FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 8/11/14)
HGTV: House Hunters: Where Are They Now? (Premiere) at 10pm
SUNDANCE TV: The Approval Matrix (Premiere) at 11pm
TV LAND: Candid Camera (Premiere) at 8pm
TNT: Murder In The First (Finale) at 10pm
Grey’s Anatomy lost Sandra Oh, but it gains Oscar winner Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise) for a major guest arc as a surgeon. Season eleven of the ABC medical drama launches Thursday, September 25 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC won’t be opening Black Box again. The midseason drama about a woman struggling with mental illness held Scandal’s Thursday slot, averaging a 1.8 A18-49 ratings including DVR playback. Finale aired July 24.
(Source: Cynopsis)
OWN debuts docu-series The Specials, about five young housemates with intellectual disabilities, with all thirteen eps back-to-back on Sunday, September 7 from 2:30p-9p. The Webby Award-winning series was originally produced as short form, 10-minute webisodes in England.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Late-night live talk show Shark After Dark surfaces for the second year following Discovery’s Shark Week, with host Josh Wolf (Chelsea Lately) gabbing with guests as varied as Tara Reid (Sharknado), retired professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin and Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical), through Thursday, August 14 at 11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Pretty Little Liars plans a fan appreciation hour in October as part of ABC Family’s “13 Nights of Halloween” programming event. Viewers can submit questions for cast and crew on the teen drama’s Facebook page or tweet using hashtag #PLLHalloween.
(Source: Cynopsis)
AXS TV’s features rock’s Bad Company on Monday, August 18 at 9p. Full name of the show: An Evening with Bad Company at the GRAMMY Museum Presented By American Express.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The TV reboot of a hidden camera classic series launches this week Monday-Thursday at 8p, taking its regularly scheduled slot Tuesdays at 8p starting August 19. On tonight’s ep, dental patients deal with a mobile device instructing them to perform their own exams. Smile! You’re on Candid Camera….
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fusion’s The Soccer Gods return to earth (Miami, to be exact) after their heady World Cup month in Brazil. Nando Vila and Simon Carr preview the 2014-2015 English premier league season tonight at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Viacom asked a court last week to void the carriage agreement it struck with Cablevision in 2012, saying negotiations for the deal were “a complete sham” and “unlawful.” The cable company’s response: the filing is “a transparent attempt by Viacom to delay and distract attention from Cablevision’s valid antitrust claim against Viacom for illegal channel tying.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Christopher Cousins (Breaking Bad) guests on El Rey’s Matador Tuesday, August 12. Guests on upcoming eps include Margot Bingham (Boardwalk Empire) and James Callis (Battlestar Galactica), as well as skateboarder Paul Rodriguez, Jr., son of the comedian.
(Source: Cynopsis)
John Larroquette (Night Court) and Cass Bugge (Going the Distance) will have guest arcs on The Brink. The upcoming HBO comedy stars Jack Black and Tim Robbins.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Newcomer Chattrisse Dolabaille and Izaak Smith (Mirror Mirror) have been added to the cast of Lifetime biopic Aaliyah: Princess of R&B as Missy Elliott and Timbaland. Alexandra Shipp (House of Anubis) took over the lead role after Disney star Zendaya Coleman backed out in June.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Former wide receiver Terrell Owens scored an acting job on Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The NFL star appears in the third episode of season two of the show, launching Sunday, September 28 at 8:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS midseason comedy The Odd Couple added Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) to the cast. Brown will play slob Oscar’s (Matthew Perry) secretary.
(Source: Cynopsis)
James Marsden (X-Men) hops aboard the cast of HBO sci-fi pilot Westworld, which already boasts Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs) and Evan Rachel Wood (True Blood).
(Source: Cynopsis)
AMC’s Halt & Catch Fire heated up in Live+3, jumping 71 percent from Live+Same Day for its season one finale to 981,000 viewers, and up 67 percent among A18-49, to 379,000.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The premiere of Skin Wars, GSN’s first reality show, was the net’s second-most-watched debut, delivering 697,000 viewers based on overnight ratings, with 128,000 among W25-54 and 252,000 among P18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Actor Charles Keating died at age 72. A Daytime Emmy winner for his role on soap opera Another World, Keating was also a Tony nominee, for Loot. Former AW co-star Alicia Coppola (Jericho) tweeted the news, saying she was “so honored to have learned from the best.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Publicist Mack Newberry died August 8. He was 89. Among Newberry’s many clients over the years were Carol Burnett, Donny and Marie Osmond and Dolly Parton, and TV series including seaQuest.
(Source: Cynopsis)
2014 TEEN CHOICE AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $65 million
Guardians of the Galaxy – $41.5 million
Into The Storm – $18 million
The Hundred Foot Journey – $11.1 million
Lucy – $9.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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