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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 1/16/15)
DESTINATION AMERICA: Impact Wrestling (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY LIFE: NY ER (Premiere) at 10pm and 10:30pm
FOX: World’s Funniest Fails (Premiere) at 8pm
PBS: Great Performances at the Met (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: 12 Monkeys (Premiere) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 1/17/15)
LIFETIME: Whitney (Premiere) at 8pm
LIFETIME: Bobby Brown Remembering Whitney (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances (Premiere) at 11pm
BBC AMERICA: The Musketeers (Premiere) at 9pm
CMT: My Big Redneck Family (Premiere) at 9pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: Monsters & Mysteries in America (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY LIFE: Body Bizarre (Premiere) at 9pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Betty White’s Smartest Animals in America (Premiere) at 8pm
NAT. GEO. WILD: Bandit Patrol (Premiere) at 10pm
NICK: Bella and the Bulldogs (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Kevin Hart, Musical Guest: Sia at 11:30pm
FYI: Late Nite Chef Fight (Finale) at 10pm
(SUNDAY 1/18/15)
ANIMAL PLANET: Rugged Justice (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY LIFE: Hoarding: Behind Closed Doors (Premiere) at 10pm
DISNEY: Austin & Ally (Premiere) at 8pm
DISNEY: K.C. Undercover (Premiere) at 8:30pm
E!: Christina Milian Turned Up (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester (Premiere) at 10pm
UNIVISION: Nuestra Belleza Latina (Premiere) at 8pm
OWN: Oprah’s Master Class: Civil Rights (Premiere) at 8pm
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Presents: Legends Who Paved The Way (Premiere) at 9pm
AHC: The Bible’s Greatest Secrets (Finale) at 9pm
HISTORY: Alaska Off-Road Warriors (Finale) at 10pm
TNT: The Librarians (Finale) at 9pm
NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group is the latest to shift to Live+3D. Bravo, E!, Esquire, Oxygen, Sprout, Syfy and USA, will now report ratings based on Live+3 measurements, announced NBCU during TCA, with L+SD data distributed only for live sports/entertainment, specials and event programming. The group’s programming has seen significant lifts from Live+SD to Live+3, including 83 percent for USA’s Graceland, 81 percent for Bravo’s Top Chef, 80 percent for Syfy’s Dominion and 65 percent for E!’s The Soup. “Considering ever-growing use of DVR, VOD, digital and other non-linear viewing options, L+SD is merely a chapter in a much larger and more diverse ratings story,” said Liz Mahaffey, EVP, brand strategy. FX, HBO and Showtime have also given up Live+SD reporting.
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Responding to a report that Rosie Perez is leaving The View after four months, an ABC rep said the co-host is in rehearsals for her Broadway play for the month of January, and “her status with the show has not changed.” The actress signed on for Larry David’s Fish In the Dark before she started on the morning show in September. On Thursday morning’s show, Rosie O’Donnell said of Perez, “She will be back here are her job, regardless of what you hear.” However the Perez situation plays out, expect co-host Whoopi Goldberg, recovering from a herniated disc, back enjoying The View on Tuesday.
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William Shatner is courting a new audience: preschoolers. The TV vet will narrate Sprout space series Clangers, a reboot of the BBC stop-animation show from the 1960s. “William Shatner’s highly recognizable voice and humor captures the distinct charm of the show while bringing his own unique sensibility to the role of the Narrator,” said Sprout president Sandy Wax. Michael Palin (Monty Python) is also onboard the series, slated for an June 20 premiere at 11a on the net’s Sunny Side Up, and also running nightly at 8p with The Good Night Show.
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E! renewed its first scripted series, The Royals, ahead of its March 15 series premiere – a move that came as a surprise to creator Mark Schwahn. “This pickup caught us all off guard,” said Schwahn at TCA. “I feel like if we’re not doing seasons five, six, seven, we’re making a mistake.” The net’s House of DVF also got a renewal for season two.
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USA’s Benched won’t make it to season two. The courtroom comedy ended in December with an average 800,000 viewers and 300,000 among A18-49.
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The Academy Awards nominees were announced Thursday, and Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel led with nine nods each. Among the nominees was Patricia Arquette in the Supporting Actress category. Arquette will be doing more than gown-hunting the actress stars in CBS procedural CSI: Cyber, launching Wednesday, March 4 at 10p. Oscars ceremony airs Sunday, February 22 at 7p on ABC; for a complete list of nominees go here.
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Charlize Theron’s Denver & Delilah Films signed a first look deal with Universal Cable Productions to develop and produce scripted programming for NBCU nets and externally, it was announced at TCA. “I had the pleasure of working with Charlize recently and was determined to keep working with her once I joined Universal Cable Productions,” said Dawn Olmstead, EVP of development. Among the projects under new D&D head of scripted Laverne McKinnon are Diblings, a romantic comedy at NBC; The One, a drama for Bravo and adventure drama Mythos for USA.
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Cirque du Soleil Media signed a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox Television – but the idea is not to televise the company’s live performances, but create primetime scripted content that “will elevate the genre by drawing from Cirque’s creative vision,” said Jacques Methe, president of Cirque du Soleil Media. “We’re already searching for writers who can tap into their world,” said 20th TV president of creative affairs Jonnie Davis.
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NBC ordered three comedy pilots from Universal Television: How to Live, about a blogger and his wife who move to the suburbs; Superstore, focused on employees in a big box store, and an untitled project about empty nesters whose kids and parents move back home.
