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ON TELEVISION (THRUSDAY 2/12/15)
NBC: The Slap (Premiere) at 8pm
CMT: Party Down South 2 (Finale) at 9pm
COOKING: Donut Showdown (Finale) at 9pm
ID: Unraveled (Finale) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Project Runway All Stars (Finale) at 9m
SUNDANCE TV: Babylon (Finale) at 10pm
WE TV: Love Thy Sister (Finale) at 10pm

Transgender actress Laverne Cox has been cast in CBS procedural pilot Doubt as a transgender Ivy League-educated attorney. Cox was nominated for an Emmy last year for her portrayal of a transgender character on Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sounds like the idea of having a woman fill Jon Stewart’s seat at Comedy Central’s The Daily Show is being floated at Viacom. Doug Herzog, president of the Viacom Entertainment Group, told Adweek, “All good ideas are being considered. We’re happy to have anybody that we believe is going to be funny enough and smart enough to sit behind that desk.” Jon Stewart announced on Tuesday he’s ending his 17-year run on the satire news/talk show later this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Though Stewart said that post-Comedy Central, “I’m going to have a dinner, on a school night, with my family who, I have heard from multiple sources, are lovely people,” the Twitterverse clearly has other ideas. Among the suggestions for #JobsForJonStewart: President of the U.S. and Batman.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The six-months-without-pay suspension of NBC News anchor Brian Williams, for embellishing reports about a helicopter ride during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, was “severe and appropriate,” said NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke on Tuesday night. Burke also said Williams “deserves a second chance, and we are rooting for him.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Count David Letterman among the Williams supporters. Before running a top 10 list of “Other Things Brian Williams Said That May Or May Not Be True” (sample: “Have you met my sisters, Venus and Serena Williams?”), Letterman called Williams smart and “fabulously entertaining.” As for misremembering? “Not that big a deal, I don’t care,” said the talk show host, headed out of late himself on May 20. Williams was scheduled to appear on Letterman’s Late Show tonight, but canceled last Sunday amid the widening scandal.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The gang’s all here: Howie Mandel, Mel B and Heidi Klum are all back for the tenth season of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. The judges join previously announced returning judge Howard Stern and host Nick Cannon. The competition series from FremantleMedia North America and Syco Entertainment has been the top summer show for nine consecutive years, reports the net.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Hope Nick Jonas looks good in green slime. The former boy bander is set to host the 2015 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, airing Saturday, March 28 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Dr. Ken, developed in 2013 at NBC, got a pilot order from ABC. Comedy starring Ken Jeong (Community) as an overwhelmed doctor comes from writer Jared Stern (The Internship), ABC Studios and Sony Pictures Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Keyshia Cole: All In documents the R&B singer’s career and family challenges, starting Tuesday, February 24 at 9:30p. The show is the third in a series, after The Way It Is and Family First.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season four of Cartoon Network’s NINJAGO:Masters of Spinjitzu returns Monday, February 23 at 6:30p. Last January’s special episode ranked as the top telecast of the year on basic cable with boys 2-11 and boys 6-11.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ray Santiago (Touch) and Dana DeLorenzo (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) landed roles in Starz’ Ash Vs Evil Dead, starring Bruce Campbell as a monster hunter.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Warner Bros. gave the formal go-ahead for a second season of The Real. The talk show, which hit a series high 1.54 million viewers and 1.2HH rating the week of January 26, had been cleared in two-year deals with most of its stations.
(Source: Cynopsis)

It was smooth sailing for Fresh Off the Boat on Tuesday, with back-to-back eps building on the half-hour among A18-49 (1.7/6 to 1.8/6) from 8-9p. That’s down from the 2.5/8 the new ABC series drew Wednesday for a premiere sandwiched between The Middle and Modern Family, but it was Tuesday’s top comedy. And based on Nielsen’s Upscale ratings for its debut, Boat is the season’s number one freshman series with high-income A18-49, ahead of the net’s own How to Get Away with Murder and black-ish.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship earned a .6 rating among A25-54 (600,000 imp), up 30 percent versus year ago, and ranked fourth in its 8p timeslot. Median age was 42 years (3 years younger versus year ago), and up 200 percent in the P2-17 demo (.6).
(Source: Cynopsis)

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