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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/13/15)
ABC: Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown at 8pm
DISNEY & DISNEY XD: Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (Premiere) at 9:45pm
OXYGEN: Preachers of Detroit (Premiere) at 8pm
(SATURDAY 2/14/15)
A&E: Sexy Beasts (Premiere) at 10pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Animals in Love (Premiere) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 2/15/15)
NBC: SNL 40th Red Carpet Special (Premiere) at 7pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (Premiere) at 8pm
DISNEY: I Didn’t Do It (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO.: Wicked Tuna (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO. WILD: Wild Australia (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: 101 Sand n’ Suf Hotspots (Premiere) at 7pm
TRAVEL: SI: The Making of Swimsuit 2015 (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Marianela’s Best Beaches (Premiere) at 11pm
CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Finale) at 10p
FOOD: Worst Cooks in America (Finale) at 9pm
FOX: Mulaney (Finale) at 7pm
Longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon died after a car accident in New York City on February 11, a passenger in a taxi that was rear-ended by another vehicle. He was 73. During his 47 years with CBS, Simon won over 40 major awards, including 27 Emmys and 4 Peabodys. “It’s a terrible loss for all of us at CBS News,” 60 Minutes executive producer Jeff Fager said in a statement. “It is such a tragedy made worse because we lost him in a car accident, a man who has escaped more difficult situations than almost any journalist in modern times. Bob was a reporter’s reporter. He was driven by a natural curiosity that took him all over the world covering every kind of story imaginable.”
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Rosie O’Donnell said her goodbyes on ABC’s The View Thursday, with special words for “amazing” Barbara Walters. “I want to thank her for making this show and letting me be on it – twice,” said O’Donnell, exiting after six months in the co-host’s seat to deal with what she described as stress in her personal life. O’Donnell’s first tenure ended in 2007.
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Turner’s live coverage of NBA All-Star 2015 in New York includes content for the kids, who will be able to send questions, via video, to their favorite NBA stars. Some of the Q&As will be featured within Cartoon Network’s on-air integrations throughout NBA All-Star Weekend leading up to Sunday’s game, February 15 at 8p on TNT and TBS.
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A pilot for The Grinder, a comedy starring Rob Lowe as an actor who returns home after his long-running hit show ends, got the green light from Fox. Lowe will exec produce with director Jake Kasdan (New Girl), writers Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel (The D Train) and Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors).
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A&E’s Neighbors with Benefits follows a community in Ohio where couples are extra-“friendly” with each other – but according to Shelly Tatro, SVP, development and programming, the practice isn’t as out-there as you might think. “Swinging is certainly going on behind many closed doors in America”. “We’re excited to give viewers a peek inside this growing subculture. The show features average married couples who on the surface appear to be living regular lives with their families, while participating in this alternative lifestyle on the side.” Docu-series from Haymaker launches Sunday, March 22 at 10p.
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Hallmark’s “Countdown to Valentine’s Day” event concludes with All of My Heart, starring Lacey Chabert and Ed Asner, on Saturday, February 14 at 8p. The next night, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries premieres A Gift of Miracles, with Rita Moreno, at 9p.
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Lady Gaga will take to the stage at the Oscars for the first time, in a special tribute performance. Added to the list of presenters: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Lopez, Chloe Grace Moretz, Eddie Murphy and Margot Robbie. Awards air Sunday, February 22 on ABC.
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TLC offers romance with a twist on Strange Love, premiering Wednesday, March 4 at 10p. Among those featured on the Thinkfactory Media series: a woman with hair measuring fifty feet who’s married to a hairdresser, and another with a 15-inch waist achieved with corsets and an assist from her orthopedic surgeon husband.
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Sprout launches new original series Ruff-Ruff, Tweet & Dave with back-to-back episodes Saturday, February 14 at 11a during The Sunny Side Up Show. Starting Monday, February 16, the full CGI series featuring a bird, a pup and a panda will air seven days a week, at 11a followed by a second episode at 7p.
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TNT gave the order for a 10-ep season two of The Librarians, the number two new series on basic cable (after the net’s The Last Ship). The drama averaged 11.4 million viewers per episode in multi-platform viewing.
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The sixth go-round of TLC’s Long Island Medium debuts Sunday, March 8 at 9p, with a one-hour premiere focused on Theresa Caputo’s 25th wedding anniversary. The season will offer deeper insights into Theresa’s process, as well as interviews with winners from last season’s “Knock and Shock” stunt.
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Banshee was picked up for season four by Cinemax. Season three of the drama starring Anthony Starr airs Fridays at 10p.
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It’s not exactly “returning” because it hasn’t even launched yet, but…Disney X D ordered a second season of Star Vs. the Forces of Evil, ahead of its season one premiere Monday, March 30 at 8p. A preview episode of the animated show will be available on WATCH Disney X D on Monday, February 23.
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Bresha Webb (Love That Girl!) landed a lead role opposite comedian Tone Bell in NBC comedy pilot People Are Talking.
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TNT pilot Breed adds Shaun Majumder (Detroit 187) to the cast. Thriller follows a series of brutal murders in the Pacific Northwest.
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Vanessa Williams (Desperate Housewives) will star opposite Kevin Connolly (Entourage) as his boss in Fox pilot Fantasy Life, about a man who lands a job hosting a fantasy football show.
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Eric McCormack, fresh off of TNT’s Perception, will star in Fox pilot Studio City, about a young singer who lives with her songwriter/drug dealer dad.
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Drea de Matteo (Sons of Anarchy) will play a villainous “Gifted” woman with a grudge on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. when the ABC superhero series returns Tuesday, March 3 at 9p.
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Empire did it again. Ratings in the A18-49 demo for Fox’s freshman drama rose for the fifth consecutive week since its January 7 launch, up two tenths to hit 4.8/15 on Wednesday. Lead-in American Idol took a three tenths dip from the week prior, to 2.8/9.
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The 46th NAACP Image Awards was the number one Friday Primetime telecast in TV One history among Total Households (596,000), F25-54 (234,000), P18-49 (317,000), F18-49 (209,000) and Viewers 2+ (790,000), while a sneak peek airing of Born Again Virgin was the second most-watched original series telecast among total viewers (419,000). The good news spilled into Saturday, with the premiere of White Water as the net’s most-watched original move premiere ever among total viewers (494,000), and the number two most-watched telecast among total viewers, behind the NAACP Awards.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The City of Angels blessed The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon its highest-rated week among A18-49 since June 2014. The week of February 2, the late night talker earned an average 1.22/6. For the show’s four LA-based originals the number was even better: 1.29, the best since March.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Fifty Shades of Grey – Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Eloise Mumford, Victor Rasuk, Luke Grimes, Marcia Gay Harden, Rita Ora
Kingsman: The Secret Service – Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Sofia Boutella, Sophie Cookson, Jack Davenport
The Last 5 Years (Limited Release) – Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan
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