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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/23/14)
FOOD: Restaurant: Impossible (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: BAPs (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Who Do You Think You Are?: Cynthia Nixon (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1 & PALLADIA: Soundclash (Premiere) at 9pm
SCIENCE: Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (Premiere) at 10pm
Amid escalating violence, two series have given up on filming in Israel. FX‘s Tyrant, which relocated production from Tel Aviv to Turkey amid concerns about the Gaza Strip conflict, will film its remaining two episodes there. USA‘s Dig is also pulling up stakes. “Our experience filming in Israel was very positive and we are grateful to have had the opportunity to capture such an authentic landscape that will be threaded throughout the series,” said the net. Next stop: Albuquerque.
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TLC launched a new brand campaign Tuesday, complete with the net’s new tagline: “Everyone needs a little TLC.” The effort includes spots on E!, A&E, TNT, TBS, ABC Family, Dish and DirecTV, as well as (of course) TLC’s sister nets at Discovery Comm., showcasing the range of moments “filled with heart, humor, hope, and human connection” on TLC’s series. The campaign follows an on-air refresh launched in late May.
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The 17th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards will take place Tuesday, February 17 at the Beverly Hilton. The event will be produced by JumpLine.
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Joseph Fiennes (American Horror Story) will produce and star in Nostradamus, about “a charismatic and self-destructive man who is plagued with dangerous and disturbing visions.” Drama comes from Carnival Films, Anonymous Content and NBCUniversal.
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The season six finale of The Real Housewives of New York City was Tuesday night, but Bravo‘s bringing the ladies back for more drama on a three-part reunion starting Tuesday, July 29 at 9p.
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Season four of Braxton Family Values starts with a bang on Thursday, August 14 at 9p, with an “all-out explosion.” At 10p, drama-filled season two of SWV Reunited launches, as secrets from the past threaten the group’s harmony.
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PBS‘s Downton Abbey is back for season five Sunday, January 4. Season four was up 16 percent year over year, reported PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger at TCA Tuesday.
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Velocity car restoration series Fantomworks returns for a sophomore season Sunday, July 27 at 9p and 10p, part of the net’s week-long programming event, “Dream Car Week.”
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Hannah John-Kamen (West End’s Viva Forever), Aaron Ashmore (Warehouse 13) and Luke Macfarlane (Brothers and Sisters) will star in Syfy space drama Killjoys. The Temple Street production premieres in 2015.
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Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) has landed a role in ABC‘s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., reports TV Guide. Season two premieres Tuesday, September 23 at 9p.
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Craig Bierko (The Young and the Restless) has joined upcoming Lifetime drama Un-Real as a series regular.
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Ken Jeong (Community) will star in the MTV coming-of-age pilot now named Ken Jeong Made Me Do It, says the Hollywood Reporter. Jeong will play himself; Jeong’s casting lifts the contingency on the pilot.
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Fox‘s MasterChef hit a season high 2.1 rating/7 share among A18-49 on Monday. The premiere of Gordon Ramsay‘s Hotel Hell followed, scoring 1.5/5 among A18-49 – solid, but down from 1.9 for its last season premiere, in 2012.
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Lifetime‘s The Lottery debuted Sunday to 1.1 million viewers. That’s down from the 1.93 million delivered by the series premiere of the net’s Witches of East End in October, but in line with the season two premiere of Witches on July 6.
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Live with Kelly & Michael held steady at 2.6 to lead syndicated talk shows the week ending July 13, followed by Dr. Phil, up 9 percent to 2.5 in repeats, and Maury, up 12 percent to 1.9.
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HGTV had its highest rated Sunday ever in total day ratings on July 20, attracting more than 15 million viewers. The net was once again the top cable network for all of Sunday among all women, including upscale W25-54, and the number two cable network among viewers P25-54. In primetime, the premiere of Flipping the Block earned a .8 ratings among P25-54, and Beachfront Bargain Hunt delivered a best-ever .9 among P25-54. At 7:30p, Flip or Flop‘s 1.07 rating among P25-54 was the highest rated single telecast of any series on HGTV in three years.
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HBO‘s The Leftovers drew 1.6 million viewers on Sunday, the most since its June 29 premiere. Across platforms, in a week the first two episodes of the drama averaged 8 million viewers.
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The series premiere of AHC‘s Gunslingers hit the bullseye Sunday, breaking records for best Prime telecast ever for P2+ (696,000) and HH (475,000) delivery. It was the net’s best original series debut ever among P25-54 (218,000) and M25-54 (154,000) delivery, and ranked number 20 in the M25-54 demo in all of ad supported cable.
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Saturday’s season two premiere of Hallmark‘s Cedar Cove earned a 1.6 HH rating, 1.7 million viewers and 374,000 W25-54, the second highest core demo delivery in the series’ history and a 26 percent increase over the season one average. In the 8p time period, Cedar Cove ranked as the top-rated cable program among W18-49 (.7); W25-54 (.8), and total viewers (.8).
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TNT‘s Perception attracted its biggest audience so far this season, with 5.1 million viewers in Live+7 delivery for the July 1 episode, up 17 percent versus the prior week.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 7/20/14)
1) “Weird Al” Yankovic – Mandatory Fun – 103,880
2) Jason Mraz – Yes – 81,005
3) Rise Against – Black Market – 52,509
Other Debuts
4) Kidz Bop Kids – Kidz Bop 26 45,981
11) Bleachers – Strange Desire – 21,179
12) Marsha Ambrosius – Friends & Lovers – 17,122
14) Morrissey – World Peace Is None – 16,358
16) Suicide Silence – You Can’t Stop Me – 14,972
29) Trampled By Turtles – Wild Animals – 10,501
40) Volumes – No Sleep – 7,872
43) Various Artists – Wish I Was Here Movie Soundtrack – 7,658
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