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CW: Dates (Premiere) at 9pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Extreme America (Premiere) at 6:30pm
ID: Untouchable: Power Corrupts (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Nightmare Next Door (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Living With The Enemy (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: One Bad Choice (Premiere) at 11pm
POP: Don’t Blink (Premiere) at 11pm
SUNDANCE TV: Rectify (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Dominion (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: Income Property (Finale) at 9pm
Susan Sarandon has been cast opposite Nick Nolte in half-hour political satire Graves, produced by Lionsgate for premium net EPIX. Sarandon, who starred with Nolte in 1992’s Lorenzo’s Oil, will play a former First Lady with political ambitions. “To have two such brilliant and accomplished actors headline one of the first original series for EPIX is a dream come true,” said Kevin Beggs, chairman, Lionsgate Television Group.
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South Park landed a three-season renewal from Comedy Central, through 2019. “Nearly two decades later, South Park today remains as important and influential as any series on any platform and has become one of the most recognizable brands to ever come out of television,” said Doug Herzog, president of Viacom Music & Entertainment Group. Hulu would agree – creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who write and direct the animated series, will split 50/50 with Viacom mega dollars coming from the streaming service in a separate renewal deal. Season 19 premieres Wednesday, September 16 on Comedy.
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Oxygen picked up The Prancing Elites Project for a second season, expanding from a half-hour to hour-long format. Why the extra time? “It allows us to tell more of the group’s story and explore their individual lives in a way that viewers can relate to and invest in,” says Rod Aissa, EVP of original programming and development for Oxygen. “While their professional goals were the highlights of season one, it’s their personal journeys following their passion and living their truths that viewers will be super served within season two.” All five members of the dance troupe will return. Year to date, the first season is exceeding the prior year time period by 185 percent in P18-49, 165 percent in total viewers and 192 percent among F18-34. Show airs Wednesdays at 9p.
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Game show host Todd Newton (Family Game Night) and Miss USA Wisconsin 2009 Alex Wehrley have stepped in as co-hosts of the Miss USA pageant, spots left open when Thomas Roberts, Cheryl Burke, Roselyn Sanchez, Cristian de la Fuente and Jeannie Maj dropped out following Donald Trump’s derogatory comments about Mexican immigrants. Reelz, which has taken pains to distance itself from pageant co-owner Trump, picked up the show at a bargain basement price after it was dropped by NBC and Univision’s UniMas. “Hopefully we won’t get tainted by the controversy,” says Reelz CEO Stan E. Hubbard. “But I think viewers are able to separate what’s political and what’s not.” As for Trump? “I’m guessing he isn’t too happy with what I’ve had to say,” says Hubbard. Show airs Sunday, July 12.
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Ahead of the season three premiere of Rectify tonight at 10p, SundanceTV renewed the drama for another run. “Even in an increasingly crowded field of dramas on television, Rectify has established itself as something special,” said Charlie Collier, president of AMC and SundanceTV. “Rectify has had such a huge impact in establishing SundanceTV as a home for high-quality, intelligent drama.” Season four is slated to debut in 2016.
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Frequent guest host Michelle Collins (The Gossip Queens) is joining ABC’s The View full-time, as Rosie Perez bids adieu at end of season 17 to focus on acting. On Wednesday’s show, Perez said she was honored to be the ABC talker’s first Latino panelist, then added, “What the hell took you so long?” Season 18 finale airs Thursday, August 6.
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Producer Spike Jones, Jr. will grab the Syd Cassyd Founders Award at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, September 12. “He has strongly influenced the artistic direction of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and shaped it into a wonderful celebration,” explained Television Academy chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum. “Spike has also performed countless hours of pro-bono work, and given tremendous support to Academy and Foundation initiatives. He cares passionately about our mission to push the boundaries of television.” FXX is set to broadcast two hours’ worth of the ceremony on Saturday, September 19 at 8p and again at 10p.
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Shadoe Stevens, one-time host of American Top 40, is the new voice of Antenna TV. Tribune Media’s multicast net airs in 101 markets in the U.S., reaching 77 percent of all households.
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eOne also has a show at WE tv. The net placed a six-ep order for docu-series Growing Up Hip Hop, following “the next generation of hip hop royalty,” including offspring of music legends Damon Rush, Rev. Run, Russell Simmons, Master P, El DeBarge and Pepa. Series joins the WE tv slate in late 2015.
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Comedy special Al Jackson: Baby Steps in a Yellow Tuxedo premieres on NUVOtv Saturday, July 18 at 10p.
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Apparently Valerie Bertinelli can stand the heat in the kitchen. The Hot in Cleveland star has graduated from a co-host spot on Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship to her own show, Valerie’s Home Cooking, premiering on Food Saturday, August 8 at 12p with Bertinelli’s Cleveland co-stars Betty White, Jane Leeves and Wendi Malick as guests.
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Documentary series Live From Abbey Road launches a new season Sunday, July 26 at 8p. Performers featured over the course of the run include Green Day, Mary J. Blige, John Mayer and Nora Jones, among others.
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Stephen Root (Justified) and Marque Richardson (Dear White People) have joined the cast of HBO movie All the Way, starring Bryan Cranston as 36th president LBJ. Steven Spielberg is exec producing.
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Kel Mitchell (Kenan & Kel) is back on Nickelodeon in upcoming comedy Game Shakers. Mitchell plays a rapper who partners with two 12-year-olds for a gaming company.
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With America’s Got Talent as a lead-in, Tuesday’s season premiere of Hollywood Game Night on NBC was up 67 percent among A18-49 from last summer’s bow, to 1.5/5. ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss, following reruns, delivered a series low .6/2.
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Syndication’s Judge Judy jumped 18 percent to hit 6.7, its best showing in six weeks. Talker Maury had a 6 percent boost to 1.9, placing it third in the category to tie with Ellen DeGeneres, down 5 percent for a season low. With a 5 percent pop to 6.2, Family Feud was the top game show for the third week in a row.
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The June 16 season six premiere of TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles reached 10.5 million viewers across platforms, including 8.6 million viewers in Live+7 delivery for the premiere and encore, 2.1 million A8-49 and 2.6 million A25-54.
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New TBS comedy Clipped has reached 3.6 million viewers across linear, on-demand, digital and mobile platforms since its June 16 premiere. The comedy opened with a combined audience of 3.3 million viewers in Live+7 for its premiere telecast and encores, including 1.5 million A18-49 and 550,000 A18-34.
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Sunday’s Food Network Star posted a 1.07 P25-54 rating, up 23 percent over the prior season and ranking third in its9pm timeslot among cable (1,046,000 imp), boosting Food into the number 3 spot among cable for the night.
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