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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 1/15/16)
AXS TV: New Japan Pro Wrestling (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: The People’s Couch (Premiere) at 10pm
DISNEY JUNIOR: The Lion Guard (Premiere) at 9:30am
FOOD: Burgers, Brew & ‘Que (Premiere) at 10:30pm
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: Real Time with Bill Maher (Premiere) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 1/16/16)
A&E: The First 48: Miraculous Survivors (Premiere) at 9pm
BET: From The Bottom Up (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Adam Driver, Musical Guest: Chris Stapleton at 11:30pm
ESQUIRE: Spotless (Finale) at 10pm
(SUNDAY 1/17/16)
NBC: Democratic Debate at 9pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives of Potomac (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Evil Lives Here (Premiere) at 10pm
OVATION: Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty (Premiere) at 8pm
OVATION: Los Angeles Times’ The Envelope (Premiere) at 8:30pm
PBS: Mercy Street (Premiere) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: The Circus: Inside The Greatest Political Show on Earth (Premiere) at 8pm
SHOWTIME: Billions (Premiere) at 10pm
TBS: Angie Tribeca (Premiere) at 9pm
COOKING: Unique Sweets (Finale) at 10pm
E!: The Royals (Finale) at 10pm
USA is off the fence about Playing House, renewing the comedy for season three. News broke at TCA on Thursday, when series creators/stars Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair badgered USA president Chris McCumber during his opening remarks with queries about the fate of their show, until he assured them they’d be back. While season two was strong on VOD, linear ratings were soft.
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With a casting contingency lifted, it’s a go for ABC’s three-hour Dirty Dancing remake. Debra Messing (The Mysteries of Laura) will play Marjorie opposite Abigail Breslin’s Baby. The event, produced by Lionsgate Television in association with Allison Shearmur Productions, will be filmed, not live.
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American Idol runner-up and Grammy nominee Adam Lambert will be featured in Fox’s remake of 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Lambert will play motorcycle-riding party crasher Eddie, a role Meat Loaf sunk his teeth into in the original.
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Apparently they won’t all be there for you. Despite the announcement at TCA that there will be a Friends reunion of sorts at NBC’s February 21 special honoring comedy director James Burrows, Matthew Perry will be in London rehearsing a play. So while Perry may be participating via video, don’t hold your breath for a group hug.
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CNBC is teaming with NBA superstar LeBron James, SpringHill Entertainment and Magical Elves for unscripted series Cleveland Hustles, giving entrepreneurs a chance to realize their dreams. The business news net also announced plans for The Partner, featuring investor Marcus Lemonis (The Profit) searching for someone to help him run his businesses. Both shows are slated to debut in summer 2016.
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Hell’s Kitchen premieres tonight on Fox. What’s on the menu for season 15? “Chef Ramsay will be giving the competing chefs even harder challenges -we’ve raised the bar yet again,” exec producer says Arthur Smith. “Viewers are going to watch the chefs work harder than ever to win – they’re more competitive across the board, and they’re a hungrier, more driven group than we’ve ever seen. If anything, this year is one of the strongest teams of women we’ve ever had, as well – the whole team is full of big personalities.We’ve found one of our best villains in years-Jackie-who is unpredictable and has a ton of attitude.” Drop-ins this season include Steve Aoki, Flo Rida, Caesar Milan, Lil Jon,Kris Kardashian and Buzz Aldin, among others.
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New Syfy series Hunters, focused on trackers of alien terrorists, debuts Monday, April 11 at 10p. One week later it gets its lead-in when 12 Monkeys returns at 9p for a sophomore run.
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Fuse’s Saturday Morning Fever, set at a long-running dance show, launches Wednesday, January 27 at 11. Docu-series explores the lives of hopeful hoofers.
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Renovators who transform abandoned, rundown homes in Florida are featured in FYI’s new Zombie House Flipping, launching Saturday, January 30 at 10p.
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B.J. Britt (Being Mary Jane) has been cast in Lifetime’s UnREAL as a pro quarterback.
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Busy Phillips (Cougar Town) will guest on New Girl this spring, reports TVLine. Fox comedy airs Tuesdays at 8p.
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New WE tv series Growing Up Hip Hop premiered to over 1 million total viewers, nearly 600,000 A25-54 and more than 500,000 W18-49, according to Nielsen Live+3 numbers. The show was the number one cable telecast of the night among African American adults and women 18-49, 25-54 and total viewers, and a top five program in cable among adults and women 18-49 in its timeslot.
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Over 31 million viewers tuned in for the State of the Union address on Tuesday across the Big Four, Al Jazeera America, Azteca, CNN, FBN, FNC, Galavision, MSNBC and NBC Universo.
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Univision special La Captura de El Chapo on Saturday from 9p-11p averaged 1.8 million total viewers, 863,000 among A18-49 and 407,000 A18-34, making Univision the number two broadcast network during the two-hour airing, out-delivering ABC, NBC and FOX among A 18-34 and beating Fox A18-49 and total viewers 2+.
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The winter season premiere of Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars rounded up 2.25 million total viewers, and was Tuesday’s number one TV telecast among A18-34, W18-34, viewers 12-34 and females 12-34, and cable’s top telecast in A18-49 and W18-49. The series launch of Shadowhunters delivered a solid 1.82 million total viewers.
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HGTV’s Fixer Upper on Tuesday was one of the top 15 telecasts in network history, with a series high rating of 1.44 among P25-54, the highest rating on HGTV in six years. Tuesday also was the fourth highest-rated night in network history among P25-54 ratings.
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BET bragging rights: The mid-season four premiere of Real Husbands of Hollywood generated over 1 million total viewers in the first three days since its initial airing on Tuesday, January 5.
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Good news all around: ABC’s Good Morning America was tops in viewers and NBC’s Today took the news demo crown, but CBS This Morning was the only network morning show to grow year to year – and had its largest audience in the time period in 22 years.
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Fox newcomer Second Chance premiered to 1.2/4 among A18-49 on Wednesday, not too shabby but less than half the 2.5/8 pulled in by lead-in American Idol.
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CBS daytimer The Talk delivered its largest weekly audience in 11 months the week ending January 10, averaging 3.01 million viewers, up 12 percent week to week to squeak past ABC rival The View (2.944 million). But The View, which also boasted its most-watched week since February, out-delivered The Talk in W18-49 by its widest margin of the season.
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Actress Barbara Allyne Bennet died January 9. She was 76. Bennet’s numerous television credits included The West Wing, The Office and Brothers & Sisters.
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MOVIES
Ride Along 2 – Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Tika Sumpter, Benjamin Bratt, Olivia Munn, Ken Jeong, Bruce McGill, Michael Rose
Norm of the North (Animated) – Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Bill Nighy, Colm Meaney. Loretta Devine, Michael McElhatton
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi – James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Max Martini, Pablo Schreiber, Toby Stephens, Dominic Fumusa, Matt Letscher, David Denman
The Benefactor (Limited Release) – Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning, Theo James, Clarke Peters, Cheryl Hines, Dylan Baker, Brian Anthony Wilson
Moonwalkers (Limited Release) – Ron Perlman, Rupert Grint, Robert Sheehan, Stephen Campbell Moore, Kerry Shale, Jay Benedict, Eric Lampaert, John Flanders
MEGA MILLIONS
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POWERBALL
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