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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/19/16)
HISTORY: Million Dollar Genius (Premiere) at 10pm
NAT. GEO. WILD: Cesar 911 (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: The Rap Game (Finale) at 10pm
WE TV: Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars (Finale) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 2/20/16)
ANIMAL PLANET: Yankee Jungle (Finale) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 2/21/16)
ABC: The Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60 (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows (Premiere) at 9pm
HALLMARK: When Calls The Heart (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: Girls (Premiere) at 10pm
HBO: Togetherness (Premiere) at 10:30pm
HGTV: Caribbean Life (Premiere) at 9pm and 9:30pm
E!: Keeping Up With The Kardashians (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: Married By Mom & Dad (Finale) at 10pm
DIY: Garage Gold (Finale) at 9:30pm
The curtain shows no signs of dropping on the live televised musical. NBC will pick up on the success of its latest entry, The Wiz Live, with Hairspray Live, set to air Wednesday, December 7 at 8p. Director Kenny Leon, choreographer Jerry Mitchell and script adaptor Harvey Fierstein join original songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for a Tony Award-heavy behind the scenes posse.
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History is out to prove truth is funnier than fiction. The network on Thursday, February 25 at 11:30p is launching Night Class, a late-night comedy block featuring talent including Jack Black, Dana Carvey, Nick Kroll, Aubrey Plaza, Sarah Silverman and Jason Sudeikis. The block, which puts a humorous spin on real facts, will debut with three original short-form comedy series: time-hopping Great Minds With Dan Harmon, featuring Black, as Ludwig Van Beethoven; Crossroads of History, a look at unknown moments that have shaped the world created by Elizabeth Shapiro; and How To Lose the Presidency, an assemblage of embarrassing presidential moments caught on camera, produced by Red Marble Media.
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VH1 gave the greenlight to a one-hour scripted series inspired by Star Jones’ 2011 book Satan’s Sisters. Set in the bright lights of daytime television, it’s the story of The Lunch Hour – a long-running, popular ladies’ talk show in which alliances are forged, careers are made, and bridges are burned. Slated for a 2017 premiere, the series is exec-produced by Josh Berman (Drop Dead Diva), Star Jones, Suzanne DePasse (The Temptations) & Madison Jones and Susan Levison. Writers are Amy Engelberg and Wendy Engelberg, who also serve as executive producers. The series is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television.
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ruTV is moving ahead on shortform comedy series Late Night Snack, featuring Alec Baldwin and Esther Povitsky. The 10-ep series will premiere Thursday, March 3 at 11p. Also new from tru is comedic doc anthology series truInside (previously announced as truOriginals: Inside Iconic Comedy) on Monday, February 29, at 10p. The series delves into the untold tales behind iconic films, clubs and performers. First season will tackle the films Airplane!, Election, Bridesmaids, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Jerk, Tommy Boy, Bull Durham and Heathers, as well as talent breeding grounds The Groundlings and The Comedy Cellar. It’s produced by Left/Right with Banks Tarver, Ken Druckerman, and Anneka Jones and Michael LaHaie serving as co-executive producers.
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FYI’s new docuseries Bride & Prejudice, which follows three star-crossed couples who desperately want to get married despite disapproval from family members, has a new premiere date Tuesday, March 15 at 9p. The show was previously slated for a March 8 debut.
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The wait is over. BBC America will bring back Peabody Award-winning clone drama Orphan Black for a fourth season on Thursday, April 14 at 10p. The new season sees Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) returning home from her Icelandic hideout to track down an elusive new ally tied to deceased clone Beth (Maslany), whose identity Sarah stole in the series’ first episode.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The men of Cowboys4Angels return for sixth season of Showtime’s Gigolos on March 17. Series chronicles the lives of five of the service’s top earners from Las Vegas hotel suites to suburban bedrooms.
