FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 8/6/15)
A&E: Behind Bars: Rookie Year (Premiere) at 10pm
CMT: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders: Making The Team (Premiere) at 11pm
DISCOVERY FAMILY: From Wags to Riches with Bill Berloni (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX NEWS: Republican Presidential Candidates Debate at 9pm
LIFETIME: Project Runway (Premiere) at 9pm
TEEN NICK: Teen Nick Top 10 (Premiere) at 9pm
WEATHER: Weather Gone Viral (Premiere) at 10pm
CW: Dates (Finale) at 9:30pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Finale) at 11pm
Cancelling TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting cost Discovery Communications a cool $19 million. During an earnings call on Wednesday, CFO Andy Warren cited higher restructuring and other charges of $19 million, “primarily due to content impairment charges from canceling TLC’s19 Kids and Counting.” 19 Kids was yanked in May after it was revealed family member Josh Duggar had molested underage girls as a teen.
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The View’s Nicolle Wallace turned down an offer to trade her co-host seat for a guest contributor role, and will leave the ABC talker at the end of the season. The political analyst joins Rosie Perez at the exit door. “She will always be a friend of our show,” said exec producer Bill Wolff in a note shared with show staff yesterday. Comedian Michelle Collins joins Whoopi Goldberg and Raven-Symone on the season 19 panel come fall.
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Cord cutters may be casting a shadow on the cable business, but during Time Warner’s earning call, Turner CEO John Martin said skinny bundles could work in the company’s favor. “We at Turner have the type of networks that will be overly represented in those bundles,” said the exec. Then there’s the company’s new HBO Now streaming service. “We are extremely pleased with how it’s being received,” said CEO Jeff Bewkes. HBO’s revenues had a 1 percent uptick to $1.4 billion due to more subscribers, while operating income fell 8 percent thanks to costs formarketing and technology related to HBO Now.
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Did McDreamy have to die? Yes, said Shonda Rhimes of the shocking demise of Derek Shepherd, played by the exiting Patrick Dempsey, last season. “As painful as it was for me as a storyteller, it preserved what felt true to me,” Rhimes told reporters at TCA. “It felt like that was the only way to make Meredith and Derek’s magic remain true and forever frozen in time.” Rhimes also said Dempsey’s departure after 11 years, one year before his contract was up, was mutual.
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A 50-episode marathon of I Dream of Jeannie will be hosted by none other than the lady in the bottle herself, Barbara Eden, on Saturday, September 19 at 8p. Stunt marks the 50th anniversary of the sitcom. What was Eden’s most memorable episode? “The pilot episode proved to be challenging, thanks to the weather,” the actress tells Cynopsis. “It was an unbelievably cold day on the beach where Jeannie and Captain Nelson first meet. I was in my pink chiffon costume in freezing temps! It was all I could do to contain my shivers on camera. Despite all of that, it’s still my favorite Jeannie episode.”
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Lesson of the day from TLC: Even cringe-worthy dates can lead to true love. One-hour special 3 Bad Dates, 1 Soulmate airs on the net tonight at 10p.
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BET’s Katrina 10 Years Later: Through Hell in High Water follows survivors of the hurricane who fought to rebuild their lives and communities. Hosted by BET News correspondent Jeff Johnson and featuring actor Wendell Pierce (The Wire), special airs Wednesday, August 26 at 8p.
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David Alan Grier (Dreamgirls) landed the role of the Cowardly Lion and 18-year-old newcomer Shanice Williams will play Dorothy in NBC’s The Wiz Live!, airing Thursday, December 3. Queen Latifah stars as the Wizard of Oz.
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AnnaLynne McCord (90210) will recur on season two of ABC’s Secrets & Lies. Production begins next week in LA.
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Andrew Ridings (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) will play the son of Craig T. Nelson’s character in NBC’s Coach sequel, written by original series creator Barry Kemp.
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Keiynan Lonsdale (Insurgent) joins season two of CW’s The Flash as a series regular. Superhero drama returns Tuesday, October 6 at 8p.
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Animated short-form series Descendants Wicked World, which picks up after the final scene of Disney Channel movie Descendants, premieres Friday, September 18 on Disney Channel and its digital platforms. Built-in fan base includes the movie’s over 10.5 million total viewers (Live+3).
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During his first sweeps month as anchor, Lester Holt handed NBC Nightly News its biggest July audience (7.9 million) in ten years and best A25-54 numbers (1.9 million) since 2013, beating ABC and CBS in viewers and the news demo. CBS News with Scott Pelley boasted the biggest increase in viewers versus July 2014 (up 5 percent; down 4 percent in the demo); ABC World News Tonight was up 4 percent in viewers and down 1 percent among A25-54.
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Tuesday’s CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock earned a 1.2/4 rating among A18-49 on ABC, down 37 percent versus last year.
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The launch of Premier Boxing Champions – The Next Round on Bounce TV set a net record for a single telecast, reaching 1.6 million unique viewers. The debut averaged 333,000 HHs and 459,000 total viewers between 9p-12:15a.
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The premiere of WE tv’s L.A. Hair delivered over 1.5 million total viewers for its 10p premiere and two encores, making it the show’s most-watched debut ever, ranking in the top five among W18-49/25-54, and in the top 10 among A18-49/25-54 across cable in the time period. Among African American viewers, the telecast was first across all key demos in the time period.
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TV director Lela Swift died August 4. She was 96. Swift directed close to 600 episodes of Dark Shadows and won three Daytime Emmys for her work on Ryan’s Hope.
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Canadian TV host and designer Chris Hyndman was found dead in Toronto on August 3. He was 49. Hyndman co-hosted CBC’s Steven and Chris.
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BROADWAY
It Shoulda Been You is closing on Broadway on Sunday August 9, 2015.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/it-shoulda-been-you/#loc=highlights
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