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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 2/9/16)
COMEDY: Tosh.o (Premiere) at 10pm
COMEDY: Not Safe with Nikki Glaser (Premiere) at 10:30pm
ID: Obsession: Dark Desires (Premiere) at 10pm
MYX TV: Bagged (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: Here We Go Again (Premiere) at 8pm
TV ONE: Born Again Virgin (Premiere) at 8:30pm
BET: Real Husbands of Hollywood (Finale) at 10:30pm
FYI: BlackLove (Finale) at 10:30pm
SHOWTIME: Inside The NFL (Finale) at 9pm
CBS made it official via a Super Bowl spot that the current season seven of The Good Wife will be its last. A statement from Glenn Geller, President, CBS Entertainment and David Stapf, President, CBS Television Studios, explained why. “It’s never easy to say goodbye to one of the crown jewels of your network and studio, much less to a show that is among the best on television,” said the execs. “But it also feels very right to end with the seven-year story its creators envisioned, and to celebrate the show’s final run while at the top of its creative game.” Series finale is set for Sunday, May 8.
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As for a spin-off of The Good Wife, “Nothing’s off the table,” co-creator Michelle King said in a conference call on Monday. The series is full of “characters we wish we had more time to explore,” added co-creator Robert King.
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ABC ordered a half-hour weekly comedic game show from late night host Jimmy Kimmel, based on a super-fan segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Kimmel is teaming with Banijay Studios North America for Big Fan; Conan O’Brien sidekick Andy Richter is onboard as host. ABC is holding onto its own – Lip Sync Battle started as a segment on NBC’s Tonight Show before it became a breakout hit on Spike TV.
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Integrated marketing team Viacom Velocity has launched a weeklong takeover campaign for Deadpool, opening in theaters February 12. The partnership with 20th Century Fox allows all participating shows to air commercial-free. Custom creative featuring Ryan Reynolds breaking the fourth wall, playing up his persona as an irreverent anti-hero, will run on MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Logo, and Spike. A variety of content will run during takeovers, including 10-second intro spots, and a mix of 30-second and 90-second spots in pods during shows.
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Cozi TV spokesperson Antonio Fargas’s role has been expanded. Fargas will now be the voice of all TV promotional materials, starting with the Hart to Hart marathon set for Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14 at noon. Fargas is best known to TV audiences as Starsky and Hutch’s “Huggy Bear.”
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Nickelodeon gave Soccer Superstar the green light for season two. The NickSports reality competition chronicles the search for the best teen female player. Three-time Olympic gold medalist Heather Mitts returns as host.
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Syfy renewed The Magicians, currently airing Mondays at 9p, for a 13-episode season two slated for 2017. During its first three episodes, the drama averaged 1.7 million viewers and 853,000 among A18-49, after the premiere was sampled over 6.7 million times during its pre-linear launch.
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BET Networks is partnering with the American Black Film Festival to produce the ABFF Awards:A Celebration of Hollywood, hosted by actor and comedian Mike Epps and premiering on BET and Centric Tuesday, February 23 at 8 p. Awards recognize people, films and TV shows that have had a significant impact on American entertainment, as well as individuals who have championed diversity and inclusion in Hollywood.
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Reelz will air the Movieguide 24th Annual Faith & Values Awards, recognizing family-friendly movies and TV series, on Monday, February 22 at 7p, with an encore on Wednesday, February 24 at 9p. Co-hosting are Sadie Robertson (Duck Dynasty) and Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds).
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ID’s Vanity Fair Confidential offers first-person accounts of alleged sexual attacks in Bill Cosby Drugged Me, on Monday, February 15 at 9p. Supermodel Beverly Johnson and four other women share their stories.
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Red carpet special series Wendy’s Style Squad, featuring talk show host Wendy Williams, launches on BET Tuesday, February 16 at 9p. Grammy fashions will be the focus.
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With Teresa Giudice sprung from the slammer, Bravo confirmed The Real Housewives of New Jersey will return for season seven later this year. Guidice, who served 11-anda-half months in federal prison after pleading guilty to tax fraud, “looks to repair fractured relationships with her family and friends.”
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Idina Menzel will perform her Oscar-winning Frozen hit “Let It Go” on The Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60. Anniversary special airs on ABC Sunday, February 21 at 8p.
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ZZ Top lead singer and car enthusiast Billy Gibbons tries to “fulfill his wildest hot rod desires” on the pilot for Rockin’ Roadsters, premiering Monday, February 29 at 10p on Discovery.
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Pivot is marking Valentine’s Day with an “I Heart Buffy” 13-hour marathon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Action starts at 9a on V-Day.
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Annabeth Gish (The X-Files) will recur on ABC’s Scandal. Shondaland drama returns for the rest of season five February 11.
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Adan Canto (X-Men: Days of Future Past) will co-star opposite Keifer Sutherland in ABC’s upcoming thriller, Designated Survivor.
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Colm Meaney (Hell on Wheels) and Mattias Inwood (The Shannara Chronicles) landed regular roles on TNT drama pilot Will, telling the story of twentysomething William Shakespeare.
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Budweiser may have plunked down the $5 million it cost for a spot during Super Bowl 50, but the company got its best promotional moments for free. After the Broncos won the big game, Peyton Manning mentioned – twice! – that to celebrate, he was going to “drink a lot” of Budweiser. “Hi Internet,” tweeted Lisa Weiser, a spokesperson for Anheuser-Busch. “For the record, we did not pay Peyton Manning to mention Budweiser tonight. We are surprised and delighted that he did.” Apex MG Analytics estimated a mention by Manning was worth upwards of $1.6 million. According to Beer Business Daily, Manning owns shares in two Anheuser-Busch distributorships in Louisiana, which could help account for his partiality for the King of Beers.
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TiVo announced the most engaging commercials during this year’s Super Bowl: Doritos (“Ultrasound”), Mountain Dew (“PuppyMonkeyBaby”), Taco Bell Quesalupa (“Bigger Than Everything”), Buick Cascada (“That Convertible’s a Buick”) and Pepsi (“The Joy of the Dance”). For the sixth year, TiVo found viewership for the halftime show exceeded that of the overall game.
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Super Bowl 50 on CBS was watched by an average 111.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen fast nationals, down 2.3 percent from last year’s broadcast but still the third most-watched program in television history. The live stream drew 3.96 million unique viewers. CBS notes the game was watched in all-or-part by 167 million P2+ viewers, making it the most-watched single broadcast in television history on an all-or-part basis.
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CBS’s Stephen Colbert post-Super Bowl show earned a 7.9 rating among A18-49 and 21.12 million viewers, while The Late Late Show With James Corden scored a 1.7 rating and 4.97 million viewers, the best since the franchise started in 1995.
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Saturday’s GOP debate in New Hampshire delivered 13.18 million viewers for ABC, with another 1.3 million watching across the net’s digital platforms. The contest drew 3.38 million among A25-54 and 2.6 million A18-49, for the net’s best Saturday night in 14 years.
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The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story was the most-watched original scripted series premiere in FX’s 22-year history. On a Live+3 basis, the premiere episode (Tuesday, February 2, premiere and two encores) of the 10-part limited series drew 12 million total viewers and 6.1 million A18-49.
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