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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/25/15)
CBS: Survivor (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: The Amazing Race (Premiere) at 9:30pm
COOKING: Dinner at Tiffani’s (Premiere) at 10pm
FUSE: Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce (Premiere) at 11pm
LIFETIME: Kosher Soul (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: Mississippi Men (Finale) at 10pm
PBS: Earth: A New Wild (Finale) at 10pm
POP: Rock This Boat: New Kids on the Block (Finale) at 8pm
POP: The Story Behind (Finale) at 8:30pm
On the heels of TBS’s pickup of his untitled comedy with wife Samantha Bee, The Daily Show’s Jason Jones announced via Twitter that after 9½ years at “one of the greatest TV shows of all time…It is time for me to go.” Bee will remain with the late nighter, said Comedy Central. The couple’s comedy about a family road trip to Florida, starring Jones, is slated for a 4Q15 launch.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Among the celebs aboard season 20 of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars: Three’s Company’s Suzanne Somers, singer Patti LaBelle, football star Michael Sam, Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin, daughter-of-Bruce Rumer Willis and Carl’s Jr. ad model Charlotte McKinney. Dance pro Derek Hough, who had announced he would not be part of the season, will be back after all, partnered wtih Liuken. Competition starts Monday, March 16.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Oscar winner Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny) is set for the role of political activist Gloria Steinem in HBO miniseries Ms. Kathy Najimy plays feminist leader Bella Abzug. Bruce Cohen (Silver Linings Playbook) will exec produce with George Clooney and Grant Heslov (Argo), along with Tomei and Najimy; Steinem is consulting.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HGTV gave the green light to four more house restoration/flipping series: Flipping Virgins (first-time flippers), Old Home Love, Restoring Victoria and Flipping Moms. “HGTV has had tremendous success with series like Rehab Addict and Fixer Upper which showcase real people who have a passion for renovating older properties,”said Allison Page, GM, HGTV and DIY.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The premiere of USA event series DIG will include an exclusive clip from Universal Pictures’ upcoming action thriller, Furious 7, introduced by Vin Diesel. A teaser for the clip aired during Monday’s WWE Raw. DIG debuts Thursday, March 5 debut at 10p, after a broadcast of Fast Five.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Price Is Right is throwing a mass wedding, reports People. Couples who want to get hitched – and arrive at the studio a marriage license will have the change to get married by the game show’s host, Drew Carey, who was ordained online so he could make it official.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Big Hero 6 is the latest “Risk-Free Movie” on Reelz, a promotion that offers VOD or PPV viewers reimbursement if they don’t like a film. Offer extends until Sunday, March 22.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sundance Film Festival winner Dreamcatcher premieres on Showtime Friday, March 27 at 9p. Documentary focuses on Chicago’s Brenda Myers-Powell, whose foundation fights to end human trafficking.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers) will make his Saturday Night Live hosting debut on March 7. Musical guest for the NBC sketch comedy is the Zac Brown Band.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dateline special series “Escape,” hosted by NBC Sports’ Josh Elliott, features first-hand stories of survival and recovery. Three-parter debuts Sunday, March 1 at 9p, with harrowing accounts of the Costa Concordia shipwreck.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Puerto Rico’s WAPA Television will premiere original daytime game show Gana con Ganas (I Wanna Win!) on Monday, March 2, airing weekdays at 3p ET and 3p local time in Puerto Rico. Show is set to air in the U.S. on the station’s cable network arm, WAPA America.
(Source: Cynopsis)
E!’s most-watched freshman series in three years, Botched, returns Tuesday, April 14 at 9p for a sophomore run, correcting plastic surgery gone horribly wrong.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The cast of Kurt Sutter’s FX period drama The Bastard Executioner includes Australian theater actor Lee Jones, Stephen Moyer (True Blood), Sutter’s wife Katey Sagal and Timothy V. Murphy (Sons of Anarchy), Sam Spruell (The Hurt Locker) and Darren Evans (Galavant). Production begins March 19 in Wales.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Margo Martindale (The Millers) is set to co-star in CBS drama pilot Sneaky Pete, written and produced by Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and David Shore (House).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Rob Riggle (Modern Family) landed the lead in Fox comedy pilot 48 Hours ‘Til Monday, as a harried father of three. SNL alum Jane Curtin is onboard as his character’s mother-in-law.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Paula Patton (Precious) will play the lead in ABC drama pilot Runner. It’s Patton’s first series regular role.
(Source: Cynopsis)
STARZ series Blunt Talk, premiering this summer, cast Ed Begley Jr. (Arrested Development), Mary Holland (Parks and Recreation), Karan Soni (Betas) and Romany Malco (Think Like A Man) in recurring roles.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Angela Kinsey (The Office) will star in ABC comedy pilot The 46 Percenters, about couples who choose to stay married.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) and Jim Broadbent (The Iron Lady) have been added to the cast of a six-part adaptation of War and Peace, for the BBC and The Weinstein Co. Miniseries is being shot across Russian, Lithuania and Latvia.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Parenthood alum Erika Christensen landed a lead role in ABC drama pilot L.A. Crime.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC’s The Voice returned Monday with a premiere low 4.1/12 among A18-49, but that was enough to handily win the night in the demo. The season two premiere of the net’s Night Shift earned 1.5/4, up 36 percent from its summer finale.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC Nightly News won the news demo for the second week of NBC News anchor Brian Williams’ six-month suspension for reporting embellishments, but NBC remained first in total viewers, increasing its lead from 398,000 to 416,000 with Lester Holt in the anchor seat.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Discovery’s Street Outlaws delivered a record 3 million viewers on Monday, February 16 in Live+3, and was the top non-sports cable program for Persons and Men delivery in the time slot, earning 2.66 among M25-54, 2.28 among M18-49 and 1.83 among M18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TBS‘s King of the Nerds drew a combined audience of 1.9 million viewers in Live+7 for its February 6 premiere and 2 encore telecasts, including 524,000 A18-34 and 1.1 million A18-49.Across all TBS platforms, the series is averaging a reach of 2.7 million viewers per episode.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The season two finale of TNT’s Transporter The Series drew over 1.6 million viewers in Live+7 delivery. With DVR, replays and multiplatform viewing included, the season reached 3.1 million viewers per episode.
(Source: Cynopsis)
19 Kids & Counting returned to TLC for season nine Tuesday with a premiere high 4.0 million P2+ viewers, and a 3.4 rating among W25-54. New series Our Little Family averaged 2.1 million P2+ viewers and a 1.5 W25-54 rating, helping make TLC the number one cable network on Tuesday night with W25-54/18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/22/15)
1) Imagine Dragons – Smoke + Mirrors – 172,378
2) Drake – If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late – 129,118 (After 2 weeks – 623,864)
3) Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack – 114,937 (After 2 weeks – 325,488)
Other Debuts
8) Aaron Watson – Underdog – 26,340
19) Raheem Devaughn – Love Sex Passion – 12,639
21) Steve Earle & The Dukes – Terraplane – 10,888
28) Elle King – Love Stuff – 8,358
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