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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 1/9/15)
ANIMAL PLANET: Treehouse Masters (Premiere) at 8pm
CINEMAX: Banshee (Premiere) at 10pm
DISNEY: Jessie (Premiere) at 8pm
DIY: Texas Flip and Move (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: Glee (Premiere) at 8pm
HBO: Real Time with Bill Maher (Premiere) at 10pm
IFC: Comedy Bang! Bang! (Premiere) at 11pm
TNT: Cold Justice (Premiere) at 8pm
WE TV: Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars (Premiere) at 9pm
WE TV: David Tutera’s CELEBrations (Premiere) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 1/10/15)
ANIMAL PLANET: Preposterous Pets (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: MythBusters (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: Family Under Construction (Premiere) at 7pm and 7:30pm
FX: Justified (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: All About Sex (Premiere) at 11pm
DIY: Renovation Realities (Finale) at 10pm
STARZ: The Missing (Finale) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 1/11/15)
E!: Live From The Red Carpet: The 2015 Golden Globe Awards at 6pm
NBC: The 2015 Golden Globes Arrival Special at 7pm
NBC: The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at 8pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: Girls (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: Togetherness (Premiere) at 9:30pm
HBO: Looking (Premiere) at 10pm
NAT. GEO.: Remote Survival (Premiere) at 10p
SHOWTIME: Shameless (Premiere) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: House of Lies (Premiere) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Episodes (Premiere) at 10:30pm
Fox is hungry for more Bob’s Burgers. The Emmy winner from 20th Century Fox Television, averaging 1.7 among A18-49 and 3.5 million viewers for season five, has been renewed for a 22-ep season six.
(Source: Cynopsis)
More from Fox: this season, the net is for the first time making full episodes of American Idol available on Americanidol.com, FOX Now and Hulu Plus, as well as VOD providers, the day after air. The reality competition opened to a 3.2 rating among A18-49 on Wednesday, down from 4.7 a year ago.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Here’s one way to drum up interest for a new series: Leading up to the premiere of Bravo’s social experiment docu-series Friends to Lovers, the net commissioned a survey from Research Now asking if the risk of dating a best friend is worth the reward of finding love. And? 76 percent of men are open to a romantic relationship with a friend, versus 58 percent of women, while 19 percent of both sexes said they’d rather date their first cousin than their best friend. As for straight men with a best friend who’s a man: 27 percent said they wished they were gay so they could date him. Friends to Lovers premieres Monday, January 12 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
They’re not smiling in Happyland. MTV has decided not to bring the dramedy back for another round, after season one averaged .2 among A18-49 and 370,000 total viewers at 11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Showtime picked up documentary series Inside Comedy from David Steinberg and Steve Carell for a fourth season, slated to debut later this year. Among those to be featured: Stephen Colbert, Michael Keaton, Bryan Cranston and Dan Aykroyd.
(Source: Cynopsis)
If George Clooney can get Downton Abbey fever, why not an animated aardvark? A new episode of Arthur, “Fountain Abbey,” pays homage to the period drama when Muffy is transported back to the English estate where her great-great grandmother worked, Monday, January 26 on PBS (check local listings).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Anthony Anderson (black-ish) is back to host the NAACP Image Awards, airing live Friday, February 6 at 9p on TV One. One-hour pre-show hits the red carpet at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Showtime’s Web Therapy has Friends in the right places. Matthew Perry guests on the Lisa Kudrow comedy Wednesday, January 14 and again on January 21 at 11p, as a pathological liar.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Destination America promises action as well as “rope operas” when Impact Wrestling debuts on the net Friday, January 16 at 9p. On Saturdays, Impact Wrestling: Unlocked will air from 10a-12p, with extra content and behind the scenes footage from the previous week’s Impact Wrestling.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Travel Channel’s five-day “Beach Week,” hosted by Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Nina Agdal, kicks off Sunday, February 15. Included: two five-part specials, 101 Sand n’ Surf Hotspots and SI: The Making of Swimsuit 2015, and “seaside adventurer” Marianela Pereyra touring coastlines in back-to-back specials Marianela’s Best Beaches.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Discovery Life Channel’s New Girls on the Block, following a group of transgender women in Kansas City, MO, premieres Thursday, April 2 at 10p. “Putting the ‘real’ back in reality television, we are thrilled to introduce these lovable characters to our audience without a filter, serving as an inspiration to live our lives freely and full of humor, heart, and hope,” said net GM Jane Latman.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Adventure junkies grab their GoPros and hit the road – 100 miles a day, way off the beaten path – in Animal Planet’s Matt on the Run. “No cameraman can keep up with us, which is why we must shoot everything ourselves,” said Matt Galland, who along with two pals braves wild animals, brutal terrain and extreme weather. Show premieres this spring.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Emmy-winning investigative journalist Chris Hansen takes to the field for an in-depth look at horrific crimes in six-part series Killer Instinct with Chris Hansen, produced by ITN Productions and premiering on ID in 3Q15. “I have been a reporter for more than 30 years and this is some of the most fascinating television I have ever helped produce,” said Hansen.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Two pals turn epic Internet fails around on Science’s upcoming, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?, launching Saturday, February 7 at 10p. Metallurgist Kevin Moore and Marine veteran Grant Reynolds reboot stunts like forging a Gatling gun that shoots meatballs.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Weather Channel is launching a new, live series, airing weeknights from 6-8p and hosted by meteorologist Mike Bettes. The so-far-unnamed show, premiering in March, will feature Bettes offering his take on the day’s events, a well as behind-the-scenes looks at forecasts.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“An epic story of unforgivable secrets” will premiere Monday, January 19 at 10p. Shot on location in Mexico, Univision’s Que Te Perdone Dios (May God Forgive You) tells the story of a woman from a wealthy family who falls in love with the foreman of her father’s ranch. And guess who doesn’t approve?
(Source: Cynopsis)
Alison Sweeney (The Biggest Loser) will star in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (wt), slated for a spring 2015 premiere. Sweeney, who starred in Hallmark’s 2013 movie Second Chances and is set to star in and exec produce Radio Hype for the net, recently wrapped a long-running role on Days of Our Lives and hosts NBC’s The Biggest Loser.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ted Danson (CSI), Jean Smart (Samantha Who?) and Patrick Wilson (Angels in America) will star in the second season of FX’s Fargo. They join leads Kirsten Dunst (Meloncholia) and Jesse Plemons (Friday Night Lights).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Edward James Olmos (Miami Vice) has hopped aboard ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the role of Robert Gonzales. Drama returns Tuesday, March 3 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The premiere of Fox drama Empire on Wednesday delivered 9.9 million viewers and was the night’s top-rated show among A18-49 with 3.8, tying ABC hit How to Get Away With Murder as the best series bow of the season in the demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC’s World News Tonight won 4Q14 among A24-54 for the first time since 2007, 9,000 viewers ahead of NBC Nightly News in the demo, according to Nielsen. In total viewers, the show cut its year-to-year quarter gap in total viewers with NBC by 39 percent, with 7.9 million. CBS Evening News was up in viewers (up 1 percent to 7.03 million) and even in the news demo (1.4/6) for the quarter.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Over 4 million total viewers P2+ tuned into Sunday’s season six premiere Food’s Worst Cooks in America, a 20 percent lift versus 2014’s season five premiere. For the 9p time slot, the show rated 1.0 among P18-49 (1 million imp).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark Channel original movie Surprised by Love garnered a 2.3 HH rating and 2.4 million total viewers, boosting Hallmark to be the number one-rated and most-watched cable network among HHs and total viewers in its time period.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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