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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 3/17/15)
A&E: Married at First Sight (Premiere) at 9pm
CW: iZombie (Premiere) at 9pm
FYI: Married at First Sight (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Redrum (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Dance Mums UK (Premiere) at 10:30pm
MSG: The Garden’s Defining Moments (Premiere) at 10:30pm
NBC: Undateable (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: One Big Happy (Premiere) at 9:30pm
AHC: How We Got Here (Finale) at 10pm
CNBC: Restaurant Startup (Finale) at 10pm
DIY: Holmes Makes It Right (Finale) at 9pm
HLN: The Social Life (Finale) at 10pm
TNT: Rizzoli & Isles (Finale) at 9pm
TNT: Perception (Finale) at 10pm
“American institution” Betty White will receive NATAS’ Lifetime Achievement Award at the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. In addition to her robust primetime resume, Golden Girl White has daytime cred, too, as a game show regular – she won an Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host in 1983, for Just Men – and a role on CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. “The NATAS Daytime awards committee unanimously approved it. It just seemed like this is so long overdue,” David Michaels, NATAS SVP. “I’ve been working with Betty and she is a dream come true. Never disappoints. Her stint on B&B was amazing. She is exactly who you would want her to be.” Awards show airs on Pop Sunday, April 26 at 8p.
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Jessica Lange is “done” with FX’s American Horror Story after four seasons, she announced at PaleyFest. “We’ve had a great run here,” said Lange, who’s picked up two Emmys for her roles in the series. “I absolutely love doing these four characters, and in all the madness, I love the writers and [creator] Ryan [Murphy] and the insanity of shooting it.” Checking in to American Horror Story: Hotel for season five, with Lady Gaga: Ryan Murphy collaborators Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart, Glee) and Cheyenne Jackson (Glee).
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Stephen “tWitch” Boss and Travis Wall will return to mentor the top 20 finalists on season 12 of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance. Boss was runner-up in season 4; Wall was runner-up in the show’s sophomore season. They join new season judges Paula Abdul and Jason Derulo, vet Nigel Lythgoe and host Cat Deeley. SYTYCD premieres Monday, June 1.
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What prompted Kathy Griffin to quit E!’s Fashion Police after just seven episodes? Griffin, who tweeted her exit on Friday, told Howard Stern, “I probably shouldn’t have taken the gig” just six months after host Joan Rivers’ death. To the hosts of ABC morning show The View, Griffin said, “It’s kind of like buying a house. You don’t really know until you spend the first night there.”
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FX is airing three eps of Backstrom on Saturday, March 21 starting at 11p. Freshman crime series, starring Rainn Wilson (The Office), airs on sister net Fox Thursdays at 9p.
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TV One morning news show News One Now will air its first primetime special on Sunday, March 22 at 10p, featuring an interview with Mo’nique (Precious). The actress speaks out on wage inequality in Hollywood. Like this: “When you hear our sisters Patricia Arquette and Gwyneth Paltrow, who are our white sisters in this business, and they’re saying we want wage equality…what do you think we’re [actresses of color] getting?”
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Unkempt backyards are turned into personal paradises in Outback Nation, with families camping out to experience their terrain firsthand before landscape expert Jamie Durie works his magic. Series from 3 Ball Entertainment premieres Monday, April 13 at 10p.
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Lifetime scripted series UnReal, starring Shiri Appleby (Girls) and Constance Zimmer (House of Cards), premieres Monday, June 1 at 10p. Drama set backstage at a dating competition (tag line: “Bad People Make Good TV”) made its debut at SXSW yesterday.
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Sweet! Food Network is following up its Holiday Baking Championship with Spring Baking Championship, premiering Sunday, April 26 at 9p. Duff Goldman (Duff Till Dawn), Nancy Fuller (Farmhouse Rules) and Lorraine Pascale (Lorraine’s Fast, Fresh and Easy Food) play judge.
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From the Pope to “The Dunk,” the greatest scenes from the 135-year history of Madison Square Garden are celebrated MSG 20-part event series, The Garden’s Defining Moments. Liam Neeson narrates; first 10 eps launch on consecutive nights starting tonight at 10:30p.
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The Johnston family, focus of a TLC special in January, return to the net for 7 Little Johnstons, bowing Tuesday, March 31 at 10p. Show follows the largest known family of Achondroplasia dwarfs.
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CNBC’s The Profit is back for season three Tuesday, May 12 at 10p, with entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis helping struggling businesses turn around. Hour-long special The Profit: After the Deal will update viewers on how past companies have fared since their episodes aired.
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VH1 scripted series Hindsight, about a woman on the eve of her second wedding who’s transported back to 1995, will be back for season two. Season one finale aired March 11.
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DIY renewed five renovation series, including season six of The Vanilla Ice Project, season eight of Kitchen Crashers, second seasons of Barnwood Builders and Sledgehammer and a 14th run of Yard Crashers. “If you want to see experts and homeowners swinging hammers, knocking down walls and getting dirty, then DIY Network is the network for you,” said Allison Page, GM, HGTV and DIY Network.
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DIY sister net HGTV is also in renewal mode, issuing orders for season seven of House Hunters Renovation and second seasons of Lakefront Bargain Hunt, Island Hunters and Tiny House Hunters.
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Harvey Keitel (The Grand Budapest Hotel) will star as the owner of a PI firm in action/comedy Rio Heat, opposite Victor Webster. Fox Pay-TV Latin America has the pay-TV window in Latin America; Global Genesis Group is distributing outside Latin America.
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Cynthia McWilliams moves up from series regular on NBC pilot Love Is a Four Letter Word to female lead, replacing Meta Golding.
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Ratings mostly continued their Daylight Savings Time droop on Sunday, according to early Nielsens. Fox freshman Last Man on Earth delivered 3.7 million viewers and 1.5 among A18-49, down 16 and 21 percent, respectively, from the week prior. ABC’s Once Upon at a Time drew 5.8 million viewers and a best-in-broadcast 1.8, down 13 and 14 percent to barely beat a series low 5.7 million and 1.7. On the bright side: CBS’s Madam Secretary, with a boost from 60 Minutes (up 40 percent to 1.4), went up 9 percent to 1.2, with 11.2 million viewers.
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