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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 5/26/15)
ABC: Extreme Weight Loss (Premiere) at 9pm
ESQUIRE: Knife Fight (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Premiere) at 8pm
HGTV: Flipping The Heartland (Premiere) at 11pm and 11:30pm
NBC: America’s Got Talent (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: I Can Do That (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: The Little Couple (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Chopped All-Stars (Finale) at 10pm
ID: House of Horrors: Kidnapped (Finale) at 10pm
TLC yanked 19 Kids and Counting repeats from its lineup amid reports that oldest son Josh Duggar molested five underage girls, including his sisters, 12 years ago. Duggar issued an apology on Thursday, admitting he’d acted “inexcusably” and saying he had confessed to his parents, “who took several steps to help me address the situation.” According to a 2006 police report, the elder Duggars reported their son’s actions to police; no charges were filed. TLC announced Friday it was pulling the show off the air, saying, “We are deeply saddened and troubled by this heartbreaking situation, and our thoughts and prayers are with the family and victims at this difficult time.”
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Charter Communications is close to a deal to buy Time Warner Cable for about $55 billion, reported Bloomberg on Sunday. Charter’s first bid for TWC failed when Comcast stepped in with an offer in 2014 that ultimately did not win regulatory approval. Altice’s Patrick Drahi met last week with TWC chief Rob Marcus to talk takeover, reports the Wall Street Journal. The French telecom group had just announced plans to acquire controlling interest in cable operator Suddenlink Communications for $9.1 billion.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The pilot for CBS drama Supergirl, set to premiere in November, was leaked online. The episode reportedly does not include watermarks that would indicate it is an advance screening copy, as was the case when season five Game of Thrones eps were leaked April.
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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen will not be participating in Netflix’s reboot of Full House, but “are still very much considered part of the family,” said exec producer Robert L. Boyett. “I support their choice to focus on their fashion brands and various business endeavors.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sports fan Joel McHale (The Soup) will host the 2015 ESPY Awards, broadcast live on ABC Wednesday, July 15 at 8p. “I’m thrilled to be hosting The ESPYS. Just ecstatic,” said McHale. “After my stunning victory in the Iditarod this year by only using six Bichon Frises and a lamb, I think the sports world saw me as the logical host.”
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Ahead of the season two premiere of Starz’ Power on Saturday, June 6 at 9p, the first four eps from season one are available on Starz on Demand and Starz Play as well as select cable, satellite and telco affiliates via linear, on-demand and online platforms. A season one marathon (episodes 101-108) is airing on Starz linear through May 28.
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The series finale AMC’s Mad Men delivered a best-ever 4.6 million viewers and 2.5 million A25-54 in Live+3 ratings. “While it’s true that AMC’s Mad Men ended with its highest-ever live+3 ratings, we believe the most meaningful metric for this iconic series will turn out to be live+forever,” said Charlie Collier, AMC president. “We hope Matthew Weiner and the many extraordinarily talented people who helped elevate his vision over the last decade are smiling and finding peace like Don Draper at Esalen.”
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Part one of E!’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians: About Bruce special, which premiered Sunday, May 17 at 9p, delivered 2.8 million viewers A18-49 and 4.2million total viewers in Live+3, the most-watched premiere since September 2012.
(Source: Cynopsis)
With season finale competition out of the way, the second week of Fox Thursday drama Wayward Pines rose 20 percent among A18-49, to 1.2/4. NBC’s Red Nose Day drew a soft .8/3 in the demo, but raised over $21 for children’s charities.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Game 2 of TNT’s Eastern Conference Finals coverage was the highest-rated program of the night across all of cable television, averaging 5.9 million total viewers and a 3.6 HH rating, based on Nielsen Friday fast nationals. Sunday’s Game 3 averaged 7.8 million total viewers and a 4.7HH rating, the most-viewed and highest-rated program of the day across all of television, per metered market ratings.
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Actress Anne Meara died May 24 of natural causes. She was 85. In addition to 1974’s Kate McShane, and a 1986 sitcom, The Stiller and Meara Show with her husband of 61 years, Jerry Stiller, the four-time Emmy nominee appeared on numerous shows, including Archie Bunker’s Place, Rhoda, Alf, The King of Queens and Will & Grace, among others.
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Director Marty Pasetta died May 21 after being struck by a car in La Quinta, CA. He was 82. Along with numerous Academy Awards, AFI Life Achievement and Grammy Awards telecasts, Pasetta directed music specials including Elvis Presley’s 1973 Aloha From Hawaii concert and Big Crosby and His Friends.
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Tomorrowland – $33 million
Pitch Perfect 2 – $30.8 million
Mad Max: Fury Road – $24.8 million
Poltergeist (2015) – $22.6 million
Avengers: Age of Ultron – $21.6 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $214 million
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