FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/16/14)
AHC: Deadly Weapons (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Deadly Devotion (Premiere) at 9pm
GAC: LogHeads (Premiere) at 9pm
MTV: Vigin Territory (Premiere) at 11pm
NUVO TV: Los Jets (Premiere) at 10pm
Ovation: Young Marvels (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: My Wild Affair (Premiere) at 8pm
PBS: Sex In The Wild (Premiere) at 10pm
TVGN: The Sorrentinos (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: R&B Divas LA (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project (Premiere) at 10pm
WE TV: The Divide (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: I Hate My Yard (Finale) at 10pm
CBS is “willing to talk” to Aereo about doing a paid content deal, said net CEO Les Moonves at Fortune’s annual technology conference Tuesday. Now that the Supreme Court has agreed with broadcasters, ruling that the antenna-based subscription service was violating their copyrights, Moonves said, “The door is still open” to making a deal, but added, “I don’t think their business model made sense unless they were getting content illegally and for free.”
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Oxygen Media unveiled a new logo and a new tagline, “Very Real,” part of its rebrand to attract “young, modern women.” The effort includes green lights for comedic docu-series It Takes a Sister (wt, 495 Productions) and After Happily Ever After (wt, Screaming Flea Productions), along with three projects in development. “We are committed to increasing original programming with vibrant and bold shows that are in line with our new programming filter and target this underserved audience,” said Frances Berwick, president, Bravo & Oxygen Media.
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PBS scored the most News and Documentary Emmy noms with 43, followed closely by CBS‘s 42. ABC landed 19. For a full list of nominees, go here.
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ABC announced an overall deal with 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley. Ridley’s gritty drama pilot American Crime was picked up for series by the net in May.
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Spike TV is developing a script for event series The Crusaders, centered on the journeys of two knights after the Third Crusade. The net is teaming with Pierce Brosnan’s Irish DreamTime, Mark Sennet Entertainment, Michael Finch and writer David Franzoni for the project.
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Bravo greenlit three new reality series: Million Dollar Listing San Francisco from World of Wonder, the fourth addition to the real estate franchise; There Goes Motherhood, a Magical Elves series about a “high end mommy and me group” and Secrets & Wives, chronicling the exploits of a tight-knot group of ultra-wealthy friends and rivals, from Haymaker and Mike TV.
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Terry McDonough (Breaking Bad) will direct the pilot for Syfy‘s The Expanse, a 10-ep “space opera” based on the book series.
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GSN gave the green light to traveling game show The Line. “We have taken something most people dislike – waiting in line – and turned it into the most fun you have ever had,” said Amy Introcaso-Davis, EVP programming and development. First stop: Nashville (premiere date TBA).
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It’s a date: Bravo announced that its first original scripted series, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, will launch Tuesday, December 2 at 10p. The show about a self-help book author, starring Lisa Edelstein (House), was inspired by the Vicki Iovine best-sellers.
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An animated episode of TV Land‘s Hot in Cleveland airs Wednesday, July 30 at 10p. The ladies, along with guest star Steven Tyler, go on “an animated romp through pop culture hits.”
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Esquire announced two new shows: six-part travel series Weekend Fix, premiering Wednesday, October 29 at 10p, and the television companion to Esquire magazine’s American Food Awards issue, Best Restaurants in America (wt), premiering in late October. Launch dates were also announced for My Friends Call Me Johnny (Wednesday, September 3 at 10p), Car Matchmaker (Tuesday, October 14 at 9p) and White Collar Brawlers (Tuesday, October 14 at 10p).
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A&E‘s Wahlburgers returns Wednesday, August 13 at 10p. In season two, Mark heads to China. Jenny McCarthy (The View) is around to help her fiance, Donnie, stave off homesickness.
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Monday’s finale of Fox‘s 24: Live Another Day was up 21 percent among A18-49 versus last week, to 1.7/5, and delivered the most viewers (6.5 million) since its premiere drew 8.1 million.
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FX‘s The Strain delivered 3 million viewers for its Sunday night premiere, beating the 2.1 million viewers who tuned into the net’s Tyrant debut in June, and 2.65 million for Fargo‘s launch in April. Among A18-49, according to Nielsen estimates, the vampire drama scored a 1.2 rating.
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Without a Dexter lead-in, Showtime‘s Ray Donovan season two premiered to an average 1.2 million viewers Sunday, a dip from 1.35 last year. Masters of Sex opened to a solid 825,000 at 10p, down from 998,000 last fall when it followed Homeland.
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ABC Family‘s The Fosters on Monday posted season highs in total viewers (1.6 million), A18-34 (504,000), W18-34 (436,000) and A18-49 (830,000) and F12-34 (752,000), to rank as Monday’s number two cable telecast among W18-34 and F12-34.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 7/13/14)
1) Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear – 51,612
2) Various Artists – Frozen – 45,832 (After 33 weeks – 3,117,221)
3) Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour – 42,108
Other Debuts
6) Judas Priest – Redeemer of Souls – 32,702
8) Dirty Heads – Sounds of Change – 21,401
15) Neil Diamond – All Time Greatest Hits – 13,603
17) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Live 1974 (3 CD/1 DVD) – 12,680
16 Jacob Whitesides – 3 AM – 10,325
27) Chelsea Grin – Ashes To Ashes – 10.156
35) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – CSNY 1974: The Acoustic Set – 8,039
38) Richard Marx – Beautiful Goodbye – 6,732
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