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El Rey Network is celebrating all things Quentin Tarantino this Saturday, February 20 at 10a with an all-day marathon featuring Reservoir Dogs, both Kill Bills, Django Unchained and both of the net’s Director’s Chair specials featuring Tarantino.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Oscar winners Morgan Freeman and John Legend join the list of presenters for the 88th Academy Awards, along with J.J. Abrams, Sacha Baron Cohen and Henry Cavill. Oscar producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin also announced a special performance by Dave Grohl for the event, airing live Sunday, February 28 at 7p on ABC.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ben Affleck will be in the studio for the 11th annual Jimmy Kimmel Live: After The Oscars special on Sunday, February 28 at 10p on ABC. The show will also feature appearances by Tracy Morgan, J.K. Simmons, Mike Tyson, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Henry Cavill and Jesse Eisenberg.
(Source: Cynopsis)
AXS TV will premiere a new concert special from country crooner Alan Jackson on Sunday, March 6 at 8p as a part of the network’s concert series Live From Red Rocks.
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BET News sits down, separately, with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for half-hour special Talking Black: A BET News Special with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, premiering Sunday, February 21 at 10a on BET and Centric.
(Source: Cynopsis)
PBS Kids on Monday, March 7 will premiere Rollin on the Riverboat: Parts 1 & 2, a new special, as part of a week of new programs from The Jim Henson Co.’s series Dinosaur Train.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Digital reading motivation platform Speakaboos is adding 10 Sesame Street music videos featuring characters Elmo, Cookie Monster and more. The videos can be accessed through the Speakaboos digital storybook library via the web or on the Speakaboos app for both iOS and Android mobile devices.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Niecy Nash (Clean House) will portray one of two single mothers tapped as inspectors for the Code Enforcement Dept. in new Fox comedy The Enforcers, from Warner Bros. TV. Despite dreams of being a police officer, Nash and her partner battle petty codes including noise complaints and tree trimming.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC comedy pilot Good Fortune has set its co-leads. Tone Bell (Truth Be Told), Beau Mirchoff (Awkward) and Diane Guerrero (Orange Is The New Black) will star in the project from Rashida Jones and Will McCormack’s Le Train Train and 20th TV that follows the aftermath of a woman who changes her life after a fortune teller predicts her death.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Justin Long takes the lead in comedy Dream Team for ABC, from writers Kari Lizer and Bill Wrubel, and Warner Bros. TV. Written/executive produced by Lizer and Wrubel, the comedy follows a recently divorced yet eternally optimistic sporting goods store and soccer coach.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Josh Bowman (Revenge) will step into the role of Jack the Ripper in Kevin Williamson’s ABC pilot Time After Time. The Warner Bros. TV project is based on Karl Alexander’s 1979 novel of the same name that speculates what would have happened if H.G. Wells had built a time machine to return to the ‘70s to search for JTR.
(Source: Cynopsis)
David Morrissey (The Walking Dead) will star in season 2 of multi- BAFTA-nominated Starz/BBC drama The Missing, alongside Keeley Hawes and Tcheky Karyo. New season will be helmed by Ben Chanan; the series is produced by New Pictures with Two Brothers Pictures and Playground.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV One’s new docuseries The Next: 15, which break the fourth wall between producers and six reality stars, debuted on Wednesday, February 10 as the No. 2 cable program at 9p among black A25-54. Partnered with 8p lead-in Unsung featuring the Sugarhill Gang, TV One garnered 1.7 million total unique viewers 2+ for the night.
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Angela “Big Ang” Raiola, who starred in VH1’s Mob Wives during the 2012-13 season, died after a battle with cancer. She was 55. Raiola also had her own spinoff, Big Ang, on the network. Other TV credits include Couples Therapy, Celebrity Wife Swap and a recent appearance on The Dr. Oz Show.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Race – Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, Carice Van Houten, William Hurt, Shanice Banton
Risen – Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis, Maria Botto, Luis Callejo, Antonio Gil, Richard Atwill
The Witch – Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson, Bathsheba Garnett, Sarah Stephens
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $104 million
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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $212 million.
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