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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 11/13/15)
FOOD: BBQ Blitz (Finale) at 10:30pm
LIFETIME: Step It Up (Finale) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 11/14/15)
BRAVO: Real Housewives of Cheshire (Premiere) at 12pm
COOKING: Kelsey’s Homemade (Premiere) at 11am
ESQUIRE: Spotless (Premiere) at 10pm
OWN: Home Made Simple (Premiere) at 9am
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Elizabeth Banks, Musical Guest: Disclosure with Sam Smith & Lorde at 11:30pm
(SUNDAY 11/15/15)
AMC: Into The Badlands (Premiere) at 10pm
ANIMAL PLANET: North Woods Law (Premiere) at 8pm
E!: Keeping Up With The Kardashians (Premiere) at 9pm
E!: The Royals (Premiere) at 10pm
FX Networks is looking ahead to 2016. Winter premiere dates for FX include Zach Galifianakis comedy Baskets on Thursday, January 21 at 10p, and limited series American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson on Tuesday, February 2 at 10p; The Americans returns for season four in March (date TBD). Sister net FXX welcomes back It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia for season eleven on Wednesday, January 6 at 10p, followed by the season two bow of Man Seeking Woman at 10:30p.
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The Casting Society of America will honor director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)with its Career Achievement Award, casting director Bernard Telsey (Wicked)with the Hoyt Bowers Award, and writer-producers Michelle and Robert King (The Good Wife) with the New York Apple Award at the 31st Artios Awards gala on January 21, 2016.
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The path for Jerry Bruckheimer’s straight-to-series drama Harvest isn’t so clear anymore. Spike TV is not moving forward with the 10-parter set in the world of black market body parts trade, slated to premiere in 2016. Variety says problems included finding a showrunner and casting the lead role.
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CBS Interfaith Special Marriage, Religion & Modern Life explores why more families are choosing to raise their children with an understanding of both Christian and Jewish traditions, how millennials perceive marriage, and why the debate around same-sex marriage went from unfavorable to favorable. Show airs Sunday, December 13 (check local listings).
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Madoff, about Ponzi scheming con man Bernie, has been slated for Wednesday, February 3 and Thursday, 4 at 8p on ABC. Richard Dreyfuss plays the disgraced investment advisor, while Blythe Danner is his wife, Ruth.
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Disney Channel will premiere a new Mickey Mouse short, “Feliz Cumpleanos,” on Mickey’s 87th birthday, Wednesday, November 18 at 8p. The episode about a pinata boss determined to spoil Mickey’s party will air in Spanish.
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Cooling your heels waiting for Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Fusion’s Stars Wars: A New Gaming Era premieres Saturday, November 14 at 8p. The half-hour special, broadcast from the new Star Wars Launch Bay at Disneyland, will be hosted by YouTube’s “JeromeASF.”
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Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge returns to CMT with a military-themed episode. America’s heroes will take on the obstacle course racing world Sunday, January 3 at 8p.
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Oprah Winfrey talks to Shonda Rimes on OWN’s Supersoul Sunday on November 15 at 11a and 7p. Among other things, the Scandal hitmaker reveals how she dropped 100 pounds. Winfrey also has a sit-down with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson that night at 8p, for Oprah’s Master Class.
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Lifestyle Network, targeting Filipinos, debuts its first original music video, “Higher,” by island musician Koleh Kai. Video premieres November 14.
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It’ll start looking a lot like Christmas on Nickelodeon Saturday, November 28, with the launch of holiday-themed premieres. First up: Henry Danger “Christmas Danger” at 8p, followed by Game Shakers “A Reggae Potato Christmas” at 8:30p. On Saturday, December 5 at 8p, hour-long Nickelodeon Ho-Ho Holiday Special features the casts of Nick shows.
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Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas” marches on with the premieres of I’m Not Ready for Christmas, starring Alicia Witt (Justified), on Saturday, November 14 at 8p and Christmas Incorporated, headed by Shenae Grimes-Beech (90210) the next night at 8p.
