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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 2/16/16)
E!: Fashion Police: Grammy Edition at 8pm
HBO: Gonzaga: The March to Madness (Premiere) at 10pm
BET: Zoe Ever After (Finale) at 10:30pm
Anderson Cooper will host back-to-back Town Halls ahead of the February 20 South Carolina primary. Dr. Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio will appear Tuesday, February 17, followed by John Kasich, Donald Trump and Jeb Bush on Wednesday, February 18. Events will air live from 8p-11p on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Espanol, as well as online on CNNGo.
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NBC gave the go-ahead for a variety show hosted by Maya Rudolph and co-hosted by Martin Short, exec produced by another SNLer, Lorne Michaels. Maya and Marty in Manhattan (wt) is slated for a late May premiere.
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Fox ordered a pilot for Lethal Weapon, based on the Mel Gibson/Danny Glover buddy-cop movies, starring Damon Wayans Sr. in the Glover role. McG (Charlie’s Angels) will direct the pilot from Warner Bros. Television.
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Laura Dern is attached to star in and exec produce an untitled drama in development at HBO about a court-appointed psychiatrist tasked with deciding if death row inmates are sane enough to be killed. Filmmaker Alex Gibney is writing and directing as well as exec producing with Dern.
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Nancy Cartwright, voice actress on The Simpsons, has launched film and television production company Spotted Cow. First project: coming of age drama In Search of Fellini, written by Cartwright and Spotted Cow president Peter Kjenaas, and The Institute, with James Franco. “We see ourselves as a new kind of company, one that is looking to create a slate of films and television projects with compelling stories for a diverse global audience,” said Cartwright.
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Live after show Talking Saul, which followed Better Call Saul’s season two premiere on Monday on AMC, will also air after the season finale on Monday, April 18 at 11p. Chris Hardwick (Talking Dead) hosts the hour-long dissection of twists and turns.
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Legal docu-series Sisters in Law debuts on WE tv Thursday, March 24 at 10p. Eight-parter set in Houston follows a close-knit group of elite black female attorneys “with egos as big as Texas,” tackling tough cases in a white, male-dominated field.
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Bravo debuts The Real Housewives of Dallas on Monday, April 11 at 10p, featuring southern socialites with “big wallets, big hearts and even bigger drama.” It appears the Wives aren’t outstaying their welcome – the debut of newcomers Real Housewives of the Potomac delivered over 2.5 million total viewers and scored the highest ratings in all key demos for a franchise premiere, while season ten of the original Orange County crew was its most-watched, with 2.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen Live+3.
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howtime’s Roadies, written, created, directed and exec produced by Cameron Crowe, is slated for a Sunday, June 26 launch. Luke Wilson and Carla Gugino star in the series focused on backstage workers for an arena-level rock band.
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The Price is Right goes primetime with three reality TV-themed episodes celebrating The Amazing Race, Survivor and Big Brother. In each CBS special, airing later this year, former players team with super fans for prizes.
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Mattel/Hit Entertainment’s animated Little People debuts Monday, March 7 on Sprout. Musical comedy series is based on the original Fisher Price characters.
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William Jackson Harper (Broadway’s All the Way) joins Kristen Bell and Ted Danson on NBC’s straight-to-series comedy Good Place, about a woman who decides to turn over a new leaf.
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Franklin & Bash) stars opposite Kylie Branbury in Fox baseball drama pilot Pitch, about the first woman to play in the major leagues.
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Emily Kinney (The Walking Dead) landed a role in ABC drama pilot Conviction, starring Hayley Atwell as the ne’er-do-well daughter of a former president.
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Andrea Martin (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) nabbed a lead role in NBC’s Tracey Wigfield comedy pilot from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. Universal Television project focuses on a mother who interns at her daughter’s workplace.
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Angus Sampson (Mad Max: Fury Road) joins Hulu original series Shuteye, focused on the world of LA psychics, as a series regular.
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Natalie Martinez (Secrets & Lies) will play the female lead in Fox drama pilot A.P.B., about a tech billionaire who purchases a New Orleans police precinct.
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A&E’s The Infamous added Wilson Bethel (Hart of Dixie) as co-star. Hip hop crime drama pilot is set in 1990s LA.
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CBS’s Big Bang Theory Valentine’s episode on Thursday rose one tenth versus last week among A18-49, to 3.8/14. ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder dipped 22 percent from its fall finale, to 1.8/6.
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CBS’s “Did they really just say that?” Republican debate on Saturday was the most-watched (13.51 million) and highest-rated among A25-54 (3.0) of 2016, according to Nielsen fast nationals.
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Thursday’s Democratic Primary Debate, simulcast on CNN and PBS, drew just over 8 million viewers. 4.1 million went to CNN, while 3.9 million landed at PBS. Among A25-54, PBS scored 1.2 million in the demo while CNN drew 1.1 million. That’s down from 15.2 million for CNN’s October debate, but outpaced the 4.5 million viewers MSNBC’s Democratic face-off attracted on February 4.
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58TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
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