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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/25/16)
FOX: Lucifer (Premiere) at 9pm
FREEFORM: Recovery Road (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: The Magicians (Premiere) at 9pm
TBS: American Dad (Premiere) at 8:30pm
VH1: Stevie And Josie Go Hollywood (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: K. Michelle: My Life (Premiere) at 9:30pm
UNIVISION: El Hotel de los Secretos (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: True Life: I Have A Trans Parent (Premiere) at 11:30pm
Robert and Michelle King, creators, exec producers and showrunners for CBS’ The Good Wife, are leaving the show after the current seventh season. Additionally, contracts of many original cast members, including Julianna Margulies, are up at the end of this season. Exec producer Craig Turk is being eyed to take over as showrunner…. After six seasons at the helm, Steven Moffat will step down as lead writer and executive producer of Doctor Who. Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch) will become the new showrunner beginning with season 11. “It took a lot of gin and tonic to talk him into this, but I am beyond delighted that one of the true stars of British Television drama will be taking the Time Lord even further into the future,” Moffat said. Moffat’s final season will air on BBC America and BBC One in spring 2017 and there will be a Christmas special in 2016.
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CBS’ 60 Minutes last night broadcast previously unaired excerpts from a never-completed profile of David Bowie at the end of its special edition on the musician. Bowie, who died January 10, originally was interviewed in 2003 during three studio sessions meant to be a part of a larger profile; the segment never aired because of “scheduling conflicts and illnesses,” CBS News said.
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The Screen Actors Guild Awards are getting more social this year. TNT and TBS are working with People to expand digital and social media surrounding the 22nd annual event, which airs live on Saturday, January 30, from the Shrine Auditorium in LA. New are a live webcast of the red carpet preshow presented by People.com beginning at 6p, and behind-the-scenes coverage from a team of social media influencers.
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Timing is everything: Just a few days before the New Hampshire Democratic primary, Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm) will host NBC’s Saturday Night Live on February 6. We’re guessing David will bust out his solid Bernie Sanders impression. Musical guest is The 1975.
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Martha Raddatz is set to take over as co-anchor of ABC News’ This Week With George Stephanopoulos. Raddatz previously has co-anchored and reported for the show.
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East coast blizzard Jonas shut down the BET Honors, which were supposed to be taped Saturday night at the Warner Theater in DC. No word yet on a re-sked date for the Honors, which this year recognize Empire creator Lee Daniel, Patti LaBelle, LA Reid, Mellody Hobson and Eric Holder. The event is scheduled to air Tuesday, February 23, at 8p on BET, hosted by Arsenio Hall.
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Not surprisingly, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump garnered the endorsement of Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson, this during his appearance at the Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel’s Outdoor Sportsman Awards. Praised Robertson: “He’s not afraid to tell it like it is.”
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The drama Hunted, from Mila Kunis and her Orchard Farm Productions, is in development at Freeform. Additionally, Orchard Farm extended its first-look deal with ABC Studios for an additional year. Hunted was created and written by Hugh Sterbakov (Hell And Back) and is about a young mother on the run after her husband is murdered. Ed Bernero (Criminal Minds) will direct and serve as showrunner for the pilot.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO pulled the plug on comedy Brothers In Atlanta, created by and starring Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin. The show, directed by Tim Story and produced by Lorne Michaels, was to feature the duo as reporters.
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NBC series Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon returned for a sophomore season Friday, January 22 at 8p. Network says highlights of the second season include car crashes (hmmm…), cats fighting dogs and heartwarming videos of soldiers returning home.
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Additionally, NBC is bringing back summer comedy The Carmichael Show. Inspired by the life of comedian Jerrod Carmichael, the series returns Sunday, March 13 at 9p with back-to-back episodes for week one.
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ABC’s hidden-camera look at everyday people making split-second decisions in different scenarios, What Would You Do?, returns for four weeks beginning Tuesday, January 26 at 10p with new scenarios capturing unsuspecting people’s reactions to everyday situations.
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TruTV has tee’d up the season 5 premiere of Impractical Jokers, slated to return Thursday, February 11 at 10p.
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NBC is rolling out three new midseason scripted series: Crowded, which debuts Sunday, March 20 at 9:30p, is about recent empty-nesters whose plans to explore their wild side are foiled when both their adult daughters move back in. Suzanne Martin is writer/exec producer. Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner and James Burrows also exec produce. Character-driven medical series Heartbeat debuts Wednesday, March 23, at 8p. Inspired by the real life and achievements of Dr. Kathy Magliato, series is exec-produced by Jill Gordon, Amy Brenneman, Brad Silberling and produced by Universal Television. Finally, Game of Silence premieres Thursday, April 7 at 10p and follows four best friends who have a dark secret they thought was buried 25 years ago. Series is executive-produced by Carol Mendelsohn, David Hudgins, Julie Weitz, Tariq Jalil, Timur Savci, Deran Sarafian and Niels Arden Oplev (pilot) and produced by Sony Pictures Television and Universal Television.
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TruTV’s first foray into full-length scripted comedy, Those Who Can’t, debuts Thursday, February 11, with back-to-back episodes. Three troublemaking teachers, played by show creators Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy of Denver-based comedy troupe The Grawlix, are more inept than the kids they teach.
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MTV debuts True Life: I Have a Trans Parent tonight (January 25) at 11:30p. Part of the network’s “Look Different” campaign that spotlights issues of race, gender and anti-LGBT bias, launches with an episode about two young adults with transgender parents, who grow to accept their parents for who they are in spite of the transphobia that they experience from other family members.
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Preschool net Sprout launched new series Floogals on Saturday, January 23 at 8p. Floogals follows the adventures of three exuberantly inquisitive aliens exploring Planet Earth. Based on an original concept from Dan Good, the series is a co-production between Sprout and Zodiak Kids Studios’ UK production company The Foundation. Series producer is Ceri Barnes, exec producer is Nigel Pickard.
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David Schwimmer (Friends) and Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe) will get top billing in AMC’s upcoming original series Feed the Beast. The co-production between AMC Studios and Lionsgate is about two best friends who give their dream of opening a restaurant one more shot. Production is slated to begin in NY in February 2016; series premiere is set for May 2016.
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Mark Consuelos (Kingdom) will have a recurring role on USA Network drama Queen Of The South, which details the story of Teresa Mendoza, who seeks refuge in the US when her drug-dealer boyfriend is murdered in Mexico.
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The CW is celebrating. Ratings for the series premiere of DC’S Legends of Tomorrow and the season 3 premiere of The 100 on Thursday combined to give the network its most watched Thursday night (2.56 million) in more than three years and its highest rated Thursday night in A18-49 (1.0/3) in more than two years.
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On the strength of the series premiere of The Real Housewives of Potomac, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Bravo Media ranked No. 1 among A18-49 in Prime last Sunday among ad-supported cable networks, according to Nielsen Live+3 data. At 9p, The Real Housewives of Potomac delivered more than 2.5 million total viewers, 1.5 million A18-49 and over 1.4 million A25-54, making it the highest-rated series premiere of The Real Housewives franchise among all key demos.
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Bolstered by the premiere of new series Evil Lives Here on January 17 at 10p, ID celebrated its best week ever in Prime delivery among P2+ (1.189 million) and HH (992k) on L3+ Day viewing, according to Nielsen data. The show was the network’s best-ever series debut ever and best premiere for a new series ever for delivery among P2+ (2.02 million) and HH (1.626 million).
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Revenant – $16 million
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $14.3 million
Ride Along 2 – $13 million
Dirty Grandpa – $11.5 million
The Boy – $11.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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