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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 9/18/14)
TLC: Breaking Amish (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Extreme Guide To Parenting (Finale) at 9:30pm
FX: Married (Finale) at 10pm
FX: You’re The Worst (Finale) at 10:30pm
SUNDANCE TV: The Honorable Woman (Finale) at 10pm
USA: Rush (Finale) at 9pm
USA: Satisfaction (Finale) at 10pm
WE TV: SWV Reunited (Finale) at 10pm
TNT struck a deal with Marvel for the network television premieres of the next five movies from Marvel Studios, including upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron, to air two years after theatrical releases.
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Veria Living is changing its name to Z Living. The move reflects the health and wellness net’s global expansion by aligning it with its largest programming affiliate and worldwide distribution partner, Zee Entertainment. “The desire for this type of content, on a global level, far exceeded even our expectations,” said Z Living CEO Eric Sherman. The linear channel will be launching in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East and the Caribbean by year’s end.
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Saturday Night Live alum Bill (“Stefon”) Hader will host the late night sketch show on October 11. Irish singer Hozier (“Take Me to Church”) is the musical guest.
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America’s Funniest Home Videos is partnering with Maker Studios on a YouTube initiative to create original short-form programming for YouTube stars, including ShayFV, a weekly clip show featuring Shay “Shay Carl” Butler. The deal extends a relationship between Maker and Vin Di Bona Productions, creator of AFV; ABC series returns for season 25 Sunday, October 5 at 7p.
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ABC Family boasts its “100 Days Until Christmas” graphic campaign on its “25 Days of Christmas” Facebook page received 182,000 shares, making it the net’s most-shared post ever.
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Betsy Thomas has joined NBC comedy Bad Judge as exec producer/showrunner. She replaces Liz Brixius. The Universal Television series starring Kate Walsh premieres Thursday, October 2 at 9p.
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t’s all Christmas, all the time on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, starting Friday, October 31. A 24/7 holiday schedule will include two new HM&M originals, Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas (premiering Sunday, November 23 at 9p) and The Christmas Secret (bowing Sunday, December 7 at 9p), as well as films from the Hallmark Hall of Fame collection, the annual Christmas Eve Yule log and seasonal faves.
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Friday, September 19 is “Joan Day” on E!, as the network honors the life of the late Joan Rivers. A marathon of the iconic comedian’s E! show, Fashion Police, launches at 7a, followed by 90-minute tribute Fashion Police: Celebrating Joan at 8p. Rivers died September 4 at age 81.
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Athletes behaving badly now have a home, on TMZ Hollywood Sports, premiering Monday, September 29 on REELZ. Weekday-at-8p gossip show will offer “a fun look at the collision of worlds where sports (with no Xs and Os) meets celebrity,” said net CEO Stan E. Hubbard.
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Oxygen Media’s My Crazy Love uses reenactments and interviews to relive outrageous things people have done in the name of romance. Comedic anthology series from Jarrett Creative, part of the net’s rebrand launching October 7, premieres Tuesday, October 28 at 10p.
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Lifetime’s Project Runway All Stars is back Thursday, October 30 at 9p, with Alyssa Milano (Charmed) returning as host. Celebrity guest judges for season four include Debra Messing (Will & Grace), Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black) and Jersey Shore’s Snooki and JWoww, among others. Spinoff competition Project Runway: Threads, showcasing tween and teen designers, launches Thursday, October 23 at 10:30p, sliding up to its regular time slot at 10p the night of All Stars’ bow.
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Animal Planet’s Monsters Inside Me is offering more case studies of terrifying parasitic, bacterial and viral infections. “Prepare to be shocked, disgusted and afraid,” warns the net, starting Thursday, October 9 at 9p. (And don’t forget to wash the produce.)
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Season three of Motives and Murders: Cracking the Case premieres on ID Tuesday, September 30 at 8p. True crime series produced by Cineflix in association with ID goes back to the scene of baffling crimes to find answers.
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The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show returns to CBS Tuesday, December 9 at 10p. This year’s runway spectacle, to be ogled in about 200 countries, will be filmed in London.
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James D’Arcy (Let’s Be Cops) has been added to the cast of upcoming ABC drama Agent Carter as Edwin Jarvis, butler to Howard Stark.
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Activist Gloria Steinem guests on season six of CBS’s The Good Wife as herself. “I made a fool of myself and then had to email her and had to apologize,” star-struck Wife star Julianna Margulies said on Live! With Kelly and Michael.
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Sam Richardson jumps from recurring to series regular on season four of HBO’s Veep. Richardson plays an aide of Selina’s.
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Fox’s Utopia got its first ratings bump since its September 7 premiere, to 1.0/3 among A18-49, up one tenth versus its week-before number.
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In its second Tuesday airing, a shift to make room for CBS’s Thursday Night Football, Big Brother matched its week-ago 2.3/8 rating among A18-49, to beat the first results night for ABC’s Dancing with the Stars (2.2/7). Total viewership trophy went to Dancing.
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FYI’s Married At First Sight: 6 Months Laterspecial on Tuesday beat last week’s season finale to be the number one telecasteveron the network (FYI or Bio) with total viewers, A25-54, W25-54 and W18-49.
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Monday’s season six premiere of The Wendy Williams Show scored a 1.6/11 among W25-54 in metered market ratings, up 50 percent from its year-ago bow.
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