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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 1/22/16)
PBS: Great Performances at the Met (Premiere) at 9pm
PIVOT: Truth and Power (Premiere) at 10pm
POP: Easiest Game Show Ever (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Wives with Knives (Finale) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 1/23/16)
LIFETIME: Toni Braxto: Unbreak My Heart (Premiere) at 8pm
LIFETIME: Beyond The Headlines: Toni Braxton (Premiere) at 10pm
A&E: The First 48: Killer on the Run (Premiere) at 9pm
AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL: The Cowboy (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Yankee Jungle (Premiere) at 9pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: Mountain Monsters: Bigfoot Edition (Premiere) at 10pm
DISNEY XD: The 7D (Premiere) at 9:30am
ESQUIRE: Beowulf (Premiere) at 10pm
OWN: It’s Not You, It’s Men (Premiere) at 9pm
STARZ: Black Sails (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Ronda Rousey, Musical Guest: Selena Gomez at 11:30pm
(SUNDAY 1/24/16)
AXS TV: Live from Abbey Road (Premiere) at 7pm
AXS TV: Live from Red Rocks (Premiere) at 8pm
AXS TV: Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar Presented by Mercury Insurance (Premiere) at 9pm
AXS TV: Breaking Band (Premiere) at 9:30pm
AXS TV: AXS TV Concert (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: The X-Files (Premiere) at 10pm
The five co-hosts of daily talk show The Real trekked to D.C. this week to interview First Lady Michelle Obama about the “Better Make Room” campaign, aimed at inspiring students to make room for higher education. Episode is slated for Tuesday, January 26 (check local listings).
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In its latest environmental effort, The Screen Actors Guild is going even greener by partnering with American Forests to plant a tree for every attendee at the 22nd Annual SAG Awards, to enhance the LARiverWorks restoration project. Awards show airs Saturday, January 30 at 8p on TBS and TNT; guests at the ceremony and the public can help add even more trees by texting FORESTS 80077.
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Crashing landed at HBO with a series order. Judd Apatow, who directed the pilot, and Pete Holmes exec produce, with Holmes starring as a couch-surfing comedian.
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Logo ordered two new series and renewed a third. Sketch comedy series Gay Skit Happens, produced by Brian Graden Media, is slated to premiere Monday, February 8 at 10p, followed by Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul, produced by World of Wonder Productions, in spring 2016. Back for season three: Cocktails & Classics, date TBD.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sherri Shepherd (The View) will host and exec produce season two of WE tv dating reality show Match Made in Heaven. Season one was host-less.
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Hulu snatched one-hour special Triumph the Insult Comic Dog in an exclusive deal with Funny or Die. Available to the service’s subscribers starting in early February, the show is exec produced by Robert Smigel, Conan O’Brien, Charlie Siskel and FoD’s Mike Farah and Anna Wenger.
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Preachers of Atlanta makes its debut on Oxygen Wednesday, February 3 at 10p. In this iteration of the reality franchise, the methods of men and women of the cloth include using hip hop to communicate spiritual messages, and venturing into the city to find those in need.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Megachurch drama Greenleaf launches with a two-night premiere on OWN Tuesday, May 24 and Wednesday, May 25 at 10p, before settling into its regular Wednesday slot. The series from Craig Wright (Lost) and Lionsgate Television features the return to scripted television of Oprah Winfrey, also an exec producer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Losing it for love” is the theme of TLC’s Fat Chance, following eight people hoping to transform their lives. Series bows Wednesday, February 17 at 10p.
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Nickelodeon’s Hawaii-set adventure competition Paradise Run premieres Monday, February 1 at 7p. The 20-episode daily series features kids competing on an exotic resort.
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Reality star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and husband Jionni Lavalle undertake a massive home renovation starting Wednesday, February 24 at 9p on FYI’s Nicole & Jionni’s Shore Flip. The Jersey shore, of course.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Marilyn Manson has joined WGN America’s supernatural thriller Salem in a special guest starring role. The singer, who collaborated on the show’s opening title sequence, will play a barber/surgeon. Production on season three began Thursday in Shreveport, LA.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Add Harold Perrineau (Lost), Christopher Gorham (Covert Affairs), Max Arciniega (Blood and Oil), Bob Stephenson (Fight Club), Raymond Cruz (Breaking Bad), Laura San Giacomo (Just Shoot Me) and Graham Beckel (Halt and Catch Fire) to the season three cast of DirecTV’s Full Circle. Ten-parter will launch this year on Audience Network on DirecTV and AT&T U-verse.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox’s Second Chance scored 1.0/3 among A18-49 on Wednesday, a 16% dip from week one. CBS freshman Code Black (1.4/5) had a 17% bump week to week.
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Monday’s premiere of VH1 drama Hit the Floor delivered a 1.1 rating among A18-49 and 1.7 million viewers for its 9p debut, ratcheting up to 2.5 million counting the 11p encore. The show was the number one non-sports cable program at 9p among A18-34, W18-34 and W18-49.
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Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship posted a .8 rating across A25-54 on Monday, up 69% versus year-ago, and a .6 rating among A25-34, up 32% and ranking #6 for both demos across the time slot for the nets’ highest rated Monday 8p hour ever. Cake Wars posted a .7 rating among A25-54, up 27% versus year-ago and a .7 rating among A25-34, up 63%.
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MOVIES
Dirty Grandpa – Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza, Zoey Deutch, Julianne Hough, Jason Mantzoukas, Danny Glover, Adam Pally
The 5th Wave – Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe, Zackary Arthur
The Boy – Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, Ben Robson, James Russell
Caged No More (Limited Release) – Loretta Devine, Kevin Sorbo, Alan Powell, Cassidy Gifford, Cynthia Gibb, Anthony Evans, Dallas Lovato, Abigail Duhon
Exposed (Limited Release) – Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Christopher McDonald, Big Daddy Kane, Venus Ariel, Michael Rispoli, Gabriel Vargas, Laura Gomez
Mojave (Limited Release) – Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, Louise Bourgoin, Walton Goggins
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $39 million
You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $60 million.
Powerball is played in 43 states.
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