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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 2/10/15)
DISCOVERY: Amish Mafia (Premiere) at 9pm
FYI: Marry Me…Today (Premiere) at 10pm
SCIENCE: What on Earth? (Premiere) at 9pm
TBS: Ground Floor (Finale) at 10pm
TLC: Kate Plus 8 (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: My Big Fat Fabulous Life (Finale) at 10:30pm
VELOCITY: Overhaulin’ (Finale) at 9pm
Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul debuted to a cable premiere record 6.9 million viewers and a 3.4 rating among A18-49 on Sunday. AMC lead-in Walking Dead, back for the second half of its fifth season, drew 15.6 million total viewers and 8.0 among A18-49, even with last year’s midseason bow.
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Those rumors that Katie Couric is after NBC News anchor Brian Williams’ job? “Completely untrue,” tweeted Couric on Monday. “Wishing my friends at my former home the best during this tough time.”
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Dish’s Sling TV has gone national, adding AMC to a $20/month core package that already included ESPN, TNT, TBS, Food, HGTV, Travel, Cartoon Disney, CNN, El Rey and Galavision. Tacking on an extra $5 will get cord cutters a Sports Extra pack, with additional ESPN nets, Universal Sports, Univision Deportes, beIN Sports and SEC Network. “We believe Sling TV is a game changing service that enhances the existing television landscape,” said CEO Roger Lynch.
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Animal Planet and AT&T are launching a coast-to-coast search for felines with flair, to appear in the net’s Saturday, May 2 special, America’s Next Cat Star. Viewers can upload head shots and videos of their charismatic kitties at AnimalPlanet.com/AmericasNextCatStar.
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The fourth season of ABC Family’s Melissa & Joey will be its last. With the lead characters married and ready to start a family, “It seemed like a natural time” to bring the net’s highest-rated comedy to a close, said Karey Burke, EVP, programming and development. The 100th episode of the comedy airs as the mid-season finale Wednesday, March 18 at 8p.
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Top TiVo moments at the 2015 Grammys Sunday night: Madonna’s performance of “Living for Love,” Sam Smith winning Best Pop Vocal Album and Pharrell’s stylized version of his hit, “Happy.”
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Comedian Kevin Hart will serve as Roast Master for Comedy Central’s skewering of Justin Bieber. Noted Comedy’s president of original programming, Kent Alterman, “They say only a good friend would verbally eviscerate another good friend for all his vulnerabilities. Kevin Hart is a very good friend.” Show tapes March 14 to premiere Monday, March 30 at 10p.
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Familiar Nickelodeon faces Jace Norman (Henry Danger), Isabela Moner (100 Things to do Before High School), Jack Griffo (The Thundermans) and Tony Cavalero (School of Rock) star in the net’s Splitting Adam. The original movie, about a 15-year-old who accidentally clones himself, bows Monday, February 16 at 7p and will be available for purchase on download-to-own platforms the next day and on Nick.com and the Nick app March 1-15.
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Showtime released a teaser for dramedy Happyish, premiering Sunday, April 26 at 9:30p. Star Steve Coogan (Philomena) inhabits the role originally intended for the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died February 2, 2014.
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TLC ordered a second helping of My Big Fat Fabulous Life. Season one of the docu-series from Pilgrim Studios, averaging 1.2 million P2+ viewers its first season, ends tonight with back-to-back eps starting at 10p, followed by a half-hour retrospective special, My Big Fat Fabulous Life: The Skinny.
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Season four of Discovery’s Bering Sea Gold returns Friday March 13 at 10p. Docu-series from Original Productions brings drama, danger, and the most gold ever in the show’s history.
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Walter Goggins (Justified) landed the co-lead in HBO’s Vice Principals, set in a high school. His character’s ex-wife is played by Busy Philipps (Cougar Town).
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The Following’s Adan Canto won the lead in NBC pilot The Curse of the Fuentes Women, a drama from Silvio Horta (Ugly Betty) about a mysterious man who changes the lives of a family of women.
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Reba McEntire will guest star on season four of ABC Family’s Baby Daddy, reuniting the country star with her former Reba castmate, Melissa Peterman. Baby Daddy airs Wednesdays at 8:30p.
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David Morrissey (The Walking Dead) has been added to the season two cast of CBS summer series Extant. Morrissey will recur as a man with a history with Halle Berry’s character.
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Opposite AMC’s Better Call Saul and The Walking Dead, CBS’s Grammys telecast on Sunday delivered 25.3 million viewers and an 8.5 rating among A18-49, the lowest results in six years but more than double NBC, ABC and Fox’s numbers combined.
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