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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/16/15)
ABC: Dancing With The Stars (Premiere) at 8pm
BRAVO: Southern Charm (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY FAMILY: Dinosaurs: The Untold Story (Premiere) at 8pm
ID: True Crime With Aphrodite Jones (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Fat N’ Furious: Rolling Thunder (Finale) at 10pm
MTV: Eye Candy (Finale) at 10pm
NAT. GEO.: Brian Games (Finale) at 9pm
“It just wasn’t the right thing for me,” said Kathy Griffin, at a comedy concert in Connecticut Friday night, of her exit from Fashion Police after just seven episodes. Griffin had announced her departure earlier via a lengthy tweet, explaining, “I’m no saint – I’m a feminist AND a Gurrrrl who loves an offensive joke or a well-timed barb. But I do not want to use my comedy to contribute to a culture of unattainable perfectionism and intolerance towards difference.” Said E!, “We wish her all the best and are grateful for her time on the show.” Griffin’s decampment leaves two spots to fill: Kelly Osbourne exited February 27. Fashion Police returns as scheduled on Monday, March 30 at 9p.
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Robert Durst was arrested in New Orleans on Saturday, on a murder warrant related to the 2000 death of his friend, Susan Berman just one day before the final installment of HBO documentary The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst. In addition to Berman, suspicions have been raised about Durst’s involvement in his first wife’s disappearance in 1982, and the shooting of a neighbor in 2001.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sylvester Stallone will exec produce fitness competition S.T.R.O.N.G. (Start to Realize Our Natural Greatness) for NBC with Dave Broome (The Biggest Loser) and Kevin Templeton for Sony Television and 25/7 Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A&E’s 8 Minutes follows a team of advocates and volunteers on undercover missions to save women forced into prostitution. Docu-series produced by Relativity Television launches Thursday, April 2 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Stars and producers from Warner Bros. Television’s Gotham, iZombie, Teen Titans Go! and The Flash will be on hand for WondercCon 2015, kicking off in Anaheim Friday, April 3. Special showings of the series will be presented on the big screen.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will fourpeat as host of NBC’s Saturday Night Live on March 28. Johnson stars in Furious 7, coming out April 3, and San Andreas, out May 29. First time musical guest: George Ezra (“Budapest”).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Marcia Gay Harden (The Newsroom) moves from co-star to lead in CBS medical drama pilot Code Black. She replaces original lead Maggie Grace, who was released. Bonnie Somerville (Golden Boy) landed the co-star spot.
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Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl) will join Mom as a series regular next season. Pressly has been guest starring on the CBS comedy as a rich, self-obsessed divorcee working on her sobriety.
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Busy Oliver Hudson (Nashville) takes on another TV role, on Fox’s straight-to-series comedy-horror anthology Scream Queens, from Glee’s Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. He replaces Joe Manganiello (True Blood), exiting due to scheduling conflicts.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Newcomer Gus Halper grabbed the lead in ABC drama pilot The Kingmakers, as a young man who infiltrates his late sister’s Ivy League school to investigate her death.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ben Feldman (Mad Men) landed the lead in NBC comedy pilot Superstore, about employees at a big box store, written by Justin Spitzer (The Office).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Greg Grunberg (Heroes) stars opposite Megan Hilty in ABC’s untitled Judah Miller comedy pilot. Project centers on parents of a natural athlete befuddled by the world of youth sports.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In week four, CBS The Odd Couple reboot dipped five tenths among A18-49 on Thursday, to 2.5/8 versus the week prior. Lead-in Big Bang Theory dipped four tenths in the demo, to 4.4/16. Mom held steady at 2.2/7, and Elementary was up one tenth, to 1.4/5.
(Source: Cynopsis)
With usage down 9 percent in primetime (thanks, Daylight Savings), NBC’s The Blacklist was down one tenth among A18-49, to 1.7/6. New lead-in Dateline: The Real Blacklist drew .9/3. Fox’s American Idol slipped four tenths, to 1.8/6.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS’s Amazing Race was up 25 percent in early Nielsens for Friday versus the week prior, to 1.5/9. Hawaii Five-0 was up 8 percent (to 1.3/5) and Blue Bloods up 7 percent (to1.5/5). ABC’s Shark Tank was Friday’s top-rated show with 1.8/6, down 18 percent from its last original ep.
(Source: Cynopsis)
President Obama’s first in-person appearance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live delivered 3.9 million total viewers and 1.2 million among A18-49 on Thursday, the talk show’s 4th-largest-ever single day audience in late night. President Obama visited Kimmel via satellite in primetime in 2008.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bravo Media delivered record ratings on Sunday, March 8 with Thicker Than Water’s most-watched episode of the season: 1.8 million total viewers in Live+3. That’s a 13 percent jump in P18-49 and 10 percent among total viewers versus the week prior.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ID’s On the Case With Paula Zahn hit ratings highs for its Sunday, March 8 episode in Live+3, posting its highest series telecast ever in P25-54 (717,000) delivery and the second-highest on P2+, with 1.43 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Cinderella – $70 million
Run All Night – $11 million
Kingsman: The Secret Service – $6.2 million
Focus – $5.8 million
Chappie – $5.8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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