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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 11/18/14)
A&E: Shipping Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Ivory Wars (Premiere) at 12am
AXS TV: Dan Rather Presents (Premiere) at 8pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Barn Hunters (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Risking It All (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY FAMILY: Extreme Engineering: Big Reveals (Finale) at 9pm
DISCOVERY FAMILY: Big, Bigger, Biggest: Supersized (Finale) at 10pm
ID: Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda (Finale) at 9pm
Season six of Hot in Cleveland will be the last for the TV Land comedy. The net’s first original scripted series, which celebrated its 100th episode in September, has averaged 2.4 million total viewers and a 1.46 among W25-54. The talent of the cast and crew “put TV Land on the map as a network dedicated to quality original programming,” acknowledged net president Larry W. Jones.
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TVGN turns to Pop on Wednesday, January 14. Premiering on the big day: Rock This Boat: New Kids on the Block at 8p, The Story Behind at 9p and Schitt’s Creek at 10p. The CBS/Lionsgate co-venture is distributed in 80 million homes.
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Late night viewers will get a hint of what’s to come when future Late Late Show host James Corden visits CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman on Friday, November 21. Corden takes Craig Ferguson’s seat Monday, March 9; Ferguson signs off December 19.
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Late night viewers will not, however, be treated to the promised U2 residency on NBC’s Tonight Show this week. Lead singer Bono was injured in a cycling accident in NYC and will have to undergo surgery, according to the band’s web site. “It looks like we will have to do our Tonight Show residency another time – we’re one man down,” said the three band members standing.
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The search for the next great Latino boy band is on, and Simon Cowell’s onboard. Auditions for Univision reality competition La Banda, developed with Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and Saban Brands and co-produced with FremantleMedia Latin America, are open at LaBandaoficial.com. Online casting will be followed by casting events across the U.S. and Puerto Rico in spring 2015, for a fall 2015 premiere.
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Shonda Rhimes, creator of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, will be given the Human Rights Campaign’s Ally for Equity Award at its LA gala Saturday, March 14. “Shonda Rhimes is not only politically outspoken on issues of equality, but has also created some of the most groundbreaking portrayals of LGBT people ever seen on television,” said HRC president Chad Griffin.
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Australian morning show host Karl Stefanovic revealed he’d worn the same suit on air for a year, to make a point about sexism. “No one has noticed,” he told The Age. “But women, they wear the wrong color and they get pulled up…I’m judged on my interviews, my appalling sense of humor on how I do my job, basically.” Stefanovic does admit to giving his suit an occasional break to hit the dry cleaner.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO’s Westworld has been given a series order. The drama from J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk’s Bad Robot Productions, Jerry Weintraub Productions and Kilter Films, stars Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) in his first regular series role.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The CW renewed America’s Next Top Model for season 22, and ordered 13 eps each of Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Masters of Illusion. The net acquired the original British version of P&T, which aired last summer, and revived Masters with host Dean Cain this year. All three new seasons premiere in 2015.
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LaLa Anthony (Total Request Live) will host Revolt’s Global Spin Awards, honoring DJs past and present. Show airs on Tuesday, November 25 at 8p.
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Add Meet My Valentine to ION’s original movie lineup. The romance, starring Scott Wolf (Party of Five) and Courtney Ford (True Blood) premieres Friday, February 6 at 9p, with an encore February 14 at 8p. ION recently announced five new holiday movies airing in 2014.
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Music Choice airs its annual countdown of the top 100 songs of 2014 Saturday, November 22-Wednesday, November 26 at 9p. Hosts of MC 100 are the net’s Clare Galterio and NYC 95.5 PLJ radio host Ralphie Aversa.
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AXS TV announced it will be home to five music festivals in 2015, with over 70 hours of live entertainment including events from Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival April 17-19, Stagecoach Country Music Festival April 24-26, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival May 1-3, Rock on the Range May 15-17 and Firefly Music Festival June 19-21.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Showtime’s Pauly Shore Stand Alone debuts Thursday, December 4 at 8p. Shore directed and exec produced the documentary, chronicling life on the road during a Midwestern comedy tour.
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ID introduces My Strange Addiction Monday, December 1 at 10p. Series tells true crime stories of bizarre compulsions that took an illegal turn.
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With the series finale of Sons of Anarchy looming (Tuesday, December 9), cast member Katey Sagal told reporters in a conference call that she will “definitely be involved” with husband/SOA creator Kurt Sutter’s next project for FX, The Bastard Executioner. No details yet, because “he’s just starting to work on it.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox’s Bob’s Burgers, relocated to Mulaney’s 9:30p slot on Sunday, delivered 1.7/4 among A18-49 in early Nielsens, a big bump from Mulaney’s most recent .9.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Discovery’s Gold Rush was tops in all of television in M25-54 (2.96 rating) on Friday for the second consecutive week, number one in M18-49 (2.47) in all of television and delivered 4 million total viewers P2+. Pre-show The Dirt at 8p and Edge of Alaska at 10p chipped in, delivering 2.2 million and 2.17 million viewers for the night.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lifetime movie Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B delivered 3.2 million total viewers Saturday night and an average 1.7 million A18-49, according to Nielsen fast cable ratings. In the demo, it was cable’s number two movie in 2014, behind Lifetime’s Flowers in the Attic.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sunday’s Walking Dead beat NBC Sunday Night football among A18-49 at 9p for the third week in a row, 9.2 million to 8.1 million in early Nielsens.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The A+ honor roll: In Live+7 ratings for the week of October 27, Nielsen reports a 100 percent lift for three shows: CBS’s Elementary (1.2 to 2.4), NBC’s Parenthood (1.1 to 2.2) and the CW’s The Originals (.6 to 1.2).
(Source: Cynopsis)
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