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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 2/4/16)
DESTINATION AMERICA: Paranormal Files: Fact or Faked (Premiere) at 9pm and 10pm
HGTV: Five Day Flip (Premiere) at 11pm
LIFETIME: Project Runway: Junior (Finale) at 9pm
Les Moonves has been named Chairman of CBS Corporation, following the resignation, effective February 2, of Sumner Redstone as Executive Chairman. Moonves joined CBS in 1995, vaulting to President and CEO in 2006. “I was honored to nominate Les as the CBS Chair and am delighted to congratulate him on his new position,” said Vice Chair of CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc., Shari Redstone. “He follows in the visionary tradition of my father, and I know that Les will successfully lead CBS into the digital future.”
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Grant Gustin will cross over to CBS’s Supergirl as CW’s The Flash in an episode airing Monday, March 28 at 8p. “We want to thank Grant Gustin for making the time to come visit (on top of his already immense workload) and all of the folks at CBS, The CW, Warner Bros. and DC for working this out,” said Flash and Supergirl exec producers Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, who described the superhero mashup as “something we have dreamed of happening since we started making Supergirl.”
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Filmmaker Spike Jonze was named co-president of Viceland, with chief creative officer Eddy Moretti. The cable net, from Vice Media in partnership with A+E Networks, is slated to launch February 29, replacing H2.
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Turner is going full force with new weekly late night comedy series Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Along with home base TBS, sibs TNT, Adult Swim, truTV and HLN will simulcast the premiere on Monday, February 8 at 10:30p.
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WGN America canceled critically acclaimed, but soft-rated period drama Manhattan after two seasons. Net president and GM Matt Cherniss said WGN was “deeply disappointed that such a wonderful show could not find a larger audience.”
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Reelz special Caitlyn Jenner: Collision Course examines the fatal Malibu car accident involving then-Bruce Jenner on Saturday, February 20 at 10p. Muse Entertainment produces.
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The cast of Broadway hit Hamilton will appear via satellite at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, airing live from LA Monday, February 15 at 8p. It’s the eighth time musical theater has been featured on the music awards show.
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Bounce TV will honor Black History Month with a slate of historically significant films including The Color Purple, Amistad, Ghosts of Mississippi, Men of Honor, Sounder and Cadillac Records.
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The name of the 2016 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model will be revealed during a special hosted by Nick Cannon and Rebecca Romijn on Saturday, February 13 at 10:30p on TNT, following the net’s coverage of State Farm NBA All-Star Saturday Night.
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Arts net Ovation airs a special episode of On the Record with Mick Rock featuring Grammy nominee Mark Ronson on Friday, February 12 at 10p. Series explores musicians’ hometowns and the cities that inspire them.
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Animated series Dot will pop up on preschool net Sprout in September 2016. Series is based on the book by Randi Zuckerberg and produced by Industrial Brothers (Yup Yups) in association with the Jim Henson Company and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
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On Super Bowl Sunday, Showtime will air a new episode of freshman hit Billions featuring rock band Metallica. Drama airs at 10p.
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MTV launched an ad campaign to raise awareness of sexual assault. “Invisible Ads” includes online/digital ads that resemble familiar fashion, consumer products and hotline ads, but include commentary on how culture often dismisses rape and assault crimes. The initiative is part of MTV’s “Look Different” anti-bias campaign.
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Isabella Rosselini will co-star in Hulu original drama Shut Eye, centered on the underground world of LA storefront psychics, as a beautiful and sadistic matriarch.
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Sarah Goldberg (Hindsight) landed a co-starring role opposite Bill Hader in HBO pilot Barry, about an ex-Marine who works as a hitman.
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Dennis Quaid, Parminder Nagra (The Blacklist), Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones), Robert Sheehan (Misfits) and Ken Stott (The Missing) have joined the season two cast of Pivot’s Fortitude. Arctic thriller returns in fall 2016.
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Edwin Hodges (Chicago Fire) is onboard History military drama, Six. Eight-parter comes from A+E Studios and The Weinstein Company.
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Super Bowl Greatest Commercials delivered its largest audience since the special premiered in 2001, with 11.4 million viewers. During the two-hour CBS special, over one million votes were cast on CBS.com for best commercial.
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FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story opened as the most-watched and highest-rated show on cable on Tuesday, with 5.1 million viewers and a 2.0 rating among A18-49.
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Talker Steve Harvey scored its best ratings ever the week ending January 24, up 21 percent versus the week before to hit a 2.3 HH rating and 3.15 million viewers (thank you, Miss Universe and her runner-up). Harvey-hosted Family Feud was up 7 percent to reach 7.5, an all-time high for the game show’s current iteration. And court show Hot Bench also hit a series high, up 4 percent to 2.6 and 3.7 million viewers.
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Dr. Phil had a 6 percent lift to match a season high 3.4, while second place chatfest Live With Kelly and Michael rose 3 percent to reach 3.2. Rachael Ray had a 6 percent boost to hit a season high, 1.7, up 21 percent year to year.
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News nets were winners in the Iowa caucuses. An average of 10.2 million people watched the results of Monday’s contest on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, according to Nielsen, double the number of people four years ago. FNC averaged 4.46 million viewers during primetime, followed by 3.73 for CNN and 2 million for MSNBC.
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CW’s The Flash finished first in its 8p time period on Tuesday in broadcast among A18-34 (1.2.5) and M18-34 (1.4.6). It was second in the hour among A18-49 (1.4/5) and M18-49 (1.7/6).
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Bounce TV’s Premier Boxing Champions – The Next Round on Sunday rose 53 percent over its previous telecast among HHs, 63 percent among P18-49 and 94 percent among M18-49, averaging 257,000 HHs and 418,000 total viewers between 9p-11:26p.
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Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship on Monday posted a .8 rating (800,000 imp) among A25-54 as well as a .7 rating (200,000 imp) among A25-34, up 54 percent and 80 percent versus year-ago.
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Travel Channel’s P25-54 prime ratings in January increased 5 percent over the same time last year. Booze Traveler and Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations helped drive the net’s primetime ratings success on Tuesday night, up 33 percent over year ago. Wednesday prime ratings had a 53 percent lift, with an assist from Expedition Unknown, and Sunday prime ratings grew 29 percent, thanks to Mysteries at the Museum.
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GSN finished January up 24 percent among W18-49 year-over-year in Total Day and 21 percent in Ad Sales Prime (W18-49, year-over-year). The network also saw 10 percent growth in total viewers for Total Day in January.
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