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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/22/15)
DISNEY XD: Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Much Everything (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: Home Free (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: Last Comic Standing (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Life on the Reef (Premiere) at 8pm
TV ONE: Unsung Hollywood: Bernie Mac (Premiere) at 8pm
SYFY: Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Dating Naked (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Twinning (Premiere) at 10pm
The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards nominations were released and Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar and Mark Ronson led the pack in Moonman nods. Miley Cyrus will host the festivities, airing live from Microsoft Theater (formerly known as the Nokia Theater) in LA Sunday, August 30 at 9p.
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CNBC is extending season three of its hit series The Profit. Additional original episodes begin airing Tuesday, November 3 at 10p. Produced for CNBC by Machete Productions, the show is the most watched original series in network history.
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AT&T’s U-verse has forged a pact with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ cable net Revolt that will make the TV outlet available on the company’s video-distribution systems as early as July 27. The deal includes rights to content on demand and on mobile devices. “With a major player like AT&T, more people will be able to access the hottest music and original content on every screen and device,” said Combs.
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Dance Network, a subscription-based streaming-video service devoted to dance programming, is set to launch this fall. Subscribers will have access to original programming including Traveling Dancer, showcasing local dance styles from around the globe; To the Stage, which follows the competitive efforts of high school show choirs, and Steady Mobbin’, a flash mob series. The net will also feature acquired content from programming libraries.
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The Paley Center for Media celebrates Lifetime satirical drama Unreal, the first scripted series from A+E Studios, on Thursday, July 30. Members of the series’ cast and creative team will be on hand for a panel discussion that will stream live at 7p on Yahoo Screen at paley.me/unreal, and a preview screening of its season-one finale.
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We’ll be keeping up with another Kardashian series soon: FYI ordered Kocktails with Khloe from Pilgrim Studios. Khloe Kardashian will host and exec produce the primetime hybrid talk series, which begins production immediately for eight one-hour episodes slated to premiere in late 2015.
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Sherri Shepherd discovers divine dining on Cooking Channel‘s Holy & Hungry, premiering Sunday, August 23 at 10p. “Holy & Hungry celebrates something that people of all religions enjoy – delicious food,” said Michael Smith, general manager and SVP, Cooking Channel. “The unique lens of faith to explore food is unlike any other series on Cooking Channel.”
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Destination America’s Project Afterlife explores tales of people who have come back from the dead. Six-parter premieres Sunday, August 9 at 10p.
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ABC’s World of X Games presents the first-ever Real Wake Driven by MasterCraft video competition on Sunday, July 26 at 4p. The one-hour show, produced by Alliance Multimedia, showcases some of the biggest names in wakeboarding, reconnecting the sport with X Games for the first time since 2005.
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Smithsonian Channel is re-airing 2014 special Amy Winehouse: One Shining Night on Thursday, July 23 at 8p. The one-hour program captures a 2006 performance from the late singer. Film doc Amy was released July 10.
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The seventh and final season of The League premieres Wednesday, September 9 at 10p on FXX. The second season of You’re the Worst immediately follows at 10:30p.
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Joey Pollari (The Inbetweeners) joins the season two cast of ABC‘s American Crime. He’ll play a teen whose life is publicly torn apart following accusations made after a school party.
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Megan Hilty (Smash) landed a recurring role on Bravo‘s Girlfriends‘ Guide to Divorce. She’ll play a southern belle married to Jo’s ex.
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FOX‘s The X-Files revival has added two new cast members: The Flash‘s Robbie Amell, as smart and smooth Agent Miller, and Lauren Ambrose, as confident Agent Einstein.
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On the heels of Science Channel delivering its most watched second quarter ever, Direct From Pluto: The First Encounter (Wednesday, July 15 at 10p) broke into the network’s top 15 telecasts of all time in Total Viewers P2+ in Live +3. The special garnered 815,000 Total Viewers P2+, landing at #13 in the ranking of all telecasts in network history.
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ABC’s Rookie Blue scored its biggest-ever Live + 3 playback increase among A18-49, spiking +71% over its L+SD rating. The ABC drama increased its playback growth for the 2nd consecutive week (+43% to +57% to +71%).
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Maury, the oldest talk host in syndication, was tops among W18-34 (1.1 demo rating) and W18-49 (1.1 demo rating) the week of July 6. In addition, Maury tied for #1 among W25-54 with Live with Kelly & Michael (1.3 demo rating).
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Food Network Star posted a season high 1.1 rating (1.05M imp) among A25-54, ranking #5 among cable for the night, a gain of +38% vs. same episode YAGO, with this season tracking +13% over last season and averaging 2.1 million P2+ viewers. Overall, Food Network ranked #4 among cable for Sunday night.
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CBS’ 48 Hours: “The Girl Next Door” was Saturday’s #1 program with A25-54 and viewers, according to Nielsen Live+SD ratings for July 18. The broadcast delivered 5.02 million viewers and a 1.2/04 with adults 25-54. Compared to the same night last year, 48 Hours was up +50% in adults 25-54 and +64% in viewers.
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