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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 11/4/15)
ABC: The 49th Annual CMA Awards at 8pm
A&E: The First 48: The Detectives Speak (Premiere) at 9pm
COOKING: Tia Mowry at Home (Premiere) at 8pm
ESQUIRE: Knife Fight (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Earth’s Natural Wonders (Premiere) at 8pm
SCIENCE: All-American Makers (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Coach Charming (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Late Night Joy (Premiere) at 11pm
Jon Stewart will be hanging his hat at HBO. The former Daily Show host inked a four-year deal to create short-form digital content for HBO Go and HBO Now, focusing on current events. “Appearing on television 22 minutes a night clearly broke me,” said Stewart. “I’m pretty sure I can produce a few minutes of content every now and again.” The agreement with HBO also has a first-look option for TV and film projects.
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NBC tacked one episode each to season orders for dramas Blindspot, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Law & Order: SVU. The add-ons bring each show’s total to 23.
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Helen Hunt is heading to CBS series Life in Pieces. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Hunt will direct an upcoming episode of the new comedy, featuring Brenda Song (Scandal) as Matt’s ex-wife.
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Millennial media brand and digital content studio Vice is going linear. A+E Networks’ channel H2 will transition to Viceland (wt) in early 2016, with content produced entirely in-house. Writer/director and Vice creative director Spike Jonze (Her) is overseeing development of the new channel. “It feels like most channels are just a collection of shows,” said Jonze. “We wanted Viceland to be different, to feel like everything on there has a reason to exist and a strong point of view.” Shows on the slate include Gaycation, starring Ellen Page; Huang’s World, with Eddie Huang, VICE World Of Sports, and Weediquette, among others.
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Nominees for People’s Choice Awards 2016 were announced Tuesday. Shonda Rhimes‘ Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder all snagged nominations in lead categories. Fans can vote through December 3 to determine the winners in all 65 categories including Favorite Dramatic TV Actor, Favorite Cable TV Comedy and more. Winners will be revealed during the show’s live broadcast, hosted by Jane Lynch, on Wednesday, January 6 at 9p on CBS.
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TLC‘s Coach Charming launches today, November 4, with pageant coach Bill Averson prepping contestants for their shot at the crown. But it’s not all lipstick and heels. “Coach Charming takes a behind the scenes look at the hard work and determination young women put into pageant competing,” Alverson tells Cynopsis. “By preparing them for the pageant, I also prepare them for life by empowering them to always do their best. Life is a pageant!” Ah, indeed. Back-to-back eps start at 10p.
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After Republican presidential campaign operatives met Sunday night to hash out a set of possible demands for future debates, Donald Trump’s people said instead of joining the party, he’d negotiate directly with network execs about formatting. John Kasich, Christ Christie and Carly Fiorina also passed. “Stop complaining,” Christie said of his GOP rivals. “Do me a favor – set up a stage, put podiums up there and let’s just go.”
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Pharrell Williams will perform at the third annual Breakthrough Prize ceremony, honoring the world’s top scientists and mathematicians. Williams will be joined by presenters including Russell Crowe, Hilary Swank, Lily Collins, and Thomas Middleditch and Martin Starr of HBO’s Silicon Valley. Ceremony will be broadcast live Sunday, November 8 at 10p on Nat Geo; short attention spans can catch a one-hour version on Fox Sunday, November 29 at 7p. The edited version will also air globally.
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Amy Schumer and Taraji P. Henson have been announced as the first Entertainers of the Year to be honored at the VH1 Big in 2015 with Entertainment Weekly party premiering Monday, December 7 at 9p on VH1. The primetime bash salutes the biggest entertainers and pop culture moments of 2015. Additional honorees will be announced soon.
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NBC will host the second annual Red Nose Day, a charity event benefiting children in poverty, on Thursday, May 26. The two-hour show features stand-up performances, sketch comedy and music performances from A-listers.
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Get ready to be Driven to Love: WE tv has greenlit the unscripted series that starts in the backseat of a car. Each week, host Ray J (Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood) takes a single hopeful and presents them with a handful of prospects, supervising dates that take place inside and outside a tricked out SUV. Series debuts early 2016.
