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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 6/8/15)
ABC FAMILY: The Fosters (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC FAMILY: Becoming Us (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: The First 48: Extreme Kills (Premiere) at 8pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives of Orange County (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Odd Mom Out (Premiere) at 10pm
TNT: Major Crimes (Premiere) at 9pm
TNT: Murder in the First (Premiere) at 10pm
AMC: Turn: Washington’s Spies (Finale) at 10pm
NBC is replacing medical drama Heartbreaker on its fall schedule with Dick Wolf spinoff Chicago Med, to accommodate the pregnancy of Heartbreaker star Melissa George. Originally set to debut midseason, Chicago Med will step into the Tuesday post-The Voice slot in September. Both shows start production this summer, but Heartbreaker will take a baby break.
(Source: Cynopsis)
OWN is not moving forward with a planned docu-series focused on Jay Williams, the music producer who fathered 34 children by 17 women and appeared on the net’s Iyanla: Fix My Life. “The series aimed to follow Jay as he worked to put his life and fractured relationships in order and to hold him accountable every step of the way,” said OWN. “The intention was to help Jay work to establish new connections with his family, his children and the mothers of his children. Production has ended and the series will not air.” The show had been slated for a September debut.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lifetime released the first four episodes of its new scripted show, UnReal, on its website. While the show was well reviewed, last week’s premiere averaged a soft 815,000 viewers. UnReal airs Mondays at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Don’t expect big changes on season two of Fox hit Empire. Co-creator Danny Strong, speaking at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, said, “We’re just going to continue the story, because if we tried to make it bigger and better, we’d make it worse and lamer.” As for big-name guest stars (Chris Rock, Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravtiz are among those lined up for next season), “I’m a vocal proponent of not doing all the stunt casting,” said Strong. “It’s not a source of tension, but it’s a source of disagreement.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC Family moved the season 2 premiere of Chasing Life from August 17 to Monday, July 6 at 10p. Drama follows The Fosters at 8p and new docu-series Becoming Us at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In the wake of criticism from the medical community, The Dr. Oz Show hired a medical expert to fill the newly created position of chief of staff of the medical unit that researches scripts and evaluates expert guests. Oz had been attacked as a “quack” by 10 doctors who wanted him ousted from his vice chairman post at Columbia medical school, charges Oz said were spurred by his support for labeling genetically modified foods. The controversy appears to be taking a toll on his show – in the most recent May sweep, The Dr. Oz Show lost 35 percent of its rating, to 1.3, and 42 percent among W25-54, to a .7 average, versus May 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions are teaming with Spike TV and Casey Patterson Entertainment for a special filmed at an overseas military base. Rock the Troops will air on Veteran’s Day 2016.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO is developing Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, with Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment exec producing. Half-hour comedy project focused on thirtysomethings is based on the novel by David Shafer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The premiere of the ninth and final season of A&E’s Beyond Scared Straight airs Thursday, June 25 at 9p.Series finale on Thursday, August 27, will offer a retrospective of infamous teens, explosive moments, one-liners and the most bleeped episode.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CMT is devoting a day to CMT Music Awards-related programming leading up to the big show on Wednesday, June 10 at 8p. Music videos from nominated acts kick off the celebration starting at 6a, followed by a Video of the Year and red carpet specials. Nominees Lady Antebellum and Florida Georgia Line will be featured when their episodes of Inside Fame air at 11a and noon, respectively.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Jim Parsons joins Inside the Actors Studio host James Lipton on Thursday, June 18 at 8p on Bravo. The Big Bang Theory Emmy winner “arrived on our stage for one of the most joyful – and hilarious – evenings in the 21-year history of Inside the Actors Studio,” said Lipton.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The day before the release of Nate Ruess’ first solo album, Fuse is airing an in-depth interview with the fun. frontman. Nate Ruess: Uncovered premieres Monday, June 15 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Confirmation, the HBO movie starring Kerry Washington as Anita Hill, will start production with Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) and Erika Christensen (Parenthood) onboard.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) will play a real-life serial killer in ITV’s Dark Angel, based on the story of murderous Mary Ann Cotton.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC’s telecast of Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday delivered 17.8 million total viewers, up 19 percent versus last year and the most-watched Game 1 since ABC started carrying the game in 2003. Among A18-49, the 6.9/35 rating was the second best, since 2004.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Wednesday’s season premiere of HGTV’s Brother vs. Brother delivered a 1.05 P25-54 rating and helped make HGTV the number one cable net among P25-54 and W25-54. With more than 3.8 million total viewers, it was the highest rated episode of the series to date, up 54 percent over the season two premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bob Schieffer’s final Face the Nation broadcast as anchor on Sunday, May 31 was watched by nearly 4 million viewers, the program’s best audience delivery since January.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Street performer Anthony Riley, a contestant on the most recent season of The Voice, was found dead of apparent suicide on June 5. He was 28. A fan favorite, Riley left the show after he won his first battle round to enter rehab for substance abuse.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TONY AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Spy – $30 million
San Andreas – $26.4 million
Insidious Chapter 3 – $23 million
Entourage – $10.4 million
Mad Max: Fury Road – $8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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