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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 4/20/15)
AZTECA AMERICA: La Prepago (Premiere) at 10pm
GSN: Lie Detectors (Premiere) at 6:30pm
NAT. GEO.: Star Talk (Premiere) at 11pm
TRAVEL: Time Traveling with Brian Unger (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (Premiere) at 8pm
VH1: Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta: The After Party Live! (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: Scorpion (Finale) at 9pm
TELEMUNDO: Duenos del Paraiso (Finale) at 10pm
As ABC’s Cristela teetered on the renewal bubble Friday night, creator and star Cristela Alonzo addressed the show’s possible cancellation in her blog. “If the show ends and tonight’s season finale is the last episode the world gets to see, just know that this show gave opportunities to Latino writers and actors that are hard to come by,” wrote Alonzo. As for the complaint that all Latino families are not like those portrayed in the show, Alonzo pointed out, “That’s why the show is called Cristela and not Every Latino Family.” Finale drew .9/4 among A18-49, according to early Nielsens, down from 1.3/5 for the show’s October premiere.
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Former MLB star and team manager Pete Rose will appear as a guest analyst for baseball on Fox and Fox Sports 1. Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader, was banned from the game in 1989 for gambling, but his job at Fox, an MLB broadcast partner, is allowed under the ruling. “As a courtesy, Fox informed us that they were interviewing Pete Rose for an in-studio position,” Pat Courtney, baseball’s chief communications officer, told FoxSports.com. “The decision to hire on-air talent for its telecasts rests solely with Fox.” With new baseball commissioner Rob Manfred in town, Rose is lobbying for a lift on the ban.
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First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will appear on an episode of NBC medical drama Night Shift in support of the Joining Forces initiative, promoting health resources for veterans. Segment airs Monday, May 4 at 10p.
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Blame the 2016 Presidential election for Jon Stewart’s decision to vacate his Daily Show desk after 16 years. In an interview with UK’s The Guardian that appeared on Saturday, the Comedy Central host said, “Honestly, it was a combination of the limitations of my brain and a format that is geared towards following an increasingly redundant process, which is our political process. I was just thinking, ‘Are there other ways to skin this cat?’…I’d covered an election four times, and it didn’t appear that there was going to be anything wildly different about this one.”
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Sharks won’t just be terrorizing D.C. this summer. Syfy’s Sharknado pack will take a bite out of Riverdale, comic book home of Archie, Betty and Veronica, too. Archie Vs. Sharknado will be released in comic stores and digitally on Wednesday, July 22, the day Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! lands onscreen.
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ESPN reporter Britt McHenry was suspended for a week after a video surfaced showing her berating a towing company clerk, insulting the woman’s weight, education and teeth, among other things. Said McHenry, “As frustrated as I was, I should always choose to be respectful and take the high road. I am so sorry for my actions and will learn from my mistake.”
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My 600-lb Life will make it to season four on TLC. The third installment of the series, following the transformational journeys of morbidly obese people, was its highest ever, averaging a 1.2 among W25-54.
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WAPA Television secured rights to air the 2016 Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant. The November 12 competition will broadcast live on WAPA in Puerto Rico, and in the U.S. on WAPA America.
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Actress Victoria Justice announced via Twitter on Saturday that her MTV series, Eye Candy, has been cancelled after one season. “Even though a lot of you are going to feel sad/angry,” said Justice, “please know that playing Lindy Sampson is something that I loved and will hold dear to my heart.”
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WE tv cancelled Sex Box (couples in crisis have sex, then talk about their relationship) five episodes into its planned nine-ep run. “Sex Box was a bold programming swing that broke new ground but did not connect with viewers,” said the net in a statement. “We are working with our production partners on a potential reformatted version.” The show, which premiered to 490,000 viewers in Live+3, had Parents Television Council urging advertisers to steer clear.
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Dominic Cooper (Agent Carter) landed the lead in AMC’s pilot for a series based on comic book franchise Preacher, opposite Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds).
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Sterling K. Brown (Army Wives) has been cast as prosecutor Christopher Darden in FX’s American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, starring Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran, John Travolta as Robert Shapiro and Cuba Gooding Jr. as Simpson.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC’s American Crime grew 22 percent week-to-week among A18-49, to 1.1/4 on Thursday, and was tops in the hour among A18-34. In Live+3, the prior week’s telecast increased 56 percent in A18-49 from L+SD.
(Source: Cynopsis)
BET’s Being Mary Jane finished its second season as the number one scripted series in cable among Black Women 18-49, and the net’s number one program. The series also boasted a higher length of tune in than broadcast hits including Scandal (up 17 percent) and Empire (up 12 percent).
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Actor Jonathan Crombie died of a brain hemorrhage on April 15. He was 48. Best known for his role in Canada’s Anne of Green Gables, Crombie’s other television roles included Slings and Arrows, Power Play and Mount Royal.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Actor Ben Powers passed away April 6 at the age of 64. Powers appeared in television series including Good Times, The New Mike Hammer, Gimme a Break and Laverne & Shirley.
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Furious 7 – $29.1 million
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 – $24 million
Unfriended – $16 million
Home – $10.3 million
The Longest Ride – $6.9 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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