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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 3/26/15)
GSN: It Takes A Church (Premiere) at 8pm
UP: The Holderness Family (Premiere) at 10pm
TRU TV: Breaking Greenville (Finale) at 10:30pm
UP: Bringing Up Bates (Finale) at 9pm

Popular Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson is out, following his March 10 suspension for a “fracas” with a show producer. BBC Director General Tony Hall announced the decision, acknowledging, “The BBC must now look to renew Top Gear for 2016. This will be a big challenge and there is no point in pretending otherwise.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Reba, George Strait, Taylor Swift and Brooks & Dunn will be honored with the Academy of Country Music’s 50th Anniversary Milestone Award. Co-hosted by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan, the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast live from Arlington, Texas, on Sunday, April 19 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

UP’s Shannon & Sophie, a new docu-series exploring the relationship between Shannon Tweed-Simmons and daughter Sophie Tweed-Simmons, premieres Thursday, April 16 at 10p.Gene Simmons and son Nick will be popping up during the show’s run.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO canceled Looking, but we haven’t seen the last of the dramedy. “After two years of following Patrick and his tight-knit group of friends as they explored San Francisco in search of love and lasting relationships, HBO will present the final chapter of their journey as a special,” said HBO. “We look forward to sharing this adventure with the show’s loyal fans.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and The Talk will exclusively reveal the 42^nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards nominations live on Tuesday, March 31 at 2p on CBS. Encores of the special episode will air that night on Pop at 8p and 11p. The Talk will also host the Daytime Emmys fourth annual “After Party,” honoring some of the night’s biggest winners on Monday, April 27.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC ordered six episodes of The Island, starring Bear Grylls. Based on the hit UK series, the show follows 14 American men abandoned on a deserted island. Left with only the clothes on their backs and minimal survival tools, they’ll find out if they have what it takes to stick it out.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BET Networks signed a first-look, multi-year deal with producer Jesse Collins, the man behind its awards franchises and the series Real Husbands of Hollywood. Under the pact’s terms, Collins will develop new projects through his Jesse Collins Entertainment banner.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Saturday Night Live alum Nasim Pedrad has inked a deal with 20th Century Fox TV and FOX to create and write a comedy in which she’ll star. Pedrad will also exec produce the project, eyed for the next development cycle, with 3 Arts Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN ordered two new original series, including an untitled spin-off of Iyanla: Fix My Life featuring Jay Williams, who claims to have fathered 34 children by 17 different women. The show, debuting in September, follows Williams as he works to put his life and relationships in order. Docu-series Evelyn (wt), slated to premiere in July, follows the lives of Evelyn Lozada (Basketball Wives) and her 21-year-old daughter Shaniece.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WE tv premieres Watchit with Kendra and Hank on Friday, March 27 at 9p. The show will air every Friday at 9p with original content and never-before-seen footage from season three of Kendra On Top.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SundanceTV premieres Behind the Story with the Paley Center on Tuesday, April 7 at 8p. The six-episode series, composed of footage from The Paley Center for Media’s PaleyFest 2013 and PaleyFest 2014 television festivals, features discussions with stars, writers and producers, including Amy Poehler (Parks & Recreation), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) and Jon Hamm (Mad Men).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oprah’s Master Class returns for a fifth season on OWN later this year. Celebs on deck include Ellen DeGeneres, Robert Duvall, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Smokey Robinson.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime set summer premiere dates for Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex. Both series return Sunday, July 12, at 9p and 10p, respectively. Upcoming Ray Donovan guest stars include Ian McShane, Katie Holmes and Elliott Gould.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season three of The Big Interview debuts on AXS TV with seven new episodes on Tuesday, April 14 at 8p. Dan Rather’s first guest: country star Trisha Yearwood, followed by Vince Gill on April 21, Fleetwood Mac vocalist Lindsey Buckingham on April 28 and Josh Groban on May 5.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN picked up a second season of Deion’s Family Playbook, the highest-rated freshman docu-series in the network’s history. Look for the show, starring athlete Deion Sanders and his girlfriend Tracey Edmonds, to return on Saturday, May 9 at 9p. In addition, OWN ordered additional episodes of Flex & Shanice and Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Emily Bergl (Shameless) plays Cyrus’s (Jeff Perry) ex-wife on the Thursday, March26 episode of ABC‘s Scandal. The character will appear in a flashback.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mark Addy (Still Standing) nabbed a co-starring role in CBS pilot Super Clyde. He’ll play Clyde’s (Charlie McDermott) sidekick, Randolph.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CSI: Miami alum Rex Linn is joining ABC‘s Nashville in a recurring role. He’ll portray William “Bill” Lexington, Will’s (Chris Carmack) macho dad.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Chris McDonald (Boardwalk Empire) joined the cast of FOX pilot Fantasy Life  as Chuck, a legendary ex-football player/coach. He replaces James Caan, who left after the table read.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Project Runway model Dre Davis landed a recurring guest spot on ABC Family‘s Pretty Little Liars. She’ll play tomboy Kimberly Brown.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Madison Lintz (Parental Guidance) has been upped from recurring to series regular in Season two of Amazon police procedural Bosch.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family‘s spring finale of Pretty Little Liars boasted season highs across all target demos, delivering its most-watched telecast in over a year in A18-34 (1.2 million/1.7 rating), W18-34 (1.0 million/3.1 rating) and A18-49 (1.6 million/1.3 rating), and was the series’ number one regular telecast in 19 months in W18-49, ranking among the drama’s Top 10 telecasts of all time in W18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN posted its most-watched night in network history on Tuesday, garnering 3.5 million viewers for the season finale of The Haves and the Have Nots and a record 2.9 million viewers for the new season premiere of If Loving You is Wrong. The dramas, both from Tyler Perry, were Tuesday night’s top two cable telecasts among the network’s key W25-54 demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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