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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/27/14)
CARTOON: Mike Tyson Mysteries (Premiere) at 10:30pm
CBS: 2 Broke Girls (Premiere) at 8pm
COOKING: Review Rescue (Premiere) at 9:30pm
SPORTSMAN: Hog Dawgs (Premiere) at 7pm
TRAVEL: Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmerman (Premiere) at 9pm
TRU TV: Hair Jacked (Premiere) at 8pm
TRU TV: Fake Off (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Drumline: A New Beat (Premiere) at 9pm
Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory) will voice Buddy in an NBC stop-motion animated special Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, based on the 2003 movie with Will Ferrell. Ed Asner, who played Santa on the big screen, will narrate the show, airing Tuesday, December 16 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In addition to a super-sized episode of Once Upon a Time on Sunday, November 16, ABC is showing the love for Wednesday comedies Modern Family, The Goldbergs, The Middle and Black-ish with orders for two extra eps each. Hospital drama Grey’s Anatomy will also produce 24 episodes this season, while Castle adds one more, for at total of 23.
(Source: Cynopsis)
On the flip side, ABC canceled low-rated Manhattan Love Story. The Tuesday comedy was averaging a 1.0 rating among A18-49 and 3.3 million viewers. In its place, the net will run back-to-back Selfies.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Amid reports that Here Comes Honey Boo Boo mama June Shannon had resumed a relationship with a registered sex offender, TLC canceled the reality show. “Supporting the health and welfare of these remarkable children is our only priority,” said TLC. Shannon posted a video on Facebook denying the allegation that she’s been seeing Mark McDaniel, who spent a decade behind bars for aggravated child molestation; Shannon’s now-20-year-old daughter, Anna, has gone public with the claim the McDaniel molested her when she was 8. Season four of the series wrapped up in August.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ariana Grande, Maroon 5, Tim McGraw and Pharrell Williams will perform on one-hour CBS special A Very Grammy Christmas, broadcast Friday, December 5 at 9p. Nominations for Album of the Year for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards will be announced during the show, a warm-up for music’s big trophyfest on Sunday, February 8 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Another music note: One Direction, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Calvin Harris, Clean Bandit and Paloma Faith are set to perform at the first BBC Music Awards, airing live from London on the BBC Thursday, December 11.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Reelz is airing The American Veteran Center Honors Awards Show on Sunday, November 15 at 5p. Stars including Gary Sinese (CSI: NY), Mark Valley (Fringe) and Pat Sajak (Wheel of Fortune) will be on hand to share stories of military heroes.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS is feeling social. Performers from all 21 of the net’s primetime shows are participating in #CBSInstagramTakever, today through Sunday, November 2, by sharing photos and videos from their sets. It’s CBS’s eighth week-long social media event, and the first time a broadcast net has launched a week-long Instagram takeover.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Between Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ “Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas,” the sister nets will air 14 new original movies (12 on HC and 2 on HMM) and 2,600 hours of holiday programming. Launch date: Halloween, October 31.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Film Independent Spirit Awards air live for the first time Saturday, February 21 at 2p on IFC. “We wanted to shake things up to mark the 30th anniversary,” said Film Independent president Josh Welsh. “By broadcasting live from the beach we’ll do just that.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man) and Damian Lewis (Homeland) have been cast as leads in Showtime pilot Billions. Written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen) and Andrew Ross Sorkin (CNBC’s Squawk Box), drama is set in the world of high finance.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) landed a lead role in Syfy’s Childhood’s End, reports EW. The six-hour miniseries premieres in 2015.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lindsy Fonseca (Nikita) will play an aspiring actress in upcoming ABC action series Agent Carter, launching in January.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lauren Graham, currently in the sixth and final season of NBC’s Parenthood, will guest star on upcoming CBS reboot The Odd Couple as the ex-wife of Matthew Perry’s Oscar Madison.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Two weeks into the 2014-2015 season, NBC held the top spot in Big Four C3 ratings, with an average 2.97 among A18-49, down 7 percent from the period last year. Thursday Night Football-fueled CBS gained 16 percent, to 2.58, while ABC dipped 7 percent, to a 2.07 average. Pre-World Series Fox tumbled 33 percent, to 1.47. Among total viewers in C3 it was CBS (3.76, up 9 percent), NBC (3.28, down 1 percent), ABC (2.58, down one percent) and Fox (1.31, down 34 percent).
(Source: Cynopsis)
NatGeo’s Wicked Tuna: North vs. South wrapped season one with the largest-ever gains from DVR playback in network history.The Sunday, October 19 finale saw a 0.73 P25-54 Live+3 rating, a gain of 58 percent over Live+SD.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Wednesday’s Cutthroat Kitchen Superstar Sabotage on Food Network ranked number three in cable for its 9p timeslot, with a .7 rating among A25-54.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TNT’s Transporter: The Series delivered 1.3 million total viewers at 9p on October 8, followed by another ep that drew 1.2 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Ouija – $20 million
John Wick – $14.2 million
Fury – $13 million
Gone Girl – $11.1 million
The Book of Life – $9.8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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