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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/5/16)
CBS: Super Bowl’s Greatest Halftime Shows (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Guy & Hunter’s European Vacation (Premiere) at 10pm
HBO: Vice (Premiere) at 11pm
HBO: Animals (Premiere) at 11:30pm
ID: Forbidden: Dying For Love (Finale) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 2/6/16)
CBS: 5th Annual NFL Honors (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: Republican Debate at 8pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Larry David, Musical Guest: The 1975 at 11:30pm
FYI: Tiny House World (Finale) at 9:30pm
(SUNDAY 2/7/16)
CBS: Kickoff Show at 6pm
CBS: Super Bowl 50 at 6:30pm
Matt LeBlanc (Episodes) has landed a job as a presenter on the BBC’s Top Gear, announced BBC America. The former Friend will be the car show’s first non-British host in 39 years. A self-described “car nut,” LeBlanc has appeared twice as a guest, and holds the record as the fastest celeb to date around the Top Gear track in its “reasonably priced car.” Piers Morgan cheered the news, tweeting that it is “a brilliant choice [with] huge global recognition.” Jeremy Clarkson, whose contract with Top Gear was not renewed last year after a run-in with a show producer, is set to host a new auto show on Amazon Prime.
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Viacom Inc.’s Philippe Dauman was elected executive chairman at Viacom Inc., succeeding 92-year-old Sumner Redstone. The vote comes one day after Les Moonves was elected chairman of CBS Corp., succeeding Redstone.
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TV One is introducing a new look and tagline, “REPRESENT,” during tonight’s telecast of the 47th Annual NAACP Image Awards. “TV One is evolving our brand because our viewers want programming that represents them not as a monolith, but as unique individuals with diverse interests and lives,” says Lori Hall, SVP, Marketing. “That’s what we promise to represent. It’s a rebirth of a network with passionate and loyal fans who will invite new viewers to sample our fresh, new voice and offerings.”
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It didn’t take long for USA to renew freshman Colony, the sci-fi drama from Carlton Cuse and Ryan Condal. “Carlton and Ryan have successfully delivered a story that tests the strengths and weaknesses of a society in duress, and the bonds of a family divided,” said Chris McCumber, net president. “Colony’s performance across all platforms has been impressive.” Fourth episode aired Thursday at 10p.
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Fox News will host its third GOP debate on Thursday, March 3 at 9p, with Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace back to moderate. It will be the 11th Republican presidential primary contest. Donald Trump skipped the last Fox News debate after the net refused to remove Kelly as moderator, but candidate and network appear to have made up.
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Miley Cyrus will join the upcoming season of NBC’s The Voice as a key advisor. “When Miley speaks everyone pays attention,” explains Paul Telegdy, president, alternative and late night programming. Season Ten, with coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Pharrell Williams and Christina Aguilera, launches Monday, February 29 at 8p.
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Fox is launching late night series Party Over Here, from SNL alums Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone of The Lonley Island. Weekly half-hour sketch comedy starring Nicole Byer (Girl Code), Jessica McKenna (Riot) and Alison Rich (Resident Advisors) premieres Saturday, March 12 at 11p.
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Added to the eclectic Grammy Awards lineup: Chris Stapleton, Gary Clark, Jr. and Bonnie Raitt will pay tribute to B.B. King; Pitbull takes to the stage with Travis Barker, Robin Thicke and “surprise special guests” and Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry debut with their rock supergroup, The Hollywood Vampires. Show airs live on CBS Monday, February 15 at 8p.
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ABC News special Journey to the Oscars follows the stories of notable nominees including comeback “kid” Sylvester Stallone, breakout star Brie Larson and one-time soap actor Bryan Cranston, using a cinematic, doc-style approach. Anchored by Robin Roberts, show airs Sunday, February 21 at 10p.
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The Orchard acquired North American distribution rights to documentary Life, Animated from A&E Indie Films. The film, about an autistic boy who found a pathway to language through Disney animation, won the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award in the U.S. competition.
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The premiere of Karen Kingsbury’s The Bridge Part 2 has been moved up from December to Sunday, March 20 at 9p on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, following an encore of part 1 at 7p. The change was due to “the exceptional viewer engagement,” according to Crown Media Family Networks. The Bridge aired in December as part of Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas.” The shift is good news to viewers like this one, who posted on the movie’s Facebook page: “I love the movie! But… why did they make us wait for one year for part 2?”
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Donnie Dark: A NAACP Image Awards Special airs at 7p on TV One, with live performances and interviews with music greats. It’s the first of a quarterly series of Donnie After Dark specials slated for the net. Live red carpet show follows at 8p, ahead of the awards at 9p. Born Again Virgin sneak peek caps off the night at 11:30p.
