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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 7/31/14)
ABC: The Quest (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD: Beat Bobby Flay (Premiere) at 10pm
SPORTSMAN: MeatEater with Steven Rinella (Premiere) at 8pm
SUNDANCE TV: The Honorable Woman (Premiere) at 10pm
A&E: Beyond Scared Straight (Finale) at 10pm
IFC: Maron (Finale) at 10pm
OWN: Our America with Lisa Ling (Finale) at 10pm

Yesterday’s scheduled table reading for CBS‘s The Big Bang Theory was scuttled as Warner Bros. Television continued in its effort to strike new deals with Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar. “Due to ongoing contract negotiations, production on The Big Bang Theory… has been postponed,” said WBTV.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Telemundo and Dick Clark Productions are teaming for a Spanish-language awards show in 2015, modeled on dcp’s American Music Awards. Telemundo also announced a four-year extension of its deal with Billboard Magazine, along with dcp, for the Billboard Latin Music Awards Show, through 2020.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Reminder from The Weather Channel: It’s National Heat Stroke Day. This morning, the team from morning show AMHQ offers a first-hand account of the dangers of leaving children in hot cars.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rob Lowe (Parks and Recreation) stars in a cheese-tastic promo for Shark Week, waterskiing on sharks with a mermaid for company. Annual Discovery stunt event launches Sunday, August 10.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Syndication’s Paternity Court is coming back for a second season with a new name, reports the New York Post. Called Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court, the Orion TV show will now focus more on the emotions in cases confronting legal expert Lake.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV Land ordered 10 episodes of The Gaffigan Show. The comedy based on the life of comedian Jim Gaffigan launches in 2015, with eps airing again within a week on sister net Comedy Central.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO greenlit six-hour mini-series Show Me a Hero, from David Simon (The Wire). Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) and Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich) star in the drama; Paul Haggis (Crash) is set to direct.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Allison Williams (Girls) landed the lead in NBC‘s Peter Pan Live, airing Thursday, December 4. The classically trained singer, who said she’s wanted to play the role “since I was about three years old,” will tangle with Christopher Walken‘s Captain Hook.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Claire Holt (The Originals) will co-star in NBC cop drama Aquarius, opposite David Duchovny (Californication). No premiere date has been set.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mark Valley (Fringe) will recur on season 15 of CBS‘s CSI. The procedural moves to Sundays at 10p on September 28.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Krysten Ritter is headed to NBC‘s The Blacklist as guest star, reports TV Fanatic. The Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 thesp joins Mary-Louise Parker on the drama’s season two premiere Monday, September 22 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Laura Benanti (Gypsy) will use her Broadway pipes to guest in a story arc on ABC‘s Nashville. The Tony Award winner played Baroness Elsa Schrader in NBC‘s Sound of Music Live!.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC‘s Extreme Weight Loss grew ten percent, to equal an eight-week high Tuesday with a 1.1 rating/4 share among A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC summer series Food Fighters was up 30 percent from its premiere last week, to hit a 1.3/5 among A18-49. America’s Got Talent (2.4/8) matched last week’s demo number.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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