FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/2/15)
BET: The XPeriment (Premiere) at 5pm
BRAVO: Shahs of Sunset (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY ESPANOL: Mexicanicos (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: The Following (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Life Flight: Trauma Center Houston (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO.: If You Can’t Lick Your Elbow (Premiere) at 10pm
REELZ: Dish Nation (Premiere) at 1:30am
BRAVO: Vanderpump Rules (Finale) at 9pm
DISNEY XD: Star Wars Rebels (Finale) at 9pm
HGTV: Ellen’s Design Challenge (Finale) at 9pm
Leonard Nimoy, best known as Stark Trek’s iconic human-alien Mr. Spock, died February 27 of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 83. Tributes flowed for the actor, who also directed film and television, wrote poetry and published his own photography. “Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy,” said President Obama said in a statement following the actor’s death. “Leonard was a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities, a supporter of the sciences, generous with his talent and his time.” Star Trek castmates William Shatner and George Takei expressed their grief in posts online, while astronaut Terry W. Virts tweeted a photo of himself giving the Vulcan hand salute…from the International Space Station.
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Kelly Osbourne is leaving E!’s Fashion Police after five years “to pursue other opportunities,” announced the net on Friday. No replacement has been announced. Osbourne had tweeted that she was considering leaving the show after a post-Oscar show in which co-host Giuiliana Rancic said actress/singer Zendaya’s hairstyle suggested the smell of patchouli oil or weed; Rancic apologized for the remark on E! News the next day. Fashion Police returns Friday, March 30 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Craig Ferguson, who ended his stint as Late Late Show host in December, joins the cast of ABC comedy pilot The King of 7B. Ferguson’s acting credits include The Drew Carey Show; he continues as host of syndicated game show Celebrity Name Game.
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Tyler Perry series will keep rolling on OWN. The net ordered 23 more eps of drama The Haves and the Have Nots (season two bow was the best in OWN’s history), 22 of If Loving You Is Wrong (most recent season average: over 1.7 million viewers), 22 of comedy Love Thy Neighbor (900,000 weekly viewers) and 20 of comedy For Better or Worse (over 1 million weekly viewers). “Oprah Winfrey’s partnership with Tyler Perry has been a tremendous success, garnering millions of viewers for OWN and setting ratings records,” said OWN president Erik Logan. “Tyler’s original series have quickly become appointment viewing for a passionate audience.”
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Original daily series The Xperiment launches on BET today at 5p. Comedian Brandon Broady oversees celeb guests, sketches, viral clips and music on what the net calls “a game-changing and dope new show.”
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Daniel Stern (Home Alone) has been cast in NBC comedy pilot Strange Calls, as an elderly night watchman in a rural town.
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Kim Raver (24) landed the lead in ABC drama pilot The Advocate, as a woman who leaves behind a business career to fight for patients caught in the health care maze.
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Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) and Helen Slater (Supergirl) will guest star in “mystery roles” on CBS’s Supergirl pilot.
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Add Patrick Warburton (Rules of Engagement) to the cast of NBC’s Suzanne Martin pilot about empty-nesters whose kids and parents move back home. Stacy Keach plays the father of Warburton’s character.
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Elliott Gould (Ray Donovan) will play the head of a law firm in CBS drama pilot Doubt. Gould is a regular on Fox’s low-rated Mulaney, which has yet to be renewed.
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Lost’s Terry O’Quinn won the male lead role in ABC drama pilot The Adversaries, focused on a New York legal dynasty.
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Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele) plays a game show host on FXX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, with prime time newcomer Megan Messmer (AwesomenessTV) as stage manager on the ep airing Wednesday, March 4 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible) will co-star in ABC’s NBA buddy comedy pilot from ABC Studios.
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Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) will star opposite Rob Riggle (Modern Family) in Fox comedy pilot 48 Hours ‘Til Monday, playing a former careerwoman who discovers being a stay-at-home-mom is more challenging than she expected.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The season finale of ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder on Thursday drew 9 million viewers and 2.8/9 among A18-49, up in viewers for the third consecutive week and even with last week in the demo.
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On its second outing, CBS’s The Odd Couple held onto 90 percent of its premiere A18-49 rating, with 2.8/9. Eighty-one percent of total viewers, or 11.04 million, stayed tuned.
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Wednesday’s Unsung Hollywood delivered its highest-rated episode ever, with .43 P25-54 rating (254,000) and .72 HH (410,000).
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Focus – $19.1 million
Kingsman: The Secret Service – $11.8 million
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – $11.2 million
Fifty Shades of Grey – $10.9 million
The Lazarus Effect – $10.6 million
(Source: Box Offie Mojo)
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