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ID: Southern Fried Homicide (Finale) at 10pm
Late Show with Stephen Colbert is staying put in New York and will continue broadcasting from the Ed Sullivan Theater. New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Corporation, announced that the agreement includes a commitment by CBS for approximately 200 New York-based jobs to support the daily program’s year-round production schedule. “New York has long been an international entertainment leader, and with this commitment from CBS we are beginning the next chapter in that proud history,” said Cuomo.
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Whitney Houston‘s mother, Cissy Houston, is adamantly against the planned Lifetime biopic about her superstar daughter. She released a statement to Entertainment Tonight, claiming that no one connected with the movie knew Whitney or anything about her relationship with Bobby Brown. “We are exhausted by the continuing misinformation and comments offered by people who did not know her. Please, please let her rest,” said Houston.
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Asylum Entertainment has closed a multi-year, overall production deal with Ashley Tisdale and Blondie Girl Productions banner. Ashley and her sister Jennifer Tisdale will serve as producers to create and develop scripted and unscripted content for Asylum; they’ll be focusing on family and young adult projects aimed at their devoted fan base.
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Syfy has partnered with Nick Cannon‘s NCredible Entertainment to develop a weekly, one-hour sci-fi/fantasy improv series. The show will be taped in front of a live audience and feature two teams battling for the biggest laughs to win points and prizes. The “home” team, a group of nationally known comedians, will compete against a different improv squad each week in various sci-fi/fantasy related sketches each week.
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Lucille Ball is being celebrated with a special block of programming on getTV at 11a on Wednesday, August 6, which would have been Ball’s 103rd birthday. The network will air The Fuller Brush Girl, followed by Her Husband’s Affairs, Miss Grant Takes Richmond, and The Magic Carpet.
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The CW Network has moved up the premiere date of Season 21 of America’s Next Top Model to Monday, August 18 at 9p. Hosted by Tyra Banks, the second “Guys and Girls” edition will feature seven men and seven women living under one roof and battling it out to win the title.
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Fresh off the biting adventures of Discovery’s “Shark Week” comes Hub Network’s celebration of a furrier creature: dogs. Starting Sunday, August 17 through Friday, August 22, the network is bringing man’s best friend on air during “Bark Week.” The canine programming features Animal Planet’s America’s Cutest, It’s Me or the Dog, Bad Dog! and Too Cute! There will also be a different dog-themed family movie every night, including Cats & Dogs, 101 Dalmatians, 102 Dalmatians, Snow Buddies, Good Boy and Scooby-Doo.
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Ovation has ordered new blocks of the documentary music series Song by Song. Season three will continue its focus on music legends with new episodes featuring Sheryl Crow, Blondie and Lindsey Stirling. The show returns in October.
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MTV‘s dating reality show Ex on the Beach will be back for a second season. Since its debut in April, it has been a ratings success in the UK, ranking as MTV’s highest-ever series launch in the market and receiving the second highest series ratings of all time for an MTV franchise there. Internationally, Ex on the Beach has already aired successfully in a number of territories, reaching 9.5 million total viewers across key markets like Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico and Brazil.
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Former Cheers star Rhea Perlman is joining the cast of FOX‘s The Mindy Project. She’ll recur as Annette Castellano, Danny’s mother, when the show returns for its third season.
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Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones and 24) has landed the role of Margaret, the formerly deceased matriarch of the Langston family, on ABC‘s Resurrection.
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ABC has signed Portia de Rossi for a role on Scandal. She’ll recur for multiple episodes on the show’s fourth season.
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Maude Apatow, daughter of Girls executive producer Judd Apatow, will appear on the new season of the HBO hit series. She’ll play a character named Cleo.
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Angus Macfadyen has been tapped to play Allan Pinkerton in the syndicated drama series The Pinkertons. The 22-episode action-adventure detective series is set to premiere in first-run syndication in the US this fall.
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