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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 11/6/14)
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Carnival Eats (Premiere) at 8pm
HISTORY: Pawnography (Premiere) at 10pm
USA: White Collar (Premiere) at 9pm
Not to worry, Neil Patrick Harris told the WGA East. Responding to the union’s warning that its members would refuse to write the variety show Harris is hosting for NBC in 2015 if they didn’t have a contract, Harris tweeted, “My variety show will absolutely be crafted by union writers. I’ve been assured by ITV that it will be a WGA show. Period.” ITV Studios America has been battling the guild over reality show deals (or lack thereof) since 2010.
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RLJ Entertainment is launching digital subscription-based Urban Movie Channel, with a free trial period for subscribers through February 4 and an introductory price of $2.99/month. Said RLJ’s Robert L. Johnson, also founder of BET, “UMC was designed so that the African American and urban creative community could directly reach consumers in away that removes many of the restrictions associated with the legacy content development and distribution models. As more video is consumed over broadband, we believe that we can quickly become the preeminent provider of quality entertainment to what has largely been an underserved, yet highly engaged audience.”
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Lifetime canceled supernatural drama Witches of East End. Season two’s summer run opened to 1.1 million viewers, down 42 percent from the series debut. Devious Maids is the net’s only scripted series left standing, but there’s more drama in the pipeline.
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Fallon has the Edge: Days after the announcement that Metallica will spend five nights on the final week of CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, comes word that U2 will spend the same week, November 17-21, on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. U2 did a weeklong residency on Late Show with David Letterman in 2009.
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Turns out American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken wasn’t just running for a seat in the House of Representatives over the last few months – he was starring in a docu-series about the campaign. “This series is a raw and honest look at American politics through an incredibly unique and compelling candidate,” said Matt Hanna, Esquire’s head of original programming. Simon Chinn (Man on Wire) and Jonathan Chinn (American High) from Lightbox had camera crews rolling from the candidate’s announcement in February through his defeat, for a four-hour series premiering in early 2015.
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The Perfectionist, based on the young adult book series by Pretty Little Liars author Sara Shepard, is in the works at ABC Family. Drama project from Alloy Entertainment and Warner Horizon Television is being exec produced by PLL’s Marlene King.
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Netflix acquired the rights to the 13 A Series of Unfortunate Events novels by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler), to adapt as a live-action series. The streaming company is producing the project with Paramount television. “I can’t believe it,” said Snicket. “After years of providing top-quality entertainment on demand, Netflix is risking its reputation and its success by associating itself with my dismaying and upsetting books.”
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VH1 gave the green light to docu-comedy series Barely Famous. Set for a March premiere, the satire stars sisters Erin and Sara Foster (daughters of music producer David Foster) as sibs who insist they would never do a comedy show, as they are being filmed by a camera crew.
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Mark Burnett and Roma Downey (The Bible) are partnering with writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, chief creative officer of Archie Comics, on Faust, a faith-based, modern-day take on the classic legend about a scholar who sells his soul to the devil. Project is set at NBC.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas with UP premiere movie Naughty & Nice. Romantic comedy starring Haylie Duff (7th Heaven) and Tilky Jones (Nashville) as sparring DJs debuts Sunday, November 9 at 7p.
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Momsters: When Moms Go Bad launches on ID with back-to-back eps on Black Friday, November 28 at 10p. Host Roseanne Barr does a live Twitter chat during the premiere with fans @DiscoveryID @TheRealRoseanne #Momsters, and also mans a “Watch ‘Til You Drop” marathon of her favorite ID episodes leading up to the show; viewers are invited to watch and win a $5000 shopping spree.
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On a different note, pilgrimages to some of the holiest spots on earth are followed in upcoming PBS event Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler, launching Tuesday, December 16 at 8p (check local listings). “The most common theme in religion today is that everyone is a journey,” said author/adventurer Feiler. “In this series, we have a chance to experience that firsthand.”
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MTV thriller Eye Candy, starring Victoria Justice (Victorious) as a computer hacker, premieres Monday, January 12 at 10p. Series based on the novels by R.L. Stine is exec produced by Jason Blum and Catherine Hardwicke in association with Blumhouse Productions.
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It’s all about the furniture in new Spike TV design competition Framework, bowing Tuesday, January 6 at 10p. Hip-hop artist, actor and author Common hosts, as competitors compete for $100,00 and the chance for their work to be sold to a major manufacturer. Series was created by Dwight D. Smith and Michael Agbabian of Mission Control Media.
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USA summer series Royal Pains was renewed for seventh and eighth seasons, eight eps each. The sudsy medical drama from Universal Cable Prods wrapped 13-ep season six September 2, averaging 3.3 million viewers.
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ID’s Fatal Vows is back for a third season of love turned lethal on Saturday, November 8 at 9p. First case: A man who ditches his family to marry a waitress, but someone snaps on the night of their wedding anniversary….
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Season two of Atlantis premieres on BBC America Saturday, November 15 at 9p, the same day as its UK broadcast. Additions to the cast include Vincent de Jersey (Broadchurch) and Amy Manson (Being Human).
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Oscar/Tony/Grammy/Emmy winner Rita Moreno (West Side Story) will voice the grandmother of the title character in Sprout animated series Nina’s World, premiering in 2015. Moreno was an original cast member on 1970s PBS kids’ show The Electric Company.
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Minnie Driver (About a Boy) will narrate and play adult Wendy on NBC’s Peter Pan Live, Thursday, December 4 at 8p. “She’s a classy addition to our wonderful cast,” said Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment. Driver joins Allison Williams as Peter and Christopher Walken as Captain Hook.
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Sanjay and Craig fan Anthony Bourdain (Parts Unknown) will guest as “a character not too different than myself, but more maniacal” on the Nickelodeon animated series, in an episode slated for 2015. “I’ve seen absolutely every episode,” said Bourdain. “This is a show I wish had existed when I was a kid.”
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NBC event series A.D., a follow-up to Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s The Bible, announced casting: Richard Coyle (Crossbones), Vincent Regan (The Musketeers), Adam Levy (Borgia), Juan Pablo di Pace (Dallas), Emmet Scanlan (Constantine), Chipo Chung (Sherlock), Jodhi May (The Crimson Field), Joanne Whalley (The Borgias), Greta Scacchi (Agatha Christie), and Babou Ceesay (Luther) are all aboard. Miniseries launches Easter Sunday, April 5.
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Jerry O’Connell (We Are Men) will guest on NBC Tuesday night comedy Marry Me, reports EW. The episode is slated for January.
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Dylan Baker returns for an episode as Colin Sweeney on season six of CBS’s The Good Wife, and Laura Benati will be back as Sweeney’s estranged third wife, Renata. Drama airs Sundays at 9p.
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Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Voyager) will guest on season twelve of CBS procedural NCIS, airing Tuesdays at 8p.
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The season two premiere of MasterChef Junior gave Fox a big ratings boost in Utopia’s former Tuesday slot, posting 1.8/6 among A18-49, versus the failed social experiment’s .8 average, and up 13 percent versus its series debut. The net’s New Girl got a 33 percent lift, to 1.6/5, versus its last original broadcast, and The Mindy Project saw an 18 percent lift, to 1.3/4.
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Freshman grades: NBC’s Marry Me dipped 13 percent week to week to 1.3/4 on Tuesday, while ABC’s Selfie was down two tenths to .9/3 in back-to-back eps.
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