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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 3/5/15)
ABC: American Crime (Premiere) at 10pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Ice Cold Gold (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives of Melbourne (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Beat Bobby Flay (Premiere) at 10pm
USA: Dig (Premiere) at 10pm
WE TV: Mary Mary (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: Duff Till Dawn (Finale) at 10:30pm

Pop will be the TV home for Impress Me, from Rainn Wilson’s (The Office) production company, SoulPancake. Six eps of the comedy about celebrity impressionists trying to transition into drama have already premiered on YouTube; Pop will air those plus seven that haven’t run. “SoulPancake birthed this baby online, and Pop’s savvy creative team is bold enough to bring it to TV,” said Wilson. Show launches Wednesday, March 18 at 10:30p, after Schitt’s Creek.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sling TV just made cutting the cord a little more attractive, adding AMC and IFC to its core $20/month subscription package. For $5 more, subscribers can get the “Hollywood Extra” package, with content from EPIX nets and Sundance TV. AMC and IFC join core nets ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TBS, Food, HGTV, Travel, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, ABC Family, Disney, CNN, El Rey and Galavision in the foundation offering.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBCUniversal is planning a comedy video subscription service including new episodes of Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show, reports the Wall Street Journal. Price for the offering, which would also feature original content, could be $2.50-$3.50/month.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music) gets the handprint/footprint treatment at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on Friday, March 27, as part of the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival, taking place March 26-29. Robert Osborne hosts.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tom Selleck will be back playing detective in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise. The ninth installment of the franchise, based on the Robert B. Parker bestsellers, will be shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia and premiere in fall 2015.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TNT ordered 12 more episodes of investigative series Cold Justice, to premiere Friday, April 10. Current run ends March 6. In addition, two new Justice Served specials, hosted by John Walsh (America’s Most Wanted), will offer updates on victims’ families and the status of legal cases.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Up is Bringing Up Bates for a second season. The February 26 episode of the reality series had an average audience delivery of 786,500 P2+ and ranked sixth in ad-supported cable in W18-49. Thirteen-ep sophomore run is being filmed in Tennessee.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Idris Elba returns as DCI John Luther in a two-part Luther special, filming in London. Dark drama is set for a fall premiere on BBC America.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The network premiere of thriller Hear No Evil airs Saturday, March 14 at 8p on TV One. Fllm focuses on a 15-year-old who hears messages from God.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime original movie Cleveland Abduction, starring Taryn Manning (Orange Is the New Black) and Raymond Cruz (Breaking Bad) premieres Saturday, April 25 at 8p. Sony Pictures Television production tells the story of Michelle Knight, one of the women kidnapped and held prisoner for years by Ariel Castro.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season two of Smithsonian Channel’s L.A. Frock Stars will have its original half-hour format extended to an hour. Reality series from NHNZ, focusing on a West Hollywood vintage clothing store, premieres Thursday, March 19 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Hello, I do: Season two of Married at First Sight kicks off Tuesday, March 17 at 9p on A&E. The social experiment moves from network sib FYI, where it averaged 919,000 viewers and generated plenty of buzz, due to “overwhelming response,” said A&E last month.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Adult Swim’s Children’s Hospital checks in for season 6 on Friday, March 20 at midnight. Guest stars during the run include Modern Family’s Julie Bowen, Key & Peele’s Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele and Weird Al.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Heidi Klum, supermodel, America’s Got Talent host and mom of four, will guest on the two-part, season three finale of Discovery Family’s Littlest Pet Shop, airing Saturday, March 7 at noon and 12:30p. “I was really excited to be asked to voice one of the little animals on Littlest Pet Shop,” said Klum. “My kids and I are all excited to watch this episode!”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Giovanni Ribisi (Selma) nabbed the title role in CBS drama pilot Sneaky Pete, written and exec produced by Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and David Shore (House), about a con man who takes on the identity of his former cellmate.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Luis Guzman (How to Make it in America) will star opposite Maggie Grace in CBS pilot Code Black, based on the feature documentary about a chaotic ER.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Peter Reigert (Damages) joins Fox’s untitled comedy pilot from 20th Century Fox Television and Kapital Entertainment about a working mom (Jenna Elfman) competing with her stay-at-home sister-in-law.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Carrie Preston (The Good Wife) landed the female lead in the NBC’s comedy pilot from Hazy Mills and Universal Television about empty nesters whose children and parents move back home.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) will star in CBS civil rights crime drama pilot For Justice, based on the James Patterson novel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actor Daniel von Bargen died March 1 after a long illness. He was 64. Von Bargen’s TV credits included recurring roles on Seinfeld and Malcolm in the Middle.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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