FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news
ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/6/15)
ASPIRE: Exhale (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: American Pickers (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: Monument Guys (Premiere) at 10pm
NAT. GEO.: Filthy Riches (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO.: Yukon Gold (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: I Still Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Labor Games (Premiere) at 10pm
TRU TV: Fake Off (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: Keasha’s Perfect Dress (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: Criminal Minds (Finale) at 9pm
POP: Schitt’s Creek (Finale) at 10pm
Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw’s fight against cancer will be the focus of a Dateline special tomorrow, May 7 at 10p. Brokaw opens up about his challenges since being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a treatable but incurable blood cancer that he announced in December is in remission. Brokaw’s new book, “A Lucky Life, Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope” has a May 12 release date.
(Source: Cynopsis)
USA launched on Apple TV, the first of the NBCUniversal sibs to take a bite after the launch of NBC Sports Live Extra. It’s “part of our ongoing strategy to reach consumers on all platforms,” said USA SVP of digital, Jeffrey Kaufman. The move comes ahead of the launch of the net’s summer slate, including thriller Complications, bowing Thursday, June 18 at 9p and hacker drama Mr. Robot, launching Wednesday, June 24 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC brings its “Say Yes to the Prom” tour to LA today. Monte Durham, star of the net’s Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta will host the day’s events, designed to build courage and self-confidence in young women, at the BCBG corporate headquarters. Joyce Azria, Creative Director for BCBGeneration, and Edwina Findley Dickerson, star of OWN’s If Loving You Is Wrong, will also be on hand.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Shonda Rimes and Betsy Beers (Scandal) are partnering with Dee Rees (Pariah) to develop a limited series for FX, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Based on The Warmth of Other Suns, a nonfiction study by Isabel Wilkerson, the series would track the 1915-1970 exodus of six million black citizens from the South. Rimes and Beers are exec producing through Shondaland; the project is a co-production between FX Productions and ABC Signature.
(Source: Cynopsis)
E! picked up two unscripted shows, docu-series Just Jillian, following fitness hound Jillian Michaels (The Biggest Loser), and pop culture comedy series The Comment Section, hosted by comedian Michael Kosta. Just Jillian comes from All3Media America and Empowered Media and is slated for an early 2016 premiere; Comment Section is exec produced by Joel McHale (The Soup) under his deal with E!.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries continue the Crown Media Family Networks tradition of Christmas in July with 24/7 holiday-themed programming from Friday, July3 through Sunday, July 12. Stunt includes original holiday movies, classics and fan faves.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedy We Bare Bears premieres on Cartoon Network in July. Produced by Cartoon Network Studios, series about three bear siblings was created by Daniel Chong (Toy Story of Terror).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Boy band One Direction visit one of their “best mates,” host James Corden, on CBS’s Late Late Show Thursday, May 14. Teases Liam Payne, “We are currently working on a few surprises.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBCU horror net Chiller unveiled new 2015-2016 programming, including its first original series, Slasher, developed and produced by Shaftsbury in association with Chiller and Super Channel. Slasher is the first installment in a horror/murder mystery anthology. Also on the way: original movies Lifeforce (Diversion3), following astronauts who encounter a derelict alien spacecraft, and Siren (Collective Digital Studios), about a bachelor party-turned-fight for survival.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Conan O’Brien will host original episodes of his TBS late nighter Wednesday, July 8 through Saturday, July 11 from San Diego during Comic Con.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Four female preachers ready to “pass on their gift of talking to God” are the subject of Lifetime docu-series Preach, bowing on Lifetime Friday, June 5 at 10p. CORE Media Group produces.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Environmental investigative series Earth Focus uncovers the devastating effects of the illegal ivory trade in special installment “Illicit Ivory,” premiering on KCET in SoCal on Wednesday, May 27 at 8:30p, and nationwide on May 28 at 9p on Link TV. The broadcast is the result of a partnership between KCETLink Media Group, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Los Angeles Zoo.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV One and the NAACP set a date for the 47th NAACP Image Awards (pre-show and red carpet included): Friday, February 5, 2016. Submissions open Monday, August 24.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bridal fashion series Keasha’s Perfect Dress, from Peace Point Entertainment, launches with back-to-back eps tonight at 10p on TV One. Bridal expert Keasha Rigsby has cred, as a longtime consultant for the famed Kleinfeld Bridal Salon in NYC, setting for TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Street Outlaws takes its “Motor Mondays” position May 18 at 9p on Discovery. The racing reality show’s season four finale delivered over 3 million viewers P2+.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season two of Oxygen’s Sisterhood of Hip Hop debuts Tuesday, June 9 at 9p. Exec producer and Grammy winner T.I. appears alongside mentors and friends including T-Pain, Tank, Da Brat and Funkmaster Flex, among others, as the female MCs hit LA.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark Channel’s Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove is back for season three Saturday, July 18 at 8p. Summer drama, promising “hidden secrets, new surprises and big changes,” kicks off with a two-hour premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The sixth season of ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars bows Tuesday, June 2 at 8p, following an all-day marathon starting at 12p. New series Stitchers, the net’s first procedural, kicks off at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The 13th and final season of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever launches Sunday, June 21 at midnight, with Adult Swim promising “a thick pipeline of entertainment that your Mom will hate.” (Thanks!) In the latest installment, divorce has been made illegal and the Force must shape shift to mend broken marriages… as well as prepare an unfamiliar dish as a cast of celebrity judges watch.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Coming in July on Adult Swim: sophomore runs of Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell and Rick and Morty.
