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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 10/20/15)
ABC: It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown at 8pm
ABC: toy Story of TERROR! at 8:30pm
BET: Being Mary Jane (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY LIFE: Ben Carson: The Lost Tapes (Premiere) at 9pm
FYI: Arranged (Premiere) at 10pm
MYX TV: The Doll Life (Premiere) at 8pm
SPIKE: Sweat Inc. (Premiere) at 10pm
TNT: Public Morals (Finale) at 10pm
NBC cut the orders for midseason comedies Superstore and Hot & Bothered from 13 episodes each to 11. Superstore stars Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera; Eva Longoria tops Hot. Blame NBC’s packed midseason bench and a summer crowded with the Olympics and NHL playoffs.
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PBS is keeping Eddie Murphy’s comments about Bill Cosby in its edited broadcast of the 18th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony. Well, most of them. “Our intention is to include Mr. Murphy’s acceptance speech in its entirety,” said PBS on Monday. “In order to comply with FCC regulations regarding profanity, audio bleeps will be used as necessary.” Murphy accepted the award Sunday night at the Kennedy Center; ceremony is scheduled to air Monday, November 23.
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Charo is ready to star in and produce a show about her family, Charo in Charge, for Televisa USA. The Spanish-American actress/comedian/flamenco guitarist is no stranger to reality TV – she appeared on Celebrity Wife Swap.
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Electus is teaming with medium John Edward (Crossing Over) for a new series that will “take paranormal television to the next level.” Using new technology, One Last Time With John Edward helps grieving families who are looking to connect with lost loved ones.
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First-hand accounts that shed light on the deaths of rap icons Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur are the highlight of Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders. Two-and-a-half-hour doc makes its U.S. premiere on Saturday, November 14 at 9p on Reelz.
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All in the HGTV Family: Property Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott face HGTV cousins John Colaneri and Anthony Carrino (America’s Most Desperate Kitchens) on syndicated game show Family Feud Thursday, November 19. Winnings go to charity.
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ION’s getting into the spirit of the season, too – every season. The net’s first Halloween-themed movie, You Cast a Spell on Me, airs Sunday, October 25 at 7p, kicking off “Wicked Week,” featuring spooky episodes of series leading up to Halloween. New Xmas premieres include A Prince for Christmas (Sunday, November 29 at 9p), Merry Kissmas (Saturday, December 5 at 9p), How Sarah Got Her Wings (Sunday, December 6 at 9p), A Christmas Truce (Saturday, December 12 at 9p) and A Christmas Reunion (Sunday, December 13 at 9p). And it’s never too early to plan for Valentine’s Day – Heart Felt arrives in February 2016.
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Reelz brings the launch of new original series Master P’s Family Empire at 8p, and the 10p premiere of Dr. Feelgood, delving into controversial doctor/celebrity patient relationships.
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Jackie Robinson, memorializing the baseball legend, airs Monday, April 11 and Tuesday, April 12 on PBS. Two-part film comes from Ken Burns.
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Sony Movie Channel salutes the troops with a Veterans Day marathon starting at 6:30a on Wednesday, November 11 with The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988), followed by 1982 mini-series The Blue and the Gray at 8:40a.
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Erykah Badu is set to host the 29th annual Soul Train Awards, airing Sunday, November 29 on BET and Centric. Jesse Collins Entertainment is producing.
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The sixth and final season of Downton Abbey premieres on PBS Sunday January 3, while Call the Midwife is back for season five Sunday, April 3. The exact dates of the last hurrah of Mr. Selfridge are TBA, but the season will launch March/April-ish. Newcomer Mercy Street gets a Downton-led launch on Sunday, January 17.
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Season three of History’s The Curse of Oak Island launches Tuesday, November 10 at 9p, with treasure hunters Rick and Marty Lagina finally ready to go underground to find out what’s lying beneath that island. Companion series The Curse of Oak Island: Drilling Down premieres at 8p, with five subsequent episodes beginning January 5 at 10p.
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The sophomore season of E!’s The Royals picks up eight weeks after the season one murder of King Simon, as Eleanor finds solace in drugs and drink. And sex. Soapy drama launches Sunday, November 15 at 10p.
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Spike greenlit an eighth season of Ink Master, including 15 eps plus a live finale, to go into production in March 2016. Season six of the tattoo competition wrapped October 13 averaging 2.4 million viewers, the number one ranked show on cable among A18-49 in its Tuesday timeslot.
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Lucky season 13 of Bravo’s Top Chef kicks off with a two-night premiere Wednesday, December 2 and Thursday, December 3 at 10p. Host Padma Lakshmi and head judge Tom Colicchio are back, alongside judges Gail Simmons, Richard Blais and Emeril (BAM!) Lagasse. Regular time slot: Thursdays at 10p.
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Season three of PBS’s Finding Your Roots will untangle the family trees of Julianne Moore, Keenan Ivory Wayans and Shonda Rimes, among others, starting Tuesday, January 5 at 8p. The new season was delayed after it was revealed that host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. had violated PBS standards by not informing execs of guest Ben Affleck’s request to censor the fact that his ancestors had been slave owners. After its investigation, the production company added to research staff.
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Sunday’s National League Championship Series Game 2 on TBS averaged 6.6 million total viewers and a 3.8 U.S. HH rating. Opposite Sunday Night Football that’s down versus an average 7.9 million viewers and 4.5 HH rating for Saturday’s Game 1, but it’s still the net’s most-watched and highest-rated LCS Game 2 ever.
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NFL On CBS was the highest-rated NFL game on any network in Week 6 with an average overnight metered market HH rating/share of 15.5/28, up 17 percent from last year’s 13.2/25.
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Actor Bruce Hyde died October 13 of throat cancer. He was 74. In addition to playing Lt. Kevin Riley on early episodes of Star Trek, the theater vet appeared on TV shows including The Beverly Hillbillies and That Girl.
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