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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.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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

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CELEBRITY NEWS: JANUARY 14, 2016
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Grant Gustin (Glee) – 26 years old
Cabe Followill (Kings of Leon) – 34 years old
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) – 47 years old
Jason Bateman (“Horrible Bosses” movies) – 47 years old
LL Cool J (Rapper, NCIS: Los Angeles) – 48 years old
Emily Watson (“The Theory of Everything”) – 49 years old
Dan Schneider (Head of The Class) – 50 years old
Slick Rick (Rapper) – 51 years old
Mark Addy (“The Full Monty”) – 52 years old
Steven Soderberg (Director) – 53 years old
Carl Weathers (“Rocky” movies) – 68 years old
Evelyn Braxton (Braxton Family Values) – 68 years old
Holland Taylor (Two And A Half Men) – 73 years old
Faye Dunaway (“Chinatown”) – 75 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 1/14/16) 
ANIMAL PLANET: Alaska Proof (Premiere) at 9pm
COMEDY: Workaholics (Premiere) at 10pm
COMEDY: Idiotsitter (Premiere) at 10:30pm
FOX BUSINESS NETWORK: Republican Presidential Debate at 9pm
MTV: Greatest Party Story Ever and Other Epic Tales (Premiere) at 10:30pm
USA: Colony (Premiere) at 10pm

The six cast members from Friends (1994-2004) will reunite for a tribute honoring the career of James Burrows, who directed fifteen episodes of the sitcom starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer. “I’m hoping all six will be in the same room at the same time,” NBC president Robert Greenblatt told reporters at the TCA winter press tour on Wednesday, but “I’m not sure we can logistically pull that off.” Two-hour special airs Sunday, February 21 at 9p.
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Late Night host Seth Meyers extended his contract with NBC Entertainment through February 2021. Said Meyers, who started in February 2014, “I can’t thank NBC enough for continuing to support our show and this more than makes up for my disappointment in not getting cast in The Wiz.” Meyers will also host a 2016 New Year’s Eve Late Night special at not-so-late 10p. Late Night averaged a 0.51/3 rating and 1.658 million viewers in 4Q15, maintaining 100% of its A18-49 rating year-to-year and growing by 4% in total viewers.
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DGA Award nominees for directing achievement in television, documentaries and commercials were announced Wednesday. Earning nods for drama were Michael Engler (Downton Abbey), Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland), David Nutter (Game of Thrones), Steven Soderbergh (The Knick) and Matthew Weiner (Mad Men). Comedy nominations went to Chris Addison (Veep), Louis C.K. (Louie), Mike Judge (Silicon Valley), Gail Mancuso (Modern Family) and Jill Soloway (Transparent).
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NBC’s next live musical will be Hairspray. Network head Robert Greenblatt made the announcement at TCA. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who produced A Sound of Music Live, Peter Pan Live and The Wiz Live, will return for the latest live event, slated for December. Tracy Turnblad, Corny Collins and Co. are no strangers to Zadan and Meron – the duo also produced the 2007 Hairspray movie.
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New millennial-focused studio Gunpowder & Sky, founded by former Viacom Media Networks CEO Van Toffler, ex-Endemol Group global head of strategy Floris Bauer and Otter Media, is “the defiant love child of YouTube, the MCNs and Netflix,” said Toffler. “The organizing principle is, we want to nurture and find people with new ideas about how to tell stories. And we want to do that globally, with stuff that lives primarily in the digital ecosystem.” Co-production partners so far include UK’s Realm Pictures, Supergravity Pictures, Bona Fide Productions and Adaptive Studios.
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NBC has had early talks with Dick Wolf about launching Chicago Law, reports Variety. It would be the fourth in the net’s successful procedural franchise set in the Windy City.
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The Tonight Show is heading back to LA. After a two-hour primetime Valentine’s Day special on February 14, the NBC late night talker will be telecast from Stage One at Universal Studios the week of February 15. Should be worth the airfare – last year, the Tonight Show’s trip to California was its top-rated week in almost eight months in A18-49 and delivered 4.185 million total viewers.
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AXS TV honors rock icon David Bowie with a special presentation of 1973 concert film Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars on Sunday, January 17 at 10p. The Fame singer died January 10 at age 69.
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The second annual World Dog Awards airs on CW tonight at 8p. George Lopez hosts the Juma Entertainment-produced show.
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Showtime placed a 12-episode order for season seven of Shameless. Season six is airing Sundays at 9p. “Shameless has clearly resonated with audiences as evidenced by their steady growth on Sunday nights over the past 6 years,” said Showtime Networks president of programming, Gary Levine. The net also announced season premiere dates for season five of House of Lies (Sunday, April 10 at 9p) and season three of Penny Dreadful (Sunday, May 1 at 10p).
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Season six of AXS TV’s The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands bows Wednesday, February 17 at 10p. Show airs live from the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood.
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Added to the cast of Disney Junior upcoming animated series Elena of Avalor: Jenna Ortega (Jane the Virgin), Chris Parnell (Archer), Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) and Carlos Alazraqui (Sheriff Callie’s Wild West). Aimee Carrero (Young & Hungry) stars as “the first Disney princess inspired by diverse Latin cultures and folklore.”
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The season two cast of Netflix’s Between will include Steven Grayhm (Alcatraz) and Mercedes Morris (Forest Fairies). The Canadian thriller centered on a quarantined town of people 21 and under has started shooting new episodes in Toronto.
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Rutina Wesley landed a series regular role in OWN’s Queen Sugar. The True Blood alum will play a journalist and activist based in New Orleans.
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Tina Arning (Everybody Loves Raymond) will guest on ABC’s Modern Family Wednesday, January 20, as the trophy wife of Claire’s colleague.
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Disney’s smash hit Frozen will air on Disney Channel for the first time Sunday, February 14 at 7p. Fan fave Olaf makes a special appearance on Sofia the First the next morning at 11:30a on Disney and at 7p on Disney Junior.
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Hasbro Studios announced Transformers: Robots in Disguise will be back for season two on Cartoon Network in the U.S. Bumblebee will resume her fight to save the world in 1Q16.
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CBS delivered the most-watched primetime coverage of Tuesday’s State of the Union address, with 6.89 million viewers, according to Nielsen Live+SD data.
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Top syndicated talker Kelly and Michael rose 10% the week of  December 28 to hit a new season high of 3.4. It was also up 10% from last year, the largest annual increase in the genre.
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Also reaching season highs in syndication were Maury (up 18% week to week to 2.0), Rachael Ray (up 14% to 1.6), Dr. Oz (up 15% to 1.5), Jerry Springer (up 17% to 1.4) and The Doctors (up 22% to 1.1).
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TV One closed out 2015 with five consecutive quarters of year-over-year gains in Primetime (4Q14-4Q15), with returning originals Hollywood Divas (Season 2), Unsung (Season 8), Fatal Attraction (Season 3) and Unsung Hollywood (Season 2) all growing over their previous seasons. The net also posted its best Primetime and Total Day performance ever among W25-54.
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Veteran sportscaster Jim Simpson died January 13 after a brief illness. He was 88. Simpson’s credits include 14 Olympics, six Super Bowls, six World Series and 14 Wimbledon championships.
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BROADWAY
Noises Off revival opens on Thursday January 14, 2016.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/noises/

Our Mother’s Brief Affair with Linda Lavin opens on Wednesday January 20, 2016.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/our-mothers-brief-affair/

A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder closes on Broadway on Sunday January 17, 2016
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/gentlemans-guide-love-murder/