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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 4/24/15)
ANIMAL PLANET: Flipping Ships (Premiere) at 10pm
NAT. GEO. WILD: The Truth About Cats (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: America’s Ballroom Challenge (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Bride By Design (Finale) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 4/25/15)
COOKING: The Real Girl’s Kitchen (Premiere) at 1pm
HALLMARK: When Calls The Heart (Premiere) at 8pm
TRAVEL: The Dead Files (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: Deadly Sins (Finale) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 4/26/15)
CNN: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Spring Baking Championship (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man (Premiere) at 10pm
POP: Queens of Drama (Premiere) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Happyish (Premiere) at 9:30pm
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL: Boomtowners (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: Ax Men (Finale) at 9pm
UNI MAS: La Esquina del Diablo (Finale) at 10pm
Fox’s Wayward Pines is officially premiering Thursday, May 14 at 9p simultaneously across 126 countries, but it’ll reach a lot of viewers before then – legally. The first episode became available free on demand at midnight last night on Fox on Demand, Fox.com, Fox Now and Hulu and participating pay-TV providers. The psychological thriller is based on Blake Crouch’s bestsellers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBCUniversal has joined Disney/ESPN and 21st Century Fox in rejecting Verizon FiOS’s contention that it can offer skinny bundles, consisting of a basic package supplemented by two genre packages for $54.99/month, under its existing network deals. “Verizon’s announced ‘Custom TV’ package does not comply with our existing agreement,” said NBCU. Disney informed Verizon it won’t run ads for the Custom TV service, a stand Verizon labeled “anti-competitive.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
One day after the companies met with government officials over Comcast’s planned takeover of Time Warner Cable, Comcast decided to walk away from the deal, reported Bloomberg on Thursday. Regulators feared the $45.2 billion merger wasn’t in the best interest of consumers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ready for primetime: As the countdown continues to David Letterman’s last night as Late Show host on May 20, CBS will honor his 33-year career with a retrospective of interviews, top ten lists and stupid pet tricks in David Letterman: A Life on Television. Ray Romano, whose career got a big boost from a 1995 stand-up appearance on Late Show, will host the 90-minute special, airing Monday, May 4 at 9:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Don’t mess with Dr. Oz. The cardiothoracic surgeon/talk show host struck back at a small group of doctors at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University who requested that his faculty position be revoked, for promoting “quack treatments and cures in the interest of financial gain.” In an opinion piece in Time, Oz wrote, “I started my show to give TV audiences advice on how to find a good life, not practice medicine on air…I don’t expect all my colleagues to understand this marriage between conventional medicine and the broader definition of wellness that the show pursues.” But he said that while he respects the criticism of colleagues, among his attackers are a doctor found guilty of medical fraud and several linked to the tobacco industry.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Nickelodeon acquired a library of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen content, including four series, seven TV movies and two music video specials starring the actress/fashion designer twins. The first title, So Little Time, debuts Monday, April 27 at 7:30p, with eps airing every weekday.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Among the winners of the 74th Annual Peabody Awards announced Thursday were HBO’s Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown and The Newburgh Sting, Nat Geo/Fox’s COSMOS: A Space Odyssey, Frontline documentary United States of Secrets, Independent Lens film Brakeless, Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins and Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time. For a full list of winners, go here.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A-listers are lining up for Red Nose Day, a live, three-hour event to raise money for children living in poverty. Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Smith, John Legend, Bill and Melinda Gates and Sean Combs are among those set to appear in the NBC fundraiser, making its first appearance in the U.S. on Thursday, May 21 at 8p after having raised over $1 billion overseas.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Super Bowl quarterback Russell Wilson will be dodging the slime as host of Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Sports 2015, live on July 16.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Jesse Metcalfe (Dallas), Autumn Reeser (The O.C.) and Lauren Holly (NCIS) will star in Hallmark Channel movie A Country Wedding, premiering in June as part of the net’s June Weddings programming event. Production is underway in Vancouver.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Eriq La Salle (ER) has been cast in a lead role in season three of CBS summer series Under the Dome. He will also direct an episode, as he did last season.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Franz Drameh (UK’s Parents of the Band) has been cast in the CW’s Arrow/Flash spinoff, as a former high school athlete-turned-auto mechanic.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The season three debut of Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer delivered an average 1 million viewers, with 745,000 among A18-49, up from 818,000 viewers and 609,000 for the season two finale.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Between Jimmy Kimmel Live and Nightline, ABC saw week-to-week boosts in total viewers of 23 percent and 38 percent among A18-49, a 5-week high in the demo the week of April 13. CBS’s Late Show was tops in total viewers with a week of originals, versus repeats for demo winner Tonight Show and three originals on Kimmel.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
The Age of Adeline – Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn, Amanda Crew, Hugh Ross, Linda Boyd
Little Boy – Jakob Salivate, Emily Watson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Michael Rapaport, David Henrie, Tom Wilkinson, Ted Levine, Kevin James
The Water Diviner (Limited Release) – Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz Erdogan, Cem Yilmaz, Jai Courtney, Dylan Georgiades, Steve Bastoni, Isabel Lucas
Adult Beginners (Limited Release) – Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Joel McHale, Caleb Paddock, Matthew Paddock, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Paula Garces
After The Ball (Limited Release) – Portia Doubleday, Chris Noth, Lauren Holly, Marc-Andre Grondin, Natalie Krill, Anna Hopkins, David Michael, Mimi Kuzyk
NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday April 25, 2015
Washington Place Festival – on Washington Place from 6th Ave to Grove Street
6th Ave. Chelsea Festival – 6th Ave. bet. 23rd & 32nd St.
Crafts on Columbus – on Columbus Ave. from 77th to 81st St.
Greenpoint Ave “Sunnyside” Festival – on Greenpoint Ave. from 42nd to 48th St.
Sunday April 26, 2015
24th Annual West Side Spring Festival – on Broadway bet. 96th & 106th St.
Steinway Street Festival (Queens) – on Steinway from 28th to 34th Ave.
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $74 million
You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $50 million.
Powerball is played in 43 states.
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