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Donny Deutsch, TV personality and chairman of ad agency Deutsch Inc., will star as a fictionalized version of himself in semi-scripted Donny!. USA gave a six-ep order for the show, from Left/Right.
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Bravo’s second scripted series, Odd Mom Out, will premiere Monday, June 8, the net announced at TCA. The Real Housewives of Orange County is back for season 10, Flipping Out returns for season 8 and Married to Medicine will have a third go-round. Premiere dates included Monday, March 2 at 9p for Shahs of Sunset; Tuesday, March 10 at 10p for Newlyweds: The First Year; Monday, March 16 at 10p for Southern Charm, and Wednesday, April 8 at 10p for Million Dollar Listing. In development: scripted series The One, about the relationship between a street artist and a tech genius.
(Source: Cynopsis)
He may have an annual birthday show, but Steve Harvey in still in for surprises on his 58th on-air celebration, with appearances by family, friends and Martha Stewart on his syndie talker today. Icing on the cake: The mayor of Cleveland proclaims January 17 “Steve Harvey Day,” and renames a street “Steve Harvey Way.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Online dating not doing it for you? WE tv takes a different tack in Match Made in Heaven, premiering Wednesday, February 4 at 10p. Pastor Ken Johnson, spiritual advisor to the Indianapolis Colts, looks for “godliness and authenticity” as he separates the wheat from the chaff in a house full of single women looking to land a wealthy real estate magnate. Reality series produced by Glassman Media.
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he journey of best friends determined to strike it rich with recipes for stuffed chicken wings (!) is chronicled in OWN’s 2 Fat to Fly. Docu-series launches Saturday, February 28 at 10p.
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Hallmark original movie Bridal Wave premieres Saturday, January 17 at 9p, moved up from January 24.
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TLC premieres three new eps of Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta tonight, beginning at 9p with NFLer Maurice Jones-Drew helping his sister pick out the dress of her dreams.
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CBS’s 48 Hours offers a double dose of murder on Saturday, January 17. First is an updated rebroadcast of “Death at the Parsonage” at 8p; “Murder in Pinyon Pines,” investigating a triple killing in 2006, airs at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Upcoming Lifetime series Kosher Soul follows LA stylist Miriam Sternoff, who is Jewish, and her fiance, African-American comedian O’Neal McKnight as they head to the altar. Docu-sitcom from Ish Entertainment launches Wednesday, February 25 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Reality series WWE Tough Enough, revived by USA for one season in 2011 after runs on MTV and UPN, is coming back, net president Chris McCumber announced at TCA. “WWE is a cornerstone of USA’s programming,” said McCumber.“After signing another multi-year deal for Raw and SmackDown, this is the perfect time to bring back the series and capitalize on the enormous audience appeal of sports entertainment.”
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Kristen Connolly (House of Cards) and Billy Burke (Revolution) have joined the cast of CBS summer series Zoo, based on the novel by James Patterson. They co-star opposite James Wolk (The Crazy Ones).
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Luis Guzman (Traffic) and Finesse Mitchell (Saturday Night Live) guest star on Showtime pilot Roadies, about day-to-day life on a rock tour. Luke Wilson (Old School), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Imogen Poots (The Look of Love), Rafe Spall (One Day), Colson “MGK” Baker (Beyond The Lights), Peter Cambor (NCIS: Los Angeles) and Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) star in the ensemble cast.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ian Ziering and Tara Reid will be back for round three of Sharknado, set to start in Washington, D.C. and “roar down the Eastern seaboard.” TV movie from Asylum is slated for a July premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)
After a strong start last week, Fox drama Empire rose 5 percent on Wednesday among A18-49, to 4.0/12, and jumped from 9.9 million to 10.29 million total viewers, according to Nielsen fast nationals.
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TLC’s Kate Plus Eight returned Tuesday with 1.8 million P2+ viewers and 1.4 among W18-49. The series premiere of the net’s My Big Fat Fabulous Life averaged over 1.3 million P2+ viewers and delivered a 1.1 rating in the female demo, to rank number one in its 10p timeslot.
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Syndicated entertainment magazines bounced back from a soft Christmas week. The week ending January 4, Entertainment Tonight was up 24 percent from the week prior, to 3.1; Access Hollywood jumped 15 percent, to 1.5; The Insider rose 9 percent, to 1.2, and Extra saw a 8 percent uptick, to 1.4.
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Freshman syndicated court show Hot Bench was up 21 percent, to match a season-high rating of 1.7 in reruns, and soared 29 percent in the W25-54 demo, to .9. Judge Judy, also in repeats, was up 13 percent, to 6.3.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The January 4 return of Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge on CMT was the series’ highest-rated and most-watched telecast with 754,000 total viewers (Nielsen Live +3), up 48 percent from its season one average.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Paddington – Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin
The Wedding Ringer – Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Affion Crockett, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Jorge Garcia, Dan Gill, Corey Holcomb, Ken Howard
Blackhat – Chris Hemsworth, Tang Wei, Viola Davis, Ritchie Coster, Holt McCallany, John Ortiz, Yorick Van Wageningen, Wang Leehorn
Spare Parts (Limited Release) – George Lopez, Jamie Lee Curtis, Carlos PenaVega, Marisa Tomei, David Del Rio, Jose Julian, Alexa PenaVega
Still Alice (Limited Release) – Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish, Erin Darke, Victoria Cartagena, Shane McRae
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