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BET: Road To BETX Awards (Premiere) at 9pm
COMEDY: Another Period (Premiere) at 10:30pm
HISTORY: Counting Cars (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: Leepu & Pitbull (Premiere) at 10pm
SPIKE: Ink Master (Premiere) at 10pm
USA: WWE Tough Enough (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC is not picking up Hannibal for season four – but no hard feelings from series creator Bryan Fuller. “NBC has allowed us to craft a television series that no other broadcast network would have dared, and kept us on the air for three seasons despite Cancellation Bear Chow ratings and images that would have shredded the eyeballs of lesser Standards & Practices enforcers,” said Fuller. “Hannibal is finishing his last course at NBC’s table this summer, but a hungry cannibal can always dine again. And personally, I look forward to my next meal with NBC.”
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NBC announced its fall lineup, starting Thursday, September 10 with NFL’s annual kick-off game, ahead of the start of Sunday Night Football on September 13. Variety show Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris launches Tuesday, September 15, after the finale of America’s Got Talent. The Voice arrives for the official opening of the new season, Monday, September 21, leading into Blindspot. The Mysteries of Laura launches its sophomore season Wednesday, September 23, ahead of the two-hour premiere of Law & Order: SVU. Chicago PD takes up its 10p slot the following week. Thursday, September 24 brings Heroes Reborn, The Blacklist and The Player. Comedies Undateable and freshman People Are Talking bow Friday, October 30; Chicago Med picks up the rear Tuesday, November 10 at 10p, moving to 9p the following week.
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“Bombshell,” the show-within-a-show on canceled NBC cult drama Smash, is being developed as a stage production. “There is still a lot of love for Smash and a rabid fan base out there,” said Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment. “We’re thrilled to be able to keep the dream alive.” Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, exec producers on the series, will lead development of the stage project. The decision follows a one-night-only concert in NYC earlier this month.
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To celebrate Black Music Month, TV One will air The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House, partnering for the first time with PBSto jointly premierethe special Friday, June 26 at 9p. The broadcast event also includes behind-the-scenes content including a First Lady Michelle Obama-hosted “History of Gospel Music”workshop.
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Also on the way from TV One: Will to Love, premiering Saturday, June 27 at 8p, on “Decide to Be Married Day.” Film follows the heir to a toilet paper company (Let It Roll – ha!) who must find a wife before his grandfather passes away.
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Spike’s Lip Sync Battle is back from hiatus Thursday, July 9 at 10p. Justin Bieber, Will Arnett and Iggy Azalea are onboard, and Empire’s Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson burn it up for a 2-part season finale August 20.
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FYI’s We’re Moving In helps new housemates bring their design ideas to life with an assist from Pinterest. Do-it-yourself series from Magical Elves premieres Tuesday, July 14 at 10p.
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Morgan Spurlock Presents Freedom! The Movie premieres on CMT Saturday, July 11 at 9p. The irreverent two-hour documentary from filmmaker Spurlock, produced by Warrior Poets, stars comedian Billy Wayne Davis traveling the country looking at the cost of freedom – “because freedom isn’t free, even with a Groupon.”
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On Thursday, June 25, the date of Michael Jackson’s death, Fuse offers an all-day presentation of the King of Pop’s catalog and performances. Events continue on Sunday, June 28 starting at 11a, when Fuse celebrates LGBT Pride Month with Freedia Be You and Me, including 22 episodes of Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce.
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Noah Centineo (How to Build a Better Boy) has joined the cast of ABC Family drama The Fosters. Centineo will be a series regular in the second half of season three, airing in 2016.
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Aisha Tyler (The Talk) will recur on season 11 of CBS procedural Criminal Minds, reports EW. Tyler helps fill the hole left by A.J. Cook, out on maternity leave, and pregnant Jennifer Love Hewitt, who is out after one season.
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Amber Riley (Glee) landed the lead in Up’s My One Christmas Wish (wt). Film is inspired by the true story of a lonely college student who posted an ad for a family on craigslist.
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ABC’s Celebrity Family Feud got off to a strong start, ranking as Sunday’s number one show in total viewers (8.5 million) and among A18-49 (2.4/10). The game show built from its first to second half hour, according to early numbers, clobbering the year-ago season premiere of Wipeout (1.0). Number two for the night was the net’s BattleBots at 9p, which debuted to 5.4 million viewers and 1.9/7 in the demo, up 27 percent from year-ago Rising Star. Both shows were promoted during the net’s high-scoring NBA Finals.
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Exclusive: Bounce TV boasts last week, for the first time ever, it bested BET, a leader in delivering African-American viewers, in P25-54 in total day. Bounce drew 100,000 in the demo versus 96,000 for BET.
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The series premiere of AMC docu-series The Making of The Mob: New York on June 15 drew 1.7 million total viewers and 767,000 among A25-54 in Live+3 ratings. Include the two premiere night encores and the number jumps to 2.9 million viewers and 1.2 million in the demo.
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Food Network ranked fourth across all cable on Friday, posting a .5 rating (450,000 imp) A25-54. Leading the night, American Diner Revival posted a .6 rating (550,000 imp) among A25-54 to rank fourth at 10:30p, up 14 percent versus year-ago numbers.
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The Wednesday, June 17 premieres and encores of docu-series Unsung and documentary A Genius Leaves the Hood: The Unauthorized Story of Jay Z delivered a combined reach of nearly 2 Million total viewers 2+ in Live+3. Unsung drew .68 HH (381,000), .54 P25-54 (312,000) and .48 P18-49 (293,000) at 8p, while the Jay Z doc delivered .57 HH (324,000), .41 P25-54 (241,000), and .40 P18-49 (244,000) at 9p.
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