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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 3/13/15)
DISCOVERY: Bering Sea Gold (Premiere) at 10pm
SPIKE TV: Premiere Boxing Champions (Premiere) at 9pm
CINEMAX: Banshee (Finale) at 10pm
TBS: King of the Nerds (Finale) at 9pm
WE TV: Marriage Boot Camp Reality Stars (Finale) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 3/14/15)
WEATHER CHANNEL: Weekend Recharge (Premiere) at 9am
DIY: Amish Renegades (Finale) at 10pm
(SUNDAY 3/15/15)
E!: Keeping Up With The Kardashians (Premiere) at 9pm
E!: The Royals (Premiere) at 10pm
TELEMUNDO: La Voz Kids (Premiere) at 8pm
TRAVEL: Breaking Borders (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Thicker Than Water (Finale) at 9pm
CMT: Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge (Finale) at 8pm
HBO: The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (Finale) at 8pm
SHOWTIME: Episodes (Finale) at 10:30pm
Andy Samberg has been tapped to host the 67th Annual Emmys, airing Sunday, September 20 on Fox. It’s the first major TV hosting gig for the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star. “Buckle your seat belts, Emmy viewers!” said Samberg. “Like, in general you should buckle your seat belt in your car. In fact, even if you’re not an Emmy viewer, you should buckle your seat belt…. Also if you’re not an Emmy viewer, you should strongly consider becoming one this year, because I’m hosting, and it’s gonna be a wild ride.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS renewed Mom, Mike & Molly and 2 Broke Girls for 2015-2016. Mom, moved from Monday to Thursday, is up 42 percent in viewers (11.89 million) and 16 percent in A18-49 (2.9/9) in its sophomore year; Mike & Molly ranks number one in its time period among viewers (10.35 million) and A25-54 (3.7/9) during season five, and 2 Broke Girls, now in season four, is averaging 9.58 million viewers, up 3 percent versus last year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Also in renewal mode is truTV, announcing Hack My Life and How to Be a Grown Up will be back for second seasons, and Top Funniest for a third. Barmageddon got an order for more eps, while Six Degrees of Everything grabbed a green light. “TruTV is taking fun, distinctive programming to a whole new level for our target audience of young, connected viewers,” said Chris Linn, head of programming.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Kerry Washington (Scandal) will play Anita Hill and exec produce HBO TV movie Confirmation, about the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings, Hollywood Reporter was first to report. Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) will write and exec produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Empire exec producer Danny Strong admitted during a conference call he has “no clue” what’s in store for season two of the freshman Fox hit. Snoop Dogg and Patti LaBelle are among the stars lighting up the season one finale, but Strong said before the show aired, “we were getting passed on all over the place” for guest star roles. Now, “It turned into not only lots of ‘yes’es, but incoming calls of people who wanted to be on the show.” As for those ratings, up in viewers (to 14.7 million) nine weeks in a row since launch? “I thought we would grow in White households,” said Strong. “What I didn’t realize is that we would grow in White households but double in African-American households.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Former U.S. Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill, subject of last year’s Fox News special The Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden, has been hired as a contributor at the news net. “It’s incredibly rare to have someone in a television contributor role with his leadership experience and expertise at the fighting unit level,” said chairman and CEO Roger Ailes. “His military insight will be a major asset to the network and we are honored to have him.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
SNL alum Norm Macdonald joins season nine of NBC’s Last Comic Standing as judge, joining returning judges Roseanne Barr and Keenan Ivory Wayans. Anthony Jeselnik (Comedy Central Roasts) replaces J.B. Smoove as host of the reality show, premiering this summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC ordered All That Jazz (wt), following the daily life of trangender teen activist Jazz Jennings. Unscripted series from This Is Just a Test is slated for a summer premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Corbin Bleu (High School Musical) will host season two of truTV’s Fake Off, joined by returning judge Harry Shum, Jr. (Glee) and new judges, choreographer/director Laurieann Gibson (Making the Band) and creative director/choreographer Beau Casper Smart (So You Think You Can Dance). YouTube star Meghan Camarena (aka Straburry17) will serve in the new role of backstage correspondent for the season, launching this spring.
(Source: Cynopsis)
OWN hitmaker Tyler Perry (For Better or Worse, Love Thy Neighbor, The Haves and the Have Nots, If Loving You Is Wrong) even turns a party into a network event. One-hour Too Darn Hot Party takes viewers into Perry’s home, where guests include Oprah Winfrey, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Holiday, Stevie Wonder and the casts of Tyler’s OWN shows. “Full of surprises” special airs Tuesday, March 17 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Esquire four-parter The Runner-Up bows Tuesday, April 7 at 10p, documenting the Congressional run of American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken. Simon Chinn (Man On Wire) and Jonathan Chinn (30 Days) produced.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The story of a couple’s high-risk pregnancy that started on Lifetime’s Little Women: LA, continues on Little Women: Terra’s Little Family. Ten-episode docu-series, shot near real time, premieres Wednesday, April 8 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) landed the female lead in CBS drama pilot Limitless, based on the 2011 film.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Kristen Hager (Being Human) will star opposite Terry O’Quinn (Lost) in ABC drama pilot The Adversaries.
(Source: Cynopsis)
James Liao is rejoining Unforgettable, moving from CBS to A&E for season four. Series stars Poppy Montgomery and Dylan Walsh are already onboard.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Discovery’s Gold Rush delivered a season finale best in total viewers P2+ (6.39 million) and P25-54 (3.4) in Live+3. The docu-series ranks as the number six unscripted cable series with women for 2015 and has been the top program in all of television Friday among Men every week this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Saturday’s The Incredible Dr. Pol was the highest-rated telecast in Nat Geo WILD history, with .95 among P25-54 and 1.38 million total viewers in Live+3. Season finale airs Saturday, March 14.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark boasts the second week of Good Witch averaged 2.5 million total viewers and a 2.4HH rating, according to Live+3 data, making it the most-watched and highest-rated network among HHs and W25-54 Saturday at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Cinderella – Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, Helena Bonham-Carter, Nonso Anozie, Stellan Skarsgard, Sophie McShera, Holliday Grainger
Run All Night – Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, Common, boyd Holbrook, Genesis Rodriguez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Bruce McGill
Home Sweet Hell (Limited Release) – Katherine Heigl, Patrick Wilson, Jordan Brewster, Kevin McKidd, Jim Belushi, Bryce Johnson, A.J. Buckley, Madison Wolfe
Seymour: An Introduction (Limited Release) – A Documentary of Pianist Seymour Bernstein by Ethan Hawke
The Wrecking Crew (Limited Release) – A Documentary of “The Wrecking Crew” musicians from the West Coast during the 60’s and 70’s
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $33 million
You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $137 million.
Powerball is played in 43 states.
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