blended – $8.4 millón
(Source: Box Office Mojo)