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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/29/15)
COOKING: My Grandmother’s Ravioli (Premiere) at 8pm
FYI: Unplugged Nation (Premiere) at 10pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Celebrity Motor Homes (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Little Women: LA (Premiere) at 9pm
NBCSN: Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Face Off (Premiere) at 9pm
TRU TV: The Carbanaro Effect (Premiere) at 10pm
TRU TV: Fameless (Premiere) at 10:30pm
PBS: Uranium – Twisting The Dragon’s Tail (Finale) at 10pm
Diane Keaton will star opposite Jude Law in The Young Pope, a joint production of HBO, Sky and Canal+ about the fictional Pontificate of Pius XIII (aka Lenny Belardo). Keaton plays a nun in the eight-episode series directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
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Don’t hold your breath for Netflix’s stand-up comedy special starring Bill Cosby. “I don’t think it’s appropriate to release that,” said the streaming service’s chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, at the TCA summer press tour, referring to the disgraced star’s ongoing sex scandal. But viewers might see Full House twins Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen on Netflix revival Fuller House. While the actresses are so far not slated to appear, they’re “teetering,” shared Sarandos.
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The Westminster Kennel Club’s annual dog show, a USA staple since 1984, is trotting over to Fox Sports. A 10-year agreement starting in 2017 includes global rights, and gives the canine competition a prime time live slot on Fox Sports 1, as well as Nat Geo Wild and Fox Sports digital platforms with additional coverage, and encore airings on NGW.
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Ex-Mythbusters Kari Byron and Tory Belleci have jumped to Travel Channel for new series Thrill Factor, where they’ll dive into the engineering and science behind thrill rides. “We are thrilled – no pun intended – that Kari and Tory are joining the Travel Channel family,” said Ross Babbit, SVP, programming and development. “As true adventure seekers, they epitomize what travel is all about, and offer a unique scientific perspective.” Not to mention the fans they collected during their years busting myths on Discovery. Thrill Factor bows Wednesday, August 12 at 8p.
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Female masterminds are the focus of Oxygen’s Snapped: She Made Me Do It. True crime series launches with a two-parter beginning Sunday, September 6 at 10p, and moves to its regular time slot Wednesday, September 9 at 10p.
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Starz Kids & Family is offering “Amazing Animation” Saturdays next month. Lineup each week features two animated films, starting August 1 at 6p with Planes and Planes: Fire and Rescue.
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On-air sports talent for Bounce TV’s upcoming Premier Boxing Champions – The Next Round includes Fred Hickman (CNN Sports Tonight) as host, Frank Charles (NFL GameDay Final) calling blow-by-blow action and Super Welterweight World Champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout serving up insight and analysis. Action starts Sunday, August 2 at 9p.
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Fameless launches on truTV tonight at 10:30. Exec produced by David Spade, the sketch/prank show features wannabe stars cast in a reality show.
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Two new series will also launch on DIY this summer: American Rehab: Charleston makes its debut Wednesday, August 19 at 11p, while Attic Gold arrives Sunday, August 30 at 9p.
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Ahead of a month-long celebration of the 25th anniversary of Law & Order, WE tv started a two-night marathon last night that continues tonight at 8p, with bonus footage and behind the scenes extras. On Monday, stars Dann Florek, Carolyn McCormick, S. Epatha Merkerson and Jill Hennessy got the party started in NYC. In August, the procedural will air on the net Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 5p-11p.
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TruTV’s The Carbonaro Effect starts its second season tonight at 10p. Posing as a baker, beautician, and other characters, Carbonaro is deft at “making people believe in the unbelievable,” he says. This year, the magician promises a push to escalate the hidden camera show’s tricks. Any plans for working some magic on TruTV CEO Chris Linn? “I’m not at liberty to say,” Carbonaro jokes.
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When Calls the Heart landed a third season on Hallmark Channel. Ten new hours of the romance series, set in an early 20th century mining town, launch Sundays in February, with a two-hour sneak peek of the first two episodes airing over the holiday season.
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Hot In Cleveland spin-off The Soul Man will be back on TV Land for a fifth and final season. The comedy is the net’s highest-rated original series among African Americans P25-54 and African American Women 25-54, averaging a2.2 AA P25-54 rating and a 2.65 rating among AA W25-54 over its four seasons. “We plan to give the viewers something very special this year,” said Keith Cox, EVP of development and original programming. TV Land rebranded with edgier fare this year, premiering shows like Younger and Impastor.
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Drew Powell was bumped from recurring to series regular on season two of Fox’s Gotham, launching Monday, September 21.
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Lawrence Kao (The Walking Dead), Rebecca Breeds (Pretty Little Liars) and Oliver Ackland (Satisfaction) will recur on season three of CW’s The Originals, says EW. Supernatural drama returns Thursday, October 8.
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Damon Dayoub (NCIS) was upped from recurring guest star to series regular on season two of ABC Family procedural Stitchers, returning in 2016.
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Lost alum Terry O’Quinn will co-star in season two of ABC anthology series Secrets and Lies, with Michael Ealy and Juliette Lewis.
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E!’s I Am Cait delivered 2.73 million viewers on Sunday, with 1.5 million in the A18-49 demo. Over four plays, the docu-series premiere reached 6.2 million viewers. The first of two May Keeping Up With the Kardashians specials on Jenner’s transformation drew 2.92 million viewers.
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The season finale of ABC’s The Bachelorette was up 16 percent week-to-week in total viewers (8.1 million) and 26 percent among A18-49 (2.4/9). Year to year, over its 2015 run the reality show improved 4 percent in total viewers and 20 percent in the demo.
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NBC Nightly News was tops in viewers the week of July 20, but ABC’s World News Tonight was first among A25-54 (1.896 million, a 4-week high) and A18-49 (1.330 million, a 5-week high), based on Live+SD data from Nielsen.
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Syndicated Dr. Phil boasted a healthy 2.9 Live+SD HH rating the week ending July 19, up 26 percent versus the week prior and up 7 percent over last year. Live with Kelly & Michael held steady at 2.6 to place second among talk shows in households.
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Three weeks into its four-week trial in metered markets, Boris and Nicole was down 36 percent from its lead-ins with .7/2, and 13 percent below its year-ago July time periods.
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Sunday’s Food Network Star posted a season high 1.2 rating among A25-54, ranking number 5 among cable for the night, a gain of 33 percent versus year-ago and the series’ most watched telecast since 2013. Food Network ranked fifth among cable for Sunday night and ninth for the week.
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