FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news
ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 10/1/15)
COOKING: Sugar Showdown (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Best Bobby Flay (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: Bones (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: Sleepy Hollow (Premiere) at 9pm
FUSE: Fluffy Breaks Even (Premiere) at 10pm
IFC: Benders (Premiere) at 10pm
IFC: Gigi Does It (Premiere) at 10:30pm
NBC: The Blacklist (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: This Old House Hour (Premiere) at 8pm
FX: Married (Finale) at 10:30pm
SCIENCE: How Do They Do It? (Finale) at 10pm
SYFY: Dominion (Finale) at 10pm
A+E Networks, home to the Critics’ Choice Television Awards and the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, is combining the shows into one, three-hour event. Live show will air Sunday, January 17 at 8p on A&E, Lifetime and LMN.
(Source Cynopsis)
Volleyball pro/actress Gabrielle Reece will host NBC’s upcoming STRONG, a reality competition from Sylvester Stallone, Dave Broome (The Biggest Loser) and Holly Wofford. 25/7 Productions is producing in association with Sony Pictures Television.
(Source Cynopsis)
Travel Channel gave the green light to three new series. I Adventure (wt) features actors Terry Crews, Jon Cryer and Eric Stonestreet; Meter’s Running (wt) is hosted by Andrew Zimmern, and Could I Live There? follows real people faced with a decision about relocating to a new foreign city. Back from a four-year hiatus: Bert the Conqueror, starring reluctant daredevil Bert Kreischer, for a third season.
(Source Cynopsis)
Esquire ordered scripted series Beowulf. Reimagined for the small screen, series based on the epic tale will star Kieran Brew (Da Vinci’s Demons), with supporting cast William Hurt (Damages), Joanne Whalley (Wolf Hall), Ed Speelers (Downton Abbey) and David Ajala (Black Box). ITV Studios is producing for a 2016 premiere.
(Source Cynopsis)
Hello Again, about a happily-ish married woman whose ex moves next door, scored a put pilot commitment from CBS. Comedy from Liz Feldman (One Big Happy) is produced by Kapital Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.
(Source Cynopsis)
MTV2 has gone to the dogs (and cats) with #Down2Adopt, an on-air and online campaign to drive viewers to shelters and rescue groups for pets. The effort includes a series of video pet biographies featuring the voices of Kristen Bell and MTV2’s Charlamagne Tha God and Carly Aquilino narrating stories of how some dogs and cats found themselves in shelters.
(Source Cynopsis)
Cozi TV introduces 1960s sitcom The Munsters to the net with a four-hour marathon starting Sunday, October 4 at 1p. Herman, Lily and crew begin airing weekdays from 5p-6p on Cozi on the following Monday, ending their run with a 12-hour Halloween marathon from noon-midnight on October 31.
(Source Cynopsis)
The season finale of ABC Family freshman Kevin From Work airs as back-to-back eps starting at 8p on Wednesday, October 7.
(Source Cynopsis)
TNT’s Public Morals also gets a two-part season finale, on Tuesday, October 20 at 9p and 10p. Drama is written and directed by Ed Burns.
(Source Cynopsis)
The Paley Center for Media’s Hollywood Tribute to African-American Achievements in Television, presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co., will take place Monday, October 26 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Among expected attendees are Tyra Banks, Diahann Carroll, Don Cheadle, Ava DuVernay, Louis Gossett Jr., Terrence Howard, Quincy Jones, Keegan-Michael Key, Regina King, Tyler Perry, Wesley Snipes, and Keenen Ivory Wayans.
(Source Cynopsis)
Z Living is launching three new health-related series: Dueling Doctors and Cook Your Ass Off on Monday, November 2 at 5p and 9p, respectively, and I Beat the Odds on Tuesday, November 3 at 9p.
(Source Cynopsis)
“Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen has been cast as Frenchy in Fox special Grease Live. Also hopping aboard: Kether Donahue (You’re the Worst) as Jan, and David Del Rio (Spare Parts) as T-Bird. Live event starring Julianne Hough (Safe Haven) as Sandy and Aaron Tvelt (Graceland) as Danny airs Sunday, January 31 at 7p.
(Source Cynopsis)
Peter Gadiot (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland) landed a series regular role in upcoming USA drama Queen of the South.
(Source Cynopsis)
Trevor Noah’s second night as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show drew 1.231 million viewers, including 672,000 among A18-49 in Live+SD numbers. His debut on the net the night before averaged 1.086 viewers, but also aired across and additional 11 networks on mother ship Viacom.
(Source Cynopsis)
Freshman grades: Limitless retained all of its premiere week A18-49 audience, according to Nielsen Live+SD data for Tuesday, September 29. The CBS drama averaged 9.58 million viewers and delivered 1.9/7 in the demo. ABC’s The Muppets dropped 31% in week two to 2.0/7 among A18-49, while Fox’s Scream Queens dipped 15% to 1.4/5.
(Source Cynopsis)
ABC had premiere week’s Top 4 highest-indexing broadcast entertainment programs among A18-49 in $100K+ annual income homes with Modern Family (157), black-ish (154), Nashville (144) and The Goldbergs (134).
(Source Cynopsis)
TV One announced it has ranked as a Top 3 Ad-Supported Cable Network among Black W25-54 for two consecutive Monday nights in primetime (Ranked #2 on 09/21/15). Third Quarter to date, TV One’s original true crime programming (Fatal Attraction and For My Man) has reached 2.4 million unique viewers 2+, up 9% year-over-year.
(Source Cynopsis)
Fox News Channel was first in total viewer among basic cable nets in prime time for 3Q15, averaging 1.95 million viewers and 395,000 among A25-54. CNN delivered 814,000 viewers and 143,000 in the news demo, followed by 625,000/140,000 for MSNBC.
(Source Cynopsis)
HGTV finished 3Q15 as the #1 cable network in primetime (Mon.-Sun. 8p-12a) among W25-54 and upscale W25-54. The 2014-2015 broadcast season ranks as the highest-rated and most-watched season in network history for P25-54 ratings. Sister net DIY achieved its most-watched third quarter ever among P25-54 and W25-54 impressions, and marked its third consecutive month of year-over-year audience growth among W25-54 Prime impressions, growing 9% in September versus last year.
(Source Cynopsis)
Keely's Korner 