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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 11/19/15)
SPIKE: Lip Sync Battle: Holiday Special (Premiere) at 10pm
FYI: Man vs. Child: Chef Showdown (Finale) at 9pm
WORLD: The Brain with David Eagleman (Finale) at 8pm
The final episode of E!’s The Soup is slated for Friday, December 18 at 10p. The show premiered in 1991 as Talk Soup with Greg Kinnear at the helm; host and exec producer Joel McHale will be signing off after 12 years overseeing the skewering of sacred cows.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WWE star John Cena will host American Grit, a survival-themed reality show with members of different branches of the U.S. Armed Forces acting as team mentors. One highlight? A “punishing, endurance-based obstacle course designed to break the weakest competitors.” Series debuts on Fox in 2016.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC’s The Middle, The Goldbergs, black-ish and Fresh Off the Boat all received orders for two more episodes, bringing each comedy to a 24 count.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Paley Center for Media is presenting a farewell event for FXX’s The League on Tuesday, December 8, and an evening with cast and creators from freshman CBS comedy Life in Pieces on Monday, December 14.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Johnny “Jackass” Knoxville is developing a one-hour comedic action series with NBC. Based on graphic novel series Hawaiian Dick, the show focuses on a cop exiled to Hawaii. Knoxville will exec produce with 3 Arts Entertainment’s Michael Rotenberg, David Janollari and Chickie the Cop Entertainment’s Eric Gitter.
(Source: Cynopsis)
One year into its “Way More Fun” brand refresh, truTV ordered up three new series: Almost Genius, celebrating people, places and things that are almost successful; list-based 10 Things, hosted by Girl Code’s Jamie Lee, and documentary series truOriginals: Inside Iconic Comedy. The net also gave a pilot order for hybrid show Jon Glaser Loves Gear, and a pilot presentation for travelogue Inside Caucasia. “Despite significant challenges in the TV landscape, I am pleased to see truTV gaining momentum as we build our new comedic brand,” says Chris Linn, President and Head of Programming. Versus year ago, A18-49 ratings are up 45 percent, A18-34 up 55 percent and median age down to 33 from 37.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC Family, soon to be Freeform, gave a straight-to-series order for horror drama Dead of Summer, from Once Upon a Time creators Adam Horowitz & Edward Kitsis, and writer Ian Goldberg. “Dead of Summer is about what happens when summer camp goes wrong – really, really wrong,” said Karey Burke, EVP programming and development.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Real estate and reality collide in Nicole & Jionni’s Shore Flip, focused on Jersey Shore standout Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and her husband as they start a house-flipping business. The project, launching on FYI in early 2016, will be “no walk on the beach,” promises the net.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Some of the greatest poker players in the world face off in Poker Central’s Super High Roller Cash Game, premiering Wednesday, December 2 at 9p and 10p. Players pony up $250,000 and more in a high-stakes competition to win millions.
(Source: Cynopsis)
GSN gave the green light to 40 episodes of original game show Winsanity, hosted by Donald Faison (Scrubs). Shooting begins in early 2016; Electus is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The premiere date for Oxygen’s Rich in Faith has moved from December 2 to Wednesday, December 9 at 10p, with back-to-back episodes. Docu-series focuses on Rich Wilkerson Jr., the pastor who made headlines marrying pals Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Syfy picked up Ghost Hunters for season eleven and Paranormal Witness for season five, 13 eps each. Both series had their finales last night.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Carbonaro Effect fetched an order for 13 more episodes, and Hack My Life for ten, from truTV.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Boy band One Direction returns to headline the Billboard Hollywood Party, part of ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016. The group, formed in 2010 on UK’s The X Factor, will perform three songs on Thursday, December 31.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Barbara Walters Presents American Scandals offers new, “bombshell” information about a chilling murder in “Menendez Brothers: The Bad Sons” on ID Monday, November 23 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CW has set Thursday, January 14 as the date for the World Dog Awards. George Lopez hosts.
(Source: Cynopsis)
UFC champ Holly Holm appears on a special edition of Inside MMA, focused on her stunning defeat of Ronda Rousey last Saturday. Show airs live on AXS TV Friday, November 20 at 11:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Tuesday’s Today broadcast, during which Charlie Sheen revealed that he is HIV positive, drew 5.54 million viewers and 2.31 among A25-54, per early numbers, tops in both measures among morning shows. The week of November 2, Today averaged 4.89 million total viewers and 1.83 in the news demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Four of the Big Five nets have dropped one tenth in A18-49 ratings this season versus the same time last year: NBC (to 2.8), CBS (2.6), Fox (2.1) and the CW (.7). ABC slipped three tenths, to 2.2. The numbers do not, however, include DVR playback.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC’s Chicago Med debuted to a solid 2.2 rating among A18-49 on Tuesday, winning its 9p timeslot.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The iHeartRadio’s Fiesta Latina on Telemundo reached a cumulative audience of 2.51 million total viewers and 1.29 A18-49, according to Nielsen. The show averaged 1.07 million total viewers and 519,000 in the demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)
BROADWAY
The Illusionists opens on Broadway today.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/the-illusionists/
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