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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/5/15)
ABC: The Bachelor (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD: Best. Ever. (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Love It or List It (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Antiques Roadshow (Premiere) at 8pm
TV ONE: Fatal Attraction (Premiere) at 10pm
The biggest winner of the inaugural College Football Playoff semi-finals? ESPN, which logged 28.2 million viewers for the Rose Bowl at 5p and 28.3 million for the Sugar Bowl at 9p on New Year’s Day – the two most-watched cable telecasts ever. Championship game is January 12.
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Mike Huckabee announced during Saturday’s edition of his Fox News show, Huckabee, that it would be his last, calling exiting “the honorable thing to do” as he mulls a 2016 presidential run. “I have never had so much fun in my life,” said the former Arkansas governor, “but I also realize that God hasn’t put me on Earth just to have a good time.” Huckabee held his FNC seat for six and a half years. Was he smart to give up his Fox job for another shot at the White House? Vote in our poll.
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Sony Pictures struck deals with a variety of VOD providers, including Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Dish and DirecTV, for controversial film The Interview. Not in on the action: Sony-owned streaming site Crackle, which does not charge for content.
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James Corden, set to take over The Late Late Show on March 23, was one of the entertainers named as an Office of the Order of the British Empire, for drama. “I feel very lucky to be born in a country where creativity is both encouraged and valued,” said Corden, currently on the big screen in Into the Woods. Joan Collins (Dynasty) was recognized for her charity work.
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Nominees for the American Cinema Editors’ 65th Annual ACE Eddie Awards include nods for True Detective, House of Cards, 24, Mad Men, Madam Secretary, Sherlock, Silicon Valley, Veep and Transparent, among others. For a full list, go here. Awards will be handed out January 30.
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HBO’s Game of Thrones was the most pirated TV show for the third year in a row, reports Torrent Freak, with over 8 million downloads via BitTorrent for the season finale. AMC’s Walking Dead was next with an estimated 4.2 million downloads.
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In more Thrones news, HBO will air a behind-the-scenes special Sunday, February 8 at 7:30p, ahead of the yet-to-be scheduled premiere of season five. And rumors that the drama is readying another mix tape were confirmed by Anthrax’s Scott Ian. The guitarist posted pics of the band recording, with the hashtag #CatchTheThrone; in an interview with Metal Hammer, Throne fan Ian said he had approached series co-creator Dan Weiss about contributing. Last year’s tape, with songs inspired by the series, was released for free on Soundcloud.
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Discovery Family Channel launches two new series Tuesday, January 6. Hand Made History, telling the stories behind everyday objects, premieres at 8p, followed by demolition show Explosive! at 9p.
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It’s not getting older – it’s getting stranger. Season six of TLC’s My Strange Addiction returns Wednesday, January 7 at 10p. What’s in store? One woman who drinks air freshener 50 times a day, another “married” to a carnival ride and a brick-eater who chewed a two-foot hole in the wall of her house. But women aren’t the only weirdos. Kicking off the new season: one-hour special My Strange Addiction: Men in Doll Suits.
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Season three of TV One’s Fatal Attraction launches tonight at 10p. The real-life crime series from Jupiter Entertainment promises more stories than previous seasons, and “the organic discussion that developed among viewers will deepen via #FatalMondays,” D’Angela Proctor, TV One’s SVP of programming and production, “where our audience can connect socially around the hot-button issues the show generates.”
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TV One take two: the net’s Unsung returns with four new eps starting Wednesday, January 14 at 8p. The story of notorious “King of Punk Funk” Rick James kicks things off, with family and friends shedding light on a different side of the chart-topper.
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BBC America’s two-part Top Gear Patagonia Special premieres Monday, January 12 at 8:30p. The grueling road trip through South America kicks off a new season of the car show.
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Season seven of Up’s Heartland returns with new eps Wednesday, January 7 at 9p. Included in the action: a rush to the hospital.
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Stars aligned for the BBC and Weinstein Co.’s War and Peace include Paul Dano (12 Years a Slave), Lily James (Downton Abbey) and James Norton (Happy Valley). Six-hour miniseries will be directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders).
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Kim Dickens (Sons of Anarchy) landed the female lead in AMC’s Walking Dead prequel project, opposite Cliff Curtis (Gang Related).
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Paul Rudd will return for two episodes during the seventh and final season of Parks and Recreation, reports EW. Rudd guested during season four.
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CBS topped broadcast in viewers Thursday night with an average 5.3 million for an evening of reruns, according to Nielsen. Univision matched CBS’s winning demo rating: 1.0/3. ABC, NBC and Fox each scored .6/2 among A18-49.
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Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest (10-11p) on ABC was the number one program in primetime with 12.8 million viewers and 3.8/14 among A18-49, up 5 percent in viewers and even in the demo year-to-year.
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Eight of the top ten syndicated talk shows rose in the ratings the week ending December 14, with Jerry Springer taking the biggest jump (up 18 percent to 1.3). Also on the rise: Steve Wilkos (up 8 percent to 1.4), Dr. Oz and Rachael Ray (up 7 percent to 1.6 and 1.5, respectively), Maury and Wendy Williams (up 6 percent to 1.9 and 1.7), Steve Harvey (up 5 percent to match a 2.0 season high) and Ellen (up 3 percent to hit a season high 3.0).
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TLC’s 90 Day Fiance: The Couples Tell All hit a record 2.1 million P2+ viewers, and earned its highest rated ever among W25-54.
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CBS’s The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors on Tuesday had its best total viewer delivery since 2010, with 9.2 million, and best among A18-49 since 2013, with 1.2/4.
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CBS was top of the ratings heap the week ending December 21, according to Nielsen, up versus the prior year 16 percent in viewers (to 10.2 million), 29 percent in A18-49 (to 2.2/7) and 26 percent among A25-54 (to 2.9/8).
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The week of December 15, ABC Family’s 17th annual “25 Days of Christmas” programming event helped make it the number one cable net in Prime across A18-34, W18-34, A18-49, WW18-49, Viewers 12-34 and Females 12-34, second in total viewers (2.55 million) to ESPN (2.66 million).
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TruTV boasted 47 percent primetime growth among A18-49 the ninth week after its brand and programming refresh in October, including a primetime audience that’s five years younger (median age: 38).
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OWN reported a third consecutive year of double digit growth in total viewers, up 15 percent, and in 2014 ranked for the first time as a top 30 (number 29) network for W25-54. The Haves and the Have Nots was the top original cable series for African-American women, and the fifth ranked original scripted series among ad-supported cable nets in W25-54 for the year, averaging over 3 million viewers.
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IFC is up 20 percent in primetime among A18-49 in 2014 versus 2013, while rebranded WE tv saw a 37 percent jump in prime viewership in 2014 versus the year prior.
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2104 was Bounce TV’s most-watched year yet, up 42 percent among HH (to 159,000), 22 percent among P18-49 (84,000) and 29 percent among P25-54 (94,000) in primetime. The net’s most-watched original series, Family Time, finished its 10-week season in December with an average delivery of 150,000 HHs, 96,000 among A18-49 and 108,000 among A25-54.
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – $21.9 million
Into The Woods – $19.1 million
Unbroken – $18.4 million
The Woman in Black 2: The Angel of Death – $15.1 million
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – $14.5 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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