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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 1/28/15)
FX: The Americans (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: Mississippi Man (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Secrets of the Dead (Premiere) at 10pm
TRU TV: Kart Life (Premiere) at 10pm
Oscars host Neil Patrick Harris broke the news via Twitter on Tuesday that Frozen songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez will pen an original tune for the awards show. “We love the Oscars and have always been huge Neil Patrick Harris fans, so when he asked us to write him a song for this year’s show we said, ‘Yes!’ before he could finish the sentence – it’s possible he may have been asking us for something else,” said the Lopezes. Spectacle airs Sunday, February 22 at 7p on ABC.
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A PSA during the first quarter of the Sunday’s Super Bowl will address domestic violence. The spot from No More shows a woman pretending to order a pizza to cover the fact that she’s giving a 911 operator her address; the NFL footed production costs in addition to donating commercial time. The league has drawn fire for its handling of domestic violence cases among its players, particularly since video surfaced of then-Baltimore Raven Ray Rice punching his fiancee in an elevator.
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This year’s Golden Globes winners may still be debating where to stash their statuettes, but the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and dick clark productions have already set a date for next year’s NBC event: Sunday, January 10, 2016 from the Beverly Hilton. The 2015 ceremony clocked a 5.8/16 rating among A18-49 and 19.3 million total viewers.
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New Bear Grylls adventure series Mission Survive will feature celebs in a rainforest survival competition. Series from Bear Grylls Ventures, Electus and Betty was commissioned by ITV.
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ABC picked up four pilots from ABC Studios: comedies Chev and Bev, starring National Lampoon’s Vacation duo Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo, and an untitled project based on the life of columnist Dan Savage about a couple whose son comes out of the closet; plus Shondaland thriller The Catch and procedural Broad Squad.
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CBS ordered a pilot for hourlong action comedy Rush Hour, based on the film franchise about a Hong Kong police officer paired with an LA cop. Warner Bros. Television and Doozer are producing.
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NBC issued pilot orders for Sharing, a workplace comedy from Jimmy Fallon, and an untitled project in which Monica Potter (Parenthood) will star in and exec produce, about a woman juggling her family and three ex-husbands.
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Arts net Ovation celebrates the 83rd anniversary of Johnny Cash’s birth with a marathon of documentaries on the late country singer, as well as the concert film of his performance at San Quentin Prison, starting Thursday, February 26 at 1p.
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It’s not just about bikinis. The Victoria’s Secret Swim Special follows the supermodels as they shoot in Puerto Rico, offering “insight into their character and life stories,” promises CBS. Joining the Angels on the island are Maroon 5 (lead singer and The Voice mentor Adam Levine is married to VS model Bhati Prinsloo) and Spanish rocker Juanes. One-hour special airs Thursday, February 26 at 10p.
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TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting returns Tuesday, February 17 at 9p with another baby on the way and a wedding to plan – 1000 guests and a shoestring budget (for waiting-til-we’re married Jessa and Ben, apparently, it’s all about the honeymoon).
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To mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland, OWN will air an encore presentation of The Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday, January 30 at 10p.In the segment from 2006, Oprah and Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel travel to Poland.
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The first group of performers announced for Univision’s 27th Premio Lo Nuestro a la Musica Latina (Lo Nuestro Latin Music Awards) includes first-time nominee Chiquis; urban artist Farruko; Marc Anthony; Ricky Martin; Gerardo Ortiz, with six nods; Prince Royce, unveiling a Spanglish version of his song “Stuck on a Feeling,” and Pitbull. Show airs Thursday, February 19 at 8p, live from Miami.
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Katie Holmes (Dawson’s Creek) will guest star in a season-long arc of Showtime drama Ray Donovan, as a shrewd and chic businesswoman. Series is currently in production for season three.
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Jerry Ferrara (Entourage) landed a co-starring role in season two of Starz drama Power, launching this summer.
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Nick Jonas (Kingdom) will recur on upcoming Fox anthology series Scream Queens. He joins Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Joe Manganiello, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer and Ariana Grande in the horror-comedy from 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, headed for a fall 2015 debut.
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Robin Givens (Head of the Class) will star in Mama’s Boy for TV One, reports TheWrap. The film is part net anthology series “Fright Night Files.”
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Monday’s Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials on CBS was up 13 percent in total viewers (10.77 million) and rose 11 percent among A18-49 (2.1/6) versus last year’s Wednesday special, the annual show’s best numbers since 2010, according to Nielsen.
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The CW celebrates its most-watched Monday since October 2011, with an average 1.65 million viewers for The Originals (1.7 million) and Jane the Virgin (1.6 million).
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Sunday’s Miss Universe Pageant averaged 2.27 million total viewers on Telemundo, the best performance of the competition in net history.
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TBS‘s Ground Floor delivered2 million viewers in Live+7 for its January 6 episode and encore, including 1.1 million A18-49. Season-to-date, the show is reaching an average 3.1 million viewers per episode across linear telecasts and DVR, VOD, digital and mobile plays. Cougar Town‘s sixth and final season launched with a combined audience of 2.1 million viewers in Live+7 delivery for its linear premiere and encore, including 1.3 million A18-49.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 1/25/15)
1) Fall Out Boy – American Beauty/American Psycho – 191,698
2) Taylor Swift – 1989 – 81,662 (After 13 weeks – 4,117,462)
3) Meghan Trainor – Title – 54,450 – 248,972 (After 2 weeks – 248,972)
Other Debuts
4) Joey Bada$$ – B4.Da.$$ – 53,990
5) Decemberists – What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World – 50,063
6) Marilyn Manson – Pale Emperor – 49,309
7) Various Artists – 2015 Grammy Nominees – 45,212
9) Lupe Fiasco – Tetsuo & Youth – 39,281
13) Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love – 27,569
15) Bjork – Vulnicura – 22,789
20) Belle & Sebastian – Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance – 15,349
21) Vertical Church Band – Church Songs – 14,590
22) Above & Beyond – We Are All We Need – 14,007
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