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DA: BBQ Pit Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
FYI: Man vs. Child: Chef Showdown (Premiere) at 9pm
FYI: Rusty’s Rockfeast: Backstage With Zac Brown Band (Premiere) at 10pm
WE: Cutting It In The ATL – Confidential (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: Wayward Pines (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: Dare To Wear (Premiere) at 10pm
Chris McCarthy has been named General Manager of VH1, overseeing all creative and business functions for the pop culture brand. McCarthy most recently oversaw MTV2 and Logo; both nets are riding eight consecutive quarters of year-over-year ratings growth.McCarthy will report to Doug Herzog, President of the Viacom Music and Entertainment Group.
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Nominations for the 36th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday. PBS led with 57, including five each for NewsHour and Frontline. CBS followed with 44 noms, 29 of which went to 60 Minutes – the most for a single program. Access the full list of nominees here.
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HBO signed ESPN alum Bill Simmons to a multi-year, multi-platform deal that includes a weekly talk show covering sports and pop culture, set to debut in 2016 on HBO’s linear service, HBO Go and HBO. Simmons will also produce content and assets for the network and its digital platforms, delivering video podcasts and features.
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A+E Networks‘ four-night scripted event series, Roots has set some execs. Phillip Noyce (Patriot Games) and Thomas Carter (Coach Carter) will helm nights one and three, respectively. Directors for nights two and four have yet to be announced. Questlove, from the Grammy Award winning band The Roots, is executive music producer.
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Nickelodeon and Get Schooled, a national non-profit co-founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Viacom, are giving one young animator the chance to win a $25,000 scholarship through the inaugural “What’s Your Nickfluence?” Animation Challenge. The open call for original animated shorts is open now through September 14, 2015. For details, visit https://getschooled.com/nickfluencechallenge.
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FOX has ordered a seventh season of MasterChef. All three judges, Gordon Ramsey, Graham Elliot and Christina Tosi will be returning to the panel of the hit cooking competition.
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HBO has renewed The Brink for a second season. The dark comedy starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins was part of the network’s push to broaden its comedy brand.
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Lifetime is hosting “throw back-toback” weekend events, revisiting two iconic ‘90s programs. The net will premiere The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story on Saturday, October 3 at 8p, and The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story on Saturday, October 10, at 8p.
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Bravo Media drops anchor in the Bahamas, when Below Deck returns on Tuesday, August 25 at 9p. The series follows a group of crew members living and working aboard “Eros,” a 161’ mega-yacht, during charter season. Things kick off with a half-hour preview special airing on Monday, August 10 at 10p.
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Pivot has set a season three premiere date for Please Like Me. The dramedy, starring Josh Thomas, returns on Friday, October 16 at 10p.
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FOX‘s Gotham has snagged Emmy winner Michael Chiklis. The Shield alum is joining the DC Comics adaptation as Capt. Nathaniel Barnes, a series regular.
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Sean Teale (Reign), Georgina Haig (Once Upon a Time) and Eddie Ramos (Teen Wolf) have been tapped to star in Incorporated, a futuristic espionage thriller pilot from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Pearl Street Productions, CBS Television Studios and Universal Cable Productions.
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ABC’s American Crime is adding Falling Skies actor Connor Jessup to its second season cast. Jessup will play a young man at the center of accusations that roil two high schools along socio-economic lines.
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Jimmy Akingbola is joining Arrow‘s fourth season as Baron Reiter. His character is the head of the Shadowspire criminal organization.
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Shannyn Sossamon (Wayward Pines) is heading to Sleepy Hollow. She’ll portray a mysterious newcomer who seeks assistance from Witnesses Ichabod and Abbie, on the FOX drama.
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Kendrick Sampson (The Vampire Diaries) has been tapped for a recurring role on ABC‘s How to Get Away With Murder. His character will debut in the show’s second season premiere.
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Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund and Bruce Harwood, known to fans of The X-Files fans as the Lone Gunmen, are are set to appear the upcoming FOX revival. Haglance broke the news on Twitter.
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Herizen Guardiola, who landed a starring role in Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Netflix drama The Get Down, stars in TV One world premiere movie Runaway Island, premiering Saturday, July 25 at 8p.
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The Jim Gaffigan Show attracted a gross audience of 3.2 million total viewers on TV Land, Nick at Nite and Comedy Central, and Impastor attracted 1.7 million gross total viewers on TV Land and Nick at Nite (Live+3). The July 15th premiere for both shows, which kicked off at 10p on TVL and NAN, reached 5.6 million viewers (L+3, 1 min. qualifier, P2+, 6 telecasts, Total US).
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Discovery Channel‘s Alaskan Bush People delivered 4.84 million Total Viewers P2+ on Friday, July 17 in L+3. The premiere of Treasure Quest: Snake Island was the network’s most-watched and highest-rated non-spinoff series premiere this year. In addition, Discovery Channel was #1 in all of television in Men on Friday.
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Susanne Daniels is leaving her post as Programming Chief at MTV and heading to YouTube. Daniels will help lead the platform’s original content efforts in the newly created position of Vice President of YouTube originals.
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