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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/17/16)
AHC: American Lawmen (Premiere) at 10pm
AXS TV: The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: Survivor (Premiere) at 8pm
COMEDY: Broad City (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Venom Hunters (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Property Brothers (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Evil Stepmothers (Premiere) at 10pm
BET: Criminals At Work (Finale) at 10pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Flippin’ RV’s (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: Skin Tight (Finale) at 10pm
On the heels of Grease: Live comes another ambitious live venture from Fox – The Simpsons, on May 15. Marge, Lisa and Bart will turn the show over to family patriarch, Homer, who’ll comment on events of the day during both the East Coast and West Coast broadcasts. The final three minutes of the episode will use motion capture technology to animate actor Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer, in real-time.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ainsley Earhardt is replacing Elisabeth Hasselbeck as co-anchor of Fox News Channel‘s Fox & Friends, effective February 29. Earhardt started her career at FNC in 2007 as a correspondent and has been co-host of Fox & Friends First, which airs weekdays at 5a. In November, the network announced that Hasselbeck was leaving the show to devote more time to her three children.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Season 17 finale of NBC’s The Biggest Loser airs Monday, February 22 at 9p, as the series’ 16 contestants reunite to weigh in one last time before the winner is revealed. The live finale will include a new twist that could dramatically impact the competition.
(Source: Cynopsis)
VH1‘s original movie The Breaks has been greenlit to series, slated to bow in late 2016. The net’s premiere of the film ranked as the #2 cable original movie of 2016 among A18-49, A18-34, women 18-49 and women 18-34. Inspired by the book “The Big Payback” by Dan Charnas, The Breaks is a narrative history of the hip-hop business.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The cast of The Big Bang Theory is heading to TBS late-nighter Conan on Wednesday, February 24 at 11p. Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch will all join Conan O’Brien to celebrate the 200th episode of the CBS mega-hit.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“The Happiest Place on Earth” turns 60 with a glittery celebration. The Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60, airs Sunday, February 21 at 8p on ABC. The special takes place from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood and throughout locations at Disneyland Park, including Sleeping Beauty Castle and Main Street U.S.A.; and showcases two displays of technology, the “Paint the Night” Parade and “World of Color – Celebrate!”
(Source: Cynopsis)
FYI culinary competition Man vs Child: Chef Showdown, will be back for season two on Thursday, March 17 at 8p. The show features a team of child cooking prodigies who challenge executive-level chefs in the kitchen.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A&E‘s Intervention returns Sunday, March 6 at 10p. The docu-series profiles people whose addiction to drugs, alcohol or compulsive behavior has brought them to the brink of destruction.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WE tv‘s Mary, Mary premieres Thursday, March 3 at 9p. In Season 5, look for the title character to learn the gospel truth: everyone is replaceable.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HGTV has renewed six fantasy lifestyle series. Caribbean Life and Island Life were each renewed for season six, while season eight was triggered for Hawaii Life. The network also ordered a third season of Island Hunters, a fifth season of Lakefront Bargain Hunt and new episodes of Beachfront Bargain Hunt.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Tina Lifford (Parenthood), Dondre Whitfield (Mistresses), Timon Kyle Durrett (Single Ladies) and Nicholas L. Ashe (The Lion King National Tour) have joined the cast of OWN drama Queen Sugar as series regulars. Production begins in Louisiana and Los Angeles this month.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Joel McHale (Community) landed the lead in The Great Indoors. The CBS workplace comedy pilot hails from Tosh.0 co-creator Mike Gibbons.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Rob Benedict is reprising his role as Dean and Sam’s pal, Chuck, in Episode 20 of Supernatural‘s Season 11, reports TVLine. Series airs Wednesdays at 9p on The CW.
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The 58th Annual Grammy Awards on CBS averaged 24.95 million viewers, the largest audience of any entertainment program this season, according to Nielsen time-adjusted fast affiliate ratings for February 15. The Grammys averaged 7.7 in A18-49, 9.1 in A25-54 and 6.4 in A18-34. It marks the net’s best Monday program performance in viewers, A18-49 and A25-54 since May 16, 2015, the night of the Everybody Loves Raymond‘s finale.
(Source: Cynopsis)
For the second consecutive week, FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story ranked as television’s #1-rated show in delivery of A18-49 and A18-34 on Tuesday, according to Nielsen Live+3 numbers, with 3.9 million viewers A18-49 (up 104 percent versus Live+SD) and 1.87 million among A18-34 (up 96 percent).
(Source: Cynopsis)
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