FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 5/4/15)
AHC: Surrender: The Fall of the Reich (Premiere) at 9pm
HGTV: Two Chicks and a Hammer (Premiere) at 11pm
FOX: Gotham (Finale) at 8pm
NBC ordered to series mystery drama Blindspot from Warner Bros. Television, and Universal Television’s medical drama Heartbreaker and Chicago Fire spin-off Chicago Med. The net unveils its 2015-2016 slate on May 11.
(Source: Cynopsis)
President Barack Obama will be a guest on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman tonight. It’s his third appearance as POTUS; his first appearance was as an Illinois senator in 2004. Meanwhile, over at ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, “Mash Up Monday” unites REO Speedwagon and Imagine Dragons.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Saturday night’s 12-round battle between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiano could be the richest payday in PPV history, with $400 million in revenues on HBO and Showtime. High demand caused service outages in much of the country, forcing a delay of the match.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO picked up pilot Brothers in Atlanta to series. Created by and starring Diallo Riddle and Bashir Alahuddin and produced by Lorne Michaels, comedy is centered on two best friends/struggling entertainers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Discovery picked up reality series Naked and Afraid for season three. Sophomore run launched April 19 with 2.2 P25-54, up 32 percent versus last season’s premiere, and pulled in 3.5 million total viewers, up 29 percent.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Travel’s Breaking Borders has moved from 9p to 11p Sundays. Series follows a journalist and a chef as they travel to conflict zones to break bread and explore divisive issues with people on opposing sides.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Van Halen makes its first appearance on an awards show at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards Sunday, May 17 at 8p on ABC. Ludacris and Chrissy Teigan host.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season two of truTV competition series Fake Off premieres Wednesday, May 6 at 10p. Corbin Bleu (High School Musical) hosts.
(Source: Cynopsis)
UP marks Mom’s Day with a slate of special slate of movies on Sunday, May 10, starting with The Brady Girls Get Married at 10:30a and including five consecutive eps of reality show Shannon & Sophie, centered on wife-of-Gene Shannon Tweed Simmons and her daughter.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Alberto Rosende (Blue Bloods) and Emeraude Toubia (Tu Dia Alegre) have joined the cast of ABC Family’s Shadowhunters. Series from Constantin Film is based on the young adult book series The Mortal Instruments.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Helene York, who recurred on season one of Masters of Sex as hospital secretary Jane Martin, returns to the Showtime period drama for season three, launching Sunday, July 12 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC spin-off reality series Beyond the Tank debuted with a strong 1.5/6 A18-49 rating on Friday at 9p, according to early Nielsens. The season five finale of CBS’s Blue Bloods at 10p earned 1.3/5 in the demo, a 7 percent dip from season four, and was tops in viewers for the night with 11.02 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC’s Today inched ahead of ABC’s Good Morning America in the A25-54 demo the week of April 20 for the first time since December. On Wednesday, Today beat GMA by 174,000 A25-54 viewers, its best single day win since September 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Avengers: Age of Ultron – $188 million
The Age of Adaline – $6.3 million
Furious 7 – $6.1 million
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 – 5.6 million
Home – $3.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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