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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 1/13/15)
AXS TV: The Big Interview (Premiere) at 8pm
AXS TV: Discovering Lucy Angel (Premiere) at 9pm
CNBC: Restaurant Startup (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Big Giant Swords (Premiere) at 10pm
FYI: Married at First Sight: The First Year (Premiere) at 9pm
FYI: Mikie Saves The Date (Premiere) at 10pm
HLN: Jack Vale: Offline (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Parks and Recreation (Premiere) at 8pm
PBS: Genealogy Roadshow (Premiere) at 8pm
SYFY: Troy: Street Magic (Premiere) at 10pm
TELEMUNDO: Duenos del Paraiso (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Kate Plus 8 (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: My Big Fat Fabulous Life (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Hotel Showdown (Premiere) at 10pm
UNI MAS: Tiro de Garcia 9Premiere) at 9pm
UNI MAS: La Esquina del Diablo (Premiere) at 10pm
WGN: Wrestling with Death (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: The Curse of Oak Island (Finale) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Hotel Impossible (Premiere) at 9pm
It’s a date: Late Show with Stephen Colbert premieres Tuesday, September 8 at 11:35p, from the Ed Sullivan Theater in NYC. Nina Tassler offered scant details at TCA: “We’re sitting back and waiting for him to come to us and say what he has in mind,” said the chairman of CBS Entertainment. Colbert’s take? “I have nine months to make a show, just like a baby,” said the Comedy Central alum. “So, first I should find out how to make a baby.” David Letterman, who announced his intention to retire last April, hosts his final broadcast Wednesday, May 20.
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CBS newbies NCIS: New Orleans, Madam Secretary and Scorpion all scored renewals for the 2015-16 season. “These freshman dramas have each made a big impact on key nights of the week,” said Nina Tassler, Chairman, CBS Entertainment. “Creatively distinctive, the series are backed by strong showrunners with amazingly talented casts, and have resonated with a big, broad audience.” NCIS: New Orleans is averaging 18.1 million total viewers, Madam Secretary 14.9 million and Scorpion 14.5 million. All are produced by CBS Television Studios. Fellow freshman Stalker and The McCarthys could still make the cut, said Tassler at TCA.
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As for warhorse CSI, now in its 15th season, CBS “hasn’t determined what’s going to happen,” said Tassler. “The show continues to be a strong performer.” Two and a Half Men, however, is wrapping as scheduled after 12 seasons, on Thursday, February 19 at 9p – and may or not feature an appearance by Charlie Sheen, who had a bitter public breakup with the show. All Tassler would say was series creator Chuck Lorre promised to deliver a “mystery sandwich.”
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Just hours after her Golden Globes win for Boyhood, Patricia Arquette was focused on her upcoming CBS series, CSI: Cyber, at TCA Monday. “We need to start asking questions like, do we need our phones to be Wifi-enabled? Do our coffeemakers need to be Wifi-enabled? We need to keep ourselves as low-tech as possible to avoid these unnecessary moments,” said Arquette, whose series premieres Wednesday, March 4 at 10p.
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CNN reached an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration that will allow the net to use drones in its newsgathering and reporting. “Unmanned aircraft offer news organizations significant opportunities,” said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. “We hope this agreement with CNN and the work we are doing with other news organizations and associations will help safely integrate unmanned newsgathering technology and operating procedures into the National Airspace System.”
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Original cast member Steven R. McQueen is leaving his role as The Vampire Diaries’ Jeremy. “We felt like it was time for [Jeremy] to go out on his own and start a fresh life – with a twist,” exec producer Julie Plec told the Hollywood Reporter. CW drama airs Thursdays at 8p.
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Al Jazeera America is cutting morning news programming, canceling its morning news report and Consider This with Antonio Mora, as well as its 4p news hour. What gives? “We are always looking at our scheduling calendar,” said a net spokesperson. “Increasingly we’re finding that viewers are coming to us for in-depth reporting and analysis of domestic and global news events, and our goal is to offer that around the clock.” Net president Kate O’Brian warned in an April email to staff that “resources will be recalibrated.”
