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E!: New York Fashion Week (Premiere) at 8pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Lake Life (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: Sunday Night Football (Premiere) at 5:30pm
UP: Last Hope with Troy Dunn (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: Under The Dome (Finale) at 10pm
CW: Beauty And The Beast (Finale) at 8pm
FOX: Boom! (Finale) at 8pm
ID: Nightmare Next Door (Finale) at 9pm
TRAVEL CHANNEL: Thrill Factor (Finale) at 8pm and 8:30pm
In a shift from lifestyle and entertainment content to harder weather news and digital, The Weather Channel is canceling morning shows AMHQ and Wake Up With Al. AMHQ anchor Sam Champion will focus on primetime weather reporting and host on-screen segments as the company launches its “Local Now” product for OTT providers; Al Roker will make appearances during New York weather events and work on on digital projects. Said the company, “In a fragmented world where it’s no longer about scale but about a passionate core following, we recognize the need to be hyper-focused on providing our viewers exactly what they come to us for – weather.” About 50 of the company’s 1400 employees are expected to leave in the reorg, according to CNN Money.
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GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has suggested CNN donate profits from its broadcast of the second Republican debate to veterans groups. In an open letter to CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker, Trump said that, “While I refuse to brag…this tremendous increase in viewer interest and advertising is due 100% to ‘Donald J. Trump.’ … you should view the second debate as a public service and not accept the massive profits that this airing will generate.” Reports have CNN asking for upwards of $200,000 for a 30-second spot. CNN moved its broadcast of the Wednesday, September 16 event from 9p EST to 8p, pushing it closer to the 6-7:45p time allotted for the party’s second-tier candidates debate.
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On a lighter note, Donald Trump will phone it in, literally, on ABC daytime talker The View today. The GOP candidate’s call-in should provide fodder for new CBS’s Late Show host Stephen Colbert, who will be hosting Vice President Joe Biden tonight.
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Cooking Channel‘s Sugar Showdown premieres Thursday, October 1 at 9p. The series features three bakers battling it out as they create decadent desserts for a chance to win $10,000.
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Oprah.com announced the newest addition to its online learning platform: the two-part course 21 Days To Happiness from author Shawn Achor. Part one, “21 Days to a Happier Life,” begins Monday, October 12; part two, “21 Days to Inspire Happiness Around You,” begins Monday, November 2. Each part runs for three weeks. Registration is open at: http://www.Oprah.com/Happiness
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Cooking Channel‘s Sugar Showdown premieres Thursday, October 1 at 9p. The series features three bakers battling it out as they create decadent desserts for a chance to win $10,000.
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The Angels are back in the Big Apple. The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which took place in London last year, airs Tuesday, December 8 at 10p on CBS, with pink carpet interviews, musical performances (TBA) and the multi-million dollar Fantasy Bra in NYC.
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Audrina Partridge (The Hills) returns as host for 1st Look, premiering on NBC on September 12 after Saturday Night Live. The new season of the lifestyle show “challenged Audrina to new limits,” promises Lemeya Al-Jinabi, supervising producer.
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The final episode of PBS’s In Their Own Words, profiling puppeteer Jim Henson, airs Tuesday, September 15 at 8p – one week before the September 22 premiere of The Muppets on ABC.
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The “godfather of online security” John McAfee is profiled in Spike six-part event The John McAfee Project, due in April 2016. Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys) exec produces and directs the docu-series about the tech pioneer/Presidential candidate.
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Doped: The Dirty Side of Sports explores the reality of banned substance testing, including ongoing anti-doping challenges in Olympic and professional sports. Epix original documentary airs Wednesday, September 30 at 8p.
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Oprah Winfrey’s interview with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter kicks off an all-new season of SuperSoul Sunday on Sunday, September 27 at 7p on OWN. Additional guests to be featured include The Dalai Lama, Shonda Rhimes, Malala Yousafzai and Gloria Steinem.
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El Rey Network presents three classic Stephen King mini-series, airing over three consecutive weekends, this month. The Stand airs on Saturday, September 12 at 12p and 8pm; The Tommyknockers arrives Saturday, September 19 at 12p, 4p and 8p and Sunday, September 20 at 12a, and The Langoliers airs Saturday, September 26 at 12p, 4p and 8p and Sunday, September 27 at 12a.
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Live From Lincoln Center debuts its new season on Thursday, September 24 with a live broadcast of the New York Philharmonic’s opening night gala concert with conductor Alan Gilbert and pianist Lang Lang. The broadcast airs on PBS, – check your local listings.
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Season 14 of syndicated talk show Dr. Phil starts with the story of Michelle Wilkins, the Colorado woman whose fetus was cut from her womb, on Monday, September 14. Tuesday brings former Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton, who led a secret double life as a call girl.
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Dennis Haybert (24) has been cast in Undercover, a six-parter that is the first co-developed series under the partnership between BBC Worldwide and AMC Networks. Slated to premiere on BBC America and BBC One in 2016, the political thriller is currently filming in Louisiana and the UK.
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Chicago Med added Marlyne Barrett (The Wire) to its freshman cast. NBC’s Chicago Fire spinoff debuts Tuesday, November 17 at 9p.
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ID tapped NY-based performer Todd Robbins to host True Nightmares. Six-part series bows Monday, October 14 at 10p.
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In addition to solid reviews, Stephen Colbert’s debut on CBS’s Late Show topped late night with 6.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen fast nationals. Versus last year, the show was up 203% in viewers, up 260 percent among A25-54 and up 250 percent in A18-49. It was Late Show’s largest Tuesday audience, excluding David Letterman’s final week, since July 1995.
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The U.S. Open quarterfinal match between smashing sisters Serena and Venus Williams gave ESPN a 4.8 rating in metered markets. Counting a second match, the telecast scored 2.7, the second best for tennis in ESPN history.
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truTV‘s Impractical Jokers 100th Episode Live Punishment Special delivered 3.7 million total viewers in Live+3 for the premiere and same-day encore, truTV’s highest-rated telecast in more than 19 months. The special ranked #4 in its timeslot among all cable programs in total viewers and A18-49.
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Did entertainment newsmags see Trump bumps the week ending August 30? Entertainment Tonight led the pack (3.0 Live+SD, up 3% from the week before). Access Hollywood (1.7, up 6%) rose 31% from last year, the most of any magazine, and Extra (1.4, up 8%) hit its highest rating in 14 weeks.
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The season 19 premiere of ABC’s The View earned a 2.5 household rating, down 22% versus last year’s Rosie O’Donnell-is-back launch, but up 14% from its lead-in.
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