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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/23/15)
ABC: The Middle (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: The Goldbergs (Premiere) at 8:30pm
ABC: Modern Family (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: blackish (Premiere) at 9:30pm
ABC: Nashville (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: Survivor (Premiere) at 8pm
COMEDY: Triptank (Premiere) at 11pm
COOKING CHANNEL: Pizza Masters (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Worst Cooks in America (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: Rosewood (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: Empire (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: The Mysteries of Laura (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Law & Order: SVU (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Nature (Premiere) at 8pm
TRU TV: Road Spill (Premiere) at 10:30pm
CBS: Big Brother (Finale) at 9:30pm
CW: A Wicked Offer (Finale) at 9pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: RV Nation (Finale) at 10:30pm
TV LAND: The Jim Gaffigan Show (Finale) at 10pm
For the 16th consecutive year, Working Mother magazine has named Discovery Communications one of the 100 Best Companies for its commitment to progressive workplace programs, including advancement of women, flexibility, child care and paid parental leave. The 100 Best Companies are featured in the October/November issue of the magazine and on workingmother.com.
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Nickelodeon greenlit adventure-filled docu-series I Wanna Be (wt). The show follows Carolina Panthers two-time Pro Bowl quarterback and host Cam Newton as he takes real kids on the ride of their lives to help make their dreams come true. The 20-episode series is slated to air in 2016 and will shoot during the NFL off seasons.
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El Rey Network, Mark Burnett and United Artists Media Group have announced a second season of Lucha Libre. The series, which introduces American audiences to the distinctive wrestling techniques of one of Mexico’s most popular sports, will premiere in early 2016.
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Classic muscle cars once left for dead are resurrected in Velocity’s Graveyard Carz. The series, hosted by Mark Worman, is back with all-new episodes on Wednesday, October 7 at 9p.
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Christina Milian Turned Up is getting a sophomore season on E!. The real-life drama about the actress/singer and her family returns on Tuesday, November 3 at 10p.
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Host Alfonso Ribeiro returns with back-to-back episodes of Unwrapped 2.0 on Food Network on Saturday, October 10 at 8p. The the show’s 13-episode season classic childhood treats, the latest candy crazes and flavorful munchies.
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Superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli lends his voice to a symphonic salute to the movies in Andrea Bocelli: Cinema, celebrating some of the greatest celluloid songs and scores of all time. John Travolta, Ryan O’Neal, Ali McGraw and Andy Garcia join Bocelli onstage to speak about the films from which the songs derive. The concert special airs on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances on Friday, November 27 at 9p (check local listings) as part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival.
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Disney Channel has optioned Upside-Down Magic, a book series from Scholastic, for development as an original TV show. The story follows the misadventures of Nory, the youngest in a family of elite magicians, who finds herself relegated to a class for misfits after one magical mishap too many.
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Ratings for all of the top five entertainment magazines jumped on Monday with their next-day coverage of Sunday’s Emmy Awards. Entertainment Tonight (3.8/7 primary run metered market average, up 19 percent from its year-ago time period) led the category. Access Hollywood (2.3/5, up 15 percent), Extra (2.0/4, up 11 percent ), TMZ (1.5/3, up 7 percent ) and The Insider (1.4/3, up 8 percent) followed.
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National ratings, covering the session ending September 13, was a week marked by the return of several major talk shows. Live with Kelly & Michael (2.7 live plus same day national Nielsen rating, up 8 percent from the week before) opened its 28th season, finishing in a tie for first place with perennial talk leader Dr. Phil (2.7, up 8 percent). Phil, who has been the top talker for the past four years, did not begin his new season until September 14. In third place, Ellen DeGeneres (2.6, up 53 percent) kicked off the first week of her 13th season with Caitlyn Jenner and Hillary Clinton, among others.
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Nat Geo WILD’s new series Vet School launched on Saturday, September 19 with 660,000 total viewers P2+ and 206,000 P25-54. It marked the most watched series launch in network history.
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Bounce TV’s Premier Boxing Champions The Next Round on September 18 was a knockout success. The live event and encore reached 1.6 million unique viewers. The premiere telecast averaged 248,000 Households and 335,000 total viewers from 9-11:45p, with a peak audience of 309,000 Households and 433,000 total viewers. The live telecast also delivered 164,000 A 25-54 (+82% over Bounce TV’s Friday primetime average) and 127,000 A18-49 (+57%).
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