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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/16/16)
A&E: Wahlburgers: Extra Helping (Premiere) at 8pm
A&E: Donnie Loves Jenny (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (Premiere) at 10pm
FX: The Americans (Premiere) at 10pm
POP: Schitt’s Creek (Premiere) at 8pm
SCIENCE: Impossible Engineering (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Little Women: Atlanta (Finale) at 10pm
TV LAND: Teachers (Finale) at 10:30pm
Fox News’ Megyn Kelly (The Kelly File) will host a one-hour special on Fox, interviewing celebrities and discussing her time covering the 2016 presidential campaign. Bill Geddie (The View) will produce the show, slated for Monday, May 23 at 8p. Kelly’s star was already on the rise at FNC when presidential candidate Donald Trump’s attacks after the first GOP debate raised her profile; Fox News’ next debate is Monday, March 21.
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In a carriage dispute that threatens NBCUniversal channels if a deal isn’t reached by Sunday, DISH Network filed a lawsuit that could keep networks including NBC, Telemundo, USA, Syfy, Bravo, CNBC and MSNBC on the air. Saying its goal is to reach a mutually beneficial deal, DISH added it expects to file for arbitration, which would prevent NBC from blacking out DISH customers. “Under the conditions imposed by the FCC and Department of Justice in approving the Comcast-NBCUniversal merger, NBC is forbidden from blacking out its networks if a pay-TV provider chooses, in its sole discretion, to exercise its right for binding arbitration,” said DISH. NBCUni, insisting it is just “asking Dish to pay fair market value,” had warned viewers on Monday that channels could go dark absent a new agreement.
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Businesses will lose $1.3 billion due to lost productivity during the NCAA College Basketball Tournament, according to a new study from Office Pulse. 52 percent of those surveyed said they planned to watch games while at work (that number jumps to 62 percent for male professionals), with 21 percent admitting they’ll secretly watch and hide it from their boss. Day games for March Madness started tomorrow, March 17.
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The Voice judge Christina Aguilera is partnering with Spike TV for Tracks, a music-based game show, produced by Mission Control Media and MX Productions in association with Lionsgate. “Having finely tuned my ear for music over the years, I thought it would be fun to test other folks and see if they can identify a track – with a twist – since contestants will have to focus on a single component of a song,” said Aguilera. “I’m excited to have Tracks debuting on Spike TV, and proud to have this as the first project springing from our first-look deal with Lionsgate.” Tracks will debut as a half-hour special later this year.
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E! mixes business with pleasure in Mariah’s World, a docu-series following pop diva Mariah Carey during her European tour, as she plans her wedding to business mogul James Packer. Bunim/Murray is producing in association with Magic Carpet Productions.
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A&E is airing back to back episodes of Wahlburgers this season, “which is new for us,” 44 Blue Productions president Rasha Drachkovitch tells Cynopsis. Tonight kicks off with “Family & Faith,” in which Mark meets the Pope. “Simply put, this episode was an amazing experience,” says Drachkovitch. “Mark was asked to emcee the Festival of the Families, so we traveled to Philadelphia to capture this one-in-a-lifetime event. Over 750,000 people were in attendance – right where Rocky Balboa ran the steps in the Rocky films. Aretha Franklin and Andrea Bocelli performed – it was larger-than-life. This episode took the series to a new level because it meant so much to Mark and the entire Wahlberg family, and we were proud to be there to capture it all and share it with fans of the show.”
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Up’s annual “Easter Lives Here” slate of inspirational movies, from Palm Sunday, March 20 through Easter Sunday, includes the TV premiere of musical drama Grace Unplugged. Film about a Christian teen whose faith is put to the test airs March 27 at 7p.
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One-hour special Mrs. & Mr. Smith, featuring NFL legend Emmitt Smith and his former beauty queen wife, Pat, premieres on OWN Saturday, March 26 at 10p.
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All-star tribute The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: A Celebration of Mac & His Music premieres Sunday, March 20 at 8p on AXS TV. Two-hour event kicks off with Bruce Springsteen, followed by guests including John Fogerty, Aaron Neville, Charles Neville and many more.
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Child stars of the 90s are featured in Pop’s upcoming Hollywood Darlings. Docu-series follows lifelong pals Jodie Sweetin (Full House), Christine Lakin (Step By Step) and Beverley Mitchell (7th Heaven). Produced by Objective Productions USA and All3Media, the show is based on a concept by Jimmy Fox (Mob Wives).
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Playboy TV reality show Cougar Club LA launches Saturday, March 19 at 10p. Series focuses on “five sensual, mature and single women who are always looking to devour young men.” Playboy TV is available in 66 million homes nationwide.
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AMC‘s Better Call Saul has been renewed for season three, helmed by showrunners Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Live+3 ratings averages for season two are 4.4 million viewers per episode, including 2.7 million A25-54 and 2.5 million A18-49.
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After its time-slot premiere averaged a 2.8 rating among A18-49 and 14.8 million total viewers, making it NBC’s most-watched Sunday regularly-scheduled entertainment program (excluding post-Super Bowl shows) since March 2005, the network renewed Little Big Shots for a sophomore run. “I am so excited there’s going to be a second season of Little Big Shots,” said exec producer (with host Steve Harvey) Ellen DeGeneres. “It’s such a great family show,and when it’s over you won’t have to explain what happens in the ‘fantasy suite.’”
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Jo Jo Fletcher may have been heartbroken in Jamaica when she failed to secure the final rose on The Bachelor, but the runner-up is bouncing back to star in season 12 of The Bachelorette. ABC dating show launches Monday, May 23.
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Matthew Perry (Friends) will play Ted Kennedy in four-hour miniseries The Kennedys: After Camelot, premiering on Reelz in 2017. Perry will also serve as exec producer.
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D’Arcy Carden landed a series regular role of NBC’s straight-to-series comedy Good Place. Kristen Bell and Ted Danson star.
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Lindsey Gort (Carrie Diaries) and Betsy Beutler (You’re the Worst) join the cast of CBS comedy project Real Good People, about a conservative small-town family who discover their children’s lives are less than perfect.
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J.B. Smoove will star in CBS comedy pilot The Kicker. The actor/comedian joins Geoff Stults and David Spade.
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In syndication’s February sweep, Judge Judy (7.9) was up 8 percent versus 2015, for its second best February in eight years. Dr. Phil (3.5, down 3 percent) equaled its second highest February since 2008, and Entertainment Tonight (3.5, down 10 percent) was the top magazine for the 101st consecutive sweep.
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The week ending March 11, CBS Evening News was up 7 percent year-to-year in A25-54 (to 1.5/6, and tying ABC with 1.6/6 on Monday and Thursday), and up 8 percent in viewers (to 7.43 million).
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The week of March 7, Univision ranked as the number five broadcast network among A18-34 and A18-49. Among the younger demo, the net saw week-to-week growth of 5 percent, and out-delivered ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox on six nights. UniMas was the number two Spanish-language net for the week in A18-34.
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Extreme Weight Loss contestant Rod Durham was found dead at 52, reportedly of diabetic shock. The high school teacher lost more than 180 pounds during Season 4 of the ABC reality show. Said his TV trainer Chris Powell on Twitter and Facebook, “Your positive energy and contagious laugh brightened this world and everyone lucky enough to meet you. You had an ability to make everyone feel special and loved.”
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