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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 4/1/15)
A&E: Storage Wars (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Fools Gold (Premiere) at 7pm
COOKING: Rev. Run’s Sunday Suppers (Premiere) at 9:30pm
DISCOVERY: Survivorman: Bigfoot (Premiere) at 10pm
ESQUIRE: Beer Fest (Premiere) at 8pm
ESQUIRE: Best Bars in America (Premiere) at 9pm
ESQUIRE: Brew Dogs (Premiere) at 10pm
GSN: Idiotest (Premiere) at 8pm
ID: Did He Do It? (Premiere) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Jim Rome on Showtime (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Man Finds Food (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Best New Restaurant (Finale) at 10pm
CBS: The Dovekeepers (Finale) at 9pm
Lifetime: LittleWomen: LA (Finale) at 9pm
PBS: Cancer: The Emperor of Maladies (Finale) at 9pm
Comedy Central is standing by its man. Hours after the net announced its choice to succeed The Daily Show host Jon Stewart, tweets by South African comedian Trevor Noah were uncovered that included jokes about Jews and women (“Oh yeah the weekend. People are gonna get drunk & think that I’m sexy!” fat chicks everywhere) that some found offensive. “Like many comedians, Trevor Noah pushes boundaries; he is provocative and spares no one, himself included,” the network said in its statement. “To judge him or his comedy based on a handful of jokes is unfair.” Agreed Noah on Tuesday, via Twitter, “To reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn’t land is not a true reflection of my character, nor my evolution as a comedian.”
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Revolt Live is hosting a concert featuring performances by several artists featured on the Furious 7 soundtrack, including Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Tyrese Gibson. The event, being held at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, will stream live on REVOLT.TV today at 4p. “We collaborated with Universal Pictures to create the ultimate celebration for Furious 7,” says Mike Roche, SVP Sales and Partnerships. Movie opens this weekend.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS scored the most Daytime Emmy nods, with 62, versus 50 for PBS and syndicated, 35 for ABC and 20 for NBC. Alison Sweeney, known to prime time viewers as host of NBC‘s The Biggest Loser, received her first-ever Daytime Emmy nomination, for her role on Days of our Lives. “22 years on Days was such an incredible journey and to be honored by my peers with a nomination for my work is priceless,” said Sweeney, who left the series in October. Event airs Sunday, April 26 at 8p, live on Pop; for the full list of nominees, go here.
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Investigation Discovery is adding seven new series. Leading the lineup: Barbara Walters with American Scandal, revealing never-before-heard details about the legendary journalist’s most notorious interviews; Death by Gossip, hosted and executive produced by Wendy Williams, and three-part scripted series Serial Thriller, with award-winning director Joel Schumacher taking a closer look at chilling cases of hotel murders as exec producer of Do Not Disturb: Hotel Horrors.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Discovery Life is adding two more seasons of its top series, Untold Stories Of the ER, and launching two docuseries. New Girls On the Block centers on a group of female friends in the transgender community, while Sex In Public follows sex expert Jill Dictrow as she goes undercover to get unsuspecting pedestrians to dish about their private lives in public settings.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FX spy drama The Americans made it to season four. “The series has cemented its status with critics as television’s best current drama and arguably the best show on TV,” said presidents of original programming Nick Grad and Eric Schrier, “and we couldn’t agree more.” Season three closes Wednesday, April 22.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Showtime’s House of Lies will be back for season five in 2016. Season four finale aired Sunday.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Also back for season five: Fox’s New Girl. “Four seasons in, New Girl continues to be one of the smartest and most relatable comedies on television,” said Fox Entertainment president David Madden.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lifetime’s Devious Maids is back for a third season on a new night, Mondays at 9p, beginning June 1.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Jeff Fahey (Lost, Justified) is joining the second season of El Rey Network‘s From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series in a recurring role. He’ll play Uncle Eddie Cruickshank, the man who raised The Gecko Brothers after their father died.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedy Central’s Justin Bieber roast on Monday was the net’s third most-watched roast ever, averaging 4.4 million viewers, after Charlie Sheen’s skewering in 2011 and Jeff Foxworthy’s in 2005, and ranked second among all primetime programs in the demo. Over the course of two telecasts, the event drew 5.8 million total viewers and 420,000 live streams, making it the most live streamed ever.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO’s Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief delivered 1.7 million viewers Sunday, with a .7 rating among A18-49. It was HBO’s most-watched documentary debut since 2006.
(Source: Cynopsis)
For the first time this season the Steve Harvey-hosted Family Feud (6.5, up 2 percent) outperformed usual number 2 game show Jeopardy (6.3, down 6 percent). Feud also came within a tenth of overtaking topper Wheel of Fortune (6.6, down 3 percent).
(Source: Cynopsis)
HGTV ended its highest-rated quarter in network history, averaging a .58 prime rating and reaching more than 22 million viewers in primetime each week. The net’s primetime ratings among viewers P25-54 grew 14 percent over last year – the highest ratings growth among Top 20 cable networks in the first quarter of 2015.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/29/15)
1) Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly – 106,551 (After 2 weeks – 430,954
2) Empire Cast Soundtrack – 47,737 (After 3 weeks – 246,292)
3) Action Bronson – Mr. Wonderful (Explicit) – 43,564
Other Debuts
4) Kidz Bop Kids – Kidz Bop 28 – 38,922
7) Earl Sweatshirt – I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go – 27,496
10) Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit & Think & Some – 21,463
11) Van Morrison – Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue – 20,920
12) James Bay – Chaos & The Calm – 20,111
21) Joe Bonamassa – Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks – 13,204
22) Nashville Cast – Nashville: On Record V2 – 12,647
27) Steve Grand – All American Boy – 10,491
31) Home Movie Soundtrack – 8,840
32) Bjork – Vulnicura – 8,792
33) Various Artists – 2015 ACM Awards Zinepak – 8,713
37) Kansas – Miracles Out of Nowhere – 7,922
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