(Source: Cynopsis)
IFC renewed Comedy Bang! Bang! for a 20-episode fifth season. New eps roll out in 2016, with comedian Scott Aukerman hosting pop culture biggies in bizarre settings. “We have no idea how he does it,” said net president Jennifer Caserta, “but we’re not about to start asking questions now.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Josh Charles (The Good Wife) will have a major guest-starring role in season three of Masters of Sex, as a charismatic businessman in the scent industry. Period drama premieres on Showtime Sunday, July 12 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Marton Csokas (Covert Affairs) landed a regular role on upcoming AMC martial arts drama Into the Badlands. Six-episode series is slated for a fall debut.
(Source: Cynopsis)
C. Thomas Howell (Criminal Minds) and Henry Rollins (Sons of Anarchy) are set to guest on ABC Family’s aforementioned new drama, Stitchers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark Movie & Mysteries’ Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery was the most-watched movie debut in network history, with a 1.6 HH rating and 1.1 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC Nightly News was back on top among total viewers the week of April 27, for the first time in a month. ABC World News Tonight retained the A25-54 crown. Lester Holt, sitting in the NBC anchor chair as Brian Williams’ fate is being determined, reported from Baltimore during the week.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bruce Jenner’s headline-making interview with Diane Sawyer was a boon for syndicated entertainment magazines the week ending April 26. Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood both rose 6 percent in Live+SD versus the week prior, to 3.4 and 1.7, respectively; Extra was up 7 percent to 1.5, and The Insider enjoyed an 8 percent boost.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Among talk shows, number one Dr. Phil was up 10 percent versus the previous week to hit 3.4, and was also the top talker among W25-54, with 1.7 (up 13 percent).
(Source: Cynopsis)
New TBS comedy Your Family Or Mine delivered a combined audience of 2.6 million viewers in Live+7 delivery for its April 14 episode and encores, including 1.3 million among A18-49 and 535,000 among A18-34. Across TBS’s multiple platforms, Your Family Or Mine is reaching an average of 5.2 million viewers per episode.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A+E Networks set anew monthly record in April with 85.6million video views, breaking the previous mark set in March. Top shows for the month were Dance Moms (Lifetime); Vikings (History); Bates Motel (A&E) and Married at First Sight (A&E/FYI).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Actress Ellen Albertini Dow died May 4. She was 101. Albertini Dow, who didn’t start acting on-screen until she was in her 70s, appeared on TV series including Murphy Brown, The Golden Girls, ER, Seinfeld and New Girl, as well as memorably performing “Rapper’s Delight” in the 1998 film, The Wedding Singer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 5/3/15)
1) Zac Brown – Jekyll + Hyde – 214,224
2) Josh Groban – Stages – 176,153
3) Tyler Farr – Suffer In Peace – 36,289
Other Debuts
7) Insane Clown Posse – The Marvelous Missing Link (Lost) – 17,819
12) Blur – Magic Whip – 14,951
16) Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks Vol. 14: Academy of Music – 14,377
19) Kehlani – You Should Be Here – 12,099
24) Matthew West – Live Forever – 9,206
25) Christy Nockles – Let It Be Jesus (LIVE) – 8,937
26) Eric Clapton – Forever Man – 8,325
32) Raekwon – Fly International Luxurious Art – 7,689
POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $80 million.
Powerball is played in 43 states.
Keely's Korner 