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CBS’s coverage of the 89th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will include performances by Justin Bieber, in a show hosted by Entertainment Tonight host Kevin Frazier and The Insider’s Keltie Knight. Let’s Make a Deal’s Wayne Brady is among the celebs dropping by to talk turkey.
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Broadway at the White House, following arts students attending an all-day symposium on careers in the theater, airs on Thanksgiving at 8p. TLC special will be hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison (Glee), with special guest First Lady Michelle Obama.
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Fuse also has big plans for turkey day. Or, as the net is calling it, Twerkey Day, with programming from 8a-8p that will “help keep calories at bay.” Entries include high octane movies like Feel the Noise, episodes of Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce and music videos including Jason Derulo’s “Wiggle.” The next day, for #BlackFridayFun, Fuse is all about the money from 4p-12a, with a movie lineup with the likes of Belly and Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club.
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Over at El Rey, the second annual “Way of the Turkey” Thanksgiving marathon of kung fu films runs from Thursday at 6a through Sunday, November 29 at 6a. Shannon Lee, daughter of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, and Dario Cueto (Lucha Underground) host select movies.
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Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings) will appear on ABC’s Quantico, playing a graduate of the FBI Academy who can “turn on the soap, sex and romance,” reports TVLine. Freshman drama airs Sundays at 10p.
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Saturday Night Live alum Ana (schweddy balls) Gasteyer will play Principal McGee in Fox’s Grease Live. Musical airs Sunday, January 31.
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Bolstered by Wednesday’s The Voice results special as lead-in, Law & Order: SVU drew 7.9 million viewers and a season high 2.0 rating among A18-49 on Wednesday. Fox’s Empire dipped to a season low, but still powerful, 11.1 million viewers and 4.2 in the demo.
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Telemundo was the #1 Spanish-language network in prime time on Saturday, November 7, delivering 1.3 million total viewers, 637,000 A18-49 and 276,000 A18-34 from 7p-11p.
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CBS’s Let’s Make a Deal 1 posted its largest weekly audience in eight months during the week ending November 8, averaging 3.28 million viewers. Let’s Make a Deal 2 delivered 3.74 million, its highest tally since March.
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Daytime soap Days of Our Lives hit a 20-month high of 2.7 million viewers the week of November 2. Week to week, the show grew 10 percent in W18-49 (to .87) and 11 percent in W18-34 (to .52).
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The week of November 2, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live beat CBS’s The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in both total viewers and A18-49, for the first time since Colbert’s arrival. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made the biggest splash on Kimmel, delivering 3.12 million viewers, the show’s biggest Thursday audience in over eight months.
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Actor Nathanial Marston died November 11, from injuries he suffered in a car accident last month. He was 40. Best known to daytime fans for roles on One Live to Live and As the World Turns, Marston’s other credits include Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU and White Collar.
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MOVIES
Love The Coopers – Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Anthony Mackie, Amanda Seyfried, June Squibb, Marisa Tomei
The 33 – Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mario Casas, Adriana Barraza, Kate del Castillo
My All American – Aaron Eckhart, Finn Wittrock, Robin Tunney, Sarah Bolger. Michael Reilly Burke, Rett Terrell, Juston Street
By The Sea (Limited Release) – Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup, Richard Bohringer, Marika Green, Sarah Naudi
Heist (Limited Release) – Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Robert De Niro, Kate Bosworth, Gina Carano, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, D.B. Sweeney, Lydia Hull, Tyler J. Olson
James White (Limited Release) – Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Ron Livingston, Makenzie Leigh, David Call, Jeanette Dilone, David Harris
NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday November 14, 2015
Bryant Park Block Party – on 45th St. from 6th to 7th Ave.
Sunday November 15, 2015
Meatpacking District Fair – on 9th Ave. from 14th to 15th St.
Central Park Precinct Community Block Party – on 60th St. from 5th Avel to Madison Ave.
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