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Fuse is celebrating Black History Month with features on emerging African American artists, starting Saturday, February 6 at 12p. Among those interviewed are LaQuan Smith (fashion designer), Roble Ali (chef), Keli Goff, (writer/on-air personality), Jo Jo Rodriguez (make-up artist), Dorian Missick (actor/DJ), Khail Bryant (actress/dancer) and Toyin Odutola (visual artist).
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CBS’s Hawaii Five-0 will feature four songs from Coldpay’s latest album on Friday, February 12 at 9p. “As we started writing the Valentine’s Day episode, that album basically became our soundtrack and we knew we wanted to use their music to illustrate what was happening with our Ohana,” said Peter Lenkov, exec producer.“These songs were just a perfect fit.”
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Spike TV’s Caraoke Showdown features Craig Robinson (The Office) as a driver picking up unsuspecting contestants in a karaoke-inspire game show. Spike is partnering with Howie Mandel’s Alevy Procuctions for the show, which will premiere as a half-hour special later in 2016.
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Freeform’s “Valentine’s Day with Your BAE” event starts Saturday, February 13 at 5:30p with You Again, and ends Sunday February 14 with Monster-in-Law.
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E! has New York’s Fashion Week covered, with nightly reports, a themed episode of Fashion Police with guest co-host Kris Jenner, as well as updates and short form content online.
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Tony Shaloub (Monk) landed the lead role in CBS’s BrainDead, as a hard-drinking Republican senator. Comic-thriller is slated to air in summer 2016.
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Jason Patric (Narc) will star in the second season of Fox summer thriller Wayward Pines. M. Night Shyamalan exec produces the series based on the Blake Crouch best-sellers.
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Seal has been cast as Pontius Pilate in live Fox musical The Passion, airing Palm Sunday, March 20. Tyler Perry narrates.
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Jane Levy (Suburgatory) nabbed the lead in the pilot for CBS relationship comedy My Time/Your Time, from How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas.
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Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) and Jean Smart (Fargo) are onboard FX Networks’ pilot Legion. Co-production with Marvel Television begins production in March.
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“Weird Al” Yankovic will voice the title role in Disney XD’s Milo Murphy’s Law. Voice cast for the animated series also includes Christian Slater, Vanessa Williams and Sarah Chalke, among others.
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E!’s viewership growth in January included increases of 35 percent among total viewers (632,000) and 29 percent among A18-49 (356,000) in primetime. The net ranked among the top 20 cable entertainment networks for the month with A18-49.
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January was FYI’s best month ever among A18-49, fueled by premieres of Married at First Sight, Kocktails with Khloe, Tiny House Hunting, Tiny House World and Zombie House Flipping. The net reports gains versus January 2015 among A18-49 (up 24 percent), W25-54 (up 20 percent) and W18-49 (up 39 percent), along with a 9 percent jump in A25-54.
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Thank you, Barrett Jackson Live: Velocity earned its best week ever for the week of January 25 in Total Day delivery among all key demos and ranked in the Top 20 networks for Men in all of cable. The auto auction secured 6.11M real-time L+SD viewers across the combined telecasts.
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The premiere of ID’s Steven Avery: Innocent or Guilty? drew over 1.5 million viewers P2+, 1.25 million HHs and 645,000 P18-49. The net ranked number seven in the January 30 at 9p timeslot, and number 11 for the delivery of total viewers in all of ad-supported cable.
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The season three finale of History’s The Curse of Oak Island hit a series best 3.4 million total viewers and 1.6 million among A25-54. Island is the net’s number one nonfiction series across all key demos.
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CBS This Morning topped 4 million viewers in a week for the first time in 20 years. The morning show closed January with a 16 percent increase among viewers (to 4.02 million) and 20 percent (1.2 rating) versus January 2015, according to Nielsen.
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Voice artist Joe Alaskey died February 3 after battling cancer. He was 63. Alaskey voiced many Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, as well Grandpa Lou Pickles on Rugrats.
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MOVIES
The Choice – Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Maggie Grace, Alexandra Daddario, Tom Welling, Tom Wilkinson, Brett Rice
Hail, Caesar! – Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Jonah Hill
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote, Ellie Bamber, Millie Brady, Suki Waterhouse, Douglas Booth, Sally Phillips
Regression (Limited Release) – Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson, David Thewlis, Lothaire Bluteau, Dale Dickey, David Dencik, Peter McNeill, Devon Bostick
Tumbledown (Limited Release) – Rebecca Hall, Jason Sudeikis, Dianna Agron, Blythe Danner, Griffin Dunne, Joe Manganiello, Richard Masur, Maggie Castle
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