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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 3/11/16)
A&E: 60 Days In: Time Out (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: Yukon Men (Premiere) at 10pm
DISNEY: Stuck in the Middle (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO. WILD: Animal Storm Squad (Premiere) at 10pm
OVATION: The Method (Premiere) at 10pm
DISNEY: Girl Meets World (Finale) at 8:30pm
FOOD: American Diner Revival (Finale) at 8:30pm
(SATURDAY 3/12/16)
NICKELODEON: Nickelodeon’s 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards at 8pm
NICK, NICKTOONS, TEEN NICK: School of Rock (Premiere) at 9:30pm
FOX: Party Over Here (Premiere) at 11pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Ariana Grande, Musical Guest: Ariana Grande at 11:30pm
(SUNDAY 3/13/16)
DISCOVERY: Naked and Afraid (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: And Then There Were None (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Little Big Shots (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: The Carmichael Show (Premiere) at 9pm
SMITHSONIAN: Alaska Air Crash Investigations (Premiere) at 9pm
SPIKE: Life or Debt (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Finale) at 8pm
CBS: CSI: Cyber (Finale) at 10pm
FOOD: Guy’s Grocery Games (Finale) at 8pm
James Corden celebrates one year on CBS with The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special, featuring a new Karaoke with Jennifer Lopez as well as highlights from past segments, on Tuesday, March 29 at 10p. “We are so excited to be doing this show in primetime on CBS,” said Ben Winston, the late nighter’s EVP. CBS is likely excited, too – Corden’s show holds the YouTube record for the most watched late night clip with “Adele Carpool Karaoke,” which has 84 million views.
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Former NFL linebacker Dhani Jones and one-time pro soccer player Kyle Martino have been named hosts of NBC’s Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge. Evan Dollard and MJ Costa are course reporters. The competition from American Ninja Warrior producers Arthur Smith and Kent Weed has teams test their endurance on specially designed obstacle courses.
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ou can hear the late Joe Alaskey’s final voice recording on the season 3 finale of ID’s Murder Comes to Town on Monday, March 14 at 8p. The Emmy winner was best known for succeeding Mel Blanc as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other characters from Warner Bros. cartoons. Joe had been the narrator of Murder Comes to Town for all three seasons since 2014, and recorded the third season finale on Friday, January 29. He passed away on February 3 at age 63, after battling cancer.
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Cartoon Network’s revival of The Powerpuff Girls premieres Monday, April 4 at 6p and runs weeknights at 6p through April 15, until setting into its regular Thursday timeslot. Superhero series originally launched in 1996, and was made into a 2002 feature film.
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NBC Universo premieres one-hour special Don Omar Desde Vina 2016 on Saturday, March 12 at 30. Performance by the urban artist comes from Latin America’s longest-running music festival.
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CNN will partner with TV ONE to host the CNN-TV ONE Ohio Democratic Presidential Town Hall on Sunday, March 13 at 8p, two days before five states hold primary contests. Roland S. Martin (News One Now) and CNN’s Jake Tapper host from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, live on CNN and TV ONE. Two-hour event focusing on issues facing black America will also be simulcast on Urban Adult Contemporary Radio One stations in each of its 15 urban markets and live-streamed online and across mobile devices via CNNgo.
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The eighth and final season of USA’s Royal Pains launches Wednesday, May 18 at 10p. The show, which crosses the 100th episode milestone midway through the season, isn’t coasting: before sign-off the series will visit Hong Kong and air a musical episode.
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Season two of MTV’s Scream will start making noise Tuesday, May 31. Newcomers include Kiana Lede and Santiago Segura.
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WE tv dating show Driven to Love premieres Friday, April 1 at 10p. Host Ray J cruises around town in an SUV helping singles meet potential mates. Series from Lion Television is based on a format created by Matar Productions and Zig Zag Productions.
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Small businesses have a chance to make it big in CNBC’s Billion Dollar Buyer, launching Tuesday, March 22 at 10p. With a supply spend of $2 billion, hospitality mogul Tilman J. Fertitta scouts for entrepreneurs that can bolster his empire with products for his high-end properties.
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Nickelodeon International’s “Together For Good” and UNICEF are teaming to educate and inspire kids to tackle discrimination and inequality. The partnership officially kicks off with a PSA featuring UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Katy Perry, which will premiere on Nickelodeon channels internationally during tomorrow night’s 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards.
