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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 6/10/15)
TV ONE: Unsung: Otis Redding (Premiere) at 8pm
GSN: Skin Wars (Premiere) at 9pm
LMN: I Escaped My Killer (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV2: Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out (Premiere) at 11pm
OXYGEN: Player Gets Played (Premiere) at 9:30pm
POP: Queens of Drama (Finale) at 8pm
As it did last year, CBS is launching its 2015-2016 fall season in phases, kicking off with Thursday Night Football on September 17. Premiere week brings The Big Bang Theory, new comedy Life in Pieces, Scorpion and NCIS: LA on Monday, September 21; NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans and new drama Limitless on Tuesday, September 22; the season launch of Survivor and finale of Big Brother on Wednesday, September 23; the season debuts of The Amazing Race, Hawaii Five-0 and Blue Bloods on Friday, September 25; 48 Hours on Saturday, September 26 and the premiere of 60 Minutes and series finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on Sunday, September 27.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The following week brings the season premiere of Criminal Minds and series launch of Code Black on Wednesday, and new seasons of Madam Secretary, The Good Wife and CSI:Cyber on Sunday. Supergirl bows Monday, October 26 at a special time, 8:30p, settling into its 8p time period November 2. Post-football, Big Bang Theory and Life in Pieces move to their regular time periods Thursday, November 5, followed by the season premiere of Mom, the debut of comedy Angel From Hell and the season launch of Elementary.
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William Shatner, Henry Winkler, George Foreman, comedian Jeff Dye and Terry Bradshaw will be navigating Asia together in upcoming NBC comedy/reality series Better Late Than Never, adapted from a hit South Korean format. Winkler is exec producing with Jason Ehrlich (The Bachelor), Tim Crescenti (I Survived a Japanese Game Show) and Craig Zadan and Neil Meron; Universal Television is producing in association with Storyline Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC Family is tweaking its summer schedule. Season two of Chasing Life will now premiere Monday, July 6 at 10p instead of Monday, August 17 at 9p. Monica the Medium takes the August 17 slot, pushed back from Monday, July 13 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sweet dreams: Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) and John Stamos (Full House) will announce the nominees for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards at a ceremony in LA on July 16 at 11:30a ET – three hours later than usual. Awards show airs Sunday, September 20 at 8p on Fox.
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Viewers will get a little less of Clint Eastwood during Spike TV’s Guys Choice Awards the net says it is cutting a joke made by the American Sniper director referencing Caitlyn Jenner that was deemed inappropriate. Taped on Saturday, the show airs Thursday, June 18 at 9p. Comedy Central made a similar call in March, deleting references to Paul Walker’s death made during its Justin Bieber roast.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Cancelled by TeenNick after 14 seasons, Degrassi: The Next Generation has found a new home on Netflix and Canada’s Family Channel. Degrassi: The Next Class will premiere in 2016, reported exec producer Stephen Stohn via Twitter.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Tonight’s CMT Music Awards will for the first time be simulcast on over 120 iHeartMedia Country radio stations. Show launches live from Nashville at 8p.
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Nickelodeon picked up season three of PAW Patrol, with 20 new episodes rolling out later this year. The pre-school series is a co-production with Spin Master Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Music mogul Master P (aka Percy Miller) and his five children are the subject of a reality show launching on Reelz Saturday, November 28. Series from Asylum Entertainment chronicles the single dad’s efforts to balance business and family “without losing his mind.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC tells the story of a man’s triumph over a rare condition in Born Without Limbs. One-hour special from eOne & Axial Entertainment premieres Wednesday, June 17 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
USA’s Suits returns for season five Wednesday, June 24 at 9p. A “Suits Undressed” catch-up marathon launches Saturday, June 20 at 9a.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Martin Sheen has been cast in Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, premiering on Canada’s YTV in early 2016. Two-hour movie from Breakthrough Entertainment is currently in production in Canada.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger (Last Comic Standing) will host TBS’s Separation Anxiety. Game show from 5×5 Media and Electus is slated for a late 2015 debut.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lead roles in ensemble hockey comedy Benders have been handed to Lindsey Broad (The Office), Chris Distefano (Girl Code), Mark Gessner (The Blacklist), Ruy Iskandar (Gotham) and Andrew Schulz (Guy Code). Series launches Thursday, October 1 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Singer/actress Demi Lovato (Sonny With a Chance) has joined the season two cast of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series in a guest starring role. Drama returns to El Rey Tuesday, August 25 at 9p.
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Saturday’s season premiere of Power was the most-watched Starz original series season launch ever, with 1.43 million total viewers, up 209 percent from its year-ago series launch.
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Science Channel delivered its most-watched May ever in Total Day viewers P2+ in Live+3. Driven by series including Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman and NASA’s Unexplained Files, Science also increased across Total Viewers P2+ (up 6 percent) and W25-54 (up 4 percent) versus May 2014.
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Food Network was number three among cable Friday night, with a line-up including Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and newcomer American Diner Revival. Revival’s 10:30p premiere posted a series best .6 rating (A25-54), second in its timeslot and up 28 percent over the past 13 weeks. On Sunday, the season eleven premiere of Food Network Star posted a .8 rating (780,000 imp) P25-54; seen by 2.5 million P2+, the show ranked number three across cable in its time slot.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TBS‘s Your Family Or Mine garnered a combined audience of 2.6 million viewers in Live+7 delivery for its May 19 episode and encores, up 4 percent over the prior week. The show drew 1.2 million among A18-49 and 481,000 among A18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sunday’s season three finale of Telemundo’s La Voz Kids ranked number one among all Spanish-language broadcast programs in key demos, delivering 2.2 million total viewers and 955,000 among A18-49, according to Nielsen.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Syndication ratings for the week ending May 31 took a hit from French Open coverage and repeats. Wheel of Fortune was down 5 percent from the week prior to tie Jeopardy, down 3 percent, for the top game show spot with a 6.1 rating. Holding steady at 6.0 week to week, Family Feud was an exception to the downward trend, and up 28 percent versus last year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 6/7/15)
1) Florence & The Machine – How Big How Blue How Beautiful – 127,933
2) Taylor Swift – 1989 – 33,819 (After 32 weeks – 4,898,281)
3) A$AP Rocky – At.Long.Last.A$AP – 31,758 (After 2 weeks – 148,504)
Other Debuts
4) Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard – Django & Jimmie – 30,408
5) Lil Durk – Remember My Name – 23,564
8) Jason Derulo – Everything Is 4 – 21,520
9) Billy Carrington – Summer Forever – 20,748
10) Dom Kennedy – By Dom Kennedy – 19,643
12) Jaime XX – In Colour – 19,051
18) Major Lazer – Peace Is The Mission – 15,822
22) Dawes – All Your Favorite Brands – 12,628
24) Marvin Sapp – You Shall Live – 12,062
34) Four Year Strong – Four Year Strong – 7,315
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