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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 11/6/15)
ANIMAL PLANET: Restoration Wild (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Vanderpump Rules After Show (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: MasterChef (Premiere) at 8pm
ID: The Wives Did It (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: The Jacksons: Next Generation (Finale) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 11/7/15)
RFD: Ray Stevens’ Nashville (Premiere) at 8:30pm
SCIENCE: Survivorman (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Donald Trump, Musical Guest: Sia at 11:30pm
REELZ: Fame Kills (Finale) at 8pm
REELZ: Behind The Screams (Finale) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 11/8/15)
BRAVO: Untying The Knot (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: Giada’s Holiday Handbook (Premiere) at 11am
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Endless Yard Sale (Premiere) at 2pm
SUNDANCE TV: Behind The Story with the Paley Center (Premiere) at 10am
E!: Dash Dolls (Finale) at 9pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Flea Market Flip (Finale) at 8pm
Hit maker Shonda Rhimes will be the recipient of the 2016 Norman Lear Achievement Award from the Producers Guild of America. The award honors Rhimes’ nearly two decades as a producer and showrunner for groundbreaking shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How To Get Away With Murder and Private Practice. The award will be presented at the 27th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 23.
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The chorus of those who find Donald Trump’s planned appearance this weekend on Saturday Night Live no laughing matter is growing. Among new developments, civil rights group Color Of Change sent a petition signed by 30,000 to NBC and SNL execs. Group exec director Rashad Robinson, noted, “By selecting Donald Trump as a host, [SNL] legitimizes Trump’s unapologetic racism and fear-mongering and make the real-world violence he incites against people of color a laughing matter.” The Deport Racism PAC yesterday said it will pay $5,000 to anyone on set on in the audience who voices “Deport racism” or “Trump is a racist” during the live broadcast. So far, NBC continues to stand by its host. The Department of Homeland Security assigned Trump and GOP rival Ben Carson Secret Service details.
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Dana Carvey’s unscripted comedy First Impressions got a green light from USA Network. The SNL alum will be the “expert-in-residence,” mentoring contestants on the series, which pits amateur impressionists against each other in a weekly battle of celebrity impression. First Impressions is from Renegade 83 and Gaspin Media. Carvey, Jeff Gaspin, David Garfinkle and Jay Renfroe will exec-produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Something for the 40somethings. The yet-to-be-titled comedy project from Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky’s Is Or Isn’t Entertainment and Ryan Seacrest Productions got a put pilot commitment from ABC. The story revolves around four female friends of a certain age who try to shake off their feeling of irrelevance by trying for invincibility. Bucatinsky, Kudrow, Ryan Seacrest and RSP’s Nina Wass exec-produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS loves Lucy. The network will air a one-hour special featuring seamless back to back eps – The Christmas Episode and the newly colorized Lucy Does a TV Commercial – on Wednesday, December 23, at 8p. The I Love Lucy Christmas Special follows similar holiday specials culled from the classic TV show that CBS has aired the past two years.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Two new National Geographic Channel specials spotlighting a person and event that greatly impacted modern history are on tap for early 2016. Pope Francis is the subject of the biopic Rebel Pope, while Space Shuttle Challenger’s tragic 1986 flight will be revisited on its 30th anniversary via rare footage in Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes. Rebel Pope is produced by Fox Telecolombia; Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes is produced by 1895 Films.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark Channel original movie A Christmas Melody, directed by and starring Mariah Carey, is set to debut Saturday, December 19 at 8p as the network’s finale feature for its Countdown to Christmas programming event.
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Elizabeth Banks and the breakout cast from music biopic Straight Outta Compton – O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell have been added as honorees at the VH1 Big In 2015 with Entertainment Weekly party, which premieres Monday, December 7, 2015 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season eight winner Sawyer Fredericks will return to NBC’s The Voice on Wednesday, November 11, to perform his new single “Take It All.” Also on that night, the top 12 remaining artists will be announced; all will move to the live performance shows that begin Monday, November 16 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
How excited is TBS about its first-ever police procedural, Angie Tribeca? The network is launching the Rashida Jones-starring series Sunday, January 17, with a 25-hour on-air platform marathon, as well as through TBS’s VOD, digital and mobile platforms. Then on Monday, January 25, TBS will begin rolling out seasons 2-11, each of which consists of one episode, giving viewers a season premiere and season finale in one package. The new seasons will launch weekly across TBS platforms each Monday at 9:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Radio personality and stand-up comedian Rickey Smiley returns to TV One in new docu-series Rickey Smiley For Real, premiering Tuesday, November 10 at 8p. The hourlong show takes a humorous look at Smiley’s hectic life as he manages his career, single fatherhood and personal life.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fans of battling robots, rejoice. ABC OK’d a second season of BattleBots, the series the network rebooted this year. The show, from Whalerock Industries and original franchise creators Ed Roski and Greg Munson, ranked No. 1 in its time period in Total Viewers (5.4 million) and A18-49 (1.7/5).
(Source: Cynopsis)
On November 9 a new season of PBS Kids’ math series Cyberchase debuts. The series, which features the voices of Christopher Lloyd and Gilbert Gottfried, takes kids on educational adventures involving math, health, and the environment.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The CMA Awards took a tumble from last year’s ratings, dropping .7 in A18-49 (3.8 vs. 4.5) and close to 2.3 million viewers for its Wednesday night airing on ABC.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Destination America’s Exorcism: Live! two-hour special Friday, October 30, scored as the No. 1 non-sports live event on cable for the month. For the A25-54 audience, the paranormal venture earned a .59 in Live+3 ratings.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The CW’s Arrow shot up 13 percent on Wednesday night to match its season high in A18-34 (.9/4), and also gained 11 percent week-to-week in A18-49. The Wednesday night episode averaged 2.57 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Chopped Junior proved to be the latest Food Network weeknight win, as Tuesday night’s episode posted a .8 rating (750,000 imp) among A25-54 and a .7 rating (210,000 imp) among millennials A25-34; ranking #3rd in the time period across paid cable for both A25-54 & A25-34. It was the highest-rated Tuesday 8p ever, with the night ranked #3 among cable, up +42% vs. YAGO and +25% vs. P13W.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC’s Days of our Lives delivered its most-watched week in 19 months, averaging 2.66 million viewers for the daytime ratings week of October 26-30, its best since the week of March 3-7, 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Spectre – Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Monica Bellucci, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Dave Bautista
The Peanuts Movie – Noah Schnapp, Hadley Belle Miller, Mariel Sheets, Alex Garfin, Francesca Angelucci Capaldi, Venus Omega Schultheis, Rebecca Bloom, Marleik “Mar Mar” Walker
Brooklyn (Limited Release) – Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Mary O’Driscoll, Jessica Pare, Michael Zegen
Miss You Already (Limited Release) – Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore, Paddy Considine, Dominic Cooper, Frances de la Tour, Jacqueline Bisset, Tyson Ritter, Honor Kneafsey
The Man in 3B (Limited Release) – Lamman Ruckerm Christian Keyes, Brely Evans, Anthony Montgomery, Robert Ri’chard, Nafessa Williams, DB Woodside, Kellita Smith
Spotlight (Limited Release) – Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Live Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup
Trumbo (LR) – Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, Elle Fanning, Louis C.K., John Goodman, Stephen Root, Michael Stuhlbarg
NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday November 7, 2015
Union Square Autumn Fair – on Broadway from 17th to 23rd St.
Ronald McDonald House Kids Charity Fun Run – at Central Park enter on 59th & 7th Ave.
Sunday November 8, 2015
Times Square Tourist Fair – on 46th St. from 6th to 7th Ave.
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