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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/21/16)
ABC: Dancing With The Stars (Premiere) at 8pm
PIVOT: The Water Brothers (Premiere) at 7pm
ID: Vanity Fair Confidential (Finale) at 9pm
SYFY: Lost Girl (Finale) at 10pm
DISH Networks is holding onto NBCUniversal channels for the time being, despite Sunday’s contract negotiation deadline. A notice requesting arbitration for the carriage dispute puts into place a 10-day cooling off period, per the FCC. Responded NBCUni, “We are glad DISH recognizes the great value that NBCUniversal provides their subscribers and is committed to reaching a new distribution agreement.” Dish customers were at risk of losing access to NBCUniveral-owned NBC and Telemundo affiliates in markets including New York, LA, Chicago and Miami, and cable channels including USA, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and Syfy.
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CNN is interviewing all five presidential candidates tonight (March 21). Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer will talk to Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich from Washington, D.C., while Bernie Sanders will speak from the campaign trail. Fox News canceled its GOP debate, scheduled for tonight in Salt Lake City, after Trump said he wouldn’t show because of a speaking commitment in the capital.
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While Freeform’s Switched at Birth will be back for a fifth and final season, fans had better not hold their breath waiting for the return of Bay and Daphne. The drama, which ended its fourth season in October, won’t be back until 2017. “It’s a bummer but it is what it is,” tweeted series creator Lizzy Weiss on Friday night.
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Sway Calloway has inked a deal with VH1. The radio host, who recurs on Empire, will appear in the net’s tentpole events, exec produce specials and offer new programming ideas. “Sway is a true icon who is a triple threat as a personality, producer and actor,” said Chris McCarthy, General Manager, VH1.Calloway’s first partnership with VH1 will be on the new series Behind The…, an expansion of the Behind The Music franchise.
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More VH1 news: The net is partnering with Atlantic Records to promote K. Michelle’s new album, dropping Friday, March 25. The campaign includes live performances and interviews across platforms this week, as well as a marathon of K. Michelle: My Life, followed by the season two finale Monday, March 28 at 9p.
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Discovery set Monday, September 5 as the premiere date for miniseries Harley and the Davidsons, telling the story of the brand launched in 1903. Parts two and three air Tuesday, September 6 and Wednesday, September 7.
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Setting sail on a yacht will be no protection for the uninfected when Fear the Walking Dead returns for season two. “What people find out fairly quickly,” teased co-creator/exec producer Dave Erickson at Payleyfest on Saturday, “is that we weren’t the only people who had the bright idea to leave land.” Launch date: Sunday, April 10 on AMC.
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic kicks off season six Saturday, March 26 at 11a on Discovery Family. Alert the kids: The Cutie Mark Crusaders to explore their destinies, and new characters will be introduced.
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Rocky’s Carl Weathers will co-star in NBC’s upcoming Chicago Justice. Planted spinoff will premiere in Chicago PD this season.
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Helen Hunt, Richard Dreyfuss and Stephen Moyer (True Blood) have signed on for Fox drama series Shots Fired, focused on the aftermath of a racially charged shooting.
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Gavin Stonehouse (Allegiance) will star opposite Stockard Channing in NBC buddy comedy pilot Me & Mean Margaret.
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JD Pardo (Revolution) landed a series regular role in ABC drama pilot The Jury, following a single murder trial over the course of a season.
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Robert Knepper, Rockmond Dunbar and Amaury Nolasco will reprise their Prison Break roles for Fox’s revival of the 2005-2009 series.
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Yassir Lester (The Carmichael Show) has joined the cast of Fox time travel pilot Making History, as a history professor.
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Daniel Bonjour is onboard CW drama pilot Frequency, based on the sci-fi thriller by Toby Emmerich.
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Rainn Wilson (The Office) and Christopher Backus (Perception) will recur in Showtime comedy Roadies, about backstage life during a rock band’s tour.
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The Passion, the musical event that aired Sunday night on Fox, will be available on Netflix internationally on March 22. Netflix secured streaming rights for 13 months.
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The season finale of ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder hit a five-week high 5.5 million viewers and grew 5 percent among A18-49, to 1.4/5. That’s down 46 percent in the demo from last year’s finale, but last week’s show shot up 91 percent (to 2.62) in A18-49 Live+3 numbers.
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The March 13 episode of Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart averaged a 2.3 HH rating and 2.6 million total viewers on a Live+3 basis, becoming the highest-rated and most-watched 1-hour episode among HHs and Total Viewers this season. The episode’s premiere made Hallmark the 2nd highest rated network among HHs and Total Viewers, excluding news programming.
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CBS was back in the game with the Friday’s NCAA Tournament game, with a 1.8/6 rating and 5.7 million viewers tuning in for the Notre Dame win, according to fast nationals – up 63 percent in the demo and 55 percent in viewers versus Thursday’s numbers. Year over year, the game was up 50 percent.
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FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story was the biggest gainer in Live+3 ratings among A18-49 the week of March 7, jumping to 2.6. AMC’s Better Call Saul was next, doubling its SD rating to 1.88. AMC’s The Walking Dead was the top primetime program in Live+3, with 8.2.
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Thursday’s premiere of Cooks vs Cons on Food Network debuted with a .6 rating among A25-54 (540,000 impressions), up 43 percent versus year-ago and taking 10th across all ad-supported cable; A25-34 increased 123 percent versus 9p last year.
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Week two of A&E’s 60 Days In grew 39 percent from its series premiere, delivering 1.62 million viewers. Among A18-49, the docu-series grew by 75 percent (864,000) and 42 percent among A25-54 (910,000).
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Actor Larry Drake died March 17. He was 66. Drake won two Emmys for his role as Benny on L.A. Law.
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Actor Joe Santos passed away March 18. He was 84. Santos was best known for his role as Lt. Dennis Becker on The Rockford Files.
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John Schnabel, featured in Discovery reality show Gold Rush, died in his sleep on March 18. He was 96. “We’ll miss you, Grandpa,” tweeted the show.
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Zootopia – $38 million
The Divergent Series: Allegiant – $29.1 million
Miracles From Heaven – $15 million
10 Cloverfield Land – $12.5 million
Deadpool – $8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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