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What prompted Friends alum Matthew Perry take another crack at a sitcom? “I’m doing The Odd Couple because my attempt at being a movie star failed,” joked the actor at TCA. His CBS reboot, premiering Thursday, February 19 at 8:30p, puts Perry in front of an audience again, something he didn’t have in his previous series efforts. “It’s really fun,” Perry told reporters. “I hadn’t done that since 2004.”
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Veteran So You Think You Can Dance judge Mary Murphy is leaving the Fox competition. “Mary has been a huge part ofSo You Think You Can Dance, from mentoring the dancers as a choreographer to inspiring fans as a judge,” said the network and producers dick clark productions and 19 Entertainment. “She will always be part of our Dance family, and we wish her continued success.”
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CBC gave the green light to season two of Schitt’s Creek for 2016. Season one of the Eugene Levy comedy premieres on the Canadian net today, and on Pop Wednesday, February 11 at 10p.
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Frantic Films landed a season two order for HGTV series Buy It, Fix It, Sell It, to air in spring 2015. Production is underway in the Toronto and Winnipeg areas.
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Happyish, picked up by Showtime a year ago, then put on hold after the sudden death of series star Philip Seymour Hoffman in February, has been picked up again. New version will premiere Sunday, April 26. Shameless, airing Sundays at 9p, got a season six renewal.
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TV One is expanding its programming with the introduction of monthly original films, beginning in February. First up: White Water, about a child’s first encounter with racial tension during the civil rights era, on Saturday, February 7 at 8p. Black History Month also brings the season premieres of Unsung Hollywood and R&B Divas LA on Wednesday, February 11, at 8p and 10p; The 23rd Annual Trumpet Awards airs Saturday, February 21 at 8p.
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The Brady Bunch’s Barry Williams launches a 1970s-style musical variety show in a docu-series premiering Thursday, February 5 at 9p on Great American Country. A Very Barry Branson – offers “a fun nostalgic ride through the grooviest decade,” said Williams. Bonus: Maureen McCormick (Marcia) shows up.
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Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Guzman, co-stars of upcoming film The Boy Next Door, re-team to co-host Oxygen’s Snapped marathon on Sunday, January 18 from 4p-9p. Eps all focus on younger men with older women, leading up to a new Snapped: Killer Couples ep and a preview of The Boy Next Door, in theaters Friday, January 23.
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Accounts of close encounters with folk tale fiends return with the season three premiere of Monsters & Mysteries on Destination America. Prepare for stories of creepy “Men in Black” on Saturday, January 17 at 9p.
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Animated comedy Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero is slated for a simulcast premiere Friday, February 13 at 9:45p on Disney XD and Disney Channel. But the stellar lineup of guest stars isn’t kid stuff: Garry Marshall (Happy Days), Beau Bridges (The Descendants), Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings), Wanda Sykes (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon and Diana Rigg (Game of Thrones) are among those on deck.
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Sewee Entertainment’s Andrew Young Presents, a series of 1-hour events exploring civil rights history and current issues, will return for an eighth season in broadcast syndication, renewed in over 80 percent of the U.S. Sponsors include Abbott Labs, Chevron, Coke, Delta and McDonalds.
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Kyle MacLachlan will reprise the role of Agent Dale Cooper in Lifetime’s Twin Peaks, premiering in 2016, 25 years after the original wrapped. Creators David Lynch and Mark Frost are also both onboard.
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Colm Meaney (Hell on Wheels) and Charlotte Nicdao (Camp) have joined the cast of Syfy miniseries Childhood’s End, based on the Arthur C. Clarke science fiction novel.
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Billy Dee Williams will reprise his Star Wars role in an episode of Disney XD’s animated series, Star Wars Rebels, airing Monday, January 19 at 9p.
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s third and final at bat hosting the Golden Globes on NBC delivered a 12.7/19 rating in metered markets, down 9 percent from last year’s show, which had the best in MM number since 2010.
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Bravo’s Top Chef earned a season high 1.9 million total viewers and 1.1 million P18-49 (1/7/15), according to Nielsen Live+3 data, up 14 percent in P18-49 and 9 percent in total viewers over the prior episode (December 17). Beginning Wednesday, January 21, the series moves to 9p, leading in to new cooking competish Best New Restaurant.
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TV One’s News One Now finished 2014 as the top cable news show in its timeslot among all African American viewers and P25-54 and W25-54. Including broadcast television, the show was second in the demos only to NBC’s Today.
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