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Amanda Freitag and Ty Pennington continue their mission to help local towns save their struggling eateries in American Diner Revival, premiering Friday, November 27 at 9p on Food Network. “Ty and Amanda’s passion for updating these classic establishments with a new menu and decor brings struggling owners hope,” said Bob Tuschman, GM and SVP programming. “Viewers will be amazed to see how communities can come together to turn around the fates of these beloved diners.”
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Chip and Joanna are back for season three of HGTV’s Fixer Upper (Taylor Swift’s a fan), premiering Tuesday, December 1 at 9p. The dream home-makers drew 24.9 million viewers during their sophomore run.
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Starz has announced a return date for Black Sails: The show’s third season launched Saturday, January 23 at 9p.
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There’s going to be a familiar face on the runway during the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. E! News is reporting that Kendall Jenner has booked a spot for the big night, airing Tuesday, December 8 at 10p on CBS. The Kardashian half-sis will strut her stuff alongside Lily Aldridge and Gigi Hadid.
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The men and women who have served in the military will be commemorated during the American Veterans Center’s The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes. The awards special airs Sunday, November 15 at 12p on Reelz. Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Joe Mantegna, Ryan Phillippe, Dean Cain, Tom Sizemore and Pat Sajak will be on hand to present stories of this year’s honorees.
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Ally McBeal vet Greg Germann has nabbed a recurring role on ABC‘s Once Upon a Time. He’ll debut in the second half of the show’s fifth season.
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CBS Television Distribution’s Wheel of Fortune was the #1 game show in syndication for the week ending October 25. Wheel grew +6 percent week-to-week to a 6.6 HH rating, increasing +2 percent vs. the same week last year, and was the #2 show in all first-run syndication, after Judge Judy (6.9 HH rating). Sister game show Jeopardy! scored a 6.2 rating, flat with the previous week.
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NBC‘s Sunday Night Football ranked #1 among the big 4 primetime telecasts in all key measures for the primetime ratings week of October 26 to November 1. The network jumped +10 percent vs. the same week last year in A18-49 and +8 percent in total viewers, increasing viewership in every key category.
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Crime Watch Daily (0.9 live plus same day national Nielsen rating, up 13 percent from the week before) continued to set the pace among new first-run strips in the last session before the November sweeps, equaling its highest rating of the season in the week ending October 25. FABLife (0.8, up 14 percent) also grew by double digits and matched its series best rating, while Crazy Talk (0.6, steady) was close behind. Among W25-54, Crazy Talk (0.5, up 25%) tied Crime Watch (0.5, steady) for first place in the key demo.
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Entertainment Tonight (3.0, steady) was the top magazine for the fifth week in a row. The biggest gainers in the genre were Extra (1.5, up 7 percent), which matched its season high, and The Insider (1.2, up 9 percent), which clocked a new season high.
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TV One’s Unsung on October 28 ranked as the show’s #1 4Q weeknight primetime telecast ever among W25-54 (.95/250,000) and W18-49 (.67/206,000).
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Hallmark Channel franchise “Countdown to Christmas” officially launched November 1 with ‘Tis the Season For Love, which averaged a 2.1 HH rating and 2.3 million total viewers. The debut became the #1 household-rated cable movie of the week.
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Univision Network grew week-to-week among total viewers 2+ (+4 percent), A18-49 (+3 percent) and young A18-34 (+5 percent), and ranked as the No. 5 network, regardless of language, for the sixth consecutive week this season. Antes Muerta Que Lichita averaged 2.0 million total viewers 2+, 925,000 A18-49 and 462,000 among A18-34.
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Bounce TV continued its ratings surge in the just-completed October ratings period with the month becoming the network’s most-watched ever among P25-54. The net posted double-digit increases in both Primetime and Total Day vs. year ago with HHs 186,000, +23 percent; P18-49 101,000, +29 percent; and P25-54 118,000, +27 percent.
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