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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/4/15)
A&E: The First 48: Drugs Kill (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: The Bachelor (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: Bachelor Live (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Fast N’ Loud (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Diesel Brothers (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: Kitchen Crashers (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Kids Baking Championship (Premiere) at 8pm
ID: Vanity Fair Confidential (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Murder Comes To Town (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Superstore (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Telenovela (Premiere) at 8:30pm
NBC: The Biggest Loser (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Antiques Roadshow (Premiere) at 8pm
RFD-TV: Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen (Premiere) at 3:30pm
USA: WWE Monday Night RAW (Premiere) at 8pm
TRU TV: Super Into (Finale) at 10:30pm
CBS and the NFL scored a first-time deal with ESPN Deportes to televise Super Bowl 50 in Spanish, live on Sunday, February 7 at 6p. The Spanish-language sports net will also present week-long multimedia coverage leading up to the big game, starting Monday, February 1.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (Fast & Furious) announced via Instagram that he is returning to Wrestlemania this year. While Johnson didn’t get into specifics, the eight-time WWE champ-turned-actor’s post proclaimed his intention to “make all time #WRESTLEMANIA history.” And also “have FUN.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Anime entertainment company FUNimation announced the end of its content and brand partnership with Olympusat, as well as its plan to relaunch a FUNimation cable channel later this year. In the meantime, viewers can subscribe to the streaming service at FUNimation.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The heirs of a woman who wrote a poem about a “soft kitty” in the 1930s are taking a swipe at CBS and Warner Bros. The daughters of the late Edith Newlin claim The Big Bang Theory has been using Newlin’s lyrics for its “Soft Kitty” song without permission. In addition to serving as a lullabye for Sheldon, Soft Kitty inspired a line of products including t-shirts, a watch and sleepwear, for sale on CBS.com. According to the suit, the show’s producers received authorization to use the lyrics from Willis Music Co., which had published the lyrics in a book but had not received the okay from the heirs to share them with the show.
(Source: Cynopsis)
IFC canceled freshman series Benders. Though the hockey-centered comedy from Denis Leary’s Apostle had an impressive L+7 lift, its November finale drew 88,000 viewers, with 28,000 among A18-49 in L+3.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The U.S. Post Office is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the original Star Trek TV series with four new stamps. “The new Star Trek stamps showcase four digital illustrations inspired by classic elements of the television program,” said the USPS. Vulcan salute: check.
(Source: Cynopsis)
GOP presidential hopeful George Pataki used some of the “equal time” he was granted to match candidate Donald Trump’s Saturday Night Live appearance to announce the end of his run. The two-minute ad aired Tuesday on NBC stations in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina during Chicago Med.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Shark Tank companion series Beyond the Tank returns tomorrow, January 5 at 10p on ABC. One-hour episodes follow up on past contestants’ entrepreneurial journeys.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A “manly meal” of burgers and beer-battered fries is on the menu for the season premiere of Cooking Channel’s Dinner at Tiffani’s on Wednesday, February 3 at 8p. Celeb hostess Thiessen’s guests include Eric Close (Without at Trace) and Matthew Lillard (Scream).
(Source: Cynopsis)
LAFF is adding Night Court to its line-up starting tonight. The 1984-1992 sitcom starring Harry Anderson as a night judge will air weeknights from 8-9p and 10-11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CW has two superhero specials slotted for Tuesday, January 19. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Their Time Is Now at 9p digs into the origin stories of the characters in new series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (launching Thursday, January 21 at 8p). DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League at 9:30p features behind-the-scenes footage and a new trailer for feature film Suicide Squad.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Game of Thrones once again reigned as the year’s most-pirated TV series, according to Torrentfreak, downloaded 14.4 million times. The HBO hit has taken the title four years in a row. AMC’s The Walking Dead came in second (downloaded 6.9 million times), followed by CW sibs Arrow (3.9 million) and The Flash (3.6 million).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Happy Endings didn’t make it to season four on ABC, but the comedy did make it to Hulu. All 57 episodes of the series, canceled in 2013, are available for streaming.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC ended 2015 on the right note, beating the combined deliveries of CBS, FOX and NBC by 12% among A18-49 on December 31. From 8-11p, the net delivered 9.8 million viewers and 2.8/10 in the demo. Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest hit 13.1 million viewers and 3.9/14 in A18-49 in the 10p hour.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season one of AMC’s Into the Badlands averaged 5.3 million total viewers and 3.2 million among A18-49 in L+3. The drama ranks as the third-highest-rated freshman season in cable history, after the net’s Fear the Walking Dead and Better Call Saul.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC won 4Q15 among A18-49 by a margin of 22%, the most for the quarter since 1997. The net also won the calendar year, for the third year out of four.
(Source: Cynopsis)
2015’s Thursday Night Football on CBS and NFL Network averaged 13.0 million viewers, up 6% versus last year, with a national HH rating/share of 7.93/14, up 5%, for the most-watched and highest-rated season ever.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The week of December 21, Univision’s Antes Muerta Que Lichita, airing M-F at 8p, helped Univision rank as number three among broadcast nets in the time period among A18-34. The drama averaged 1.8 million total viewers 2+, 790,000 A18-49 and 342,000 among A18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Kennedy Center Honors matched an all-time ratings low but was still a winner for CBS on December 29. According to Nielsen Live+SD numbers, the ceremony was first in its 9-11p time period in viewers (7.5 million), A18-49 (.9/3) and A25-54 (1.9/6).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark Channel special When Calls the Heart: New Year’s Wish drew a 2.1 HH rating and 2.5 million viewers on December 26. Season three of the series bows in February.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Judge Judy ruled syndication the week ending December 20 with 7.3, the number one strip overall for the 26th consecutive week. Number two in court shows was Hot Bench, up 44 percent versus the same week last year, to 2.3.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Crime Watch Daily was the top freshman in syndication, up 9% to .9. Crazy Talk had a 17% boost to .7, tying a steady FABLife.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Actor Wayne Rogers died December 31 following complications from pneumonia. He was 82. Rogers played “Trapper John” McIntyre on the first three seasons of M*A*S*H. “He was smart, funny, curious and dedicated,” tweeted former co-star Alan Alda. “I’ll miss him very much.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Actor Jason Wingreen died December 25. He was 95. In addition to theater and film work, Wingreen had numerous television roles, including bartender Harry on All in the Family and Archie Bunker’s Place.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Writer/producer Sean David Gerard Whitesell died December 28 following a battle with cancer. He was 52. Whitesell was a producer and co-executive producer on series including Oz, Cold Case and The Killing, as well as a writer and director for film.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Science fiction novelist George Clayton Johnson died December 25 of cancer. He was 86. Johnson wrote for television series including Twilight Zone and Route 66, in addition to the first script for the first-aired episode on Star Trek.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $88.3 million
Daddy’s Home: $29 million
The Hateful Eight – $16.2 million
Sisters – $12.6 million
Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Road Chip – $11.8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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