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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 9/5/14)
NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX: Stand Up To Cancer at 8pm
ABC: 20/20 A Tribute To Joan Rivers (Premiere) at 10pm
AHC: The War To End All Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: Young, Hot & Crooked (Premiere) at 10pm and 10:30pm
BRAVO: Jonah From Tonga (Finale) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 9/6/14)
DESTINATION AMERICA: Buying Alaska (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: Brother Vs. Brother (Premiere) at 11am
MSNBC: Lockup, Fairfax, VA: Extended Stay (Premiere) at 10pm
OWN: Iyanla: Fix My Life (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Six Little McGhees (Premiere) at 10pm
STARZ: The Chair (Premiere) at 11pm
DIY: Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall (Finale) at 10pm
(SUNDAY 9/7/14)
AL JAZEERA AMERICA: Edge of Eighteen (Premiere) at 9pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: Ghost Asylum (Premiere) at 10pm
GALAVISION: La Casa De La Risa (Premiere) at 7pm
GALAVISION: Humor Es Los Comediantes (Premiere) at 8pm
E!: Total Divas (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: Utopia (Premiere) at 9pm
FYI: Pressure Cooker (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: My Flipping Family (Premiere) at 12pm
OWN: Super Soul Sunday (Premiere) at 11am
OWN: Help Desk (Premiere) at 12pm
OWN: The Specials (Premiere) at 2:30pm
OWN: Oprah’s Life Class: Steve Harvey (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Angels Among Us (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Extreme Hotels (Premiere) at 8pm
UNIVISION: Va Por Ti (Premiere) at 8pm
UNIVISION: Sal Y Pimienta (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: Wipeout (Finale) at 8pm
HBO: The Leftovers (Finale) at 10pm
HGTV: Flipping The Block (Finale) at 9pm
HISTORY 2: Ancient Impossible (Finale) at 10pm
Joan Rivers passed away September 4. The pioneering 81-year-old comedian and Fashion Police host had been hospitalized for eight days, after going into cardiac arrest during an August 28 medical procedure. “My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh,” said her daughter and Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? co-star, Melissa Rivers. “Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.” Scott Sternberg, Executive Producer with Joan and Melissa on the web series In Bed With Joan told Cynopsis, “I learned so much from Joan each and every week. She treated everyone like they were a king or queen and she never stopped giving it her all, no matter what. She is by far one of the greatest people I ever knew. She made all of us laugh and all of us love. I will miss her so much.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
The View has completed its refresh, with outspoken actress Rosie Perez and George W. Bush’s former communications chief Nicholle Wallace joining Rosie O’Donnell and Whoopi Goldberg on the daytime chatfest. Goldberg was the last woman standing after Barbara Walters retired in May and Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd exited over the summer. Season 18 launches Monday, September 15.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC announced contestants for the next incarnation of Dancing with the Stars, and it was the usual wildly diverse mashup of celebs – maybe more so? Competing for the mirror ball trophy: Ultimate Fighting Champ Randy Couture, comedian Tommy Chong, Fresh Prince of Bel Air’s Alfonso Ribeiro, Olympian Lolo Jones, Duck Dynasty’s Sadie Robertson, Lea Thompson (Back to the Future), Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls), NASCAR’s Michael Waltrip, talk show host Tavis Smiley, designer Betsey Johnson, soap star Antonio Sabato Jr., Pretty Little Liars’ Janel Parrish and YouTube beauty guru Bethany Mota (whose 7 million subscribers won’t hurt). Season 19 premieres Monday, September 15 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Travel Channel gave the green light to five new series. Hello Goodbye (wt), from Ellen DeGeneres’ A Very Good Production and Telepictures, is set in airports; Loud TV’s Hotel Showdown features competing hotel owners; TV Planet (wt), produced by Zodiac Americas, explores the wildest television shows around the world, and previously announced pilots Metropolis and Only Happens In… are being developed into a series of specials.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC has put in development a comedy that would air live – including commercials. Hospitality comes from Chris Moynihan, Sean Hayes (Sean Saves the World) and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills Prods. and Universal TV.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MTV greenlit a “comedic half-hour docuseries” starring rapper Ja Rule. Produced by MTV and 51 Minds Entertainment, the show counts Queen Latifah among its exec producers. “Ja Rule is the modern day reality rap star version of Bill Cosby’s role from The Cosby Show,” said MTV programming president Susanne Daniels.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO acquired U.S. and Canadian TV rights to Mick Jagger-produced documentary, Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown, to bow on the premium cabler Monday, October 27 at 9p. The Rolling Stone front man boasts of “amazing never-before-seen photos and video from James Brown’s estate.” Jagger is also producing a drama for HBO with Martin Scorsese.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Singer Al Green, Tom Hanks, ballerina Patricia McBride, Sting and Lily Tomlin will be toasted at the 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Event will be broadcast Tuesday, December 30 at 9p on CBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) joins CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood to talk about his days as an NYC firefighter on Sunday, September 7 at 9a. The actor produced and stars in a new documentary, A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY.
(Source: Cynopsis)
E! peeks behind the runway for two E! From Fashion Week specials, premiering tonight and September 12 at 9p. The net promises insider scoop and hot party coverage.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Was music exec Chris Lighty the victim of foul play? The season three premiere of Celebrity Crime Files turns to friends including LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes for answers Monday, September 8 at 10p on TV One.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dr. Phil is back for round thirteen on Tuesday, September 9. Kicking off the season is the case of Robyn Gardner’s disappearance in Aruba. In the hot seat: Gardner’s travel companion, Gary Giordano, facing the victim’s sister.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Birthday Boys comes back for season two Friday, October 17 at 11:30p. The long list of guest stars on the sketch comedy from Bob Odenkirk (Breaking Bad) and Ben Stiller’s (Zoolander) Red Hour includes SNL alum Dana Carvey, Jack Black (Tenacious D), Ellie Klemper (The Office) and Sandra Bernhard (Roseanne).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Matt Nable (Riddick) will play villain Ra’s al Ghul in season three of CW’s Arrow. Comic book drama returns Wednesday, October 8 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Serinda Swan (Breakout Kings) will guest in a story arc on NBC’s Chicago Fire, returning Tuesday, September 23 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
The Identical – Blake Rayne, Erin Cottrell, Amanda Crew, Brian Geraghty, Ashley Judd, Joe Pantoliano
Frontera (Limited Release) – Ed Harris, Michael Pena, Eva Longoria, Amy Madigan, Aden Young
NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday September 5, 2014
Church of St. Agnes Carnival – on 43rd St. from Lexington Ave. to 3rd Ave.
Saturday September 6, 2014
6th Ave. Festival – from Houston to Waverly Place
Gramercy Park Neighborhood – on 3rd Ave. from 14th St. to 23rd St.
Sunday September 7, 2014
Midtown Block Party – on 45th St. from 6th to 7th Ave.
3rd Ave. Community Benefit Festival – on 3rd Ave. from 66th to 86th St.
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $33 million
You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $110 million.
Powerball is played in 43 states.
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