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ON TELEVISION (THRUSDAY 12/11/14)
ID: A Stranger In My Home (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: Gracepoint (Finale) at 9pm

David Letterman’s last day as host of CBS’s Late Show has been set for Wednesday, May 20. “It’s going to be tough to say goodbye, but I know we will all cherish the shows leading up to Dave’s final broadcast,” said CBS CEO Les Moonves. Letterman, who has hosted the Late Show for 22 years, announced his retirement on April 3. Stephen Colbert will take Letterman’s seat; his last day hosting Comedy’s The Colbert Report is December 18.
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Television nominees for the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards include the casts of Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Homeland and House of Cards in the drama series category, and Big Bang Theory, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Modern Family, Orange Is the New Black and Veep in comedy. HBO topped the list with 14 nominations, and Edie Falco is now the most nominated actor in SAG Awards history with her 21st nomination, for Nurse Jackie. For a full list of nominees, go here. Ceremony will be simulcast live on Sunday, January 25 at 8p on TNT and TBS.
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Adult Swim renewed Black Jesus and animated Mike Tyson Mysteries and Mr. Pickles for second seasons. Live action Black Jesus ranks number one its Thursdays-at-11p time period in all targeted adult and male demos.
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Comedian Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer), tapped to host the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, announced the news personally on MTV’s social media accounts. “I am honored to be hosting the awards,” said Schumer. “I will carry the audience with me like a teen mom #breaktheinternet #breakmywater.” Awards show airs live Sunday, April 12 at 9p. Official sponsors include Fiat, Geico, Taco Bell and T-Mobile.
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Dancing with the Stars champ Alfonso Ribeiro isn’t just sitting home staring at his mirror trophy ball. The performer has partnered with Thinkfactory Media on projects, including community makeover series Hometown Rebound; Ribeiro and Thinkfactory also collaborated on ABC Family’s Spell-Mageddon.
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OWN is planning a month-long celebration in January honoring civil rights legends. Special programming begins New Year’s Day with NBC News’ Tamron Hall hosting Race on The Oprah Winfrey Show with Tamron Hall at 10p, following an episode of Oprah: Where Are They Now? that spotlights memorable civil rights newsmakers.
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Three single friends who vow to get married within a year of another pal’s wedding are the focus of Lifetime original movie With This Ring, premiering Saturday, January 24 at 8p. The rom-com based on bestseller “The Vow” stars Regina Hall (Think Like a Man Too), Jill Scott (Get On Up) and Eve Jeffers Cooper (Whip It).
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Three sisters living in an “outrageous, unfiltered world” are the focus of upcoming WE tv reality series Love Thy Sister, launching six eps Thursday, January 8 at 10p. Count on Bunim/Murray Productions (Keeping Up with the Kardashians) to keep things hopping.
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The star of YouTube’s “fat girl” dance videos, Whitney Thore, has landed at TLC. My Big Fat Fabulous Life, chronicling Thore’s war on intolerance and determination to embrace her body, premieres Tuesday, January 13 at 10p.
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Downton Abbey’s Elizabeth McGovern hosts Million Dollar American Princesses, featuring the true stories of as many as 350 British aristocrats who married American heiresses for their money at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries (here’s looking at you, Cora). Three-part series bows Sunday, January 4 at 8p.
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It’s a battle of bakers in Food’s Duff Till Dawn, with host Duff Goldman presiding over cake decorators vying to create the most over-the-top concoctions. A rotating group of judges decide who takes home the Golden Whisk, starting Thursday, January 29 at 10:30p.
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TLC starts the new year off with more bridal store drama: Season eight of Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta launches Friday, January 2 at 9p. Who’ll be weighing in this time around? The net promises a guest lineup of athletes, singers, models and real-life heroes.
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Cuba Gooding (Jerry Maguire) will play O.J. Simpson and Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) takes on the role of prosecutor Marcia Clark in the first installment of Ryan Murphy’s FX anthology miniseries, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson.
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Justin Long (Accepted) has been cast as the male lead in ABC comedy project Irreversible, based on an Israeli format. A pilot with David Schwimmer (Friends) in the role didn’t make it on the schedule.
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Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia) and Jesse Plemons (Breaking Bad) landed starring roles in season two of FX’s Fargo. Production begins in January for a fall 2015 premiere.
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Despite spoilers, Tuesday’s series finale of Sons of Anarchy delivered a best-ever 6.4 million total viewers and 4.2 million among A18-49 in Live+SD, according to Nielsen. The previous highs for the FX drama were 6.2 million viewers and 4.1 million in the demo for the season seven premiere.
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CBS grabbed key demos with two very different specials Tuesday night. At 8p, the 50^th anniversary broadcast of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was first in A18-49 (2.8/9) and children 2-11 (4.0/14), and second in viewers (10.67 million). At 10p, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show was first in viewers (9.12 million) as well as A18-49 (3.4/10), and logged a whopping 5.2/18 among W18-34.
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Homeland is hot: for the third consecutive week, the Showtime drama hit a season high, with 1.95 million viewers at 9p, up 10 percent versus its last episode, and up 21 percent versus the season premiere. Season to date, the series is delivering 5.6 million weekly viewers across platforms.
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ABC Family’s The Fosters Christmas special delivered near-1-year highs in total viewers (1.93 million, third-best telecast ever), A18-34 (614,000/.9) and A18-49 (885,000/.7), ranking as Monday’s number one scripted cable TV telecast in the 8p hour across target demos. At 9p, Switched at Birth drew 1.4 million total viewers and hit nine-month highs in A18-34 (485,000/.7), W18-34 (418,000/1.2) and F12-34 (641,000/1.4).
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ABC Family got more good news regarding its Pretty Little Liars Christmas special. “How the A Stole Christmas” ranked as Tuesday’s number one scripted telecast in F12-34 (1.2 million and 2.6 rating) and was the number two cable telecast in W18-34 (726,000/2.1 rating), behind the Sons of Anarchy finale. At 9p, a Christmas ep of Chasing Life shot to a series high among A18-34 (531,000/.8) and viewers 12-34 (740,000.8).
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November was good to syndication talk shows. Dr. Phil had its best November sweep since 2008, with a 3.5 average, up 3 percent versus last year. Second place Live with Kelly & Michael had a 7 percent boost, to 3.1, it best November sweep since 2011.
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Other syndie winners: Hot Bench, the top new show with a 1.7 rating and 2.28 million viewers, up 31 percent from its premiere week. And Right This Minute jumped 55 percent, to 1.7.
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Bravo’s The Millionaire Matchmaker had its most-watched season premiere on Sunday, clocking 1.5 million total viewers for its season eight bow, up 67 percent versus last year. The net’s Real Housewives of Atlanta delivered 3.1 million total viewers on the night, up 7 percent from the week prior.
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