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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 10/28/15)
CNBC: The Republican Presidential Debate: Your Money, Your Vote at 8pm
CNBC: The Profit (Premiere) at 10:30pm
FOOD: Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition (Finale) at 9pm
TRU TV: The Carbonaro Effect (Finale) at 10pm
Monday’s launch of Supergirl drew a 3.1/9 among A18-49, according to Nielsen. The superhero series flew high on social, too, ranking a solid first among new series for digital content engagement the day after its debut. Second place Scream Queens on Fox delivered 27 percent as much digital content engagement as Supergirl, followed by ABC’s The Muppets, with 23 percent of the engagement.
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Fox gave a back-nine order for freshman comedy The Grinder. While the show delivered a soft 2.9 million viewers and .9 rating on October 20, it’s a winner with reviewers (and owned by Fox). “The Grinder is the perfect combination of razor-sharp wit and relatable family dynamics – two hallmarks of successful comedies,” said Fox entertainment president David Madden. Other newbies boasting full-season order are CBS’s Limitless, NBC’s Blindspot, Fox’s Rosewood and ABC’s Quantico and Dr. Ken.
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On the other side of the coin, NBC snipped freshman Truth Be Told’s 13-episode order to ten. The comedy, produced by Universal Television, delivered .6 in the A18-49 demo on Friday.
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Racial diversity in TV is increasing, according to GLAAD’s annual report. “Where We Are on TV” found that out of the 881 regular characters on primetime broadcast shows, 287 of them are people of color, up 6 percent from last year. Of that number 145 are African American, the highest number since GLAAD started counting. The news wasn’t so rosy for transgender characters. The advocacy group found none in broadcast, and only three recurring trans roles on cable. Streaming services did much better, with seven percent of characters transgender.
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The production schedule for ABC Family’s Baby Daddy is being rearranged to accommodate the recovery of star Jean-Luc Bilodeau, injured Saturday night at a Halloween party. “Jean-Luc’s costume caught on fire when he got too close to an open flame and he suffered burns to his legs and arms,” said a rep for the performer. “Per his doctor, he is expected to make a full recovery.” The comedy had been slated to return for season five February 3 at 8:30p.
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Scandal actresses Kerry Washington and Katie Lowes go behind the cameras in Shondaland to exec produce a comedic drama project about a clique of nannies. Actress Bess Wohl writes, and exec produces with Washington, Lowes, Adam Shapiro and Shondaland’s Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers.
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Actor/musician Common inked a first-look TV deal with HBO, to develop and produce projects via his Freedom Road Productions with manager/partner Derek Dudley and Nicole Dow. Common, who took home an Oscar for co-writing Selma’s Glory, will play the gatekeeper in NBC event Wiz Live! on Thursday, December 3 at 8p.
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Bravo’s Then and Now with Andy Cohen is three-part trip down memory lane. Premiering Sunday, December 13 at 10p, the limited series focuses on trends, newsmakers and events from the years 1989, 1994 and 2000. Part two airs Wednesday, December 16 at 9p, and the final chapter airs Wednesday, December 23 at 9p.
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Jane Lynch (Glee) will host the People’s Choice Awards 2016, Wednesday, January 6 at 9p on CBS. Lynch, who won for Favorite TV Comedy Actress in 2011, stars in CBS’s Angel From Hell, launching in February.
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Barbara Walters Presents American Scandals debuts on ID Monday, Novemer 2 at 10p. Nine-episode series features the journalist offering new information and insights on true crime stories like the murders of JonBenet Ramsay, Nicole Simpson and the parents of Erik and Lyle Menendez.
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Audio tape of former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle, arrested on child pornography charges, will air for the first time on syndicated talker Dr. Phil Thursday, October 29 and Friday, October 30. Conversations were secretly recorded by former journalist Rochelle Herman-Walrond, in which Fogle discusses his sexual interest and encounters with children.
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Career retrospective Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin’ to Do airs on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances Friday, November 6 at 9p on PBS (check local listings). Sixty-minute special is part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival.
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Turner Classic Movies pays tribute to Maureen O’Hara, who died October 24 at age 95, with a marathon of her movies. Event starts Friday, November 20 at 6a with 1939’s Jamaica Inn.
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Just in time for the holidays: Guilty Pleasures returns Monday, November 16 at 10p on Food Network, followed by Top 5 Restaurants at 10:30p.
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Season two of Disney Junior’s Sheriff Callie’s Wild West debuts Sunday, November 1 on Disney Channel. Guest voices during the sophomore run of the animated series include comedian Keegan-Michael Kay, and musicians Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins and Chris Isaak.
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Sherilyn Fenn (Ray Donovan) will recur on season six of Showtime’s Shameless, as a pot-growing grandma who had a daughter by William H. Macy’s Frank. Dramedy returns Sunday, January 17.
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Matthew Modine (Proof) has joined the cast of upcoming Netflix drama Stranger Things, reports TheWrap. Winona Ryder also stars in the eight-episode mystery series.
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Soccer star David Beckham will play with the locals in far-flung locations like Papau New Guinea and Antarctica for BBC One’s Beckham: For the Love of the Game. Ninety-minute special was ordered by BBC Worldwide and the BBC from 7 Games and Big Earth Productions.
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After she smashed Taylor Swift’s Vevo record for most views in a music video’s first 24 hours (27.7 million to 20.1 million) comes word that Adele will perform in a BBC One special. Hour-long show will broadcast in November.
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Walking tall: The third episode of season six of AMC’s The Walking Dead delivered 13.1 million total viewers on Sunday, with 8.5 million A18-49, up 8 percent versus the week prior and steady year over year. After show Talking Dead drew 6.2 million viewers and 3.9 million in the demo, up 44 percent and 49 percent over last week.
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The season three premiere of BET’s Being Mary Jane had a 47 percent boost in Live+3 versus Live+SD numbers, to 1.8 million A18-49 viewers, as well as a 39 percent lift in total viewers, to 3.1 million.
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Syndicated court show Hot Bench hit an all-time high, growing 47 percent versus last year and 5 percent versus last week, to 2.2. Live With Kelly & Michael hit a season high 2.8, placing second to Dr. Phil among talkers. Crime Watch Daily was down 11 percent to .8, but remained tops among new strips.
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In October, Disney Channel extended its streak as the number one net in primetime among Kids 6-11 (654,000/2.8 rating) to 128 consecutive months, and to 124 months in Tweens 9-14 (659,000/2.8 rating).
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Hallmark Channel’s Good Witch Halloween event delivered a 2.5 HH rating and 2.7 million total viewers, boosting Hallmark to be the number one HH rated cable network in primetime for Saturday.
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Also scaring up viewers was Food Network‘s Halloween Wars on Sunday. The finale posted a .9 rating (840,000 imp) among A25-54, ranking #3 within the 9p timeslot among cable. The network will close October up 10 percent versus year ago across A25-54 and up 26 percent among A25-34.
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Telemundo’s M-F primetime programming from 7-11p delivered record results for 3Q15, with 1.73 million total viewers and 877,000 viewers among A8-49, according to Nielsen. A18-34 averaged a best-ever third quarter performance with 403,000 viewers in the time period.
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