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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 7/13/15)
DISCOVERY: Cuban Chrome (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: Southern Fried Road Trip (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Listed Sisters (Premiere) at 8pm and 8:30pm
HGTV: House Hunters International: Where Are They Now? (Premiere) at 10:30pm
NBC: Running Wild With Bear Grylls (Premiere) at 10pm
UNIVISION: Yo No Creo en los Hombres (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: Fear Thy Neighbor (Finale) at 9pm
WEATHER: Tornado Alley (Finale) at 10pm
A special 90-minute Scorpion will follow the 8:30p series premiere of Supergirl on Monday, October 26. The superhero drama gets a kick start from an 8p Big Bang Theory lead-in, moving to its regular 8p slot Monday, November 2.
(Source: Cynopsis)
AMC spin-off Fear of the Walking Dead will premiere with a 90-minute episode on Sunday, August 23 at 9p, simulcast on AMC Global channels. “Whether you’re in Hong Kong, Madrid or Sao Paulo, AMC viewers will be able to join the journey and experience the start of the zombie apocalypse together,” said Bruce Tuchman, president of AMC and Sundance Channel Global. From the trailer shown at Comic-Con on Friday: “When civilization ends, it ends fast.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Starz’ Ash vs Evil Dead launches, fittingly, on Halloween, Saturday, October 31 at 9p. Half-hour series is executive produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and star Bruce Campbell, the original filmmakers of the franchise about a chainsaw-handed monster hunter; Craig DiGregorio serves as exec producer and showrunner.
(Source: Cynopsis)
President Obama will become the first sitting president to visit a federal penitentiary when he goes to the El Reno Federal Correction Institution in Oklahoma next week. The drop-in is part of a Vice special that will air on HBO this fall focused on the country’s criminal justice system (spoiler alert: it’s not pretty).
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC’s Agent Carter is headed to Hollywood for season two. “We like the idea of old Hollywood, its grit and grime,” said exec producer Michele Fazekas at Comic-Con. Season two picks up six months after the drama’s freshman finale.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles will premiere in January 2016, it was revealed at Comic-Con. Cast member John Rhys-Daivies, for one, is optimistic about the fantasy series’ prospects. “If this show doesn’t succeed, I don’t know what will,” said Rhys-Davies during the show’s panel. “It is magnificent.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Neal McDonough (Agent Carter) joins the CW’s Arrow for season four as a season regular. He’ll play villain Damien Darkh. Crime-fighting drama returns Wednesday, October 7 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comic Con attendees were the first to learn, from exec producer Carlton Cuse, about four guest stars set for USA’s upcoming Colony. Carl Weathers, Kathy Baker (Picket Fences), Kathleen Rose Perkins (Episodes) and Paul Guilfoyle (CSI) are all onboard the dystopian drama, landing in October.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Barbara Sukowa and Todd Stashwick were upped to series regulars for Syfy’s 12 Monkeys, starting production on season two tomorrow in Toronto.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fancy footwork: Jeanine Mason (Bunheads) is joining the cast of ABC midseason drama Of Kings and Prophets. Mason won season 5 of So You Think You Can Dance.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Riley Smith has been bumped from recurring to series regular in season two of CBS’s Scorpion. Smith plays the son of Katharine McPhee’s character.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Teddy Sears (Masters of Sex) and Shantel VanSanten (The Messengers) are headed for Central City, in the CW’s The Flash. Sophomore run launches Tuesday, October 6 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Peter Facinelli (American Odyssey) will recur as a tech billionaire on Supergirl, it was revealed at Comic-Con.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Scottish actress Amy Mason will play Scottish princess Merida on season five of ABC’s Once Upon a Time. Fantasy drama premieres Sunday, September 27 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Wednesday’s 4-hour New York Stock Exchange blackout was tough for traders, but a boon to Fox Business Network, which delivered its highest-rated business day ever among A25-54, with 36,000 viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season three of HGTV’s Flip or Flop finished its highest-rated season to date among viewers P25-54. Attracting more than 13.5 million viewers Tuesdays at 9p, the series grew 9 percent among viewers P25-54 versus the second season, making it a Top 5 rated program on HGTV in 2Q15. The series was a Top 5 cable program among upscale W25-54 (HHI $100K+) in its time period.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Actor Roger Rees died June 10. He was 71. Welsh-born Rees, who won a Tony for The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, appeared on Cheers and The West Wing, and starred in UK comedy Singles.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Minions – $115.2 million
Jurassic World – $18.1 million
Inside Out – $17.1 million
Terminator: Genisys – $13.7 million
The Gallows – $10 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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