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Poppy Montgomery (Unforgettable) will play the lead in CBS comedy pilot Furst Born, centered on a successful doctor and mother who learns she’s adopted. Swoosie Kurtz, fresh off canceled Mike & Molly, plays her mum mom. Montgomery also starred in CBS’s Without a Trace and Unforgettable (later on A&E).
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Craig Ferguson (Celebrity Name Game) will star in NBC pilot Crunch Time, a game show/comedy hybrid that also includes Kyle Howard (Royal Pains) and Kelly Stewart (The Soul Man).
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Nikki DeLoach (Awkward) landed a series regular role in ABC murder trial drama pilot The Jury, opposite Jeremy Sisto, Archie Panjabi and Kevin Rankin.
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Fox event series Shots Fired added Tristan Wilds (The Wire) and Aisha Hinds (True Blood) as series regulars.
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Matt Passmore (Satisfaction) has been cast as the lead in CW‘s paranormal pilot Satisfaction from Kevin Williamson. He replaces Bailey Chase in the role.
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NBC pilot Marlon added former Late Night writer Diallo Riddle to the cast. Comedy is inspired by the life of Marlon Wayans.
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Wednesday’s Democratic debate on Univision drew 2.01 million viewers and 966,000 among A25-54. CNN, simulcasting the event, attracted 3.94 million viewers and 1.34 in the news demo. Fox News, which counter-programmed with GOP candidate interviews, averaged 2.9 million viewers and 590,000 among A25-54 from 8p-11p. CNN’s average in the time period was 3.2 million/1.1 million.
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The premiere of WGN America’s Underground delivered 2.5 million viewers across four airings Wednesday, the net’s most-watched original series launch in same day viewing. The 10p airing clocked 1.4 million viewers.
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CBS’s Victoria’s Secret Swim Special drew a .7/3 rating among A18-49 on Wednesday, down 30 percent versus last year, and dipped over a million in total viewers, to 2.05.
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The season two finale of ABC’s American Crime grew over the prior week by 16 percent in total viewers (to 3.7 million) and 13 percent in A18-49 (to .9/3), for its most-watched telecast in 5 weeks and matching a 7-week high among young adults.
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The premiere of Destination America’s Paranormal Lockdown was watched by 816,000 unique viewers P2+, the highest-rated series premiere ever in net history in key demos, including HH (.67), P2+ (.36), P25-54 (.45) and W25-54 (.51) in Live+3.
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Ellen’s Design Challenge finished its second season on HGTV with more than 10.7 million viewers tuning in since its January 18 premiere. Ratings among viewers P25-54 grew nearly 20 percent over the prior 13 week average, making it a top-rated program on HGTV in the demo.
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Science Channel’s What on Earth? wrapped its second season on March 1 as the net’s most watched series of all time with a season average of 794,000 total viewers P2+ in L+3.The series debut on January 26 averaged 780,000 total viewers, growing to 832,000 for the finale, one of Science’s Top 15 most watched telecasts of all time (#13). It also tied for a series high rating among P25-54 and M25-54.
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Fox Business News had its first 8a-8p sweep in the news demo on Tuesday, with 35,000 viewers versus 22,000 for CNBC. In total viewers, CNBC drew 163,000 viewers to FBN’s 111,000.
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MOVIES
10 Cloverfield Lane – John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr.
The Brothers Grimsby – Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Isla Fisher, Penelope Cruz, Rebel Wlson, Gabourey Sidibe, Ian McShane, Annabelle Wallis
The Perfect Match – Terrence J, Cassie Ventura, Donald Faison, Dascha Polanco, Robert Christopher Riley, Lauren London, Paula Patton, Layla Jama
The Young Messiah – Adam Greaves-Neal, Sara Lazzaro, Vincent Walsh, Clive Russell, Sean Bean, David Bradley, Christian McKay
Hello, My Name Is Doris (Limited Release) – Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Stephen Root, Elizabeth Reaser, Isabella Acres, Natasha Lyonne
Eye In The Sky (Limited Release) – Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barked Abdi, Iain Glen, Richard McCabe, Jeremy Northam, Phoebe Fox
Remember (Limited Release) – Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Henry Czerny, Dean Norris, Jurgen Prochnow, Bruno Ganz, Heinz Lieven, James Cade
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