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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 9/26/14)
ABC: Shark Tank (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: 20/20 (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: The Amazing Race (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: Hawaii Five-0 (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: Blue Bloods (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Dateline NBC (Premiere) at9pm
PBS: Live From Lincoln Center (Premiere) at 9pm
CMT: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team (Finale) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 9/27/14)
NBC: Music For Change: To Global Citizen Festival at 9pm
CBS: 48 Hours (Premiere) at 10pm
COOKING: Simply Laura (Premiere) at 1:30pm
CMT: Instant Jam: Kenny Chesney (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live (40th Season Premiere) – Host: Chris Pratt, Musical Guest: Ariana Grande at 11:30pm
(SUNDAY 9/28/14)
ABC: Once Upon A Time (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: Resurrection (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: Revenge (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Premiere) at 10pm
CNN: Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown (Premiere) at 9pm
CNN: This Is Life with Lisa Ling (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: The Simpsons (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Premiere) at 8:30pm
FOX: Family Guy (Premiere) at 9pm
OVATION: Pineapple Dance Studios (Premiere) at 7pm
E!: Rich Kids of Beverly Hills (Finale) at 10pm
FOOD: The Great Food Truck Race (Finale) at 9pm
LIFETIME: The Lottery (Finale) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Ray Donovan (Finale) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: Masters of Sex (Finale) at 10pm
WEATHER: Fat Guy In The Woods (Finale) at 10pm
CBS switched its game plan for upcoming Monday nights. The net will air back-to-back eps of Big Bang Theory (the second a repeat) for the next three weeks at 8p, instead of following the hit comedy with Mom, which was to have had its season two premiere September 29 at 8:30. The Millers premieres in the 8:30p slot October 20, with Mom premiering Thursday, October 30 at 8:30p, when Bang makes its move back to Thursdays with the exit of Thursday Night Football.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox is rattling the format of ratings-challenged reality experiment Utopia. Next week viewers enter the picture when the cast selects two Utopians for possible exile, with Utopiatv.com passport members adding a third. One of the three will leave; two two new candidates arrive to compete for the open spot. Utopia airs tonight at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV One has a treat for viewers: an anthology of three short horror films just in time for Halloween. The Fright Night Files airs Saturday, October 18 at 8p. “Though we have been successful in the past with genre-based programming with our Easter and Christmas offerings, it was important to expand into this specific space, where there are so few representations in African American programming,” said Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of Radio One Inc.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS renewed Big Brother for seasons 17 and 18, to run in the summers of 2015 and 2016. The most recent iteration of the reality hit, which had its finale on Wednesday, was up 2 percent in viewers (to 7.56 million) and 4 percent in A18-49 (to 2.7/9). After-show Big Brother After Dark will also be back, airing exclusively on upcoming cable net POP, rebranded from TVGN.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Syfy summer series Dominion and Defiance have been renewed with 13-ep orders. Dominion averaged 1.6 million during its freshman run; Defiance averaged 1.56 million during season two. Dramas return in 2015.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season three of WE tv’s Tamar & Vince launches Thursday, October 23 at 10p, with the singer readying her tour. Sophomore season of the reality show delivered 1.1 million total viewers in Live+3, a 29 percent boost over season one.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Kelly Nishimoto, host of bridal reality show Something Borrowed, Something New, takes on a new role on the season premiere when she reveals she’s the one getting married and needs help getting ready for her big day. Series from Trium Entertainment returns Friday, October 10 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Outlander picks up where its midseason finale (Saturday, September 27 at 9p) leaves off on April 4. The series, adapted from the Diana Gabaldon best-sellers, has already been renewed for season two.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Rachel McAdams has been offered the female lead in season two of HBO’s True Detective, reports Variety. She would join Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Saturday Night Live alum Molly Shannon will guest on season two of CBS’s The Millers. Comedy returns Thursday, October 30 at 8:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Craig Robinson (The Office) will return as a likable car thief on season two of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, reports EW. Season two of the Fox comedy premieres Sunday at 8:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
New ABC comedy Black-ish got off to a running start, following Modern Family Wednesday night with the best-ever total viewer retention for a regular comedy debut in the slot (99 percent) and best in five years among A18-49 (89 percent), delivering 10.8 million total viewers and a 3.3/10 rating in the demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS’s Survivor had its highest-rated premiere among A18-49 (2.7/9) since 2012 on Wednesday, while Big Brother followed with its highest-rated finale since 2011 (2.6/8 in the demo).
(Source: Cynopsis)
For the 2013-14 TV season, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live grew for the 5th consecutive year to deliver its most-watched season ever (2.6 million), surpassing the prior year’s previous high by 7 percent and up among A18-49 for the 2nd straight year, to deliver a 10-year high.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Over at NBC, Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon had the best Tonight Show third quarter in six years among A18-49 and total viewers (1.18 and 3.93 million).
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC’s Good Morning America was the top morning news program for the 2013-2014 season for the second year in total viewers (5.57 million) and among A25-54 (1.8/14), posting its largest season margins over NBC’s Today (4.87 million and 1.6/13) in both categories since Nielsen’s electronic database started in 1991.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Saturday’s Outlanders wedding episode delivered 3.8 million Live+3 viewers, reports Starz, a 19 percent increase from the week prior and a 38 percent boost from the freshman series’ premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS Daytime ended the 2013-2014 broadcast year in the top spot for the 28th consecutive year, with Let’s Make a Deal and The Talk landing with their largest audiences ever. Let’s Make a Deal 1 averaged 2.93 million viewers and Let’s Make a Deal 2 averaged 3.39 million, both up 9 percent versus last year, and The Talk was up 10 percent, with 2.67 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
The Boxtrolls (Animated) – Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Elle Fanning, Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade
The Equalizer – Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloe Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo, Haley Bennett, David Meunier
Believe Me (Limited Release) – Alex Russell, Zachary Knighton, Johanna Braddy, Miles Fisher, Sinqua Walls, Max Adler, Nick Offerman, Christopher McDonald
Days And Nights (Limited Release) – Katie Holmes, Allison Jannet, Ben Whishaw, Jean Reno, William Hurt, Michael Nyqvist, Cherry Jones, Juliet Rylance
Pride (Limited Release) – Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, George MacKay, Joseph Gilgun, Andrew Scott, Ben Schnetzer
The Song (Limited Release) – Alan Powell, Ali Faulkner, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas, Danny Vinson, Aaron Benward, Kenda Benward, Jude Ramsey, Gary Jenkins
The Two Faces of January (Limited Release) – Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Dunst, Oscar Isaac, Daisy Bevan, Yigit Ozsener, Omiros Poulakis, James Sobol Kelly, Prometheus Aleifer
NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday September 26, 2014
Bowling Green Fair – n Broadway and Whitehall St.
Saturday September 27, 2014
Eating 8th – on 8th Ave. from 14th to 23rd St.
6th Ave. Fair – on 6th Ave. from 42nd to 56th St.
37th Annual Festival (Queens) – from 83rd to 89th St.
Sunday September 28, 2014
N.Y.C. Oktoberfest – on Lexington Ave. from 42nd to 57th St.
Forest Hills Austin Street Festival (Queens) – on Austin Streeet from 69th to 72nd Road
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $93 million
You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $40 million.
Powerball is played in 43 states.
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