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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 4/9/15)
DISCOVERY FAMILY: My Dog’s Crazy Animal Friends (Premiere) at 9pm
FUSE TV: DJ Skee (Premiere) at 10:30pm
FX: The Comedians (Premiere) at 10pm
FX: Louie (Premiere) at 10:30pm
NAT. GEO.: Life Below Zero (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO.: The Watch (Premiere) at 10pm
MSG: The Mask with Henrik Lundqvist (Finale) at 10:30pm

Kathy Bates joined the cast of American Horror Story: Hotel, the fifth installment of Ryan Murphy’s hit anthology series. Bates previously starred in AHS: Freak Show and AHS: Coven, for which she won an Emmy Award. Already onboard: Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, Wes Bentley and Chloe Sevigny.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Amazon Studios cast its untitled series about 18th century lover and spy Casanova. Diego Luna (Elysium, Milk) will tackle the lead role, Ben Daniels (House of Cards) will play Francois-Joachim de Bernis, and Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter) will portray Marquise d’Urfe. Currently in pre-production, the series will shoot in Paris, Venice and Hungary.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sling TV, Dish Network‘s over-the-top Internet streaming service, will launch HBO by Saturday, April 11. Cost: an additional $15 per month. The launch precedes the season five premiere of Game of Thrones on Sunday.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV Land added Freaks and Geeks to the list of honorees for the 2015 TV Land Awards. The cult comedy, which aired on NBC for one season from 1999 to 2000, will receive the 15th Anniversary Award. Ceremony airs Saturday, April 18 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX picked up comedy The Last Man on Earth for a second season. “We knew we had something special with The Last Man on Earth. It’s one of those rare shows that continues to add depth and dimension to its unique premise, week after week,” said David Madden, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX also confirmed that The Strain will return for a second season this summer. A premiere date has yet to be announced.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Disney Channel set Monday, May 11, for the second season premiere of Girl Meets World. In addition, one new episode of the show will debut each night from May 12-15.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jimmy Jean-Louis is the latest Heroes actor tapped for NBC’s Heroes Return. He’ll reprise his role as the mind-erasing Haitian in a story arc.
(Source: Cynopsis)

John O’Hurley (Seinfeld) has joined the third season cast of Devious Maids. Lifetime series returns Monday, June 1.
(Source: Cynopsis)

With the help of Impact Wrestling, Destination America recorded its best first quarter ever among HH, P2+ and M25-54/18-49 Prime delivery for 1Q15 and ranks in the top-20 fastest growing ad-supported cable networks among HH and P2+ delivery for the quarter. Since its launch, Impact Wrestling has garnered 6.119 million unique viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

With 3-day playback factored in, the premiere of Spike’s Lip Sync Battle on Thursday, April 2 drew a record 3.2 million viewers for the channel. This marks the most-watched series premiere in network history and second most-watched original series telecast. Lip Sync Battle tallied a 2.0 rating among A18-49, the second highest for an original series in channel history.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX’s Empire has continued to break records on Xfinity On Demand throughout its premiere season. The show’s premiere episode was viewed more than 3.5 million times on XOD. In total, Empire episodes were viewed nearly 23 million times on XOD.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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