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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 10/7/15)
CNBC: Jay Leno’s Garage (Premiere) at 10pm
CW: Arrow (Premiere) at 8pm
CW: Supernatural (Premiere) at 9pm
Disney XD: Kirby Buckets Failure To Launch (Premiere) at 8pm
DIY: My Big Family Renovation (Premiere) at 8pm and 8:30pm
DIY: Old Home Love (Premiere) at 11pm and 11:30pm
FX: American Horror Story: Hotel (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Property Brothers (Premiere) at 9pm
LMN: They Took Our Child: We Got Her Back (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Expedition Unknown (Premiere) at 9pm
VELOCITY: Graveyard Cars (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Couples Therapy with Dr. Jenn (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC FAMILY: Kevin From Work (Finale) at 8pm and 8:30pm
ID: Suspicion (Premiere) at 10pm
New year, new name: Come January, ABC Family will be rebranded Freeform, evoking “the spirit and adventure of our audience,” said net president Tom Ascheim. Pointing out that 14-34 year-old “Becomers,” a life stage full of firsts and changes, are 69 million strong in the U.S., the network says it remains committed both to hit programs like Pretty Little Liars and The Fosters and its plan to double original programming over the next four years. But does rebranding carry a risk? “Family does have a very positive connotation with advertisers, but it’s not the best description of the network’s content,” says Brad Adgate, SVP research at Horizon Media. “It’s taking a legacy name and rebranding to suit a more modern viewer. Disney knows how to market, and will do what needs to be done to inform viewers.”
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In a U.S. television first, Nat Geo is taking viewers into the operating room for Brain Surgery Live With Mental Floss. The two-hour special covers an awake deep brain stimulation surgery, blending live coverage from the operating room at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, with pre-produced features, on Sunday, October 25 at 9p.
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TV One debuts a remastered, high definition version of Roots beginning Sunday, October 18 at 8p. The six-part miniseries will air during the week each night at 8p (preempted on Friday, October 23), culminating with the finale on Saturday, October 24.
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Hulu is doubling the amount of content it’s licensing from Viacom, via an expanded new pact. The agreement gives the Internet TV service exclusive SVOD rights to past and future seasons of Comedy Central‘s Inside Amy Schumer and Key and Peele. Other shows exclusively on Hulu include: MTV’s Faking It and Finding Carter; Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rabbids Invasion and Sanjay and Craig; and Comedy Central’s Broad City and Drunk History.
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WE tv has greenlit Selling It: In The ATL. The docu-series, which follows seven female professionals changing the face of Atlanta real estate, premieres Thursday, November 5 at 10p.
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Ovation TV and 3DD Productions have reunited for another season of Raiders of the Lost Art. Season two, continuing the series’ tour into the world’s greatest art crimes and mysteries, is slated to bow in early 2016.
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Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration airs Tuesday, October 13 at 8p on PBS (check local listings).
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The doc looks back at the TV icon’s 50-plus-year career and features interviews with Moore, Dick Van Dyke, Betty White, Valerie Harper, Ed Asner and Carl Reiner.
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Viewers will get a peek at their favorite celebs’ private passions in Super Into, a 12-episode series ordered by truTV. Hosted by Kevin Pereira, the show explores how celebs geek out on everything from rollercoasters (Diablo Cody) to sneakers (Nick Young) to motorcycles (Michelle Rodriguez). Premiere date: Monday, October 26.
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To celebrate a big Toy Story b-day, ABC is airing Toy Story 20th Anniversary in December. The original special features producers, animators, technical artists, designers and some of the film’s voice talent discussing the making of the film and its impact, including two sequels with a third on the way. The original Toy Story will air the same evening.
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BBC America is honoring The Rocky Horror Picture Show‘s 40th anniversary by airing the Playhouse Theatre’s two-hour gala performance of the musical on Saturday, October 18 at 12a.
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The stars of NBC’s Days of our Lives are set to celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary by meeting fans at a Day of Days fan event on Saturday, November 14 at Universal CityWalk. The event, scheduled from 10a to 5p, offer fans the chance to meet cast members during autograph signings, Q&A sessions, a trivia challenge and more.
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Peter Sarsgaard (The Killing) has nabbed a recurring role on Showtime’s upcoming Twin Peaks revival, reports TVLine. The show bows in summer 2017.
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Kevin Rankin (Breaking Bad) is joining FOX drama Lucifer as a series regular. The show debuts in 2016.
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Ben Geurens (Neighbours) has been upped to series regular on Reign. Drama makes its third season debut on Friday, October 9 on The CW.
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Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) has been cast on season two of Sony superhero drama Powers. The series, which airs on Sony’s PlayStation Network, will release new episodes in 2016.
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TV One has become a Top 3 Ad-Supported Cable Network among Black W25-54 for the third consecutive Monday night in primetime. In 3Q15, the network saw year-over-year gains among all key demos: +14 percent HH, +19 percent W18-49, +15 percent W25-54, +10 percent P18-49, +10 percent, P25-54 and +16 percent P2+.
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The Halloween Wars premiere led Food Network’s Sunday night, posting a .9 rating (835,000 imp) among A25-54 and ranking #5 in its time slot among millennials. Guy’s Grocery Games at 8p posted a .6 rating (600,000 imp) among A25-54 and ranked #3 within its timeslot among millennials, while Cutthroat Kitchen at 10p posted a .7 rating (680,000 imp) among A25-54, +20 percent vs. 3Q15, and ranking fifth in its time slot among millennials.
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In its second weekly outing, Crime Watch Daily (0.8 live plus same day national Nielsen rating, steady with the week before) took over sole possession of the top spot on the rookie chart for the first time in the session ending September 27. Crime Watch, the only nationally rated true-crime strip in first-run, maintained 100 percent of its premiere week score despite widespread preemptions for coverage of the Papal visit.
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The only one of 13 established talk shows moving up week to week was Steve Wilkos (1.4, up 17 percent). The show opened its ninth year jumping to its highest rating since early August.
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The second week of Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court third season saw additional time period growth over last September. In metered markets versus September 2014, HHs are up 21 percent (1.39 vs 1.15); W18-49 saw a 54 percent increase (.57 vs. .37) and W25-54 an 63 percent increase (.75 vs. .46).
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Amy Doyle has been named Executive Producer of VH1 and Logo. Doyle was previously Executive Vice President of Music and Talent for MTV and VH1.
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